19 Lufkin Street Essex, MA
The style of this home suits the .78 acre land it sits on perfectly. Like many individually built ranch homes, it has a low profile that maximizes the integration with the lot. With a gentle slope, and flat area beyond, the gardens and yard can be enjoyed extensively both from the inside and out and gives the home interesting outdoor spaces.
The back yard and pool area is very private. From the road you would never know that the land is like a secret paradise. The in-ground heated gunite pool is beautifully fenced and has ample decking for varied seating spaces. Summer evenings can be enjoyed around the pool under the stars with the big dipper framed beautifully in the sky. There are flat grassy areas and an outdoor shower.
Upon entering the home, from the easily cared for landscaped front, there is a front to back central foyer that looks straight out to the terraced gardens in the back. This foyer has access to the garage, a coat closet and an additional walk-in closet for great storage. The kitchen, dining and living rooms are open with a wood burning fireplace, skylights, a wall of windows and French door that leads to the yard and patios out back. Comfortable floor plan with the family room up a few steps, less open space and a pleasing adjacent bedroom with great views of the yard. There are four bedrooms and two full updated bathrooms. The first floor master bedroom and bath have radiant heat, built in shelving, high ceilings and skylights. The laundry room and mudroom entry is right off the kitchen. There are two sheds, one with electricity plus a separate storage shed for trash and recycling. There is an attached two car garage with radiant heat and a driveway on each side of the house. (more…)
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62 Main Street Wenham, MA
This circa 1900 home sits prominently on Main Street on .92 acres and overlooks the neighboring golf course. The home has been renovated, updated and improved with care over time, and blends beautifully with the original features. There are hardwood floors throughout most of the home many of them outstanding older fir, and very large windows.
The updated kitchen has granite counters, stainless appliances, a breakfast bar, farmers sink and well planned cabinetry. Fabulous finish detail has been added to the large dining room with a French door that leads to a pea stone patio or terrace located on the side of the house. The large living room with built-in cabinets, shelving and two bay windows has ample room to locate your dining room here and use the current dining room as a family room off the kitchen. The sun room/family room has many windows with fabulous overland and golf course views. This room makes a great office or playroom. The home offers different options to suit your room layout needs. The tiled mudroom, laundry and half bath was redesigned offering convenient access into the kitchen from the terrace and back driveway with three car garage.
There are five bedrooms, two full and one half baths. The second floor has three bedrooms and a full bath and the third floor has two bedrooms and one full bath. The master bedroom has a wood burning fireplace, ample closets, ceiling fan and a spacious seating area. (more…)
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9 Norwood Pond Road Beverly, MA
Waterfront property on Norwood Pond! It is hard to believe this home is in the midst of paradise, sited on a 3.26 acre lot with 80 +/- acres of city owned green space around it. The property is a great combination of waterfront, easy care perennial gardens, woodlands and a fabulous meadow that currently has a chip and putt area set up on it. Located on private Norwood Pond Road, a cul-de-sac with just a few homes on it. Turn onto the road and immediately leave the busy world behind while easily forgetting that you are in North Beverly with great access to shops, commuter rail, restaurants and Route 128. Simple access to North Shore attractions and resources and so close to Boston.
The house was designed to take advantage of the setting and southern exposure with many windows and multiple sets of sliding glass doors. Upon entrance into the foyer, Norwood Pond can be seen immediately through the dramatic open living room with vaulted cathedral ceilings and an impressive wood burning brick fireplace. The glass doors in the kitchen, dining and living room all lead out to the wrap around oversized deck with awning. There’s a hot tub just below. Great place for enjoying the sunsets. (more…)
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118 Woodbury Street Hamilton, MA
This single level home is truly tucked away off the street on a .89 acre yard. Unique home with entry into a large great room that has vaulted ceilings, a wood stove, skylights and two sets of sliders that lead to a deck that looks out over woodlands. This room has plenty of space for the dining area. The kitchen has been renovated, has granite counters, a vaulted ceiling with a skylight and is open to the great room. This great open space, with all the windows, skylights and doors that look out over the private yard on all sides, give the home a very light and spacious feel to it.
There are three bedrooms and one renovated full bath and hardwood floors. There is also a detached shed for all the yard and equipment storage. (more…)
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17 Howard Street Hamilton MA
Great space, four bedrooms, one full and one half bath with 1,848 square feet plus finished space in the basement, and an attached two car garage! All this in a down town neighborhood.
This home has a front to back living room with a fieldstone fireplace. The breezeway room between the kitchen and the garage has great dining space and makes an excellent mudroom entry. There are hardwood floors throughout most of the house.
The lower level has an additional two finished rooms, one that is currently being used as an office. Around the back of the house is what was once the original garage. This third bay makes excellent storage space for yard equipment and other storage so that you can keep the other two bays for your cars. The septic system was replaced last year. (more…)
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4 Bridle Path Lane Beverly, MA
Fabulous Beverly Farms Location! This Bridle Path Lane home, located directly off of Hart Street, is situated at the end of the cul-de-sac, and retains great privacy on its 1.53 acre lot. Convenient access to West Beach, the commuter rail station, Beverly Farms shops, restaurants, businesses and Route 128.
