Times Union House of the Week – 12 Bensonhurst Ave

Bungalow in Saratoga Springs

by Leigh Hornbeck for the Times Union | October 19, 2012

12 Bensonhurst Ave., Saratoga Springs

The home at 12 Bensonhurst Ave., Saratoga Springs could pass for a restoration project. It’s new construction, but built to look like a 1920s-era Craftsman Bungalow.

The house was built in 2006 by Matthew McPadden and  in 2007 the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation recognized it as a “contextually appropriate new design.”  In addition to the eye-catching river stone pillars and front and back porches, the living and dining rooms have colonnades with built-in bookcases, true divided-light windows, schoolhouse lighting, reproduction plumbing fixtures and extensive trim.

It has three bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, a finished basement, office, tiled bathrooms, octagonal period touches, Douglas fir counters and panel doors.

Public water, natural gas, one car garage and off-street parking, courtyard, garden. 2,300 square feet on a 50 by 100-foot lot. Saratoga Springs schools, $6,000 annual taxes.

List price: $480,000.