40 Atlantic Avenue Rockport, MA
Sold June 2021.
Old Garden Beach! The Headlands neighborhood! Two-Family! Live year round in your vacation home on Cape Ann. Enter the two-story main unit from the covered front porch into a warm and inviting living room. Attractive large windows adorn the room with fir floors, fireplace and lovely finishes. Spacious kitchen is open to the dining room and has access to the deck that looks out over the yard. This floor has a full bath and three additional rooms for bedrooms, den and office. On the upper floor are additional bedrooms with the added possibility to transform some of the space into a bedroom, an additional bathroom and a large laundry room.
The second unit has a private entrance from a patio and access from inside the house. There’s a generous living room, two bedrooms and door to the back yard. There are pine floors and a laundry hook-up in the unit.
The ocean is so close you can see peaks of the water! Nice .25 acre yard with plenty of space for gardens. Many large windows make this a sunny home. Freshly painted inside and floors were refinished. A bonus room is accessed from the outside perfect for exterior type storage.
Stroll to Old Garden Beach, in-town businesses, Bearskin Neck and the renowned Shalin Lui Performance Center. Rockport is serviced by the Commuter Rail system.
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8 Pond Street Peabody, MA
Sold in December 2020.
Southern facing, well maintained home in South Peabody!
Inviting classic split entry style with hardwood floors throughout most of the house. The living room enjoys a wood burning fireplace, front facing picture window and is open to the dining room.
Step out onto the deck from your eat-in kitchen and enjoy the fabulous .17 acre fenced yard. There are three bedrooms, one with a private half bath.
The sun streams in through the front of the house including the lower level. This floor accommodates a family room, separate office and laundry.
There are low maintenance features, central air conditioning, irrigation and security systems. The one-car garage is attached and has an electric door and walks out to the back yard.
Perfect for spending extended time. When relaxing at home you may forget that the highway and shops are so conveniently nearby.
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159 McKay Street Beverly, MA
Sold in October 2020.
Warm and welcome, this well-kept home is in an excellent location in North Beverly. Carefully maintained over the years by the current owners.
Traditional Colonial style home with a family room added adjacent and open to the kitchen. This comfortable room has built-ins that include a cedar chest, fireplace, high ceiling, a skylight and a glass door that leads out to the deck. The kitchen is large enough for eat-in dining and there is a separate dining room as well. The living room has a fireplace and there are hardwood floors throughout most of the house.
On the lower level are two additional finished rooms and a full tiled bathroom. One can be used as a second family room, home office, or both and has the third fireplace. The other room is tiled and is currently used as an exercise room.
Additional features include central air conditioning, automatic attic fan and an irrigation system. Fabulous, sunny and level .38 acre yard. Easy access to Beverly shops, commuter rail stations, Beverly Golf & Tennis Club and the Cummings Center nearby.
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32 Pleasant Street Wenham, MA
Sold in November 2020.
Classic colonial surrounded by it’s beautiful .95 acre sunny lot. Great location on an attractive road that leads to Pleasant Pond, where you can enjoy the beach or boating in a peaceful natural setting.
Family room with fireplace, tiled mudroom area and a full bath with shower was added to the back with glass sliders that open to the inviting in-ground pool and expansive yard. Front to back living room with a fireplace, eat-in kitchen, separate dining room and an additional half bath complete the first floor. Four bedrooms and a full bathroom on the second floor. There are hardwood floors throughout most of the home.
Move right in and create the place you would really like to spend time in. Great access to Route 1. Commuter rail and in-town businesses are not to far away.
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9 Thissell Street Beverly MA
Sold in August 2017.
Built in the early 1900’s in the Prides Crossing area of Beverly, MA, this stone house was once part of the former summer estate, “Eagle Rock” of Henry Clay Frick. The building has since been skillfully converted into a spectacular single family home. The design throughout is impressive, intriguing, unique and includes a fine curation of period and contemporary materials.
The grand, pillared entrance off of Hale Street leads you onto the grounds into a central stone courtyard edged in granite and surrounded by the well- kept gardens, that pay close attention to the original Olmsted designed plantings and stone footbridge over a tranquil waterfall and fish pond. The house is set into the hillside and gardens with beautiful paths to the upper level grounds, stone patio with outdoor fireplace and more gardens. Here you will find the gated, rear entrance from Thissell Street and a charming, but less formal entrance leading to an inviting foyer and the main kitchen. The stone, two-car garage at the front entrance was recently built, in keeping with the exterior classic design of the home.
The estate’s spectacular main entrance opens to a breathtaking, two-story central foyer, with marble floors, grand stairway and second floor rooms with beautiful, period wrought-iron railings open to the foyer. The inviting library has a fireplace and majestic, wood entry doors, bookcases and wall paneling, all which once graced the Cambridge County Courthouse.
There are rooms to suit just about every activity including, intimate seating areas in the library, second floor landing, atrium, music area and expansive two story great room with fireplace. The kitchen was designed to provide for a chef’s dream work space, with an eating area and fireplace that overlook the front gardens as well as inside through to the first floor great room, foyer and the other second floor rooms. This home incorporated an ‘open floor design’ before it became a design term. The first floor service kitchen and bar is a fabulous asset for small gatherings or grand functions.
This residence offers four bedrooms; one ensuite on the first floor and the master and two more bedrooms on the second floor. The romantic master bedroom and bath, with fireplace overlook the gardens through magical palladium windows and offers all the modern conveniences.
The third floor rises up to offer a one-of-a kind home office with fireplace, windows on all sides and doors that lead out to the roof top deck and look out over the one acre plus, estate.
The home comes with deeded access to West Beach in Beverly Farms and has easy access to Route 128 and commuter rail stations.
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Asbestos – Getting a Home Ready to Sell
Do you have Asbestos in your home? Are you planning to sell?
Environmental Concerns – Call In The Experts! Don’t touch this……Our housing stock on the North Shore and in New England stretches back to the mid 17th century . These older charming homes, often times historic in nature, may have environmental issues that have come to light in the last 50 years. One of these is asbestos.
Asbestos was used in roofing, exterior siding, insulation on duct work and heat pipes, and floor tiles. If you suspect that you may have this substance in your home, don’t try to remove it yourself. Call an expert. This work needs to done properly and the material also needs to be disposed of properly. This is not a DIY project.
If you think your home may have asbestos, contact a qualified professional prior to putting your home on the market. Below are a few resources. (more…)
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