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Home of the week: Updated Newton condo near Green Line for under $700K
This three-unit building was created out of a home built in 1910.
$679,000
Style Condo
Year built 1910
Square feet 1,015
Bedrooms 2
Baths 2 full
Sewer/Water Public
Fee $195 month
Taxes $6,415 (2025)
Newton has many attractions, including its school system, access to the MBTA Green Line, vibrant commercial centers — and this condo, fully updated in 2021 and located just under a mile from the Eliot T station.
It’s also a city of distinct neighborhoods like Newton Upper Falls, where this three-unit condo building was created out of a home built in 1910.
The front stairwell ends in an internal hallway that also provides access to the condo’s private second-floor porch. It’s 16 feet long by 7 feet wide, making it a good place to sit and enjoy the neighborhood.
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The front door to the unit opens into the living room. There is a three-windowed bumpout on the left, and the windows are double-hung without muntins, meaning there’s nothing to interfere with sunlight. One of the windows has a band of stained-glass-style decorative panes. There is recessed lighting and crown molding, a design feature that persists throughout the public rooms of the home.
In the 182-square-foot living room and throughout the home, the door and window casings feature a Craftsman-style design with a crown-style header. In all but the bathrooms, flooring is refinished oak.
A double-wide doorway leads to the 180-square-foot dining room where the spot for the table is identified by a white globe pendant light. Natural light is provided by three double-pane muntin-less windows. There is crown molding and oak flooring.
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The entry point to the 154-square-foot kitchen is guarded by a wide counter on the right that includes seating for three underneath an overhang and a pair of pendant lights above. Countertops are quartz with a marble-like appearance.
Lower-level cabinets emerge on the left and travel along the wall until they reach a doorway leading to the laundry room. (The room has some storage, its own window, and space for a stacked, full-size washer and dryer.) About halfway, the countertop pauses for the the sink installed beneath two plain glass windows before resuming to the pantry.
Cooking is handled a few steps away where the gas range is sandwiched in between two cabinets and is crowned by a built-in microwave. There is recessed lighting and crown molding.
A hallway parallels the public rooms and leads to the private spaces, including a hallway closet with sliding doors, the two full bathrooms, the primary suite, and the secondary bedroom.
But the first room is a 56-square foot office that is a sharp right from the doorway. It’s located in the front of the house and has a single double hung window for natural light, oak flooring, and crown molding. Just outside the office, there is also a double closet in the hallway behind sliding doors.
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Next to the office is the secondary bedroom. It’s 110 square feet, has a closet in one corner of the room, a single double-hung window, and oak flooring. There is a also crown molding.
At the end of the hall is the secondary bathroom with a single vanity with a quartz top overtopped by a circular mirror and a double dewdrop globe sconce light fixture. The shower has a rainshower head and is enclosed by clear glass. There is white subway tile backsplash arranged in vertical pattern. The shower floor is hexagonal tile.
A doorway just before the end of the hallway opens into the primary suite. The bedroom is 120 square feet, has the closet in a corner, and a single double-hung window. There is crown molding and oak flooring.
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The primary bath features a single vanity with a black-framed mirror positioned above along with a string of three lights. There is tile flooring. The shower/tub combination is behind a frameless glass panel with textured backsplash. Above it all is a window with a frosted lower pane to protect privacy.
The unit includes one off-street parking space, storage in the basement and forced hot air by oil heat.
Kate Duggan of Bostonia Properties in Boston has the listing.
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