This classic Colonial home features a modern open, flowing living area. The front living room is open to the rear dining room and the kitchen beside it, with its multi-paned breakfast bay window. The kitchen also adjoins the family room, which features a full-length brick fireplace and a glass door leading to the patio with the screened porch beyond.

At a glance

Location: Pilgrim Court, Fort Hunt Manor 22308
Price: $650,000 (close to the $672,000 February median for an Alexandria single-family home).
Taxes: $6,417
Contact: Susan Haughton, Long&Foster 703-683-0400
Built: 1971
Style: Classic symmetrical Colonial design, with a white plank exterior and shuttered multipaned windows
Bedrooms: 4 (upper floor)
Baths: 3 (1 main floor, 2 upper including private bath in master suite).
Levels: 2
Fireplaces: 1 (family room)
Square footage: 3,150
Lot size: 0.61 acres
Parking: 2-car side-loading attached garage
Special features: Refinished hardwood floors continuing through main floor public rooms and second-story bedrooms, elaborate crown molding in living and dining rooms, main floor study with built-in bookshelves.
Public schools: Stratford Landing elementary, Carl Sandburg middle, West Potomac high
Median price buys classic Colonial