Timeless character meets thoughtful modern updates in this beautifully renovated 1920s home in the heart of Forest Park. The front porch warmly welcomes you with the home’s original charm. Spacious living room features a limestone fireplace, charming den/sunroom, and elegant formal dining room. Updated chef’s kitchen includes new cabinetry, carrara marble countertops, 36" Viking range, Sub-Zero refrigerator, pantry, and bar seating. The dining room opens to a private rear porch, perfect for entertaining. Beautiful original details include the distinctive iron staircase railing, soaring ceilings and hardwood floors. Spacious primary suite features a renovated bath with walk-in rain shower, soaking tub, marble floors, tile wainscoting, and walk-in closet. Two additional bedrooms share an updated hall bath. Ample parking with porte cochere and 2-car garage and huge daylight basement for extra storage. Fresh interior paint, high velocity HVAC and newer second-level HVAC. MUST SEE!
Single-familyProperty Type
1920Year Built
7,840 sq ftLot Size
$381Price/Sq.Ft.
2 garage spacesParking
Listed by Catherine Pewitt• RealtySouth-MB-Cahaba Rd
Forest Park, located between Highland Park and Avondale, is a historic and residential Birmingham neighborhood with a leafy park core and early-20th-century architecture. The neighborhood’s character concentrates along Clairmont Avenue near the Forest Park golf course, where porch-lit streets meet a small run of local dining and patio chatter. The Garage Café and Rojo serve as longtime gathering spots, while the Birmingham Botanical Gardens adds a cultivated, quiet counterpoint nearby. Tudor Revival and Craftsman homes line curving blocks that rise and dip with the ridge. Sidewalk strolls trace pocket greens, stone walls, and mature trees. The pace reads calm, with city energy close enough to register.
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Market insights
1011 Glen View Rd · $839,900
DAYS ON MARKET
1 days
The average home goes pending in 55 days.
SALE-TO-LIST
98.3%
Most homes are selling 2% below list price.
LIST PRICE
$839,900
Median sale price in this area is $324,436. (61% lower than this home)
PRICE DROP
0 price drops
22% of homes in this area have had a price drop in the past month.
Property details
Interior
Exterior
Finance
Interior features
9 ft. + ceilings with crown molding and smooth finish
Central vacuum
French doors
Recessed lighting
Sound system
Some windows remain with treatments
Bedrooms
Master bedroom on upper level
Additional bedrooms on upper level
Bathrooms
Two full bathrooms
One half bath
Master bath with separate shower and garden tub
Full baths include tub/shower combos; shared bath arrangements
Walk-in closets
Kitchen
Stone countertops
Convection oven
Gas cooktop
Built-in dishwasher
Disposal
Built-in microwave
Gas oven
Refrigerator included
Some stainless appliances
Breakfast bar, island and pantry
Plumbed for gas in kitchen
Laundry & utility
Washer hookup
Electric dryer hookup
Laundry areas located on upper level and in basement
Laundry closet and basement laundry area
Flooring
Hardwood
Stone flooring
Tile flooring
Heating & cooling
Gas heat with heat pump
Central cooling with dual systems (electric)
Programmable thermostat
Ceiling fans
Exterior features
Porch
Workshop (exterior)
Interior, irregular lot with some trees in a subdivision
Neighborhood amenities include a park, playground, sidewalks and street lights
Home design
4-sided brick construction
Basement foundation
Historic register property
Existing (previously built) home
Parking
Rear garage entry
Two total garage spaces (basement level)
One carport space
Driveway parking and off-street parking; parking at main level
Construction
4-sided brick exterior
Basement with poured concrete walls and daylight basement
All basement areas unfinished
Utilities
Public water
Connected sewer
Gas water heater
Internet service available
Double-paned windows and LED lighting for energy efficiency
HOA & community
No association fee
Electricity and solar
View estimated energy costs and solar savings for this home
This handsome 1920's home is set in the heart of historic Forest Park and has been tastefully renovated without losing any charm! Enjoy multiple outdoor living spaces and so much more. Large living room, with limestone fireplace, opens to cozy den/sunroom and to the formal dining room. Chefs kitchen includes new cabinety topped with carrara marble, built in mircowave and new dishwasher. 36" Viking gas range and Sub-zero refrigerator, large pantry and bar seating. Dining room provides easy access to new private rear porch. Unique original iron staircase railing to second floor. Spacious primary bedroom suite, includes new bath with separate fully tiled shower with rainhead, tile wainscot, deep soaking tub, marble floors and walk in closet. Bedrooms 2 and 3 share new bathroom with tile floors in a herringbone pattern. Fresh paint inside and out, original hardwood floors refinished. New 2nd level HVAC. Main level porte cochere and a garage! HUGE daylight basement, and 2nd laundry.
Greater Alabama MLS #1300585
Nov 10, 2021
Sold
$480,000
$218/sq ft
Oct 21, 2021
Delisted
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Oct 19, 2021
Listed
$479,900
$218/sq ft
Oct 8, 2021
Coming Soon
$479,900
$218/sq ft
+41
This fantastic home at 1011 Glen View Road is located on one of Forest Park's finest streets. The original home features a huge front porch, large LR, DR, sunroom, half bath, renovated kitchen with eat in area/formerly butler's pantry on the main floor. Upstairs are three bedrooms, one full bath (with tub and sep. shower) and a small "study/nursery" that could be a second bathroom. The basement has exterior doors and has a laundry area and former rooms for HH employees. There is a two car garage with storage off the alley and a porte cochere for parking. The back deck (access off kitchen and dining room) was removed and architectural plans are attached to the photos for the next homeowners. This home is being sold AS IS. Appliances are 2006 (Wolf stove, Sub Zero fridge); front porch roof 2013; house roof original; HVAC is "high volicity"; hot water heater-2011; electrical all updated in 2018; Insulation (the best) 1992; the heat (gas-radiator) was refurbished in 2012. Come see it!
Year
Property tax
Land + Additions
Assessment*
2025
$6,082 (+7.0%)
2024
$5,682 (+38.3%)
2023
$4,107 (+17.4%)
2022
$3,500 (+2.4%)
2021
$3,418 (+2.1%)
2020
$3,347 (+6.7%)
2019
$3,136 (+24.1%)
2018
$2,526 (+1.1%)
2017
$2,499 (−6.6%)
2016
$2,676 (+15.7%)
2013
$2,312
Public record
Beds
4
Baths
2
Stories
2.5
Lot width
59 ft.
Lot depth
135 ft.
Lot size
7,965 Sq. Ft.
Year renovated
2009
Finished Sq. Ft.
2,106
Unfinished Sq. Ft.
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Total Sq. Ft.
2,106
Year built
1920
Style
Single Family Residential
County
Jefferson County
APN
23 00 32 1 017 004.000
Parking Spaces
—
Basement
—
Accessible
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HOA Dues
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Garage
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Features
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Last updated by owner on Jul 27, 2026.
Climate risks
1/10 Flood Factor
Minimal risk of a flood reaching the building in the next 30 years
1/10 Fire Factor
Unlikely to be in a wildfire in next 30 years
6/10 Heat Factor
7 days above 106° expected this year, 18 days in 30 years
6/10 Wind Factor
27% chance of strong winds in next 30 years
4/10 Air Factor
6 unhealthy days expected this year, 8 days in 30 years
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Birmingham, AL • 35222
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Sun exposure
81/ 100
Very good sunlight
Sunscore
There appears to be minimal shading by surrounding buildings, terrain, and vegetation.
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