8923 Crefeld Street, Philadelphia, PA 19118-3605 $1,495,000

Beds/Baths: 3/2
Interior Sq. Ft: 2,800
Acreage: 0.51
Age:52 years
Style:
Ranch/Rambler
MLS#: PAPH2440632
Subdivision: Chestnut Hill
Design/Type:
Detached

Description

Charming Chestnut Hill Ranch with Prime Location & Timeless Appeal - Nestled at the top of Chestnut Hill, this beautifully maintained ranch-style home offers the perfect blend of comfort, convenience, and charm. Situated on a picturesque terraced lot, the property is adorned with mature plantings in the front, back, and sides, creating a serene and private setting.

Freshly painted and move-in ready, this one-floor home features stunning pegged hardwood floors throughout. Upon entering, you step onto elegant imported Italian tile, setting the tone for the refined details found throughout the home.

The formal living and dining rooms are filled with natural light, thanks to their graceful bay windows, which enhance the home’s airy and inviting ambiance. A cozy family room offers the perfect retreat, complete with a gas fireplace for warmth and relaxation.

The spacious eat-in kitchen features a charming bay window that provides a perfect spot for birdwatching year-round—where a beloved Cardinal couple makes daily visits. The kitchen also offers easy access to the patio, making gracious summer entertaining effortless.

The Common living spaces in this home offer an easy flow for entertaining small and larger groups. The main bedroom suite includes a private en-suite bath, while two additional bedrooms share a hall bath. One of the bedrooms is currently used as a home office, offering flexibility for work or guests.

Additional highlights include:

- First-floor laundry room with direct access to a heated two-car garage

- Large basement with ample storage, including a walk-in cedar closet

- Extremely quiet street in prime Chestnut Hill location

- Walkability to Chestnut Hill's elegant shopping, dining, and two train lines

- Direct access to Fairmount Park, just across the street, offering endless outdoor recreation, from dog walking to biking and running trails

- Close proximity to private clubs and top-rated schools

This rare opportunity in one of Philadelphia's most sought-after neighborhoods won't last long! Don't miss your chance to call this Chestnut Hill gem Home!

Seller prefers a mid-May settlement date.

Living Room: Main
Dining Room: 17 X 13 - Main
Family Room: Main
Kitchen: 23 X 14 - Main
Bedroom 1: 17 X 13 - Main
Bedroom 2: 14 X 12 - Main
Bedroom 3: 12 X 12 - Main
Bathroom 1: Main
Bathroom 2: Main
Basement: Lower 1
Taxes: $15,427
Home Assoc: No
Condo Assoc: No
Garage: Y
Basement: Y
Pool: No Pool
School Dist: Philadelphia City

Features

Utilities
Baseboard - Hot Water Heating, Natural Gas, Central A/C, Electric, Hot Water - Natural Gas, Public Water, On Site Septic, Main Floor Laundry

Garage/Parking
Attached Garage, Driveway, On Street, Additional Storage Area, Garage Door Opener, Garage - Front Entry, Inside Access, Attached Garage Spaces #: 2;

Interior
Cedar Closet(s), Entry Level Bedroom, Basement Connecting Stairway, Garage Access Basement, Basement Sump Pump, Hardwood Flooring, Tile/Brick Flooring, Brick Fireplace, Gas/Propane Fireplace, Bay/Bow Windows

Exterior
Block Foundation, Crawl Space Foundation, Masonry, Extensive Hardscape, Sidewalks

Lot
Front Yard, Landscaping, Rear Yard, Middle Of Block

Select a school from the following list. Schools are grouped by school type.
The schools on this list are selected by their proximity of up to 5 miles to the property address. Proximity does not guarantee enrollment eligibility. Please contact the school directly for more information on enrollment requirements.
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Public Elementary (46 schools)

