2304 Nelson Highway
Chapel Hill, NC 27517Looking 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.
$400,000
3 bedrooms
2 full bathrooms
0.46 acres
1,288 square feet
$311 per square foot
- Exterior Features
- Interior Features
- Property Features
- Construction Materials Brick
- Lot Size Acres 0.46
- Structure Type House
- Above Grade Finished Area 1,288
- Cooling Central Air
- Cooling Y/N Yes
- Flooring Hardwood
- Heating None, Central
- Heating Y/N Yes
- Rooms Total 1
- Tax Annual Amount 3282.11
- Water Source Public
- Year Built 1965
Additional Property Information
- TypeSingle Family Residence
- Built1965
- NeighborhoodNot in a Subdivision
- CountyDurham
- AreaChapel Hill
- Elementary SchoolDurham - Creekside Elementary
- Middle SchoolDurham - Sherwood Githens Middle
- High SchoolDurham - Charles E Jordan Sr High School
Listing courtesy of Compass -- Chapel Hill - Durham. © 2026 Triangle MLS, Inc. of North Carolina. All Rights Reserved. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
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