Real Estate in RI: Historic Wayland Square colonial sells for $1.946M, Residential Properties

RPL Completes Sale of Historic Wayland Square Colonial

Residential Properties Ltd. announced the sale of 149 President Avenue on Providence’s East Side for $1,946,000. RPL Sales Associate Jim DeRentis represented the seller as the listing agent and RPL Sales Associate Paula Morrison represented the buyer as the selling agent in this transaction. 

According to State-Wide MLS data, RPL has now listed 19 of the 25 highest single-family home sales in Providence year to date.

Close to Wayland Square, this 1930s Center Hall Colonial with 5 bedrooms and 4.2 baths has a fireplaced living room and raised-paneling dining room to its white chef’s kitchen, modern allure and historic charm blend seamlessly. The terrace and rear garden create a beautiful slice of the outdoors, while the second-level primary suite with a spa bath adds a welcoming retreat. The third floor has an additional bedroom, bath, and study or fifth bedroom, providing versatility for a variety of needs. Finally, the lower level delights with a home gym and rec room.

Jim DeRentis is Residential Properties’ Top Producing Sales Agent, the top selling agent for sales over $1 million on the East Side. He has been a recipient of the Circle of Sales Excellence Platinum Plus Award each year since 2011 when he was named Rookie of the Year. For the past 10 years, Jim has been included on the “REALTrends Verified” list of the country’s top real estate professionals and in 2020 was named to “The 1000.” For the past four years consecutively, he has been named the #1 individual agent in the state for transaction sides, achieving just under $89 million in transaction volume for 2023. Each year since 2022, he has earned the ranking of #1 agent in Rhode Island for transaction sides. To learn more about Jim and to view his listings, please visit ThePVDRealEstateGuy.com.

As part of The Morrison Group, Paula Morrison has been a multimillion-dollar producer, receiving the Greater Providence Board of REALTORS® 2021 Circle of Sales Excellence Platinum Award. To learn more about Paula or to view her listings, please visit her website at PaulaMorrisonRI.com. 

About Residential Properties Ltd.
Residential Properties Ltd. is the largest privately held real estate company in Rhode Island and has been serving sellers and buyers of distinctive properties since 1981 through service, innovation, and sheer hard work. The Company, with nine local offices in Barrington, Cumberland, East Greenwich, Little Compton, South County, Newport, Providence, the West Side (PVD), and Westport, Massachusetts, is proud to service all of Rhode Island, the Connecticut shoreline, and southeastern and central Massachusetts. In addition, as founding members of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and Luxury Portfolio International, RPL and its award-winning Relocation Department assist buyers and sellers on transactions throughout the country and around the globe. More information is available at ResidentialProperties.com.