Apartment with garden and original period charm

At 118 years old, one can quite safely describe a house as an old lady. In this case, a rather small one – at least if you look only at its pretty façade and the 313 m² plot. But the Petite Grande Dame has learned not to parade her charms straight out onto the street.

This house has stood in the so-called Fellergraben since 1908. Klosterneuburg has long since continued to grow all around it, buses now run almost right in front of the door, and the city centre is just two or three stops away. The house itself has not let this disturb its composure. It is still standing there – with its pretty natural-stone base, tall windows and a small front garden that sets it back a little from the street. The actual garden has settled in well protected behind the house.

From here, the road continues uphill towards Ölberg. This means living pleasantly centrally while still being surprisingly quickly where Klosterneuburg becomes green and hilly again. At around 313 m², the plot is almost cute, but easy to oversee, and behind the house it offers everything a private garden should: lawn, roses, mature shrubs, a garden shed and enough space for a table outdoors. Fortunately, it does not require much work, but that certainly does not mean you have to give up breakfast in the countryside or a pleasant afternoon outside.

The house is reached from the side via a few steps. The actual entrance is through a closed veranda of just under 10 m², which was added in the 1970s. It offers sufficient space for coats, plants, bicycles or a small seating area and ensures that you do not step straight from the front door into domestic life.

Inside, it quickly becomes clear that the restrained exterior understates things a little. Around 113 m² of living space are spread across the ground floor and the converted attic floor. The high rooms on the ground floor in particular still recall the time when this house was built. Some beautiful details have also been preserved – including old panelled doors, a large double-leaf door, ceiling roses and classic herringbone parquet.

The kitchen is immediately to the left. Just under ten square metres in size and therefore quite ready for more than just coffee and frozen pizza. A proper table fits inside, the wide window looks out into the garden, what is happening there, and the contrasting wooden ceiling makes it pleasantly cosy underneath. Whoever cooks here certainly does not have to remain alone – this is a place where one is welcome to sit and give good advice.

The largest room on the ground floor is the living room, measuring around 25 m². Two tall windows, herringbone parquet and the broad double-leaf door still give it the character of a classic old-building room. Even the wallpaper tells a little about earlier decades. Together with the crystal chandelier and old pendulum clock, it creates a picture one could search a long time for in a new-build property. Naturally, it may be furnished more modernly in future – but I would definitely leave a little of the past in this room.

Directly beside it is another room of around 15 m², where the herringbone parquet continues. Whether it becomes a bedroom, library, study or quiet retreat is up to its new residents. A dignified old, as well as spacious, built-in wardrobe already offers plenty of storage space.

Over time, another room was added on the garden side. It is just under 15 m², bright and particularly versatile thanks to its direct access to the garden. It works equally well as a bedroom opening onto greenery, home office, guest room or second living room. Anyone who likes to simply open the door in the morning and walk outside barefoot will probably know very quickly which room will be theirs.

The bathroom has also already been modernised in keeping with contemporary standards; a window provides daylight and good ventilation. The WC is accessible separately from the hallway.

The curved wooden staircase leads up to the converted attic floor. Even the stairwell, with its tall window and an old round-arched element, shows that practicality here has never had to exist entirely without charm.

Upstairs, a surprisingly large room of around 20 m² awaits. Parquet flooring, light walls and a window at the gable end turn it into a peaceful sleeping or living space. Next to it is another small room measuring just under 11 m². The roof window and an additional window give this elongated room plenty of light as well. It is practically made for use as a dressing room, but it could just as easily become a small workspace, reading corner or children’s area. And whatever still does not find a place can go into the additional attic storage room.

The house has been invested in repeatedly, renovated and also modernised at a measured pace. It was done so carefully that, fortunately, not everything old disappeared in the process. The result is not a historical showpiece that one hardly dares touch, but a lived-in home with quirks, edges and many different layers of time.

And because a house from 1908 does not tell its story only upstairs, it is worth taking a look down at the end: The building is partly basemented. Besides the technical and utility area, there is a small storage room with a genuine brick vault and natural-stone walls. Here, the past is not merely decoration but is still genuinely part of the house.

The Petite Grande Dame is for people who are gradually finding an apartment too small, but a large house with a huge plot too much again. For people who are sensitive enough to see the beauty in what has been preserved and who do not automatically consider everything new to be better. People who do not regard old walls, creaking stories and little peculiarities as flaws, but as the things that give a house its character in the first place.

In short: a proper house – just without the associated life’s work.

Curious? I am already looking forward to a viewing with you.

The price: € 525.000.--

The agent is acting as a dual agent.

Information as required by law:

• Heating energy demand:153.3 kWh/(m²a)
• Heating energy demand class:E

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