Welcome to 143 Ritchie Avenue, a completely renovated home from top to bottom! With spacious, light-filled interiors and an abundance of updates nestled on a lush and deep lot, you'll love living here! The bright living room features a picture window, ceiling fan, and wood flooring. The living room flows into the beautifully renovated kitchen. Designed for both style and function, the kitchen is outfitted with granite countertops, an LG gas range with 5 burners, stainless steel appliances, under cabinet lighting, a subway tile backsplash, large tile flooring, and a glass door with integrated blinds that leads to the backyard. This level also includes three bright bedrooms with wood flooring and front mounted double bifold barn doors on the closets. The full, recently renovated bathroom with niches is well appointed. The main level is complete with a linen closet and a coat closet. The walkout lower level provides remarkable versatility, serving as additional living space with new waterproof vinyl flooring, recessed lighting, and windows with blinds. You'll enjoy a generous living area, mini kitchen, updated full bathroom with a floating vanity and a frameless shower door with a barn door mechanism, and a large storage room and laundry room combination with shelving and a workbench area. An exterior rear door to the backyard has integrated blinds. This residence has benefited from numerous improvements: replaced hot water system (2026), replaced basement baseboard heaters (2026), upgraded electrical in the basement with a supplemental electrical box (2025), all vinyl siding and gutters (2023), upgraded insulation (2023), replacement double paned, low E windows (2023), roof replaced (2023), alarm system and doorbell camera (2023), HVAC replaced (2023), and installed paver pathways and patio (2025). The private, fenced backyard represents a peaceful retreat on a landscaped lot with a white picket-fenced side border, a deer fence in the rear, an open shed, an additional woodshed, an enclosed vegetable garden, a delightful patio, and ample room for play. The side porch off the kitchen has been upgraded with Trex boards and lattice. Surface parking for multiple vehicles. The perfect location: close to Sligo Creek Park and its trails and the Takoma Park Library and Community Center. 0.9 miles to Takoma Metro Station! Enjoy living in eclectic Takoma Park; the location offers all the allure and convenience of this very special area. Relish the warm sense of community as well as ready access to shopping, restaurants, the farmer’s market, and entertainment in both Takoma Park and vibrant downtown Silver Spring.
North Takoma Park, located between Sligo Creek Park and the Takoma DC Line, is a residential and walkable Takoma Park neighborhood with leafy side streets and a strong porch-and-garden streetscape. The neighborhood’s character concentrates around Carroll Avenue at Ethan Allen Avenue, where sidewalk chatter meets indie storefronts, coffee counters, and bike traffic. Early-20th-century bungalows and frame houses sit under mature trees, with pocket parks and creek trails shaping daily routines. Takoma Beverage Company, Rhizome DC, and the Takoma Park Farmers Market act as cultural anchors for local tastemakers and weekend rituals. Blocks feel calm, while the Metro and Old Town Takoma’s small-business strip keep the pace urban. Sligo Creek’s green corridor adds a long, linear backdrop for walking and cycling.
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Offer insights
143 Ritchie Ave · $719,000
$719K and above
75% chance or better to win
Why $719K+ is a strong offer
DAYS ON MARKET
45 days
The average home goes pending in 44 days.
SALE-TO-LIST
99.0%
Most homes are selling 1% below list price.
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Property details
Interior
Exterior
Finance
Kitchen
Bathroom
Bedroom
Living
Dining
Interior features
Ceiling fans
Traditional floor plan
Eat-in kitchen
Recessed lighting
Upgraded countertops
Wood floors
Entry-level bedroom
Bedrooms
3 bedrooms on main level
Bathrooms
2 full bathrooms (1 on main level, 1 on lower level)
Kitchen
Dishwasher
Gas oven/range
Refrigerator
Eat-in kitchen
Laundry & utility
Washer and dryer
Laundry in basement
Flooring
Wood floors
Heating & cooling
Forced air heating
Electric baseboard heating
Natural gas and electric heating fuel
Central air (electric)
Exterior features
Rear picket fencing
Outside basement entrance
Daylight/partial daylight basement
Windows in basement
Home design
Detached home
Built/major remodel effective 2023
Excellent condition
Parking
Driveway parking (2 spaces)
Total of 2 garage/parking spaces
Construction
Frame construction
Slab foundation
Double-pane Low-E replacement windows
Utilities
Public water
Public sewer
Other
Fee simple ownership
Basement improved/finished areas above and below grade
Electricity and solar
View estimated energy costs and solar savings for this home
The intent of the R-60 zone is to provide designated areas of the County for moderate density residential uses. The predominant use is residential in a detached house. A limited number of other building types may be allowed under the optional method of development.
Permitted uses
Include but are not limited to:
Agriculture-Other
Assembly / meeting place
Housing-Single unit
Housing-Senior
Infrastructure-Other
Public service
Transportation-Other
Park & open space
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 105° expected this year, 15 days in 30 years
4/10 Wind Factor
20% chance of strong winds in next 30 years
4/10 Air Factor
5 unhealthy days expected this year, 6 days in 30 years
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Historical weather
Silver Spring, MD • 20910
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Sun exposure
88/ 100
Very good sunlight
Sunscore
This home receives average direct sun exposure in Silver Spring. There appears to be minimal shading by surrounding buildings, terrain, and vegetation.
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Redfin Estimate for 143 Ritchie Ave
$714,979
$4,021 under list price of $719K
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The Redfin Estimate uses 6 recent nearby sales, priced between $685K to $845K.