441 S Garfield Avenue Lot: 7 & 8, Traverse City, MI 49686

Built in 1895 and aging like it knows something you don't. This charming home blends timeless character with thoughtful updates, featuring original hardwood floors and newer windows installed in 2018. The kitchen was updated in 2014, followed by a refreshed bathroom in 2022. The roof was replaced around 2013, and in 2025, the home received new insulated siding with a fresh, inviting green exterior paint color. The charm is original, the condition is turn-key. A main-floor primary plus two upper floor bedrooms gives you room to shuffle things around, and out back there's the thing almost nobody gets this close to town: a fully fenced yard with a garden shed. Three off-street parking spaces, too. Now the fun part. You're one block from Eighth Street, where the East Side Social District lets you carry a beer or a coffee out to the picnic tables. Common Good Bakery, Oakwood Proper Burgers and Tank Space are all right there, and a $100,000 national placemaking grant is making that corner even better this year. The Civic Center's 45 acres sit just up the street: Howe Arena, Easling Pool, Kids Kove playground, the skate park, and the mile-long walking loop. Bardon's Wonder Freeze has been slinging soft serve up on Front for 75+ years. TART Trail, Oryana, Munson, downtown, and East Bay's beaches are all an easy hop.