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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 woman’s townhouse? Let’s find out! Next up is $900,000 in Boston.
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Back Bay
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Unit A is a 407-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bathroom in the new Lydon condo at 401 Beacon Street. It includes in-unit laundry and central air. The asking is $900,000 even, and the condo fee is $463. Garaged parking is included.
Downtown Boston
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The 1,044-square-foot Unit 5C at 453 Washington Street also has central air. The three-bedroom, one-bathroom is asking $909,000, and the condo fee is $348.
South Boston
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This is another new-construction condo. Unit 202 at 527 East Broadway is asking $899,999 for its 1,100 square feet, two bedrooms, and two bathrooms. There’s laundry in-unit and central AC. The tag—and the $250 condo fee—cover garaged parking and a private deck.
South Boston
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Also in Southie is the gut-renovated 6 Dixfield Street, which is asking $899,900. It’s a 2,001-square-foot single-family with three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms. There’s a finished basement too.
Allston
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Unit 30 at 30 Holton Street is a townhouse-like condo running to 1,803 square feet and containing three bathrooms as well as five bedrooms. There’s central air, too, and in-unit laundry.
Poll
Which one would you buy?
This poll is closed
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13%
Unit #202 on Commonwealth Avenue in Back Bay
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26%
Unit 1414 at Millennium Place in Downtown Crossing
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34%
Unit 211 at on 319 A Street in Fort Point
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15%
80a W Cedar Street #1 in Beacon Hill
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10%
32 Charter Street #4 in the North End