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Key Details
Property Type Single Family Home
Sub Type Detached
Listing Status Active
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 1,654 sqft
Price per Sqft $665
Subdivision Dowden Terrace
MLS Listing ID VAFX2317160
Style Ranch/Rambler
Bedrooms 3
Full Baths 2
HOA Y/N N
Abv Grd Liv Area 1,654
Year Built 1952
Annual Tax Amount $9,316
Tax Year 2025
Lot Size 0.661 Acres
Acres 0.66
Property Sub-Type Detached
Source BRIGHT
Property Description
neighbors who actually know each other is the hidden neighborhood of historic Dowden
Terrace – secluded, yet accessible to some of the best shops, restaurants and schools in
Northern Virginia.
The elegant solid-brick rambler at 5515 Bradley Boulevard is a gem among more than
300 houses built in an eclectic mix of styles from traditional to contemporary. Whether
you like mid-century modern or a touch of historic charm, this house is for you.
A wood-burning fireplace flanked by built-in bookcases anchors one end of the living
room, which opens to a formal dining room with a brushed-brass chandelier hung under a
decorative ceiling medallion. The dining room leads to a sunlit den, study or home office
– you decide. The kitchen is updated with stainless steel appliances, undercounter
lighting and a roomy pantry. Three generous bedrooms and two remodeled full bathrooms
complete the layout. The floors are solid oak, and the windows feature plantation
shutters. Attached is a two-car garage large enough for SUVs.
The house sits on a three-quarter acre lot with a massive back yard sheltered by shady
trees including a 200-year-old oak and a 100-year-old magnolia, along with azalea bushes
ablaze with colors in the spring. The front yard is a carpet of grass maintained like a
putting green.
Dowden Terrace was once a dairy farm. Walter Dowden started building houses on his
land in the 1950s. Today the neighborhood includes the eight-acre Dowden Terrace Park,
with tennis courts, a basketball court and a baseball field – owned and maintained by the
Fairfax County Park Authority. Dowden Terrace also features a community, membership
swimming pool and the wooded Holmes Run Parkway bike path.
Although Dowden Terrace feels like a small, country village, it is close to some of the
best restaurants in Northern Virginia, especially the Peking Gourmet Inn, made famous
by presidents, Supreme Court justices and generals. The neighborhood is less than two
miles to the nearest Trader Joe's and a convenient commute into D.C. along Seminary
Road and Rte. 395.
Location
State VA
County Fairfax
Zoning 130
Rooms
Main Level Bedrooms 3
Interior
Hot Water Natural Gas
Heating Forced Air
Cooling Central A/C
Fireplaces Number 1
Fireplace Y
Heat Source Natural Gas
Exterior
Parking Features Garage - Front Entry, Garage Door Opener
Garage Spaces 2.0
Water Access N
Accessibility None
Total Parking Spaces 2
Garage Y
Building
Story 1
Foundation Slab
Above Ground Finished SqFt 1654
Sewer Public Sewer
Water Public
Architectural Style Ranch/Rambler
Level or Stories 1
Additional Building Above Grade, Below Grade
New Construction N
Schools
School District Fairfax County Public Schools
Others
Senior Community No
Tax ID 0623 04090041
Ownership Fee Simple
SqFt Source 1654
Acceptable Financing Cash, Conventional, FHA, VA
Listing Terms Cash, Conventional, FHA, VA
Financing Cash,Conventional,FHA,VA
Special Listing Condition Standard
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