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About this home
Looking for the ideal affordable and accessible location that's close to UNC, restaurants, and shopping? This home is for you! Just 3.7 miles and 7 minutes from UNC, this is the perfect home for students, residents, professors, or anyone working or studying at UNC. Blue Devil? No problem. You're only 8.8 miles and 14 minutes to Duke too! Not only that, but you can walk to Nantucket Grill, Gold's Gym, Starbucks and more, and you're also only minutes from Meadowmont's shopping and restaurants. The home itself is a charming 3 bedroom 2 bath, with beautifully refinished original solid hardwood floors, updated bathrooms, and a pantry with a barn door. There are thoughtful improvements that go well beyond cosmetics: a 2021 roof, 2026 HVAC and deck, and an encapsulated crawlspace. Outside, a large, level yard provides something increasingly hard to find: usable space for play, gardening, entertaining or simply enjoying the outdoors. Set back and below HWY 54, this home is quiet, private, and peaceful. Come check it out for yourself, or as an ideal rental property.
Single-familyProperty Type
1965Year Built
0.46 acresLot Size
$302Price/Sq.Ft.
Listed by Inna Shapiro• Compass -- Chapel Hill - Durham
Leigh Village, located between NC-147 and Downtown Durham, is a residential and mixed-use Durham neighborhood with a leafy street grid and a low-rise commercial strip. The neighborhood’s character concentrates around the Fayetteville St and Riddle Rd corridor, where small storefronts, service counters, and everyday errands set a steady, local rhythm. Nearby anchors like Hayti Heritage Center, The Fruit, and Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC) add cultural gravity beyond the blocks. Housing reads as practical and varied, with older single-story homes and newer infill side by side. Tree cover and pocket greenspaces soften the edges near major roads. Commutes and weekend plans often point toward the American Tobacco Campus and the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
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Market insights
2304 Nelson Hwy · $389,000
DAYS ON MARKET
1 days
The average home goes pending in 35 days.
SALE-TO-LIST
98.3%
Most homes are selling 2% below list price.
LIST PRICE
$389,000
Median sale price in this area is $638,804. (64% higher than this home)
PRICE DROP
0 price drops
27% of homes in this area have had a price drop in the past month.
Property details
Interior
Exterior
Finance
Kitchen
Bathroom
Bedroom
Living
Dining
Interior features
Hardwood flooring
Central heating
Central air conditioning
Bedrooms
3 bedrooms (all on the main level)
Bathrooms
2 full bathrooms
Flooring
Hardwood
Heating & cooling
Central heat
Central air
Exterior features
Shingle roof
Approximately 0.46-acre lot
Publicly maintained road access
Home design
Single-story house
Brick construction
Construction
Brick exterior
Shingle roof
One-story structure
Utilities
Public water
Public sewer
HOA & community
No homeowners association
Other
Living area about 1,288
Property located in Durham County, postal code 27517
Electricity and solar
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The RS Districts are established to provide for orderly suburban residential development and redevelopment. A limited number of nonresidential uses are allowed, subject to the restrictions necessary to preserve the character of the suburban neighborhood. Multifamily development is permitted in areas designated RS-M, which should have convenient access to arterial streets and nearby civic, commercial or employment uses.
Zone overlays
Watershed Protection Overlay - Falls/Jordan District B
Major Transportation Corridor Overlay District
Permitted uses
Include but are not limited to:
Agriculture
Community / recreation center
Climate risks
1/10 Flood Factor
Minimal risk of a flood reaching the building in the next 30 years
1/10 Fire Factor
Unlikely to be in a wildfire in next 30 years
7/10 Heat Factor
7 days above 106° expected this year, 16 days in 30 years
6/10 Wind Factor
27% chance of strong winds in next 30 years
2/10 Air Factor
1 unhealthy days expected this year, 1 days in 30 years
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Historical weather
Chapel Hill, NC • 27517
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Sun exposure
50/ 100
Moderate sunlight
Sunscore
There appears to be some shading by surrounding buildings, terrain, and vegetation.
6.1 hrs
1.9 hrs
JuneDecember
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Redfin Estimate for 2304 Nelson Hwy
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Nearby homes have recently sold between $465,000 and $538,000.
Nearby comparable homes
The Redfin Estimate uses 6 recent nearby sales, priced between $465K to $538K.