16-18 Acorn Street
16-18 Acorn Street, Cambridge MA 02139
Sold for $2,420,000
What do you get when you combine a special location and talented owners who take great care of their homes? You get a house like 16-18 Acorn Street in Cambridgeport. When they found it, it needed work but they saw the potential in its spaces, light, land and flexibility. Over the years, they rethought #16 (their upper duplex) and maintained #18 (the 1st-floor apartment) as it was. In their unit (#16), they kept the traditional layout of the main floor and smartly built out the top floor. They opened up the kitchen adding skylights, an island, and wall-to-wall cabinets; expanded the rear decks so they are now integral to each floor; added 2 bedrooms, a study, a laundry room, and a full bathroom upstairs; replaced windows and systems throughout, and planted pretty gardens around the house. With the perfect balance of space for gathering and space for privacy, 16 Acorn Street has been their family’s anchor of 30 yrs. and 18 Acorn Street has provided them with a steady source of rental income.
Property Details
Apartment (#18)
Size: 1,038 square feet
Rooms: 5 rooms
Bedrooms: 2 bedrooms
Bathrooms: 1 full bathroom
Heat: Steam radiators by gas
Hot Water: Tank by natural gas
Laundry: In the basement (2010)
Owner’s Duplex (#16)
Size: 2,215 square feet (includes the 3 season sunroom)
Rooms: 10 rooms
Bedrooms: 4 bedrooms
Bathrooms: 2 full baths
Heat: Steam by gas on the second level (boiler 2020) and electric baseboards on the 3rd level
Hot Water: Tank by natural gas (2017)
Laundry: On the 3rd level
Building
Size: 3,253 square feet
Lot Size: 5,000 square feet
Material: Shingles (painted 2014)
Roof: Asphalt/composition shingles (2010)
Outdoors: Backyard, stone patio, and 3 rear decks
Parking: 1 space in the driveway
Other
Year Built: 1930
Taxes: $10,170.97 without residential exemption
Disclosures
In #16, Cooktop pilots don't all work, self cleaning lock on oven is broken, and the motor for soaking tub does not work
