Home of the Week: A West Roxbury four-bedroom gets a modern makeover

12 months crafted 1910

Square feet 2,200

Bedrooms 4

Baths 3 full, 1 fifty percent

Sewer/H2o Community

Taxes $6,149 (2022, with no the household exemption)

Wintertime is no stranger to West Roxbury. This timeworn truth is clear in the design of this 112-year-outdated home, which has undergone a radiant rebirth.

L-formed stairs ascend to a shallow included entrance porch designed for stomping snow off one’s boots. Inside, there is a real genuflection to winter season — a mudroom with a bench to sit when shedding boots, hooks for jackets, and cubbies for scarves, hats, and mittens. The flooring is marble tile, but daylight streaming in by means of three windows allows make this a vibrant, welcoming place.

The exterior of the home, which looks like a two-story from here, but is actually a three-story home. The home is gray with white trim. The garage is tucked underneath. The front lawn is raised. The stairs run parallel to the house and then perpendicularly to the front entrance. The trees are bare, and the front lawn is covered with snow. — The one particular-auto garage is tucked less than the dwelling.OTBx Air – Boston

A mudroom with a gray tile floor and gray walls. The built-in shelving is white, and there are hooks for coats a bench. Every segment of the built-in cabinetry has a basket in it or on it. — The mudroom has cubbies and a bench.OTBx Air – Boston

(If you are new to what has extensive been viewed as Boston’s most suburban community, Millennium Park and its sled-all set slopes offer you a cause to head out into the cold. In the hotter months, it is a great put to check out the sunlight set, walk a doggy, or love the playground.)

Further than the mudroom is the residence correct, where by the oak hardwood on this stage has been refinished with a glistening sheen. To the appropriate is the stairwell to the second ground, but the rest of the room is provided above to a living space concentrated on a gas fire with a stone mantel. The room has deep crown molding, recessed lighting, and constructed-ins. French doorways open to a sunroom with five windows, crown molding, and recessed lighting that could be employed as a house business.

A sunroom with two striped arm chairs, white crown molding, recessed lighting, and gray walls. The sky is overcast. The flooring is wood. — This sunroom could serve as a residence office.OTBx Air – Boston

The kitchen area, observed at the back of the house, is a pleasure to glance at offered its departure from the overdone all-white look. It has a white and gray subway tile backsplash, and the pulls and handles on the white lifted-panel cabinets are black. Two glass globe lights hold more than a peninsula topped with white quartz that has a delicate veining that ties it into the tile. The sink is positioned in entrance of a window overlooking the fenced-in yard. The kitchen also presents higher-conclusion stainless steel appliances, crown molding, recessed lights, and a dining location. A slider in the latter opens to a rail-considerably less platform deck.

A kitchen with a stainless steel stove, white cabinetry with black handles and pulls, recessed lighting, a window over the sink, and hardwood flooring. The counters are light colored with veining. — The kitchen has quartz counter tops.OTBx Air – Boston

A dining table with four chairs in front of windows (not visible) and a slider. Tall red flowers sit in a vase on the table. Place settings for four with bowls on top of plates are in front of the gray chairs. The kitchen, including a peninsula with backed chairs for four, is visible in the background. It is an overcast day. — The dining area in the kitchen.OTBx Air – Boston

About the corner, there’s a half bath with a white porcelain pedestal sink and patterned-tile flooring.

The second amount holds two bedrooms, both of those suites and 140 sq. feet. The a person that faces the front of the dwelling has 3 windows, a ceiling supporter, and a stroll-in closet with personalized shelving. Its entire bath will come with a white double vainness topped with quartz, a frameless glass shower with a marble encompass and a marble tile ground. The flooring in the bathroom by itself is tile.

The 2nd bedroom has a much larger walk-in closet than its counterpart, a ceiling fan, and two home windows. Its full bathtub presents a solitary white vanity topped with marble, a marble tile floor, and a shower/bath combo with a distinct glass door and a encompass of grey subway tiles.

The best ground also has two bedrooms, as nicely as a total bath with a gray one vanity, a marble tile floor, and a tub/shower combo with obvious glass doorways, a gray subway tile surround, and a glass subway tile inlay in earth tones. Just one of the bedrooms has a stroll-in closet.

A bedroom with gray walls, recessed lighting, and a white iron bed with white bedding and blue pillow. The flooring is hardwood, and the bed sits on a light-colored rug. A wintry scene is viewed through two six-over-six windows. — This bedroom has an en-suite tub.OTBx Air – Boston

A view of a white toilet and a white dual vanity with a pair of mirrors. A pair of lights hangs over the mirror. To the right is a standalone shower with a dark tile surround. — A bathroom with a standalone shower.OTBx Air – Boston

A view of glass shower doors reveals gray subway tile with two stripes of glass tile inlays. — The tub/shower surround is gray subway tile with a glass inlay.OTBx Air – Boston

An orchid sits on a white vanity and is reflected in a long mirror. A tub/shower combo with a gray subway tile surround is in the back. — This lavatory gives a tub/shower combo.OTBx Air – Boston

a walk-in closet with white shelving and a hardwood floor. — This is just one of many walk-in closets in the household.OTBx Air – Boston

The home’s just one-car or truck garage is tucked less than the dwelling, and the basement is unfinished. The house, which sits on .15 of an acre, has central air and forced hot-air heat and is just around a 5-minute stroll to the commuter rail station.

The basement has a rock foundation. The home's mechanics and insulated rafters are visible. — The basement is unfinished.OTBx Air – Boston

A view of a backyard with white fencing. The green grass is partially snow covered. The house, which is three stories, is off in the distance. The platform desk is visible. The yard is lined with arborvitaes. — The household sits on .15 of an acre and presents a system deck.OTBx Air – Boston

John Popp and Patrick Forshner of the PoppsProperties Team at Keller WIlliams Realty Boston MetroWest is the listing agent. As of push time, an supply had been approved on the home.

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