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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 $475,000 in different Boston neighborhoods.
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Charlestown
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Unit 3 at 8 Allston Street is a 478-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bathroom with plenty of exposed brick, a private deck, and shared laundry in the building. It’s asking $475,000 even, with a $230 HOA fee.
South Boston
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Exclusive roof rights come with Unit 3 at 681 East Eighth Street, a 449-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bathroom in Southie’s City Point area. There is also central air and washer-dryer hookups. The asking is $469,999, and the HOA is $70.
Dorchester
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Central air is included in Unit 3 at 1104 Adams Street, a 615-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bathroom in Dot’s Lower Mills area. The tag also covers a deeded driveway parking space. That tag? It’s $469,000, with a HOA of $180.
Jamaica Plain
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Unit 107 at 111 Perkins Street is a 1,130-square-foot two-bedroom, one-bathroom in a building with an in-ground pool and 24-7 door service. The $469,000 price and the $1,385 HOA fee cover a garage parking space too.
Dorchester
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A garage parking spot also comes with Unit 3 at 51 Bricknell Street in Dot’s Franklin Field North area. The 1,000-square-foot two-bedroom, two-bathroom has central air and washer-dryer hookups. The asking is $465,000, and the HOA is $190.
Poll
Which $475,000 Boston spread would you buy?
This poll is closed
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18%
Unit 3 at 8 Allston in Charlestown
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18%
Unit 3 at 681 East Eighth in Southie
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6%
Unit 3 at 1104 Adams in Dot
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12%
Unit 107 at 111 Perkins in JP
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46%
Unit 3 at 51 Bricknell in Dot