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A gut-renovated Medford condo is our Home of the Week
The town house-style home comes with 4 bedrooms, a suite with a private deck, two parking spaces with EV chargers, and 3.5 baths.
25 Emerson St., Medford
$1,399,000
Style Town house-style condo
Year built 1910/renovated 2023
Square feet 2,880
Bedrooms 4
Baths 3 full, 1 half
Sewer/Water Public
Fee $167 a month
Taxes To be determined
City records say this Medford Mansard-style home was built in 1910, but family legend says it dates to just after the Civil War. But now it is wholly part of the 21st century, thanks to a gut renovation that transformed a two-family into a two-unit town house-style condo building.
Each unit has its own entrance off the front porch. Take the one on the right to Unit 25. The door opens into a foyer with enough space for a bench. And as one removes no-longer-needed footwear, the view is of a stairwell leading upstairs — and of the just how much work was during the renovation of this 113-year-old (or older) home. The work expanded the home by 500 square feet and included the installation of soundproofing material between the units.
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The solid ash hardwood flooring is new, as are the windows, the recessed lights, and the pendant lights over the kitchen island that look like exploding fireworks.
The first stop on this level is the 323-square-foot living room, a space lined with windows that is part of an open floor plan. The chair rails and crown molding are pleasing breaks in the neutral-painted walls. The ceiling height is 9 feet.
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A window seat in a bump-out marks the transition to the dining area, which currently holds a six-person table. Wash up for dinner in the half bath behind the translucent pocket door across the way. It features a single walnut vanity topped with quartz.
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And so to the heart of the home — the 361-square-foot kitchen. A long island with a quartz counter marks the start. The island offers seating for three, storage, and a wine chiller. All of the stainless steel appliances are new, including the induction stove.
The Metropolitan cabinets in the kitchen are a mix of white uppers and walnut lowers. The custom backsplash is Kensington Plume glass mosaic tile, while the cabinet pulls and sink faucet are brushed brass. A windowed door opens to the rear parking lot, where there are two spots with electric vehicle chargers reserved for this unit.
The second floor holds three of the home’s four bedrooms, including the primary suite, and has 15-foot ceilings.
The 272-square-foot primary suite sits at the front of the house, with its own three-window bump-out. But it has competition, a private deck overlooking the front yard. The space also boasts a pair of walk-in closets.
Its en-suite bath, clocking in at an impressive 154 square feet, features flooring with radiant heat, a white double vanity with a quartz counter, and a pair of backlit mirrors. A porcelain soaking tub with brass fixtures sits across the room, but if you don’t have time to relax in the bubbles, there is a separate shower/sauna with a seat and a rain shower head. The shower floor is penny tile, and white wave textured porcelain tile forms the surround.
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The two bedrooms, full bath, and laundry closet consume the remaining two-thirds of the top floor. The bedrooms are 144 and 154 square feet. The full bath has a single vanity with quartz top, marble octagon flooring, and a shower/tub combination with Arabesque-style backsplash.
The fourth bedroom (198 square feet) is on the walk-out lower level. It has a slider for egress and an en-suite bath with a single vanity and a shower insert. The flooring is tile.
The bath is also connected to the 552-square-foot family room. The bedroom and the family room have laminate flooring.
The home features electric mini-splits for heating and air conditioning.
The condo fee covers the insurance, snow removal, and maintenance of the grounds.
Lisa Sheehan of Senné in Boston has the listing.
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Follow John R. Ellement on X @JREbosglobe. Send listings to [email protected]. Please note: We do not feature unfurnished homes unless they are new-builds or gut renovations and will not respond to submissions we won’t pursue.
Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the ceiling height, the basement floor composition, the wood used in the cabinetry, and the status of the second island, which is part of the staging.
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