School District Grades Place Distance
John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts an Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 0.79 mi
Springfield Township Elementary School-Enfield Springfield Township School District K–2 Erdenheim 1.02 mi
Houston Henry E School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 1.77 mi
Shawmont School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.12 mi
Springfield Township Elementary School-Erdenhm Springfield Township School District 3–5 Flourtown 2.16 mi
McCloskey John F School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.29 mi
Whitemarsh Elementary School Colonial School District K–3 Lafayette Hill 2.4 mi
Henry Charles W School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 2.46 mi
Franklin S Edmonds School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.5 mi
Green Woods Charter School Green Woods Charter School K–8 Philadelphia 2.51 mi
Emlen Eleanor C School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 2.66 mi
Day Anna B School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.94 mi
Roosevelt Theodore Middle School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 3.05 mi
Colonial Elementary School Colonial School District 4–5 Plymouth Meeting 3.08 mi
Glenside Elementary School Cheltenham School District K–4 Glenside 3.14 mi
West Oak Lane Charter School West Oak Lane Charter School K–8 Philadelphia 3.15 mi
Lingelbach Anna L School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 3.16 mi
Samuel Pennypacker School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.24 mi
Dobson James School Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 3.27 mi
Wyncote Elementary School Cheltenham School District K–4 Wyncote 3.49 mi
Mastery Cs-Francis D. Pastorius Elementa Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary K–8 Philadelphia 3.61 mi
Cook-Wissahickon School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.85 mi
Belmont Hills Elementary School Lower Merion School District K–4 Bala Cynwyd 3.91 mi
Rowen William School Philadelphia City School District K–5 Philadelphia 3.91 mi
Mastery Charter School John Wister Elementary Mastery Charter School John Wister Elementary K–5 Philadelphia 4.07 mi
Ridge Park Elementary School Colonial School District K–3 Conshohocken 4.07 mi
Prince Hall Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 4.17 mi
Pennell Joseph School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 4.27 mi
Kelly John B School Philadelphia City School District K–5 Philadelphia 4.35 mi
Gladwyne School Lower Merion School District K–4 Gladwyne 4.43 mi
Ellwood School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 4.48 mi
Fitler Academics Plus Philadelphia City School District K–8 Philadelphia 4.48 mi
Conshohocken Elementary School Colonial School District K–3 Conshohocken 4.51 mi
Penn Valley School Lower Merion School District K–4 Narberth 4.6 mi
Jenkintown Elementary School Jenkintown School District K–6 Jenkintown 4.63 mi
Mifflin Thomas School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–8 Philadelphia 4.65 mi
Widener Memorial School Philadelphia City School District K–12 Philadelphia 4.68 mi
Cynwyd School Lower Merion School District K–4 Bala Cynwyd 4.71 mi
Howe Julia Ward School Philadelphia City School District K–5 Philadelphia 4.73 mi
Logan James School Philadelphia City School District Preschool–5 Philadelphia 4.75 mi
Plymouth Elementary School Colonial School District K–3 Plymouth Meeting 4.85 mi
Philadelphia Hebrew Public Charter School Philadelphia Hebrew Public Charter School K–4 Philadelphia 4.88 mi
Copper Beech School Abington School District K–5 Glenside 4.91 mi
Wissahickon Charter School Wissahickon Charter School K–8 Philadelphia 4.93 mi
Fort Washington Elementary School Upper Dublin School District K–5 Fort Washington 4.94 mi
Myers Elementary School Cheltenham School District K–4 Elkins Park 4.96 mi

Public Middle (8 schools)

School District Grades Place Distance
Springfield Township Middle School Springfield Township School District 6–8 Oreland 2.2 mi
Cedarbrook Middle School Cheltenham School District 7–8 Wyncote 3.2 mi
Amy NW Philadelphia City School District 6–8 Philadelphia 3.24 mi
Welsh Valley Middle School Lower Merion School District 5–8 Narberth 3.9 mi
Wagner Gen Louis Middle School Philadelphia City School District 6–8 Philadelphia 4.13 mi
Sandy Run Middle School Upper Dublin School District 6–8 Dresher 4.29 mi
Bala-Cynwyd Middle School Lower Merion School District 5–8 Bala Cynwyd 4.63 mi
Widener Memorial School Philadelphia City School District K–12 Philadelphia 4.68 mi

Public High (16 schools)

