The skinniest home in Boston, at 44 Hull St., is now off the market.CL Properties
A ten-foot-wide residence in Boston that’s mentioned to have been constructed out of spite offered for $1.25 million.
In line with native legend, a soldier constructed the house in 1862 when he returned from struggle to search out his brother’s home took up the remainder of their shared land.
The 2-bedroom house is about 1,000 sq. toes and has a non-public backyard and rooftop deck.
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A ten-foot-wide residence in Boston — which a 2005 Boston Globe article referred to as town’s skinniest — was purchased for $1.25 million. Insider beforehand reported that in accordance with native legend, the home on Hull Road was constructed out of spite.
The skinniest residence in Boston at 44 Hull St.CL Properties
Supply: The Boston Globe, Zillow, Insider, NPR
In line with a 2015 Boston journal article, the North Finish home is alleged to have been constructed to spite a soldier’s brother, who took up the remainder of the shared property with expansive housing whereas his sibling was at struggle.
A view from the rooftop of the house.CL Properties
Supply: Boston journal
Legend has it that the soldier constructed the thin residence on the remaining property in 1862, blocking all daylight between two sections of his brother’s huge residence, in accordance with the journal.
A gate to the house’s non-public backyard.CL Properties
Regardless of its small measurement, at simply over 1,000 sq. toes, the two-bedroom residence has a full-size kitchen on the primary flooring, in accordance with its Zillow itemizing previous to being offered in September 2021.
The kitchen on the house’s first flooring.CL Properties
Supply: Zillow
Additionally on the primary flooring, there is a eating room, a residing area, and a door to a balcony overlooking non-public gardens, in accordance with the identical itemizing.
The house’s residing and eating areas.CL Properties
Supply: Zillow
Upstairs, the second flooring consists of the toilet, laundry room, and a sitting space, the Zillow itemizing says.
The second-floor laundry room and loo.CL Properties
Supply: Zillow
In the one lavatory within the residence, a blue-tile backsplash contrasts with uncovered brick.
The house’s solely lavatory.CL Properties
The second-floor sitting space has a window overlooking some greenery exterior.
The house’s second-floor seating space.CL Properties
The home windows within the hallway on the second flooring face a brick wall of the property subsequent door.
A hallway within the residence.CL Properties
Previous the residing area, a slender hallway results in a staircase.
The staircase on the house’s second flooring.CL Properties
On the third flooring, there’s one other sitting space, in accordance with the house’s Zillow itemizing.
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The house’s third-floor sitting space.CL Properties
Supply: Zillow
The opposite half of the ground is used as a visitor bed room, in accordance with the itemizing.
The house’s visitor bed room.CL Properties
Supply: Zillow
The first suite takes up the entire fourth flooring and has entry to a non-public rooftop, in accordance with Zillow.
The house’s main suite.CL Properties
Supply: Zillow
Within the main bed room, there’s shelving for clothes towards uncovered brick.
The house’s main bed room.CL Properties
Throughout from the mattress, there’s room for a nook.
A nook within the residence’s main suite.CL Properties
The steps within the suite result in the rooftop deck, from which you’ll be able to see a view of town.
A view of Boston from the roof.CL Properties
Again on the bottom, the property has a non-public backyard.
The house’s non-public backyard.CL Properties
There are a number of seating areas for entertaining outside.
The house’s outside seating areas.CL Properties
Supply: Zillow
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