Fountain View

...—so what you're really getting here is four units carved out of a historic home, each one sprawling to around 1,400 square feet with ceilings tall enough that you'll actually notice them. The bones are good, the windows are generous, and you've got a private entrance and your own parking, which in a downtown setting reads like a small luxury. You're at 214 Fountain Street NE, which means you're essentially already downtown—1.9 minutes from the core—but somehow still in Oldtown-Heartside, where 540 restaurants, coffee shops within a three-minute walk, and transit stops that are literally steps away make the car optional most days, even if you own one. Homes here run around $306K, which feels reasonable for the square footage and the location. Upper-level units claim the better bedrooms, the kind of detail that matters when you're this close to the action but far enough removed that Veteran's Memorial Park is a four-minute walk for mornings that don't involve a commute. Grand Rapids Public Schools handles the district, and if you need air or water—the boat launch at Butterworth Park is 1.6 miles out—you're covered there too.