Fabulously renovated 3 bedroom, 2 bath home perched just above Shirlington in Arlington, Virginia FOR SALE at 2133 S. Oxford Street.
If you have been looking for a single level home in Arlington that has a perfect garden hide away in the back yard so that gardening can b
e your urban escape, a home that will allow you to be close enough into the DC Metro area without being in the hustle and bustle of it all and to be able to engage in the community and feel like you are an integral part of the mosaic of the neighborhood; you have found it! 2133 S. Oxford Street is a precious single family home nestled atop one of the highest points in Arlington in Douglas Park’s Ft. Barnard Heights. You have certainly found everything that you have been looking for in this home in this historic neighborhood! You will fall in love with the way the house is oriented on the street and immediately make plans to get digging in the back yard to get your part of the secret garden going to make it your very own urban oasis!
After getting to know the neighborhood even more, it is easy to fall even more in love with the proximity to Shirlington and the newly redone Columbia Pike Corridor. Meandering down the hill will get you to Shirlington’s shops, restaurants, movies, theatre, library and grocery! 
On the other side of Glebe, head towards the Arlington Drafthouse Cinema to take in a movie and dinner or call into Lost Dog to have a milk shake delivered! YUM! Another nifty tid-bit: if you weren’t familiar, the hike and bike trail is super convenient and was amazing for dog lovers and folks who love to get moving; which was also fantastic, because this house is perfectly situated near two of the area’s most frequented dog parks. Fort Barnard Park is at the end of this no-thru street and you can take advantage of the huge baseball field, basketball courts and playground. Start making plans for your family reunions to be hosted at your house! This park is a fabulous community asset that adds to the charm of the historic community. The walls that hold the playground in are actually the original Fort’s walls. Neat, huh?
What more can you say about this location aside from that you are 10 minutes to DCA, which is awesome when you have a trip to take or have visitors coming in… no more cell phone waiting area! Just wait until they call you from deplaning and head on over! Amazing access to 395, 50, 66 and more, this home is perched in the perfect commuter location; plus, if you don’t want to drive utilize the ART bus just across the baseball field at Fort Barnard Park (less than a city 
block away) to head towards Pentagon City. What is even more exciting about this location is that ART is expanding the commuter options with additional bus services coming down both 22nd and Oakland Streets in the coming months, which means that you will have even more options on top of the already close bus line across the Ft. Barnard Park field. Also, Capital Bike share will be placing bike share locations at the bottom of the hill and possibly across Walter Reed! Take full advantage of all of the commuter options you have available to you on top of your own private parking spaces.
The house itself is a gem. Totally renovated in 2010 with additional renovations in 2012, this 1950’s charmer is ready to make someone else fall in love with Arlington. 3 amply sized bedrooms- you are going to just love the master suite with its own fireplace and sitting area-, 2 updated baths, new windows , new front doors, new direct vent gas fireplace in the master suite, Merrifield drought tolerant landscaping in front and backyard, a totally updated kitchen complete with granite, designer glass subway tile back splash and stainless steel, energy star appliances; this house is the perfect place to get acquainted with Northern Virginia and everything that South Arlington has to offer.
