4 Brentwood Way Ipswich, MA
Sold in October 2017.
Custom home with beautiful architectural details, individual design and fine finishes in a desirable neighborhood of Ipswich Massachusetts. The home sits high off the street, and the 1.01 acre yard extends all the way to Longmeadow Drive in the back, offering privacy. An inviting brick path leads to a covered porch at the front entry and into a tiled foyer.
The living room features a bay seating area surrounded by windows, offering fabulous light and a grand central granite fireplace, opening to the dining room with built-in corner china cabinets and tray ceiling. French doors lead to the open family room and kitchen, with cherry cabinetry, breakfast bar, granite counters, built-in bookcase and custom crown molding throughout. Off of the kitchen work space, is a perfectly styled kitchen dining area with sliders that open to the outdoors and a front window that allows you to look out over the neighborhood from a distance. Sliders off the family room lead to a screened porch overlooking the back yard.
The second floor offers a master bedroom with vaulted ceiling, a walk-in closet, cozy reading nook and ensuite tiled bath with separate tub, walk-in shower and water closet. Four additional rooms for bedrooms and home office, one with a private deck, and an additional full bath.
The home also has a spacious finished basement, first floor laundry room, tiled mudroom with half bath, walk-up attic, an attached two-car garage, and central air conditioning.
Exterior features include brick patios and walks, and Pennsylvania flat stone accent walls.
Located in a neighborhood of attractive homes of different styles on spacious lots. The commuter rail and downtown restaurants and businesses are nearby. The neighborhood is next to Turner Hill Golf Club and you can enjoy access to famous Crane Beach.
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42 Park Street Beverly, MA – Rental
Centrally located commercial space adjacent to the Beverly Commuter Rail Station.
220 SF office with a half bath and an estimated 4, 000 SF gated vehicle storage area. Ideal for a general contractor, landscaper, or auto dealer. $1800/month+.
Call John Farrell for information and an appointment to see this space. 978-468-9576.
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Rental – 144 Larch Row Wenham, MA
This home has been leased September 2017.
Expanded five bedroom, four full and one half bath cape style home on picturesque Larch Row in Wenham Massachusetts.
Sitting up high and back off the road on two acres with a fenced back yard. Enjoy pastoral views from every room, the large screened porch and patio.
Beautiful living space and exceptional floor plan. Renovations inside and out, include newer kitchen and baths and high efficiency gas heat.
Large open kitchen with high ceilings, granite counters and stainless appliances. A center Island divides the family room and the fireplace can be enjoyed from the kitchen as well. There are large windows and sliders that open to the patio and built-ins that frame the room. The living room also has a fireplace and large picture windows to enjoy the yard. Master bedroom options on both the first and second floor. The mudroom has built in cabinets and a half bath. The tile floors stretch seamlessly through to the kitchen.
From the front foyer the stairway leads to three bedrooms and two full baths on the second floor. The stairway off the mudroom leads to a privately situated ensuite bedroom and office.
Partially finished basement great for use as a media or exercise room.
Additional features include hardwood floors, central air conditioning, and attached two-car garage.
Rent includes care of the beautifully landscaped yard and plowing. You can just sit back and enjoy the grounds.
Trails and commuter rail near-by. Located in the center of horse country, easy access to Crane Beach, North Shore and Cape Ann resources and amenities.
Offered unfurnished.
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2 Colgate Road Beverly, MA
Sold in August 2017.
Single level ranch style home located in the Raymond Farms neighborhood of North Beverly, MA. On the corner of McKay & Colgate Road. This home sits on a level .3 acre corner lot with a private fenced back yard. The natural gas heating system was recently replaced, and there is radiant heat throughout most of the rooms. The kitchen was also updated, with a breakfast bar and sits in the center of the home. Sliders open to the back yard and patio from the living room with a wood burning fireplace. On one end of the house are three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The master bedroom has a private bath with a walk-in shower. On the opposite end of the house off of the kitchen are three rooms that are great for use as family room, private office space and a fourth bedroom.
