A Hidden Gem * Very Sweet Home * featuring Tranquility, Privacy, & Peace * Colonial with Three generous size bedrooms, walk-in closets & sky lights, Huge foyer/bonus room, Eat-in-kitchen * Dining room* Super large family room with slider to your yard *living room with separate entrance, Hardwood floors* Newer windows* Kool Barn has upstairs loft area "Artist", inground pool * two car garage, *Located between two dead end streets* Suburban feel yet minutes to the city* Just a short stroll to the MBTA, Supermarket & Restaurants, Quick ride to Longwood medical Hospitals, 95 Highway, ..
Single-familyProperty Type
1820Year Built
0.27 acresLot Size
$634Price/Sq.Ft.
2 garage spacesParking
Listed by Lauren MacEachern• Conway - West Roxbury
Upper Washington-Spring Street, located between Downtown Crossing and Chinatown, is a historic and commercial Boston neighborhood with a dense streetscape and a transit-rich core. The neighborhood’s character concentrates around the Washington Street and Essex Street corner, where neon-lit theaters, late-night eateries, and small storefronts keep the sidewalks in motion. Pillar venues include Emerson Colonial Theatre, the Paramount Theatre, and the historic Opera House. Brick-and-stone midrises mix with restored facades and newer residential towers, creating a layered skyline at street level. Side streets shift quickly from retail corridors to quieter blocks with pocket plazas and hotel lobbies. The Orange and Red Line stations stitch the area into the city’s daily rhythm.
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Offer insights
63 Johnson · $1,150,000
$1.16M and above
75% chance or better to win
Why $1.16M+ is a strong offer
DAYS ON MARKET
44 days
The average home goes pending in 31 days.
SALE-TO-LIST
98.5%
Most homes are selling 1% below list price.
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Property details
Interior
Exterior
Finance
Kitchen
Bathroom
Bedroom
Living
Interior features
Home office with separate entry
Bonus room
Foyer
Central vacuum
French doors
Bay/bow/box windows
Skylights
Bedrooms
Master bedroom on second floor with skylight, ceiling fan, walk-in closet, and hardwood flooring
Second bedroom on second floor with skylight, walk-in closet, and hardwood flooring
Third bedroom on second floor with closet and hardwood flooring
Bathrooms
One full bathroom
One half bathroom
Kitchen
Dining area
Stone/granite/solid countertops
Gas stove
Half-bath access from kitchen area
Hardwood flooring
Laundry & utility
Washer and dryer included
Laundry in basement with exterior access
Flooring
Hardwood flooring throughout
Heating & cooling
Oil-fired baseboard heating
Exterior features
Inground private pool
Patio
Barn/stable
Fenced yard / fenced and enclosed
Corner lot with wooded, gentle sloping and level areas
Paved public road frontage
Two property entrances
Home design
Single family residence
Parking
Detached garage
Two garage spaces
Two covered spaces
Two open parking spaces
Total of four parking spaces
Stone/gravel parking surface
Construction
Concrete perimeter and stone foundation
Year built (approximate, public records)
Utilities
Public water
Public sewer
Electric service with circuit breakers
Gas available for range
HOA & community
Community offers public transportation, shopping, parks, walk/jog trails, golf, medical facility, laundromat, highway access, house of worship, schools, T-Station, and university access
Not a senior community
Other
Sellers' personal possessions excluded from sale
Electricity and solar
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OPEN HOUSES ON 3/25 and 3/26 CANCELLED. Beautiful 19th-Century Colonial Home located on a generous lot in West Roxbury. You will be pleased with all the modern amenities thoughtfully designed in keeping with the integrity of the home. Enjoy the many skylights bringing natural light, a gas stove in the style of a colonial kitchen, updated baths,and 2 walk-in closets. Spacious and sunny porch entry offer convenient transition space. The warm and welcoming kitchen with stainless steel appliances & stone counter-tops opens to the dining room. An expansive great room with vaulted ceilings which opens to a brick patio. Beautiful outdoor grounds include in-ground swimming pool, mature trees, gardening options and charming red barn which offers additional useful space Located between 2 no-through roads in a vibrant West Roxbury neighborhood, an urban hide-away convenient to the city and less than a mile to the MBTA Commuter Rail.
Year
Property tax
Land + Additions
Assessment*
2023
$6,961 (+8.6%)
$229,400 + $418,700
$648,100
2022
$6,410 (+9.2%)
$208,500 + $380,700
$589,200
2021
$5,871 (+0.9%)
$198,600 + $351,600
$550,200
2020
$5,816 (+5.4%)
$185,200 + $365,600
$550,800
2019
$5,517 (+10.9%)
$189,400 + $334,000
$523,400
2018
$4,974
$189,400 + $285,200
$474,600
2017
$4,975 (+2.1%)
$189,400 + $280,400
$469,800
2016
$4,875 (−6.3%)
$189,400 + $253,800
$443,200
2015
$5,202 (+3.0%)
$205,600 + $224,000
$429,600
2014
$5,051 (−4.7%)
$205,600 + $195,900
$401,500
2013
$5,302 (−0.3%)
$205,600 + $197,900
$403,500
2012
$5,320 (+2.0%)
$189,200 + $218,800
$408,000
2009
$5,218 (+17.7%)
$189,200 + $218,800
$408,000
2006
$4,435
$203,200 + $214,000
$417,200
Public record
Public record
Zoning
Permits
Beds
3
Baths
1.5
Stories
2
Lot width
—
Lot depth
—
Lot size
8,276 Sq. Ft.
Year renovated
—
Finished Sq. Ft.
1,813
Unfinished Sq. Ft.
—
Total Sq. Ft.
1,813
Year built
1820
Style
Single Family Residential
County
Suffolk County
APN
1434989
Parking Spaces
—
Basement
—
Accessible
—
HOA Dues
—
Garage
—
Features
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Last updated by owner on Jul 21, 2023.
WEST ROXBURY NEIGHBORHOOD-1F-6000
West Roxbury Neighborhood-One-Family Residential Subdistrict
The One-Family Residential (1F) Subdistricts are established to preserve, maintain and promote low density one-family neighborhoods, to provide for new infill construction appropriate to the existing fabric, and to allow minor changes to occur as-of-right. In a 1F Subdistrict, the maximum number of Dwelling Units allowed in a single Building shall be 1.
Permitted uses
Include but are not limited to:
Religious facility
Day care facility
Housing-Group
Housing-Single unit
Park & open space
Apr 11, 2018 • Final
Electrical
Work on electrical systems.
Electrical
Permit history is from public records and may be incomplete or inaccurate. Redfin and its agents make no representations about the property condition or permit status. Buyers should independently verify all information.
Climate risks
1/10 Flood Factor
Minimal risk of a flood reaching the building in the next 30 years
3/10 Fire Factor
0.31% chance of being in a wildfire in next 30 years
6/10 Heat Factor
7 days above 96° expected this year, 15 days in 30 years
6/10 Wind Factor
60% chance of strong winds in next 30 years
2/10 Air Factor
1 unhealthy days expected this year, 3 days in 30 years
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Historical weather
West Roxbury, MA • 02132
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Sun exposure
87/ 100
Very good sunlight
Sunscore
This home receives average direct sun exposure in West Roxbury. There appears to be minimal shading by surrounding buildings, terrain, and vegetation.
9.4 hrs
5.7 hrs
JuneDecember
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Redfin Estimate for 63 Johnson
$1,112,264
$38K under list price of $1.15M
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