Bungalows for sale in Uxbridge

Start with the older town. The blocks between Main Street and the arena, the crescents off Reach Street and the Quaker Village streets west of the brook date from the sixties through the eighties, when the bungalow was the standard family house here, and many have never been added to. Lots are deep enough for a garden and a second garage. Raised bungalows are common on the streets that climb toward Quaker Hill, because the grade gave builders a bright lower floor for free. On the south side, the golf-course enclaves reportedly sold as adult-lifestyle communities, with bungalows and bungalofts on private roads, a clubhouse and a monthly charge for the road and grounds. In the country, a bungalow is often the practical choice on a moraine lot, with the bedrooms upstairs replaced by a finished lower level that opens onto the yard.

A bungalow from the seventies will usually have had a roof and a furnace replaced, but ask about the electrical, the plumbing under the slab and whether the first-generation windows are still in place. Look at the lower level with a critical eye: a finished basement in a raised bungalow is often the reason a family chose the house, so test for dampness, note the ceiling height and confirm that any lower bedroom has a code-sized egress window. In an adult-lifestyle enclave, read the road agreement and the fee schedule, and ask whether the community restricts rentals or requires an owner to be over a certain age. For a country bungalow, the questions move outside: the well record, the septic bed's location and age, the driveway grade in a snowy winter and whether the lot sits under moraine or Greenbelt rules that limit an addition. The Millers go through each item with you.