Thoughtfully designed and built in 1993, it has been superbly and continually renovated, improved and maintained ever since. It is a spacious home allowing for both open flow-through living space as well as cozy and more intimate rooms. Throughout the home, extensive, distinguishing features abound. Upon entry into the foyer, it is immediately evident that this home will be exceptional. Hardwood floors and three sets of glass French doors, lead to the living, family, and dining rooms. The circular stairway gracefully curves up to the unexpected open central hallway.
The well-appointed kitchen is designed with a great cook in mind. Expansive granite counters and back splash are striking and include a useful center island and breakfast bar. Details include a pot filler, Wolf ovens, stove top, warming drawers and Sub Zero refrigerator and freezer. At the kitchen’s far end, a vaulted ceiling punctuates the dining area and sits in front of large windows and glass doors that lead to the deck. Just off the kitchen is a large family room with a fireplace and on the opposite side, a bright and cozy den. Both of these rooms also have glass doors that lead to the deck. The first floor also has a more intimate living room with two sets of French doors. One set opens to a large office conducive to both work and and spending leisure time , with ample built in cabinets and book shelves. (more…)
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11 Spring Street Newburyport, MA
This home, built circa 1785 is a noteworthy Georgian Colonial sitting prominently on Spring Street. Originally built by Samuel Bayley, a notable local ship owner and merchant with an important family history, this exceptional and updated historic home is located in Newburyport, Massachusett’s desirable South End. This is the heart of the city and within a block or so to the stores, restaurants, riverfront and downtown businesses. The Newburyport Historic District, in which the property is located, was listed on the National List of Historic Places in 1984.
Warm and inviting, the street entrance is through a vestibule with fabulous etched glass doors that open to a 36 foot grand foyer that features a floating “good morning staircase”. The extraordinary detail of this house is extensive. From the custom built-ins, interior shutters, striking crown moldings and wainscoting to mercury glass doorknobs, wide pine floors, and four working fireplaces.
The home has been brought up to date with the addition of a family room off the kitchen, a large stainless steel kitchen that blends beautifully with the architecture and an updated “mud” room and laundry on the first floor. There are four bedrooms, three full bathrooms, plenty of storage throughout and high ceilings. The attic level is finished and also plumbed to provide additional flexibility. The current owners had the windows that date back to the 1870’s restored as needed by the Window Women of New England. There is a free standing, two-car garage in the professionally landscaped, private lot and all mechanicals are updated, including A/C, furnaces and water heater in the full basement. (more…)
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837 Washington Street Gloucester, MA
Renovated Antique in Annisquam
Sold for $529,900 July 2015. See homes currently on the market in Gloucester, MA
Located in the Annisquam area of Gloucester, MA. This renovated antique home sits high on a hill back off the street allowing for peaks of Lobster Cove. This is a Gambrel style home with 1,766 SF of living space, a wrap around porch and two car detached garage.
The first floor has spacious rooms with a large eat-in kitchen that has granite counters, dining room and living room. One of the homes entrances has a tile floor with a mud room, laundry room and a bathroom with a walk-in shower. The second floor has three bedrooms and a large tiled bathroom, and hallway with a skylight.
Beautiful hardwoods floors through out the home and many of the older details remain like beamed ceilings.
This home sits on a .7 acre lot giving it a lot of privacy while still being close to the village of Annisquam and just down the road from Lanesville. (more…)
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125 New Balch Street Beverly, MA
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Sold in July 2015 for $410,000.
This North Beverly home has so much to offer!
The exquisite renovated kitchen enjoys warm cherry cabinets, stainless steel appliances, striking granite counters and dining space. The front to back living and dining rooms offer space flexibility and the gas burning fireplace can be appreciated from both spaces as well as from the adjacent family room or den. This room has a large picture window and built in book cases. The front foyer has a coat closet and an attractive stairway. When you walk in you are immediately impressed with the newly refinished hard wood floors that extend throughout most of the house. There is also a large mud room entrance that has the first floor laundry access to the kitchen, tiled half bath and back stairway.
The second floor has three bedrooms and one full bathroom. The master bedroom is quite spacious with three closets. On the lower level is a large family room or office with recessed lighting, a wall of cabinetry, a utility room and cedar closet. The siding is cedar clapboard and the windows have been replaced with tilt-ins. There is also a walk-up attic and the partially fenced yard is beautifully landscaped.
Convenient to both the North Beverly or Beverly Depot Commuter rail station. (more…)
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489 Bridge Street Hamilton, MA
Sold in June 2015.
Picturesque setting on a 1.77+/- acre lot in a idyllic location on Bridge Street in Hamilton. This is a 2,400+ square foot classic colonial with eight rooms, four bedrooms and two and one half bathrooms.
The striking contemporary kitchen has recently been updated with white cabinets, grey tile floors, granite counters and stainless steel appliances. There is a generous amount of space and cabinetry. Beside the kitchen it an inviting family or great room with vaulted ceilings, a wood burning fireplace and Pergo floors. The sliding glass doors in this room lead out onto a recently replaced deck that sits up high on the property allowing for privacy and both wooded and overland views. A perfect arrangement to both relax and entertain. The dining room with exposed brick wall is comfortable for both everyday use or more formal dining. The front to back dining room is large enough for both seating and an office area. (more…)
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