What can you buy for under $300,000 within I-495?
Well I am looking forward to exploring just that over the next several weeks.
Here’s what I am thinking – a series of posts that will examine what homes are available within the Greater Boston area under certain price points.
My plan is to kick things off the Wednesday after Labor Day - September 8th. The first post will focus on the under $300,000 market.
That will be followed by posts in the weeks after exploring what’s available under $400,000, $500,000 and $600,000.
So here’s where the fearless contributors and savvy readers of this blog come into play.
I want to hear about the bombs and the diamonds in the rough that you’ve noticed out there, either looking for a home or just checking out the market.
And I plan to hit some open houses myself, accompanied by my rising and very energetic first grader, David. He likes houses and besides, what better way to truly check out a home’s potential for family-friendly living?
I have fond memories looking for a home and trying to stay below the $300,000 mark.
There was the beautifully renovated farmhouse in Dedham – wedged between a junkyard and some sort of public housing complex. And I don’t think I will ever forget the rambling, warren-like two-family attached to an immaculate, newly-minted colonial. Not sure how they got stuck together, but someone was trying to sell the two family side of this bizarre odd couple.
My wife Karen and I ended up buying a potentially cute but dingy fixer-upper in Natick, whose owner was selling after his wife, a chain smoker, died of lung cancer.
It’s not easy out there, but prices are supposedly headed down. Let’s see what we can find.
