704 E 5th Ave Durango, CO 81301

VICTORIAN COTTAGE IN DOWNTOWN DURANGO COLORADO Location! Sunny corner lot in the heart of Durango at the corner of 5th Avenue and 7th Street. This home was built in 1888 and is 1,107 s.f. with 2 bedrooms and 1 bath. The central great room is spacious for combining living dining. Bay window for watching the world go by from the dining table. Kitchen and bath were modernized in 2005. Spacious utility room provides lots of room for storage The lot is 4,725 s.f. 150’x31.5’ Fully fenced with a vinyl no maintenance white picket fence. Landscaped to perfection. 100 years of plantings are meticulously manicured; poppies, lilacs, roses, daffodils, iris, catmint, phlox, white clover, cosmos, plus a full array of perennials and annuals. Flagstone patio. Raised bed for gardening planted for your fall harvest. Surrounded by well-maintained homes. Perfect orientation with east facing backyard for cool summer evenings. Remodeled workshop for storage, gardening shed and toys is 31’x 9’ at the back of the lot. Many upgrades through the years include: rewired electrical, new electrical panel, GFCI and 220 Volt, new windows in 2017, fence, kitchen and bath. Addition of vinyl lap siding. Freshly painted interior. Remodeled workshop. Home has been pre-inspected, radon tested and structural engineer foundation inpsection. All in associated documents. This is the former home of Charlie and Susie Sadahiro, one of the many immigrant families that made Durango their home. Fondly nicknamed “Susie’s House.” Charlie deserted from a Japanese floating military school ship while it was docked in Hawaii. He hid in a flour bin on a US luxury ship and escaped. He earned his keep and learned his lifelong trade as a chef to complete his passage into the US where he met and married a German woman, Susie. Charlie worked as a chef in the mining camps of Silverton and Rico. Together they purchased this home and raised at least 7 children here, one of whom was Violet Kolz. NOTES: The City is going to remove the dead pine in the City right of way. City will also share in cost of planting trees between the sidewalk and street. The foundation is original native rock and has been inspected by a structural engineer as sound. UTILITY MONTHLY AVERAGES: La Plata Electric $76 Atmos Natural Gas $50 City of Durango water, sewer, trash $76 ZONING: EN-1 (Existing Neighborhood 1) Currently the size of the lot prohibits the addition of an ADU (additional dwelling unit). If you’ve been waiting for a downtown cottage so you can live the Durango urban lifestyle, this is your chance. First time available on the open market for over 100 years.