Three-bedroom home in Jamaica Plain features three fireplaces and a chef's kitchen.
The desirable Moss Hill section of Jamaica Plain is home to 35 Westchester Road where an abundance of greenery surrounds a sophisticated cape-style home on a beautiful corner lot. With a lush sloping back yard, two-tiered deck with a pergola and a distinctive slate patio set upon a meticulously layered stonewall, it is gorgeous both inside and out.
Paula Narenkivicius of William Raveis Real Estate has listed the nine-room home with three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths at $759,000.
The first of many special touches is the stone walkway winding between rows of decorative shrubs to the circular brick front stoop.
The slate floor of the entryway, bracketed by slender top-to bottom side windows, opens into a spacious formal living room. The first welcoming feature is a centered marble fireplace. Second is a country-style corner china cabinet with multi-paned arched doors. Trace the line of dentil molding around the room to French doors that open to an office beckoning with three windows and generous light.
A large chef?s kitchen where crisp white custom cabinets and stainless steel appliances, including a side-by-side refrigerator, built-in microwave and GE Profile gas range, surround a sizeable built-in butcher block island with custom oak cabinets and drawers. The Bosch dishwasher concealed within a cabinet adds a special touch.
With an open flow design, hardwood oak floors, recessed lighting and four windows perched above the deep stainless steel and prep sinks, it is a perfect space for meals or entertaining. The honed granite countertops, sage-colored Italian ceramic tile backsplash, and two mission-style cabinets with glass doors further compliment the space.?
A sun-drenched dining room with a craftsman-wrought iron chandelier opens off the kitchen and directly overlooks the top tier of the grand deck at the back of the house as well as a step-down comfy family room to the left.? A coat closet abuts the full-paned glass door leading out to the deck?s bottom tier.
Not only does the family room feature cathedral ceilings, two banks of six shuttered windows and a shuttered door to the deck, but also the room includes a skylight and a ?peek-a-boo? decorative window nestled in the ceiling that opens to a stairwell.?
?When they renovated, they wanted the light to flow upwards, so they left the original window.? It creates such an open feel,? says Narenkivicius.
The oak hardwood floors lead to an impressive built-in cherry wood media center with a slate-tiled fireplace.
Pass through the kitchen, by the second floor stairs, and round the corner to a hallway with a half bath. At the end of the hall is a large windowed laundry/utility room with a closet perfect for storing clean clothing and laundry supplies.? With built-in shelving and wall-to-wall desk space, it could easily be transformed into an office or craft room.
The stairs off the hall lead down to a carpeted den with a brick fireplace, a ceiling fan and a rustic bead board wall with windows. A far wall of stunning built-in bookshelves and storage expands the room. There is storage space off the den as well as access to one of two garage spaces and another utility room with a bonus half bath that are not included in the square footage.?
Walk up the skylit stairs off the kitchen to the second floor, where a hallway leads to a slender linen closet and to two dormered bedrooms, both well lit by windows. One of the bedrooms has a built-in bookshelf tucked under the eaves and custom-built maple drawers under the dormer.? Both rooms feature good-sized closets and windows above nooks that are perfect for setting up a desk for studying.??
A full bath with a marble-topped custom-built vanity is at the end of the hallway and has a tiled floor and color-blocked tiled tub and shower.?
The carpeted master bedroom at this end of the hall opens up to two sliding door closets and a wall of 18 elegant built-in cherry wood storage drawers of graduated size.?
A serene space of soft natural tones and clean lines surrounded by banks of windows on all sides, it reveals views of both the city skyline and the Arnold Arboretum.
The master bath has hardwood floors and replicates the gorgeous cherry wood drawers on the sleek silver granite-topped vanity. The walk-in shower contains recessed lighting, a shower seat, an inverted tile shelf and dual showerheads. Near the delightful half-moon window original to the house there is a nook large enough to fit additional storage.
The home includes all new windows, central air conditioning and a two-car garage, split for two separate cars, and lengthy storage space underneath the deck. It is a lovingly renovated home just waiting to bring many years of happiness to its new owners.
DETAILS
Address: 35 Westchester Road, Jamaica Plain
BR/BA: Three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths
Size: 2,558 square feet
Age: 1936; recent updates
Price: $759,000
Taxes: $7,557 (FY 2012)
Features of home: Recently renovated cape with three fireplaces; chef?s kitchen with butcher block island, stainless steel appliances, granite counters, custom cabinetry; large dining room with access to two-tiered deck; family room with cathedral ceiling, cherry built-in media center and fireplace; powder room and laundry; second floor bedrooms with skylights; abundant storage; two-car garage; central air conditioning; slate patio, landscaped yard with stone wall.
Close by: Arnold Arboretum; Allandale Farm, the oldest working farm in Boston; Faulkner Hospital; shops in Jamaica Plain and award-winning restaurants in Jamaica Plain and Brookline; public and private golf courses; easy access to Routes 203 and 9.
Contact: Paula Narenkivicius, William Raveis Real Estate, 191 Grove St., Chestnut Hill MA 02467. Phones: 617-731-7737 (office) or 617-648-4442 (cell). Email: paulan@raveis.com.
Website: www.MoveMeRealtor.com.
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