Private, Wooded Family Home with Historic Charm and Modern Updates. Get ready to say “Wow!” as you travel a tree-lined driveway and enter the peaceful calm of your new family retreat. This unique single-family home, nestled on a 3.11-acre wooded hillside that overlooks Soldier Creek, has a fantastic blend of modern conveniences and charming character. With more than 3,600 square feet, the remodeled house has 4 large bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms, providing plenty of room for living and entertaining. The open living room is airy with a small gas fireplace and custom woodwork around a beautiful tray ceiling. The kitchen has ample cabinets and a built in breakfast bar, with extra pantry space in the main level laundry. From the kitchen, you can see into the dining room, with new windows and sliding doors that open onto an expansive front patio. The primary bedroom is lovely with knotty pine finishes and crown molding, custom closets, an antique fireplace surround crafted with locally-gathered stones and a window view that lets in soft morning light. Step outside the primary bedroom onto your newly-constructed private covered porch and elevated back deck to enjoy the gorgeous sunset view or a cup of morning coffee with the birds. The house’s sprawling one-of-a-kind layout includes a finished walk-out basement room with outside access and a half bath that could be used for a home office or family room. A main-level flex space with hardwood floors would make a cozy den or formal dining room. Three upper-level bedrooms share a bath with double sinks and a landing perfect for a kids play space. Enjoy * * more than $150,000 * * in recent upgrades, including a new metal roof that promises both durability and low maintenance, a new septic tank, furnace and hot water heater, providing peace of mind. The new windows allow for abundant natural light, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere throughout the home. The updated exterior is freshly painted to blend into the natural surroundings, and the brand new patio and retaining wall that expands the living area into the outdoors is canopied by an awe-inspiring grand oak tree. Across the patio, don’t miss the fully equipped bonus space / game room above the large detached garage, perfect for recreational activities or guests. The 2-story building is wired as a freestanding workshop ideal for anyone from a carpenter to a mechanic. The home also includes an attached 2-car garage, and another outbuilding with a roll-up door, so there’s plenty of room to keep the cars inside and still have space for projects and storage in the other buildings. With fresh paint, new flooring and finishing touches throughout, this home in the desirable Seaman School District is truly move-in ready. If you want privacy and seclusion that’s just minutes from the North Topeka Walmart and Dillons area, seize the opportunity to make this stunning home your very own. It’s the kind of place you’ll want to keep for generations.
Single-familyProperty Type
1860Year Built
3.11 acresLot Size
4 car garageParking
Listed by Chris Noack• KW One Legacy Partners, LLC
Bought with House Non Member• SUNFLOWER ASSOCIATION OF REALT
Est. $1,584 per month, based on comparable rentals
Sale and tax history for 824 NE Collier Rd
Sale History
Tax History
Date
Event
Price
Public Records
Mar 30, 2026
Sold
—
Sunflower MLS as distributed by MLS GRID #241900
Mar 27, 2026
Sold
—
Feb 8, 2026
Pending
—
Oct 23, 2025
Listed
$489,000
$165/sq ft
Public Records
Oct 17, 2025
Sold
—
Public Records
Dec 1, 1992
Sold
$17,500
$6/sq ft
Year
Property tax
Land + Additions
Assessment*
2025
$4,029 (+1.3%)
2024
$3,977 (+3.2%)
2023
$3,855 (+9.7%)
2022
$3,513 (+10.6%)
2021
$3,176 (+7.5%)
2020
$2,955 (+4.1%)
2019
$2,840 (−0.4%)
2018
$2,850
2017
$2,851 (+2.8%)
2016
$2,773 (+0.9%)
2015
$2,749 (−0.2%)
2014
$2,754
Public record
Public record
Zoning
Beds
1
Baths
1.5
Stories
1
Lot width
—
Lot depth
—
Lot size
3.63 Acres
Year renovated
—
Sq. Ft.
720
Year built
2006
Style
Single Family Residential
County
Shawnee County
APN
1051602002001020
Parking Spaces
—
Basement
—
Accessible
—
HOA Dues
—
Garage
—
Features
—
Last updated by owner on Aug 28, 2026.
RR-1
Residential Reserve District
This district is established to provide for a transitional area between urbanized development with intensive activity areas, and the rural-agricultural areas; and which is expected to become urbanized in subsequent planning periods. The limitations of this district are intended to allow for the gradual development of urban uses and activities therefore providing for the coexistence with agricultural farmland activities based upon the availability and extension of municipal facilities and services. Such urban development will be permitted at appropriate intensity-density levels to assure that public improvement expenditures are appropriately planned for in advance of the conversion to urban uses.
Permitted uses
Include but are not limited to:
Agriculture
Greenhouse / nursery
Housing-Group
Housing-Single unit
Housing-Senior
Educational/school
Recreation
Golf related
Agriculture-Grove / orchard / vineyard
Park & open space
Property details
Parking
Parking/Garage Information
Has Garage
Has Attached Garage
# of Garage Spaces: 4
Parking Features: Attached, Detached
Interior
Bathroom Information
# of Full Bathrooms: 3
# of Half Bathrooms: 1
Heating & Cooling
Has Cooling
Cooling: Central Air
Interior Features
Interior Features: Breakfast Bar, Coffered Ceiling(s)
Appliances: Gas Water Heater, Gas Range, Microwave, Dishwasher, Refrigerator
Flooring: Hardwood, Vinyl, Ceramic Tile, Carpet
Has Fireplace
# of Fireplaces: 2
Fireplace Features: Master Bedroom, Wood Burning, Living Room, Decorative
Middle Or Junior School: Seaman Middle School/USD 345
High School: Seaman High School/USD 345
Location Information
Directions: The main entrance is via the driveway behind the house. To get there, go past the mailbox on Collier and turn left onto Chester. Once on Chester, take the first driveway on the left. The house is the first one on the left in that driveway.
Subdivision Name: Jackson Heights
Public facts
Beds: 1
Baths: 1.5
Sq. Ft.: 720
Stories: 1.0
Lot Size: 3.63 acres
Style: Single Family Residential
Year Built: 2006
Year Renovated: —
County: Shawnee County
APN: 1051602002001020
Home facts updated by county records on Aug 28, 2026
Around this home
Schools
Logan Elementary School
Public PreK-6 • Assigned • 2.0mi
5/10
Seaman Middle School
Public 7-8 • Assigned • 3.6mi
6/10
Seaman High School
Public 9-12 • Assigned • 3.1mi
6/10
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Climate risks
1/10 Flood Factor
Minimal risk of a flood reaching the building in the next 30 years
4/10 Fire Factor
2% chance of being in a wildfire in next 30 years
4/10 Heat Factor
7 days above 107° expected this year, 17 days in 30 years
2/10 Wind Factor
Minor risk of severe winds over next 30 years
2/10 Air Factor
1 unhealthy days expected this year, 2 days in 30 years
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Historical weather
Topeka, KS • 66617
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Sun exposure
In this area, properties receive around 9.7 hours in
June and 4.8 hours in December, which is comparable to the
U.S. average for solar exposure.
9.7 hrs
4.8 hrs
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Estimated sale price
$537,000 – $650,000
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Property information provided by Sunflower MLS as distributed by MLS GRID when last listed in 2025. This data may not match public records. Learn more.