Luxury custom brick home on 2.75 private acres with county-only property taxes, providing space, character, and flexibility. Enjoy a private setting just blocks from Historic Downtown Louisburg and within easy reach of Raleigh, Wake Forest, Durham and the Triangle. Raleigh Executive Airport is minutes away.
With 4,815 total sq. ft. of heated and cooled space across three levels, the home includes 3,958 sq. ft. of finished living area plus 857 sq. ft. of additional space ready for your vision. The flexible layout provides potentially five bedrooms and 3.5 baths, with the ability to configure a primary suite on any of the three levels. The layout provides options for entertaining, working from home, guests, recreation, or multigenerational living.
Custom craftsmanship and ornate architectural details are found throughout, including extensive crown and dental molding, distinctive finishes, and two fireplaces. Extensive improvements make the home move-in ready while leaving room for the next owner to personalize it.
The versatile lower level features a separate entrance, garage access, wet bar, fireplace, and additional conditioned space with possibilities for guests, recreation, a home office, workshop, entertaining, or multigenerational living.
Outside, mature trees, established landscaping, outdoor living areas, private acreage, and well-established muscadine grape bushes create a private setting with room to enjoy today and plan for tomorrow. Three enclosed garage spaces add practical flexibility.
The combination of acreage, space, extensive improvements, flexibility, location, and county-only taxes gives compelling value. Willing and ready to work with a new owner to make the right opportunity come together.
Pictures cannot fully capture the scale, craftsmanship, or ornate details of this home. To see the true sense of scale, character, and limitless possibilities this home has for you; it needs to be appreciated firsthand.
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Near 205 Edgewood Drive · Louisburg, NC 27549
Examining another house that is similar, nearby, and recently sold can help determine if the price of this home for sale is priced appropriately.
Examining another house that is similar, nearby, and recently sold can help determine if the price of this home for sale is priced appropriately.
This 1940s home on North Main Street offers a very different lifestyle, focusing on downtown walkability rather than the private acreage found at 205 Edgewood Drive. While it has been updated and offers a significant amount of space, it lacks the modern custom construction and the expansive 2.75-acre lot of the home for sale. However, the price difference is substantial, as 205 Edgewood Drive is positioned at a much higher price point per square foot even when accounting for the differences in land and age.
This ranch on Jeffress Drive is a great comparison for size and land, sitting on over two acres just like 205 Edgewood Drive. It features a finished basement and a lovely outdoor living area, but it retains more of its 1960s character compared to the high-end custom renovations at the home for sale. Even with those differences, the fact that this property sold for nearly half the price of 205 Edgewood Drive suggests the home for sale is reaching for a premium market that may be hard to justify.
Comparing a century-old historic landmark like the home on South Elm Street to a modern custom build like 205 Edgewood Drive is really about choosing a lifestyle. The historic home offers incredible character and original details that you simply can't replicate, while 205 Edgewood Drive provides a more contemporary flow and modern infrastructure. Because these two properties cater to very different buyers, the price gap represents the trade-off between vintage soul and modern luxury.
What nearby homes sold for, the full listing history, the neighborhood numbers — that’s the homework we do on every home before you make a move.


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