Houses for sale in Staten Island : find your dream home




















So you are looking at houses for sale in Staten Island? Well, you certainly have a large variety from which to choose. You'll first want to have a price range in mind, because you can find homes on Staten Island that cost over $4,000,000!

Real Estate websites will tantalizingly offer you houses for sale in Staten Island for $1,000, but after you contact them you will more likely find them offering to lease at that price, not sell.

One thing you must remember about houses for sale in Staten Island is that you will be living on a true island. Island living is expensive, even if it is a stone's throw from one of the largest cities in the world!

One of the houses for sale in Staten Island is a 5 bedroom home built in 1984. It has a finished basement and an attached garage for a mere $1,680,000! It boasts 5 full baths, 2 half baths, a fireplace, many built-in appliances and an aboveground pool with a terrace and garden.

In the less than million dollar range is another one of the houses for sale in Staten Island. Coming in at $899,000 is a 4 bedroom, 4 full bath, 1 half-bath home built in 1980. Loaded with built-in appliances, it lacks a finished basement and a pool, but does sport a hot tub, a garden and terrace. Elementary school is PS 4, middle school is IS 75 and high school is Tottenville.


For a half a million dollar or less, the houses for sale in Staten Island begin to show some age and are located on a fairly small lot. One such is a Cape Cod all-brick home on a 60 x 100-foot lot with 3 bedrooms and 3 baths. It does have a basement and a detached garage and the back yard faces Blue Belt. The location address is 77 Nelson Avenue in Great Kills, east of Glenvil. The purchase price is $499,000.


A bit lower down the price pole is an 1899 Colonial with vinyl exterior. Among the houses for sale in Staten Island, this one has a window air conditioner with baseboard hot water heat. It has a full basement, a walkup attic and 3 bedrooms that measure 16 x 11, 12 x 10 and 10 x 10. The dining room is 12 x 9 and the living room 17 x 12. Its cost is $249,900.

Once you get down to the $100,000 price level, you must expect to be looking at condos, co-op apartments or trailer homes, called ?modular homes?. Houses for sale in Staten Island will not come cheap, but it is a very lovely part of the country and may just be worth the price!

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