What $800,000 buys around Boston now

It looks like the price commands at least two bedrooms throughout the city—and maybe parking too

By Tom Acitelli@tomacitelli Nov 25, 2019, 5:13am EST

Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a regular column that explores what one can rent or buy for a set dollar amount (or thereabouts) in the Boston area. Is one woman’s studio another’s townhouse? Let’s find out! Next up is $800,000 in Boston proper.

Dorchester

A living room with two large windows meeting in a corner.

A dining room with a table and chairs.

A kitchen with a U-shaped counter.

A bedroom with a large window next to a bed.

Unit PM301 at 1241-1251 Adams Street in Dorchester’s Lower Mills includes two bedrooms and two bathrooms in its 1,506 square feet. The apartment is also within a complex that includes a fitness center and an indoor lap pool. It’s asking $800,000 even, and the condo fee is $879.

Back Bay

A room with counters leading to a patio.

A small living room with a couch, a fireplace, and a ceiling fan.

A narrow kitchen with appliances.

A bedroom empty except for one bed.

A fenced-in brick patio comes with the 901-square-foot Unit 3 at 197 St. Botolph Street. The condo also has two bedrooms and one bathroom. The tag is a rather precise $799,999, and the condo fee is $281.

Jamaica Plain

A spacious kitchen with an island with two chairs pulled up to it.

A spacious living room with a grand piano on one side and lots of furniture.

A bathroom with a tub at one end at the end of a long counter.

A bedroom with a bed and two dressers on either side.

Two deeded parking spaces come with Unit 4 at 68-70 Perkins Street, which also includes two bedrooms and two full bathrooms. The 1,903-square-foot spread is retailing for $799,999, with a condo fee of $328.

South Boston

A new empty kitchen-dining room area with appliances.

A narrow, empty deck.

An open, empty closet next to a newly done bathroom.

An empty bedroom with two windows.

The 961-square-foot Unit 12 at 545 East Third Street was built this year as part of a 12-unit project, and includes two bedrooms as well as three bathrooms. The $799,900 tag and the $364.54 condo fee also cover one heated garage parking space.

West Roxbury

The exterior of a boxy two-story house.

A newly redone kitchen with a u-shaped counter.

An empty living room with a fireplace and French doors opening into the living room.

An empty bedroom with an open door and a radiator.

We end in one of Boston’s more suburban enclaves, where the 2,000-square-foot 31 Crehore Road is asking $799,900. The colonial dating from the 1930s includes three bedrooms and one and a half bathrooms.

Poll

Which one would you buy?

This poll is closed

14%

Unit PM301 at 1241-1252 Adams in Dot

(10 votes)
18%

Unit 3 at 197 St. Botolph in Back Bay

(13 votes)
10%

Unit 4 at 68-70 Perkins in JP

(7 votes)
32%

Unit 12 at 545 East Third in Southie

(23 votes)
24%

31 Crehore in West Roxbury

(17 votes)

70 votes total Vote Now