$650,000 Homes in Colorado, Georgia and Florida

New York Times

28-05-2025

Denver | $646,000
This two-bedroom, two-bathroom house was extensively renovated by the current sellers, who sourced a mix of new and vintage fixtures in an effort to honor the home's original character. Within a 10-minute walk are a park, a Brazilian bakery and a public elementary school. A supermarket, a drugstore and a hardware store are five minutes away by car. City Park, home to the Denver Zoo and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, is a 10-minute drive.
Denver International Airport is half an hour away. Rocky Mountain National Park, a popular destination for hikers, is 90 minutes away, as is the ski town of Breckenridge.
Size: 1,009 square feet
Price per square foot: $640
Indoors: A paved path links the sidewalk to this home's covered front porch, which, like the rest of the home, has rounded corners typical of the Streamline Moderne style.
The door opens directly to the living room, with herringbone patterned floors and windows set into a corner. There's a chrome ceiling light fixture and two arched passageways. One leads to a hallway and both bedrooms, the other to a sunny dining room with a street-facing window.
The dining room is open to the kitchen, where the appliances — new, but in a retro style — are mint green. The backsplash is made of glossy tiles in shades of gray and pink.
The primary suite, at one end of the back hallway, has a door with a glass knob opening to a bedroom big enough for a queen-size bed. The attached bathroom has a white porcelain pedestal sink and a combined tub and shower lined with green and black tile.
The other bedroom could hold a double bed, and next door is a bathroom with a deep soaking tub and vintage vanity lights.
Outdoor space: A paved patio behind the house holds a free-standing wood-burning stove with a bright orange enamel finish. The fenced backyard has a square lawn surrounded by gravel, and the driveway at the front of the house has two parking spots.
Taxes: $2,844 (estimated)
Contact: Kevin O'Brien, Brokers Guild Homes, 970-420-3448, and Skyler Hackett, Hackett Homes, 915-666-9614
Atlanta | $650,000
This one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit occupying a tower at the top of the former Fulton Bag & Cotton Mill, in Atlanta's Cabbagetown neighborhood. Residential development of the building began in the mid-1990s, and this unit occupies a space that once held industrial water tanks. A city park with basketball courts and open green space is within a 10-minute walk, the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park is less than a mile away, and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum is about two miles away. Also nearby is The Municipal Market, an indoor farmers' market and dining hall.
By car, the center of downtown Atlanta is about 10 minutes away, and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is a 15-minute drive.
Size: 1,541 square feet
Price per square foot: $422
Indoors: This unit's front door opens to a foyer with polished concrete floors that continue straight ahead into a galley-style kitchen with Miele appliances, including a wall oven and a separate gas cooktop. The custom-made cabinets are maple, and the countertop is travertine.
Through an arched doorway is the main living area, where the walls are brick and the ceiling is 71 feet above the floor, with large arched windows near the top and lower windows with skyline views below. The floors here are also polished concrete, and the space is open, with sitting and dining areas on opposite sides of the room. Wood beams crisscross the space high about the floor.
The bedroom is off a hallway extending from the foyer, with the same exposed brick walls and high ceilings as the living room and space for a king-size bed. The en suite bathroom has more travertine and a combined soaking tub and shower. Through the bathroom is a walk-in closet.
Outdoor space: The building has an in-ground pool for use by residents, along with a roof deck. The complex is gated, and this unit comes with one assigned parking spot.
Taxes: $5,778 (estimated), plus a $657 monthly homeowners association fee
Contact: Chase Mizell, Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty, 770-289-2780
St. Petersburg, Fla. | $649,000
This two-bedroom, one-bathroom house is a few blocks from Crescent Lake Park, which has walking trails and a playground. A tavern, several cafes, and a handful of restaurants are within walking distance, and the shops and nightlife of downtown St. Petersburg are about a mile away. The St. Pete Pier, which extends into Tampa Bay and is home to a local history museum, is five minutes away by car. St. Pete Beach, on the edge of the Gulf of Mexico, is roughly a 20-minutes drive.
Tampa and Clearwater are is within a 30-minute drive, and Orlando and Fort Myers each take about two hours by car.
Size: 1,232 square feet
Price per square foot: $527
Indoors: A paved path runs from the sidewalk to the main entryway, where the mailbox is lime-green and the front door is painted blue.
Inside is a foyer, with engineered wood floors that continue into a dining room with a street-facing window and an atomic-style ceiling light fixture. On the other side of a wide doorway is the living room, where a wood-burning stove sits in one corner. French doors with their original hardware open from the foyer to a home office.
Behind the living room is the kitchen, updated with blue cabinets and quartz countertops. The appliances are stainless steel, and the backsplash is made of white tile. A mudroom at the back of the house has backyard-facing windows and access to a laundry room.
Off a hallway that begins in the living room are both bedrooms, each with a ceiling fan, a closet and big enough to hold a queen-size bed and a desk. Off the hall is an updated bathroom, where the combined tub and shower is lined with white subway tile.
Outdoor space: The grassy backyard has mature landscaping, and the property includes a gravel patio and two detached structures. One is an air-conditioned studio that could be a gym or an office, and the other is a one-car garage. The driveway has room for two more parked cars.
Taxes: $1,524 (estimated)
Contact: Annie Rocks and Kevin Rocks, Rocks Realty, 727-777-3264