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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.
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Dorchester
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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14%
Unit PM301 at 1241-1252 Adams in Dot
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18%
Unit 3 at 197 St. Botolph in Back Bay
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10%
Unit 4 at 68-70 Perkins in JP
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32%
Unit 12 at 545 East Third in Southie
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24%
31 Crehore in West Roxbury