Yahoo Finance Boston’s Most Expensive Row House Comes to Market for $30 Million
Leafy streets, elegant architecture and views of the Charles River have attracted potential home buyers to Boston’s historic Back Bay for decades. The picturesque neighborhood, inspired by Paris, is also home to a pair of limestone mansions dubbed the Commonwealth Sisters that stand out among the area’s traditional red-brick facades. One of the symmetrical, 19th-century twins just came to market for $29.9 million, making it the city’s most expensive row house listing to date. William Montero of Sotheby’s International Realty holds the listing.
As sky-high as the asking price may be, it still falls behind the $31 million and $35 million prices of two penthouse listings atop the 1 Dalton tower.
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Kevin Starr, co-founder of Third Rock Ventures, bought the Beantown mansion at 130 Commonwealth Avenue in 2015 for $11.6 million. He then tapped designer Eric Roseff to work on a multimillion-dollar transformation, the New York Post reports. Starr has now placed the home, which has some eye-popping décor, back on the market for more than double what he paid for it nearly 10 years ago.
The five-story mansion was built in the late 1800s and today offers six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and three powder rooms spread out over more than 10,000 square feet. A private elevator transports you throughout the townhouse, which feels a bit like a boutique hotel and reflects Starr’s bold personality. A bonus room and rooftop deck are also part of its design, which factors in vibrant interiors ranging from a color-blocked staircase to a cobalt-blue living room.
Through the exterior’s wrought-iron gates, a grand reception hall welcomes guests into the residence on the parlor level. Here, the colorful staircase pops against the black-and-white checkered floors and snow-white walls with ornate moldings. The first of the home’s five fireplaces is also featured in the space. Nearby, the paneled walls of the den/library are coated in glossy black paint, while a wine room is convenient for storing your favorite magnums.
The kitchen is found on the floor above, with stainless appliances by Viking and Miele. Its marble island with breakfast bar seating sits opposite a wood-burning fireplace and adjacent to a breakfast nook. The abode’s most captivating space just might be its living room, with lustrous ebony wood floors, saturated cobalt blue walls, a backlit onyx bar, and a polished marble fireplace. A trio of arched windows open to Juliet balconies, while an oval section of the ceiling covered in a butterfly-pattern wallpaper adds a layer of whimsy.
Bedrooms fill up the fourth and fifth floors, with the primary suite spanning the entire fourth level. The highlight of the bedroom is its marble fireplace, but its en-suite bath offers a number of eye-catching features, too, like a soaking tub and fireplace, plus a shower with a skull detail. A bonus room with a kitchenette and bathroom crowns the home and lets out onto the rooftop deck, from which there are lovely skyline views.
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