Home of the Week: Three-bedroom Boston condo with private roof deck
South Boston unit, priced at $2,250,000, offers wall of windows, modern kitchen, and three full baths. View more luxury listings at realestate.boston.com.
407 West First St., Unit 401, South Boston
$2,250,000
Style: Condo
Year built: 2015
Square feet: 2,858
Bedrooms: 3
Baths: 3 full
Taxes: $12,991 (2017)
Fee: $596 a month
Want the sun in your eyes and the wind in your hair as you try to convince your relatives that the carbonized steak on their plates that looks and tastes like burnt toast is trendy?
Can do.
Want to spend Arctic-like nights in a cozy living room steps from a modern kitchen, a gas fireplace, and a view of Boston’s skyline?
Can do.
Those are just some of the highlights of this South Boston penthouse condo, which boasts a nearly 1,500-square-foot private roof deck with two gas hookups and direct elevator access, as well as walls of glass that make the most of the unit’s location in this four-story building.
The windows in the corner of the north-facing living room nearly meld into one viewpoint that takes in the cruise ships at Black Falcon Terminal, jet traffic from Logan International Airport, and downtown Boston. The effort to visually link the unit to the city includes a square window at ankle height.
The foyer opens into a home with high ceilings, hardwood floors stained a charcoal gray, recessed lighting, and a long hallway perfect for hanging artwork, as current owner and painter Jane Tracy has done.
The hallway pours into an open floor plan encompassing the kitchen and living and dining areas.
In the kitchen, the European-style lacquered cabinets are a glistening white, as are the smooth quartz counters, which remind me of a glass of milk. Greenish-gray glass subway tiles make up the backsplash. The island, which boasts waterfall edges, is L-shaped and offers seating on both sides underneath pendant lights. The high-end appliances are stainless-steel and include a gas stove and wine cooler. The kitchen also has a walk-in pantry.
Past the kitchen is the dining area, a space defined by a drum pendant light. French doors open to a 344-square-foot family (or media) room.
The living area has those marvelous views, lots of room for seating, and a door to a balcony sized for Romeo and Juliet but no one else. (There’s a similar balcony off the family room.)
One of the home’s three bedrooms is off the living area and features two large windows, a closet with custom white cabinetry, and an en-suite bath with a shower and a single wood vanity topped with white quartz.
The other two bedrooms, including the master suite, are behind a door off the foyer. Opening it leads to a short hallway with the master suite on the right, a full guest bath on the left, and straight ahead, the third bedroom, which has a walk-in closet.
The bedroom area in the master suite is about 351 square feet — plenty of space for a king-size bed, a couch, and an armchair. Thanks to the grand walk-in closet with custom cabinetry, there’s no need for a dresser in this bedroom.
The master bath has a long mahogany-toned double vanity topped with white quartz, basketweave marble flooring, and a multi-head shower with a steam option. Behind a pocket door is the water closet.
The unit, one of 49 in the building, includes additional private storage space on the roof.
There’s also this: Remember how earlier this month, the snow was more than a foot deep, the temperatures were at sanity-testing levels, and there were fewer than-ever places to park in South Boston? This unit comes with two deeded parking spaces, side by side, in a heated garage.
Frank Celeste with Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty in Charlestown is the listing broker. View the property on his website, frankceleste.com. As of press time, an offer had been accepted on this property.
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