783 Watertown is the brick home at the corner of Watertown St with the big backyard. It’s been listed twice before in 2015 & 2016 for $979k. Re-listed yesterday for $939k.
You maybe wondering is this the Randlett house I blogged about coming on the market? And the answer is no it is not you guys. That one is coming on this or next week and is actually on America’s Favorite Street (.com).
You guys — Amy & Ingvar have finished their renovation at 40 and would like to meet everyone this Saturday. Please find a note from them below and take some time to check out their renovation. Bloody Marys? Think they’re gonna fit in real well around here.
Hi Friends and Neighbors,
We are having an open house on Saturday, May 19th from 9AM – 11AM. It will be very informal (we won’t even have furniture moved in yet) but we’re guessing that you’re curious to see the house project that’s gone on and on (and on and on). We’ll have breakfast snacks (munchkins or bagels), coffee and bloody marys. Feel free to forward onto any interested neighbors – we’d love to meet them.
Hope to see you next Saturday.
Amy and Ingvar
If you want to move to Randlett Park, you’re only gonna have 1 opportunity this year. This opportunity will be coming soon, so get your story straight now. Your family could be in this photo you guys.
Mayor Fuller issued a RFI (request for information) for a new site for the W. Newton police HQ. The mayor believes the existing building is too small, does not have enough parking and doesn’t meet current structural safety codes. Because HQ is a historic building on a small lot, it doesn’t make sense to knock it down and build new. Just find a bigger lot and build a bigger HQ.
If the Mayor is able to find another site for police HQ, she would be interested in converting the existing HQ to recreational space.
It’s just an idea at this point you guys but I could be into it.
Thanks a lot you guys. Because of you, yard waste pick is running 1 to 1.5 days behind schedule. There’s been “extremely heavy volume” causing pick up delays. Basically you guys are putting more shit in the yard waste barrels than the city can pick up.
Our normal pick up day is Friday (obviously). But now it’s more like Monday possibly Tuesday. Hope you’re happy.
Most of you guys know Brian McSherry is running Boston today for Dana Farber. He raised a ton of money and the street came out to cheer him on, despite the cold & rain. He was spotted a few minutes ago cruising down Comm Ave. towards Heartbreak. Pretty incredible accomplishment in historically bad weather. Congrats Brian!!
Julia Malakie, President of the Newton Tree Conservancy, is looking for volunteers. Drew can’t plant every tree himself you guys.
Anyway, volunteers will be needed April 28th to help plant more than 100 trees around Newton. Maybe Sarah will participate this time.
Start time is 8:30am and is expected to take 2-3 hours. The 2 nearest planting locations to America’s Favorite Street are Rangeley Road and the Fordham/Lodge neighborhood. For more details please visit the Newton Tree Conservancy’s site:
http://newtontreeconservancy.org/blog/programs/community-tree-plantings/
924 Watertown is a 5 bed/1.5 bath Victorian with 2,210 sq/ft. Gonna need more than 1 full bath here you guys. Offers due Monday at noon.
13 min video on proposed Washington St corridor below you guys. Washington St is ugly & unsafe so all this makes sense to me.
14 Dana Rd is a 4 bed/3 bath bungalow with 2,052 sq/ft. Nice house in the Franklin School district. Spring market is on you guys.
Wicked Local Newton posted a story this week about Erica Morin, whose husband Greg was killed in the Sweet Tomatoes accident two years ago. She is running the Boston Marathon to raise funds for Family Access, a non-profit that provides a social safety-net for vulnerable families throughout the most critical years of their children’s development. You can find the full story here:
Please consider donating you guys. Erica lives in the neighborhood and could use our support.
Only took 1 weekend for 28 Eliot to find a buyer. June closing you guys.
28 Eliot is a 4 bed/1.5 bath Farmhouse with 2,665 sq/ft. The house dates back to 1880 — olden times you guys. House is being sold in as-is condition and has settlement issues.
The real story here though is the lot size. Huge corner lot with .38 acres which means you could build an enormous house here.
Barbara sent me this video yesterday you guys. The kids were working their way down the street shoveling walkways during the storm. Big kids shoveled the snow, little kids ate it. Team work makes the dream work.
Be careful you guys. The pitbulls are loose and running up and down Randlett.
Borrowed Drew’s chainsaw and saved the street and also the day by clearing the large branch that was blocking the street. A few other people helped but if you had to say ok who was the hero today it would definitely be me. Or the chainsaw.
You guys know what they say: big branch fall hard. In front of my house in this case. Working with city to get this removed.
236 Cherry St is a 4 bed/3.5 bath Colonial with 2,961 sq/ft. Pretty close to the corner of Derby, over near Franklin. The house is empty you guys and has been virtually staged. My biggest question is are there really 4 TVs in the basement or are those staged too?
A woman walking her poodle this morning past 154 Randlett had her dog attacked by a pit bull living in this house. The pit bull had the poodle by the neck in the middle of the street. Only when both owners piled on the dogs were they able to pry the pit bull off the poodle. Several people on the street ran outside when they heard screaming and saw the attack.
So sick of these attacks you guys. Please be safe with your dogs & kids around this house.
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