Price reduced!!! Beautiful 3 bedrooms, 1 full and 1/2 bath rowhome is ready to move in. With front yard and covered porch you can enjoy your morning or evening. Enter the house into living room with open space into dining room with beautiful wood flooring, powder rm on the first floor. Nice sized kitchen with island which can seat 4 people while you prepare meals, plus a working desk on the corner, French door opens to the large maintenance free trex deck. What a great entertaining or relaxing space! Up the stairs is 3 bedrooms, all with ceiling fans, carpet flooring, great closet spaces, full bath with tile wall and floor and a linen closet. Basement is finished with laundry area, space for family game room with cabinets and sink, plus mud room/entry area near the back door or garage with custom built-in storage for coat hanging and shoes with bench. This house is conveniently located, close to everything, Grocery, shops and restaurant near Main street, across Henry Ave is the Wissachickon Valley Park with hiking trails. Hurry! It have so much to offer.
Roxborough, located between Manayunk and Chestnut Hill, is a hillside and riverside Philadelphia neighborhood with a main-street corridor and wooded park edges. Ridge Avenue concentrates the neighborhood’s character, where corner pubs, longtime delis, and small service storefronts line the slope. Community touchstones include Dalessandro’s Steaks & Hoagies, Union Tap House, and the Roxborough Pocket Park. Twin and rowhouse blocks step down toward the Schuylkill, mixing stone-front tradition with mid-century apartments. The Wissahickon’s trails and the riverfront paths shape daily routines, while SEPTA’s Ivy Ridge station ties the ridge to Center City.
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Offer insights
638 Roxborough Ave · $365,000
$365K and above
75% chance or better to win
Why $365K+ is a strong offer
DAYS ON MARKET
50 days
The average home goes pending in 52 days.
SALE-TO-LIST
97.8%
Most homes are selling 2% below list price.
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Property details
Interior
Exterior
Finance
Kitchen
Bathroom
Bedroom
Living
Dining
Interior features
Tub with shower
Cedar closets
Ceiling fans
Dining area
Kitchen island
Window treatments
Wood and engineered wood floors
Carpeted areas
Bedrooms
Three bedrooms on the upper level
Bathrooms
One full bathroom on the upper level
One half bathroom on the main level
Kitchen
Dishwasher
Built-in microwave
Refrigerator
Kitchen island
Laundry & utility
Front-loading washer
Front-loading dryer
Flooring
Engineered wood
Laminate plank
Ceramic tile
Carpet
Wood floors
Heating & cooling
Baseboard electric heating
Window air conditioning units (electric)
Exterior features
Deck(s)
Porch(es)
Rear entrance
Outside entrance
Home design
Interior townhouse/rowhouse
Property in very good condition
Fee simple ownership
Parking
Attached garage with inside access and rear entry
Garage door opener
One attached garage space plus one driveway space (two total parking spaces)
Construction
Masonry construction
Concrete perimeter foundation
Built per assessor records
Utilities
Public water
Public sewer
Natural gas hot water
Electricity and solar
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Open House! Sunday 12 to 2 PM. This lovely, brick Roxborough row is move-in ready! The covered front porch welcomes you to a cheery interior. Marvel at the Brazilian cherry floors in the dining room. More wood flooring in the kitchen with lots of natural light filling the room from the double french doors and abundant newer windows. Those doors lead to a maintenance free, large Trex deck where many a BBQ can take place. Kitchen has granite counter tops, a large island with seating for four, pendant lights, under cabinet lighting, cabinets with pull out shelving, a garbage disposal under sink and built in microwave over stove, built in dishwasher. There is a new skylight in the remodeled ceramic tile bathroom. A convenient first floor powder room off the dining room. Ceiling fans and recessed lights. Cedar closet on 2nd floor. Bedrooms freshly painted. Garage with inside access from finished basement/fam. rm. Sink/wet bar and cabinets for entertaining. Another outside exit door from basement for ease of bring things into the home. Parking for 3 cars. Automatic garage door opener. Economical gas heat and hot water. Close to public transportation and many parks/open space.
