RealEstate Cottage Charm in University Gardens Elegant old houses are often more beautiful than functional when it comes to modern spaces and conveniences, but elegant new houses built to look old can have their cake and eat it too. Such is the case with the tall country cottage at 2252 Myrtledale Ave. in University Gardens...see page 5. Elegant old houses are often more beautiful than functional when it comes to modern spaces and conveniences, but elegant new houses built to look old can have their cake and eat it too. Such is the case with the tall country cottage at 2252 Myrtledale Ave. in University Gardens. The builder designed and built the home with the charm and character of a plantation cottage from the late 1800s, but he built it just four years ago. With a large kitchen and master bath -- two things generally lacking in old homes -- the Myrtledale residence just looks like it stepped out of the last century. The front entrance opens in typical plantation cottage style with a wide wood foyer that extends through arched passageways to the home's rear wall. A custom wood staircase leads from the foyer up the right wall to the second floor, an iron chandelier lighting the way. Rooms on the left and right sides of the foyer in a plantation home would possibly be a parlor and a bedroom. Here, it's a formal dining room to the left and an office (or nursery) to the right. The formal