School District Grades Place Distance
Saul W B Agricultural School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 1.97 mi
Springfield Township High School Springfield Township School District 9–12 Erdenheim 2.05 mi
Lankenau High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 2.13 mi
Hill Freedman World Academy Philadelphia City School District 6–12 Philadelphia 2.33 mi
Roxborough High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 2.78 mi
Cheltenham High School Cheltenham School District 9–12 Wyncote 3.11 mi
Plymouth-Whitemarsh Senior High School Colonial School District 9–12 Plymouth Meeting 3.14 mi
Parkway Northwest Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 3.15 mi
King Martin Luther High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 3.33 mi
Mastery Cs-Pickett Campus Mastery CS-Pickett Campus 6–12 Philadelphia 3.71 mi
Building 21 Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 3.84 mi
Imhotep Institute Charter High School Imhotep Institute Charter High School 9–12 Philadelphia 3.87 mi
Central High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 4.54 mi
Girls High School Philadelphia City School District 9–12 Philadelphia 4.67 mi
Widener Memorial School Philadelphia City School District K–12 Philadelphia 4.68 mi
Jenkintown Middle/High School Jenkintown School District 7–12 Jenkintown 4.68 mi

Private (69 schools)

School Grades Place Distance
The Crefeld School Nonsectarian 7–12 Philadelphia 0.23 mi
Norwood-Fontbonne Academy Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 0.23 mi
Our Mother Of Consolation Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 0.41 mi
Our Mother Of Consolation Parish School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 0.41 mi
Evan Thomas Institute Nonsectarian 1–4 Wyndmoor 0.78 mi
Phil-Mont Christian Academy Presbyterian K–12 Erdenheim 0.86 mi
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Philadelphia 1.19 mi
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy-Middle Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Philadelphia 1.22 mi
Immaculate Heart Of Mary School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 1.29 mi
Mount St Joseph Academy Roman Catholic 9–12 Flourtown 1.35 mi
St Genevieve School Roman Catholic K–8 Flourtown 1.64 mi
Carson Valley Childrens Aid Nonsectarian 8–12 Flourtown 1.68 mi
Holy Cross Catholic School Roman Catholic K–8 Philadelphia 1.9 mi
Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education Nonsectarian Preschool–K Philadelphia 1.9 mi
La Salle College High School Roman Catholic 9–12 Wyndmoor 1.92 mi
Ivy Hill Christian Academy Seventh-Day Adventist K–4 Philadelphia 2.08 mi
St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Lafayette Hill 2.31 mi
Jesus Is The Way Christian Academy Christian (no specific denomination) K–7 Philadelphia 2.39 mi
Project Learn School Nonsectarian K–8 Philadelphia 2.68 mi
St Raymond Of Penafort School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.72 mi
St Raymond's Independence Mission Schools Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.76 mi
Roxborough Christian School Presbyterian Preschool–6 Philadelphia 2.8 mi
The Miquon School Nonsectarian Preschool–6 Conshohocken 2.82 mi
Aim Academy Nonsectarian 1–12 Conshohocken 2.85 mi
B.C.A. And Childcare Center Inc. Christian (no specific denomination) Preschool–8 Philadelphia 2.85 mi
Bethel Christian Academy Of Wyncote African Methodist Episcopal K Philadelphia 2.98 mi
Green Tree School Nonsectarian 1–12 Philadelphia 3.11 mi
Martin Saints Classical High School Roman Catholic 9–12 Oreland 3.14 mi
New Hope Christian Academy Baptist Preschool–12 Philadelphia 3.22 mi
New Medina Learning Institute Islamic K–12 Philadelphia 3.23 mi
Ancillae-Assumpta Academy Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Wyncote 3.4 mi
Lotus Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–4 Philadelphia 3.44 mi
Bishop McDevitt High School Roman Catholic 9–12 Wyncote 3.48 mi
Small World Discovery Center Nonsectarian K Philadelphia 3.5 mi
The Waldorf School Of Philadelphia Nonsectarian Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.51 mi
Wordsworth Academy Nonsectarian 1–12 Fort Washington 3.54 mi
Cb Community Schools Nonsectarian Ungraded Philadelphia 3.55 mi
St Athanasius School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.55 mi
Excelsior School Philadelphia Nonsectarian K–5 3.57 mi
Chelten Christian Crusade Little People Day School Roman Catholic Preschool–K Philadelphia 3.59 mi
Y.A.L.E. School Of Philadelphia Nonsectarian 1–12 Philadelphia 3.64 mi
Plymouth Meeting Friends School Friends Preschool–6 Plymouth Meeting 3.7 mi
Noreen Cook Center For Ece Of Har Zion Temple Jewish Preschool–K Penn Valley 3.71 mi
Play & Learn Preschool Nonsectarian Preschool–K Fort Washington 3.73 mi
Camelot Education Nonsectarian K–7 Philadelphia 3.75 mi
Anthony Wayne Academy Nonsectarian 6–12 Philadelphia 3.81 mi
Greene Street Friends School Friends Preschool–8 Philadelphia 3.83 mi
Adelaide Educational Center Christian (no specific denomination) Preschool–4 Philadelphia 3.88 mi
Pennsylvania School For The Deaf Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Philadelphia 3.88 mi
St Luke Catholic School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Glenside 3.9 mi
Wetherill School Nonsectarian Preschool–K Gladwyne 3.9 mi
Germantown Friends School Friends Preschool–12 Philadelphia 3.94 mi
Whitemarsh Montessori Childrens House Nonsectarian Preschool–K Blue Bell 3.96 mi
Gfs Friends K–12 Philadelphia 3.98 mi
Mt Airy Christian Day School Church of God in Christ Preschool–K Philadelphia 4.04 mi
Germantown Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–12 Fort Washington 4.06 mi
Westwood School Nonsectarian Preschool–5 Philadelphia 4.16 mi
William Penn Charter Mennonite Preschool–12 Philadelphia 4.16 mi
Early Learning Childrens Academy Nonsectarian Preschool–K Fort Washington 4.33 mi
Accel Academy Nonsectarian 5–11 Melrose Park 4.37 mi
Hope Church School Christian (no specific denomination) Preschool–12 Philadelphia 4.39 mi
The Gladwyne Montessori School Nonsectarian Preschool–6 Gladwyne 4.48 mi
Wyncote Academy Nonsectarian 6–12 Melrose Park 4.51 mi
Perelman Jewish Day School-Foreman Center Jewish K–5 Melrose Park 4.52 mi
The Depaul Catholic School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Philadelphia 4.54 mi
Mesivta Yesodei Yisroel Jewish 9–12 Elkins Park 4.56 mi
Martin Luther School Nonsectarian K–8 Plymouth Meeting 4.58 mi
Good Shepherd Catholic Regional School Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Glenside 4.62 mi
Holy Rosary Regional Roman Catholic Preschool–8 Plymouth Meeting 4.86 mi