BRIGHT MLS #1003605855
Sep 19, 2008
Sold
$242,000
$153/sq ft
Jul 22, 2008
Listed
$249,900
$158/sq ft
Jul 22, 2008
Listing Removed
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+5
Majestic Colonial Townhome! The marble entrance leads you into a beautifully restored & updated home. Newer Eat-In Kitchen boastes of granite countertops and solid oak cabinets. Updated Baths with cherry wood cabinets and ceramic tiled floor. New hardwood floors in the Dining Room, new roof, & newer windows plus replaced plumbing lines and updated electric. Relax on the covered front porch or enjoy the seclusion of the rear deck updated with composite flooring. The list goes on and on. Nothing to do but hang up your clothes and enjoy!
Year
Property tax
Land + Additions
Assessment*
2026
$4,447
$63,540 + $254,160
$317,700
2025
$4,447 (+16.8%)
$63,540 + $254,160
$317,700
2024
$3,807
$54,400 + $217,600
$272,000
2023
$3,807 (+22.7%)
$54,400 + $217,600
$272,000
2022
$3,102
$33,240 + $188,360
$221,600
2021
$3,102
$33,240 + $188,360
$221,600
2020
$3,102 (+1.7%)
$33,240 + $188,360
$221,600
2019
$3,049 (+4.0%)
$31,000 + $186,800
$217,800
2018
$2,931
$29,839 + $179,561
$209,400
2017
$2,931 (+4.5%)
$29,839 + $179,561
$209,400
2015
$2,806
$27,222 + $182,178
$209,400
2014
$2,805 (+42.2%)
$27,222 + $182,178
$209,400
2013
$1,973 (+3.6%)
$2,197 + $17,995
$20,192
2012
$1,905 (+3.9%)
$2,197 + $17,995
$20,192
2011
$1,834 (+9.9%)
$2,197 + $17,995
$20,192
2010
$1,669
$2,197 + $17,995
$20,192
Public record
Public record
Zoning
Beds
3
Baths
1
Stories
2
Lot width
16 ft.
Lot depth
94 ft.
Lot size
1,504 Sq. Ft.
Year renovated
—
Finished Sq. Ft.
1,178
Unfinished Sq. Ft.
—
Total Sq. Ft.
1,178
Year built
1925
Style
Townhouse
County
Philadelphia County
APN
213150300
Parking Spaces
—
Basement
—
Accessible
—
HOA Dues
—
Garage
—
Features
—
Last updated by owner on Jul 28, 2026.
RSA-5
/WWO
/WWO
/FDO - FOURTH DISTRICT
/NIS
Residential Single-Family Attached-5
The RSA, Residential Single-Family Attached districts are primarily intended to accommodate attached and semi-detached houses on individual lots, but may be applied in areas characterized by a mix of housing types, including detached houses. The districts are also intended to provide a density transition between RSD districts and RM districts. The Zoning Code includes five RSA districts that are differentiated primarily on the basis of minimum lot area requirements.
Zone overlays
Wissahickon Watershed Overlay District
Wissahickon Watershed Overlay District
Fourth District Overlay - Fourth District Area
Narcotics Injection Sites Overlay District
Permitted uses
Include but are not limited to:
Assembly / meeting place
Garden center
Housing-Single unit
Fire house
Police station
Recreation-Other
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 103° expected this year, 15 days in 30 years
6/10 Wind Factor
27% chance of strong winds in next 30 years
4/10 Air Factor
4 unhealthy days expected this year, 5 days in 30 years
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Historical weather
Philadelphia, PA • 19128
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Sun exposure
64/ 100
Moderate sunlight
Sunscore
This home receives average direct sun exposure in Philadelphia. There appears to be some shading by surrounding buildings, terrain, and vegetation.
7.5 hrs
3.9 hrs
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Redfin Estimate for 638 Roxborough Ave
$360,573
$4,427 under list price of $365K
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