Home of the Week: Boston condo with balconies, roof deck for $734,775
The home, listed for $734,775, offers four bedrooms, three baths, quartz and granite counters, and southern yellow pine floors.
60 Dracut St., Unit 5, Dorchester
$734,775
Style: Condo
Year built: 1920/converted 2003
Square feet: 2,250
Bedrooms: 4
Baths: 3 full
Sewer/water: Public
Taxes: $2,206 (2018, reflects residential exemption)
Condo fee: $321 a month
Pets: Allowed
Despite fog as thick as Texas-style French toast, the living room was anything but gloomy during a recent visit to this four-bedroom upper-level condo in Dorchester’s Peabody Square/Ashmont neighborhood.
The living room of the two-floor unit was defiantly rich with natural light, compliments of banks of windows, including a personal favorite — a large rectangular one with two thin lines of diamond points.
The living room stretches across the full width of the unit and is not diminished at all by the three-sided fireplace that bisects it. A door in the front corner of the living room leads to one of two balconies that come with the unit; this one, accessible to all in the building, overlooks Dracut Street. The flooring throughout both levels is southern yellow pine with a golden hue. The recessed lighting is plentiful.
The renovation that converted this building into five condo units resulted in open floor plans. The dining area in this unit currently accommodates a table for 10. Just to the side is a full bath that has a single vanity and a tub/shower combo with a porcelain-tile surround.
The kitchen, which is also off the dining area, comprises three stations. The first has a gas stove as its focal point, as well as an exhaust vent that looks like a stainless-steel periscope ringed with clear glass. The stove is flanked by a dark granite counter with a peninsula that seats three. The backsplash is granite, too — small squares. A wall creates the second section, which offers a sink and plugs for countertop appliances. The third section is portable, a large square with granite on top, cabinetry below, and wheels. All of the cabinets are maple.
A door off the kitchen opens to the second balcony, a private one that overlooks the backyard.
Between the dining area and kitchen is a doorway leading to what is now an office, but the room has a nice closet and could be used as a fourth bedroom.
The three other bedrooms are one floor up. The master suite offers two windows and two closets, including a cedar-lined walk-in, in the bedroom area. The full bath has a single vanity with a granite counter, cherry cabinet, and a whirlpool tub with a shower behind clear-glass doors. The backsplash is iridescent recycled glass.
The other two bedrooms are comfortably sized. The final full bath has a white quartz sink atop a mahogany-brown cabinet and a shower with clear-glass doors.
The final stop is up a short stairwell to the private roof deck (it’s one of two on the building) where, when the skies are not glowering as they have been of late, views of Boston await.
The unit includes deeded storage. Parking is on the street.
The listing agent, Adam Shore of Charlesgate Realty Group in Boston, will hold an open house on Sunday, Aug. 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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