Real Estate in RI: 1890s Victorian on College Hill, $1.36M with Residential Properties for seller

RPL Closes $1.36M Sale of 1890s Victorian on College Hill

Residential Properties Ltd. announces the sale of 6 Barnes Street on Providence’s East Side for $1.36 million. RPL Sales Associate Jim DeRentis represented the seller as the listing agent in this transaction.

This 1890s Victorian has been tastefully renovated blending modern amenities with its original historic details. With 4 bedrooms and 4.5 baths, the side entry porch and gracious foyer create a welcoming atmosphere from the start. The living room with south-facing bay windows floods the space with natural light. A wood-burning fireplace is the perfect respite for cool weather evenings.

At the center of the home is the dining room with a corner fireplace and three sets of French doors for ease of entertaining. The real showstopper is the gourmet eat-in kitchen with wood cabinetry, stone counters, and top-of-the-line appliances. Warm wood floors with inlay provide timeless elegance while unifying the spaces. Upstairs is the fireplaced primary bedroom with ensuite bath. Two additional bedrooms, one with a fireplace, plus a full tile bath with laundry finishes off this floor.

The top floor has a home office or study plus a family room and vintage bath. The amenities continue in the lower level with a legal auxiliary dwelling unit with its own private entrance. Outside is a delightful city garden with a brick paver patio in a herringbone pattern and mature plantings for the ultimate in city living.

Jim DeRentis is Residential Properties’ Top Producing Sales Agent and 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, and according to State-Wide MLS data was the only agent to achieve $100 million in Rhode Island sales in 2024. 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.

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, Jamestown, 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.