Great location abutting the Beverly Golf & Tennis Club. Easy access to commuter rail, Route 128 and the Cummings Center.
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16 Grapevine Road Wenham, MA
Sold in September 2017.
Built circa 1930 and sitting on 1.51 acres this converted barn is a rare opportunity. The intriguing design offers a diverse variety of well planned living spaces to satisfy with style and comfort a wide variety of household needs.
Each of the rooms has unique characteristics and connect with the outdoors.
The dramatic great room sits at the center of the house with a cathedral ceiling and grand raised brick fireplace that extends to the ceiling. French doors open to the large deck and overlook the peaceful, pastoral setting. The home is set well on the lot to take advantage of the view and contour of the land.
The kitchen is spacious with cork floors, white cabinets, a large central dining space, window seat and great natural light. Also on the first floor is a bedroom and option for another, two full bathrooms, choices for office and studio spaces. The appealing front foyer leads to the family room with deck access, living room and access to the garage.
A second floor loft with seating space overlooks the great room below. Off of the loft are three bedrooms and a tiled full bathroom. There is additional unfinished space over the garage that has many possibilities.
Live in this home as is, or consider the amazing design and expansion possibilities. Exceptional North Shore location on beautiful Grapevine Road in Wenham MA. Access to commuter rail and Route 128.
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33 Riverview Avenue Danvers MA
This contemporary home is situated looking out towards the Porter River to take advantage of the best views and offer privacy while still enjoying a Danvers, Massachusetts neighborhood location.
Sweeping vistas of the marsh and the river at high tide make this magical setting perfect for a year round retreat. Enjoy sunsets from the large private deck.
The main level features a large central living room with cathedral ceilings and gas fireplace, intimate dining room, multiple sets of glass doors, and access from three rooms to the deck. There is a large kitchen facing the water with plenty of counter space, granite breakfast bar and dining space.There are two front entrances to this home, one, a more formal front entry from the covered porch and another with an entry into a mudroom/foyer that also has access to the two car garage. The first floor also has a laundry room and half bath.
On the second level is an open hallway with a balcony overlooking the living room on one side and a wall of windows on the other allowing for water views and spectacular light to come filtering into the home.The master bathroom is on one side with a private master bath and the additional bedrooms and full bathroom are on the other.
On the lower level is a family room with gas fireplace, and wet bar. Both the family room and indoor heated pool open out to the patio. There is easy access to Route128, the Cummings Center and Beverly Depot commuter rail station.
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114 Larch Row Wenham MA
Classic yet contemporary shingle style home, built in 2000, impeccably cared for and maintained. This home sits up high, on 6.23 acres overlooking additional easements land, meadow, pasture, gardens and woodlands. Accented by split rail fences, stone walls, and enveloped by conservation land nearby.
The home rests perfectly positioned on the land and offers a warm inviting approach. Enter from the long driveway off of Larch Row, which is well-known for it’s beauty, and past the fields to arrive at the pea stone courtyard. The rear of the house faces south east with the morning sun and the breathtaking yard terraces down with granite steps to the heated in-ground pool. One of the most stunning views is from the pool, looking back at the house and gardens.
The house is notably well designed both functionally and aesthetically with interesting engaging features. Quality finishes and details are evident throughout. Windows and glass doors are ample and the light coming through can be enjoyed from multiple sides of the house at the same time. On the first and second floor, the long windowed hallways run along the back of the house, allowing for light to enter the rooms in the front.
This home is spacious and the rooms are comfortably proportioned. The front door opens to a foyer that is large enough for a seating area in front of one of the four fireplaces, a grand stairway off to the side and the large glass doors that lead out to the covered porch. The porch also runs along the back of the house with doors from multiple rooms. The kitchen is open to the family room with a fireplace and French doors that lead out to a brick patio with natural gas to the grill. Additional kitchen features include a center island and breakfast bar, dining area located in a windowed bay, stylish warm white cabinets and granite counters.
