3565 Retta St, Philadelphia, PA 19128

Beautiful Victorian 5 bedroom 1.5 bath home in Wissahickon available for rent Jan 1, 2025. Family owned the past 6 years with many features and details that reflect the original intention to make it a forever home. Enter the house from the large sitting porch into the living room, which opens to the formal dining room. The dining room can be closed off from the kitchen area by french doors. The large kitchen is a gathering place in the home with a sitting counter and breakfast nook area. There is a powder room off this room and a conveniently located coat and shoe closet for when you enter the home via the driveway. Head upstairs using the main staircase or back kitchen stairs to the second floor which has three bedrooms and a recently renovated bathroom featuring marble tiles. The third floor has two additional bedrooms. New roof (2024), new kitchen and bathrooms (2023), new electric stove and dishwasher (2023), new metal porch roof and copper gutters (2023), house repointed and front porch steps replaced (2020), new windows and blinds (2019), replaced water line with copper (2019), reverse osmosis water system in place (2019), hardwood floors refinished (2018). More details that make this house a home: -Huge driveway for multiple vehicles (4+ cars, fits large trucks/SUVs). Move the vehicles and the driveway is perfect for outdoor entertaining as well as children activities like bike riding, basketball, even pickleball! -Backyard has a patio for eating al fresco as well as a fire pit. -Large unfinished basement for plenty of storage and/or workshop area. Basement walls parged and sections of basement floor replaced in 2023. -Garages on site; tenant can rent a garage for additional storage. The location cannot be beat. The house has direct access from the backyard to trails that lead to Forbidden Drive. One block from the 100 Steps. Easy walking distance to Wissahickon Train Station. Location is ideal for quick access to 76 popping you right into Center City and is minutes away from City Line Ave/the Main Line as well as greater NW Philly areas (Chestnut Hill, Mt. Airy, Plymouth Meeting). Location is around the corner from Main Street Manayunk. Located on a quiet cul de sac in an absolute gem of a neighorhood, particularly for families. Local catchment school is Cook Wissahickon - a highly rated K-8 school. The annual summer block party is the best around, the neighborhood is famous for Halloween, caroling is a holiday tradition, and kids are always outside playing. An old fashioned type of neighborhood that seems rare these days. The tenant is responsible for all utilities. First month's rent and security deposit due at signing.