[NEfan508]

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/prope..._yJ7ci40imAVNM

[BMWGUYinCO]

Originally Posted by NEfan508

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/prope..._yJ7ci40imAVNM

I'm staying put, priced out of the city I love

Yeah but obviously it's priced for the view....of the cemetery.

Know why they put a fence around cemeteries? 'Cuz people are dying to get in....

[Kolyan2k]

Sold yet? I was thinking 1.5 selling price.....it's Boston everything goes over listed

[Bonk!]

That place has a great history. Legend has it that in civil war times a father left a large plot of land to two sons, one who went to war and the other who did not. The latter built a house on 80% of the property. When son #2 came back he built that place on what was left, to block both the view (which at the time was water front I guess) and access to the place behind. It is affectionately known as The Spite House.

Some developer will scoop it up and Air BnB it for a fortune to tourists who want to be part of history.

[NEfan508]

Originally Posted by Kolyan2k

Sold yet? I was thinking 1.5 selling price.....it's Boston everything goes over listed

My wife laughed at first $1.2mill but then thought about it?!? It's not that bad is it? How many sq ft? What part of the north end?


To my west coast friends, Boston prices are like SF Silicon Valley but without fun at night, warm weather or good looking people 😐

[NEfan508]

@Bonk!
Yes for us locals it's well known, this and damn Akron street on beacon hill

Full of history, cool story

[TiMSport]

Kind of like homes in Amsterdam.

[Kolyan2k]

I remember reading a single parking space in historic Beacon Hill going close to $600k, and that was years ago when my condo was half the price it is now

[NEfan508]

Originally Posted by Kolyan2k

I remember reading a single parking space in historic Beacon Hill going close to $600k, and that was years ago

$600k for a spot?!? How about $40 million for 14,500 sq ft parking lot (that's 1/3 acre folks) on Newbury St (our trendy street)

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business...outputType=amp

I know a few people that sold past few years, all live so much more comfortable down south, all reportedly made out like bandits

[6oclockshadow]

Boston real estate is crazy--like 3rd most expensive in the country, and inventory has always been very limited, even through out the last recession, keeping prices inflated. Bidding wars, 24 hours from listing to sale, and cash deals are standard. You pounce or loose here. It has been a sellers market for as long as I can remember.

But, owner occupied dwellings get a major tax exemption. My tax bill is under $500 a year with the exemption on an 1800 sqf loft. It's incentive to keep responsible homeowners in the city, and it works--rentals are few and far between, and are more expensive than the equivalent mortgage would be.

Parking spaces, if you own one, are taxed separately, and there's no exemption. I pay about $100 a year for that. If you live in the city and own a parking space, you pay for it. The ones in Back Bay and the North End go for what a house would cost in Cleveland or Charlotte.

[M_Six]

The house I grew up in, for which my Dad paid $12k, is now worth $600k. It's in a suburb south of Boston. I read that the population of Massachusetts went up by 7 million in the past decade. No wonder it feels so crowded there now. As much as I loved living near the ocean and mountains, I could never move back there. Too expensive and too crowded.

[NEfan508]

@M_Six
Valid point (expense & crowding)

We love the city, we both were raised in Cambridge, a little noise and action near is a must

Ya we like calm too, that's why we got some land in Maine 90 min away

To do it all over again now we would be in the gutter (house poor) luckily we bought in early and made some Realestate investments

North End on sunny weekends?!? No way, your behind tourists slowly licking ice cream because he was in line for 25 min and then pausing on the sidewalk to take photos because it was a bitch to find parking

go mid week, a little overcast and that alone scares 20% walk to regina's pizza then to modern pastry with your lady, enjoy the city when it's less full, it truly is a remarkable city with so much historical and modern architecture mixed

My wife and kids still enjoy walking by Paul Reveres house after our coffee and cannoli fix around the corner

[M_Six]

Agreed. Boston is a great city. Very walkable. Much like Nürnberg, Germany where I once worked. Also a very walkable city. They both have some impressive history as well as great food options.

[NEfan508]

@M_Six

Why I'm really here,
Rare roast beef done right, dozens of places around Boston that make these mouth-watering sandwiches

toasted bun, BBQ sauce, American white cheese with a dollop of horseradish

[M_Six]

Yeah, I miss the roast beef sammiches (slice of Swiss, mayo, slice of tomato) and the seafood. And what I wouldn't give for a tomato grown at Penniman Hill Farm in Hingham, which I see is now sadly a condo complex. Penniman Hill Farm had the best tomatoes and sweet corn.

[shoei]

https://www.tiktok.com/@rentnewyork/...;is_copy_url=0

This is 3K a month in NYC, lol. I can't even begin to describe this layout. All I keep thinking is - Godspeed to anyone that has to stumble to the bathroom in darkness or while high / drunk etc.

[dreamingat30fps]

Originally Posted by NEfan508

@M_Six

Why I'm really here,
Rare roast beef done right, dozens of places around Boston that make these mouth-watering sandwiches

toasted bun, BBQ sauce, American white cheese with a dollop of horseradish

I'm betting you could hire a professional chef to train you in the fine art of rare roast beef sandwich making AND buy a mcmansion somewhere else for a lot less than 1.2 million.

[NEfan508]

@dreamingat30fps
Your absolutely right, I can buy a 2 BR off a canal in Fort Lauderdale for under $900k, with a dock!

But the Miller clan likes to suffer, home is home

after 50, I'm buying that dream house

[Joe T]

Originally Posted by 6oclockshadow

Parking spaces, if you own one, are taxed separately, and there's no exemption. I pay about $100 a year for that. If you live in the city and own a parking space, you pay for it. The ones in Back Bay and the North End go for what a house would cost in Cleveland or Charlotte.

back around 1990 I got a job just outside the theater district, part of my compensation was a deeded parking space. I transferred in 1993 to Philadelphia and sold my space for $25k. The guy I sold it to was one of the last hold out to sell in the lot and got $300K for it about 10 years later. Giant parking garage now in what was a small private parking lot then

[Joe T]

Originally Posted by M_Six

The house I grew up in, for which my Dad paid $12k, is now worth $600k. It's in a suburb south of Boston. I read that the population of Massachusetts went up by 7 million in the past decade. No wonder it feels so crowded there now. As much as I loved living near the ocean and mountains, I could never move back there. Too expensive and too crowded.

Same, I grew up in Waltham. my parents bought in 1963 for around $12K, they're around $550-$600k for a 912 sq ft ranch on a 3000 sq ft lot

Mom's still there

[MsGoGoMoto]

I used to live across the street from the mass state building in high rise apts on Bowden st. . big gold dome on the state building a stone's throw. Could see the common from my window, watch the ballet dancer dance to the nutcracker suite and see the 7second delay on the TV.. Used to walk down to Chinatown, and the oldest bar in the country where I got drunk hit my head on the ceilings because the settlers were short. Hair caught in the sprinkler piping and staff freaking.

Stumble down to Dorchester from the T station and get my weed lol long time ago.

Used to go to shaws supermarket and pay 5 bucks for a gallon of milk.
Suuuuuucked living downtown. But cooooool. Still got my Charlie card.

[NEfan508]

@MsGoGoMoto
@ Chinatown you could ask for "cold tea" aka known as booze after the state shut alcohol sale 2am

3am, beef with noodles and cold beers

alcohol wouldn't be sold past 11am and never on Sunday

Now it's changed but I don't drink anymore

For anyone out of New England, Boston is a really small big city, areas are overlapping but distinct for sure

40k new students every year, young crowd but adult friendly too