Between the kitchen and dining room is a fantastic butlers pantry with wet bar. When you walk into the large dining room you can see right through another set of glass French doors to the porch and yard. The first floor is complete with a cozy paneled den with fireplace and a back stairway off of the kitchen. The living room has space for seating, game table, piano and opens to the screened porch.
In the master bedroom, has a vaulted ceiling in the windowed bay, a large walk-in closet, dressing area and private bath with soaking tub walk-in shower and water closet. The four additional bedrooms are ensuite and shared. These rooms make great options for office space and one is currently used as an additional dressing room.
On the lower level are three finished rooms, currently used as a game room, play room and exercise room.
The house satisfies the present-day typical desires with it’s side entrance tiled mud room with half bath, kitchen that is open to the family room, first floor laundry, central air conditioning, central vacuum, plenty of office options, and well water irrigation.
The home also accommodates those that would like to have pets and animals. There is a small barn and chicken coop located away from the house with paddocks, ample land, and easy trail access. The two car garage is three story with storage space above and potential additional barn space below.
This home feels like a country home but offers close proximity to Boston, Logan Airport, commuter rail and highways. There is easy access to shopping, schools and businesses. Enjoy polo, fox hunting, horse trails nearby. It’s easy to take advantage of the ample resources the North Shore has to offer.
Contact John & Cindy Farrell 978-468-9576
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40 Cherry Street Wenham MA
Sold in August 2017.
This circa 1880 cape style home has been expanded and updated keeping the quality and detail that is hoped for in an older home. Perfectly placed on the .81 acre lot, back off the road, facing towards the southeast and taking in the sun. The warm and welcoming approach is bordered by established gardens and a split rail fence.
The front entry opens to a wide open foyer with beautiful fir floors, built-ins and a large wood burning fireplace. You can see into the bright and sunny den with another fireplace through the glass door. This side of the house offers four bedrooms and two full baths. Two bedrooms and one full bath on each floor. In what is now the center of the house, is a large eat-in kitchen with cherry cabinets and granite counters that is open to the family room with vaulted ceilings and skylights. The dining room has plenty a space and charm is located off the kitchen in the older part of the house. There is an additional room currently used as the den and would make a great private office.
A one bedroom, one bath suite with sliders to the yard was added and connects to the house by a tiled mudroom and separate laundry room.
The home wraps around the in-ground pool, patio and yard. This is a dream yard offering plenty of privacy and space for the pool, fire pit, game area and just the right amount of lawn. The two-car garage is attached.
This home is located close to town on a beautiful street, line with other lovely homes. Easy access to commuter rail, Routes 1 and 128.
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937 Washington Street Gloucester, MA
This home sold in February 2018.
This direct tidal waterfront home, once the “Bay View Post Office” and store is located across from Historic Hodgkins Cove in the Bay View/Lanesville section of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Excellent boater/kayaker’s location with close access to deep water just outside the cove. Annisquam, Wingaersheek Beach, Essex River Estuary and Halibut Point are all a short sail or drive away.
Hodgekins Cove was once home to the Cape Ann Granite Company, later the New England Lobster Company and currently The University of Massachusetts and City of Gloucester.
The property has been recently updated and although a year round home, feels like a beautifully finished summer cottage. The rooms are filled with an abundance of natural light and the water views can be enjoyed on both sides. Savor spectacular sunsets out to the Cove from the front and the tidal creek in the back where the current owners currently moor their boat.
There are now three full baths, four bedrooms, family room, central air conditioning, updated wiring and an attached one car garage. The finishes throughout reflect care and attention to style and comfort. Use this home either year round or as a vacation/weekend get-away. Enjoy Plum Cove Beach nearby, the convenience to Boston and being near all Cape Ann has to offer.
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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.
- Published in Global Luxury - Coldwell Banker, Past Property Listings
