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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 $625,000 in different Boston neighborhoods.
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Roxbury
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We start at a 48-unit development at 10 Williams Street. Unit 13 there is a 1,308-square-foot (potential) one-bedroom, one-bathroom with copious amounts of cavernous space as well as central air and a deeded parking spot. The HOA fee is $425.
South Boston
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Unit 3 at 90 M Street includes roof rights for the three-story building. The two-bedroom, one-bathroom with central air runs to 1,127 square feet and has skylights in every room. The HOA fee is $150.
Roslindale
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The house at 55 Bateman Street comes with one off-street parking spot. The 1,466-square-foot spread includes three bedrooms and one and a half bathrooms as well as a recently renovated kitchen.
Charlestown
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Unit 1 at 5 Hancock Street in Charlestown’s gas light district mimics a townhouse. The 935-square-foot condo includes two bedrooms and one and a half bathrooms. There’s a washer-dryer too. The HOA fee is $200.
Roxbury
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We end as we began—in Roxbury. Unit 1 at 130 Marcella Street in the neighborhood’s Fort Hill area runs to 1,657 square feet on two levels of a brownstone. The three-bedroom with two and a half bathrooms includes central air and washer-dryer hookups. The HOA is $428.
Poll
Which $625,000 Boston spread would you buy?
This poll is closed
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30%
Unit 13 at 10 Williams in Roxbury
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12%
Unit 3 at 90 M in Southie
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16%
55 Bateman in Roslindale
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36%
Unit 1 at 5 Hancock in Charlestown
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6%
Unit 1 at 130 Marcella in Roxbury