Holiday hosting asks a lot of a house: a table that fits everyone, somewhere for guests to sleep, and a spot to step outside when the kitchen gets loud. 500 Orange St, the English brick cottage in Georgetown’s Willowbank neighborhood, answers all three.
A fireplace in the dining room
The fireplace here is in the dining room, not tucked into a den. That puts the fire where the people are: a long table, a fire going, and nobody missing the conversation because they are in another room.
Everything on one level
The 4 bedrooms and 3 baths are all on one level, so there are no stairs between the kitchen, the table and the porch. Carrying the turkey, the pie or a sleepy guest is easier without a staircase in the way.
A place for guests to stay
Out back, a carriage-house-style apartment has its own entry. Visiting relatives get their own door and their own quiet, and you get your kitchen back in the morning. The rest of the year it works as a studio or a place to work.
The porch and the gardens
The screened porch looks straight into the gardens: brick paths, secret garden rooms under the live oaks and a vine-covered pergola. On a mild Lowcountry afternoon in December, that is where the after-dinner coffee goes.
The small things that help
The kitchen is steps from the dining room, the screened porch is one door away for the overflow crowd, and the driveway holds two cars. Built in 1959, the cottage has 2,400 square feet on a 0.4-acre lot, with the character of an older home and the layout of an easy one.
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See it in person
500 Orange St is offered at $671,000. Call The Steel Group at (843) 868-5504 to see it before the holidays.
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