About the home
This shotgun-style cottage has been on Wrightsville Avenue since 1930, and it shows in the best way — original heart pine floors running through the main living area, a layout that feels deliberate rather than dated. Carolina Place West is Wilmington's first residential neighborhood, and the street still has that unhurried, front-porch quality that newer developments tend to chase.
The practical side has been quietly looked after over the years: the HVAC was replaced in 2024, the water heater updated in 2021–2022, and the crawlspace is fully encapsulated with a dehumidifier and new concrete support pillars placed under an engineer's guidance. Annual professional inspections and an active termite bond round out a maintenance record that's genuinely uncommon. Out back, a fully fenced yard — expanded in 2024 with land added from the adjacent parcel — gives the property more breathing room than the address might suggest.
