House of the Week: Renovated 19th century home in the city

Syracuse, N.Y. Kathleen Pulito had her eye on the house where she lives now for much of her youth.

She grew up in the city's Valley neighborhood and would often pass by the home at 5600 S. Salina St., where she has lived for the past 13 years. There's a porch off what is now her bedroom that she admired for years from afar.

"There would be people sitting up there having a drink or a glass of wine," she said. "I always imaged it would be me."

Pulito first moved into the house when it was carved up into a number of apartments. She eventually bought the building and converted it over time back to a single-family home.

Pulito is a graduate student at Syracuse University. Her husband Chris works in the hospitality business in Lake Placid.

They have three kids and are planning to move to the suburbs. Pulito said she'll have a hard time leaving the house behind.

"I'm not excited to be selling," she said. "I'm going to miss it a ton."

Her favorite spot in the home now is a playroom upstairs, she said. It keeps the mess from her children confined to one area.

"When company comes over, the first floor isn't a disaster," she said.

The property has a great backyard with a playhouse for her kids, Pulito added. The home also has a pole barn Pulito added herself in 2006 when she owned landscaping business.

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House of the Week: Renovated 19th century home in the city