Chestnut Hill cottage with decorative stove drops for $875,000

Perhaps only in the Boston area can a house marketing itself as a cottage retail for $875,000.

The 1,081-square-foot 673 Hammond Street in Brookline’s slice of Chestnut Hill does just that. The three-bedroom, one-and-half-bathroom property is on sale as a “cottage” through Hammond Residential.

And, given the location and the look of the place, the $875K tag does not seem all that unreasonable or odd. Plus, an abutting cottage-slash-farmhouse sold last year for $899,000. Touches such as the surrounding yard, the parking for three, and the decorative stove in the living room seem to only bolster the asking, which is not unusual for Brookline.

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