Thursday, November 8, 2012

New Solar System In Dorchester

This three-bedroom Colonial in the Harvard Commons development of suburban-style single-family homes in Dorchester includes a duplex loft-style master bedroom suite and a full array of rooftop solar panels that cover all electricity costs.

This customized home, built in 2007, is one of 16 single-family homes out of 24 in the first phase of Hub-based Cruz Development’s subdivision off Harvard Street on part of the site of the former Mattapan State Hospital, where there will eventually be 54 houses. There are currently two just-completed smaller single-family homes available for about $485,000.

The 23 Snowden Way home is a resale of one of the development’s large “Fairway” models, owned by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and his family who are relocating to the West Coast. The current owner added a spiral staircase and converted the home’s attic into a loft-style master bedroom in 2007. Last year, a roof array of solar panels was added to the south-facing roof, which produces enough electricity for the entire home and then some.

The EnergyStar-rated home, which has large front and back porches, a large open living/dining area, a loft-style master bedroom, an attached two-car garage and finished basement is on the market for $525,000.

The exterior of 23 Snowden Way is olive Hardiplank with white trim with a pedimented top and six-over-six double-glaze windows. There’s a small grass and bush-landscaped front yard leading up to a covered, columned front porch with Trex-like all-weather decking.

The front door opens into an oak-floored foyer with a hallway down to a half bath with ceramic tile floors and a pedestal sink.

To the left is a large open living/dining space with six windows, crown molding and sliding-glass French doors leading out to a large back porch. The recessed-lit living area features a gas fireplace and the dining area has a chandelier.

To the right is the home’s gray-slate floor recessed-lit kitchen with 26 cherry-stained maple cabinets, Uba Tuba granite counters and separate island with pendant lighting overhead. Amana stainless-steel appliances include a double-door refrigerator, a built-in microwave and gas oven, a dishwasher and four-burner gas cooktop. There’s also a double-doored pantry closet here and direct access to the two-car attached garage.

French doors from the kitchen lead to a study with chair-rail wainscoting and two windows.

Stairs lead up to a landing, off which are the home’s three bedrooms.

The carpeted duplex master-bedroom suite features a sitting area with a vaulted ceiling and fan, two walk-in closets and an en-suite bathroom. A spiral staircase leads up to a loft-style bedroom carved out of the former attic with vaulted ceilings, a piano window and two skylights. The en-suite master bathroom has two windows, and beige ceramic tile floors and walls for a whirlpool tub and shower. A cherry-stained maple vanity has a green-granite countertop.

There are two other decent-sized carpeted bedrooms on this floor served by a second full bathroom with green ceramic tile floors, a ceramic-tile walled tub and shower and a green-granite-topped vanity.

The current owner finished the home’s full basement in 2007 with a hardwood-floored family room, a playroom and a laundry room with a full-size washer and dryer and a sink. There’s also a full bathroom here with ceramic tile floors, a one-piece Fiberglas walk-in shower and a granite-topped vanity. There’s a utility room that holds one of the house’s two gas-fired heating and central air-conditioning systems.

The home has a fenced-in grass backyard, on the small side for a suburban-like home. But the roof has a fully paid for solar panel system installed last year that’s guaranteed for 20 years and has transferable energy credits. The panels cover the entire cost of electricity for the home.

Source: http://bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/view.bg?articleid=1061157138&srvc=business&position=4

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