10229 SUNSET HILL LN Fredericksburg, VA 22408

There are plenty of things to love about this property. It provides one-level living that looks out on pastoral views. The home is private but close to everything: the mall, downtown, The Train Station and commuter lots, restaurants, shopping, and I-95, while still being tucked away. The architecture of the exterior and the design of the interior tread the fine line between farm house and cottage, giving the home warmth with room to grow. The attic is floored and lit just waiting for a new owner to finish it ; transforming it into an upper master or extra living space. The open and expansive lot is visible from the screened porch and all windows. The property, with multiple out buildings, has been in the owner's family since right after its construction. It has quaint nostalgic features like an outdoor water pump. The lot, at just under one and a half acres of flat usable land, gives you a sense of this area's rural past. It is a calming place to be. A place where vegetables were grown in the fertile soil here, children climbed the branches of the home's massive trees, a place that this family loved and cared for. It is now ready for a new owner. Someone who will see all the things this property can be. It needs some updating, it would benefit from some modern touches. The hope is that the new owner will see its charm and start making this home their own from there.

I called the owner today to arrange getting a key for the lockbox.
"I just saw a Brown Thrush picking up a worm and flying over to it's nest," She said. "It would be a perfect place for bird watchers. We see so many Cardinals, Blue Jays, Mocking Birds, Finches... this place is so alive." After walking the land with chipmunks and squirrels running around in front and behind me, I know what she means. "Alive" is exactly how to describe it.

The owners have been wonderful caretakers of this beautiful property. If for you this place looks like, in the end, you might be able to breathe out, relax, and say to yourself “This is home,”
then welcome home.