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This report is a detailed community overview for Philadelphia (19118), Pennsylvania.

Community Quick Facts

  • Average travel time to work for people in this community: 35
  • Average salary of people in this community: $83,918

Community Summary

  • Population Density (ppl / mile): 3,362
  • Household Size (ppl): 2.16
  • Households w/ Children: 39%

Housing Inventory

  • Owned: 2,022 (42.9%)
  • Rented: 2,481 (52.6%)
  • Vacant: 215 (4.6%)
  • Total: 4,718

Population Demographics

The population of the community broken down by age group. The numbers at the top of each bar indicate the number of people in the age bracket below.

Total: 10,884
Households: 4,503
Median Age: 45.70

Climate and Weather

The Temperature chart displays average high and low values for January and July, and is designed to provide an indication of both seasonal and daily temperature variability. The Weather Risk Index indicates the calculated risk of each type of weather event occurring in the future. This risk is based on historical localized storm events and weather patterns. The national average for each type of weather event equals a score of 100, so a score of 200 would represent twice the risk as the national average, and a score of 50 would represent half the risk of the national average.

Temperature

Education

Highest Level of Education Attained

  • Less than 9th Grade: 1.0%
  • Some High School: 2.5%
  • High School Graduate: 11.4%
  • Some College: 13.9%
  • Associate Degree: 4.3%
  • Bachelor's Degree: 27.1%
  • Graduate Degree: 39.8%

Income by dollar range

Median Income: $89,422

Fair Market Rents

The Fair Market Rents show average gross rent estimates based on figures provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

  • Studio: $1,213
  • One Bedroom: $1,320
  • Two Bedroom: $1,620
  • Three Bedroom: $1,960
  • Four Bedroom: $2,365

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Listing Courtesy of: Weichert, Realtors - Cornerstone , (215) 628-8300, nick@boscaino.com

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8923 Crefeld Street, Philadelphia, PA 19118-3605

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