Condo has great location in heart of Boston's North End

New construction and spacious living are hard to find in Boston’s North End. Finding these features in a condominium for less than $1 million is an added long shot.

But it turns out you can have all these things, plus a neighborhood where you’re never more than a few steps from Italian specialty food shops, cooking, wine and coffee/pastry havens, at 44 Prince St.

Atlantic Associates Real Estate offers a 1,200-square-foot, two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath condominium for sale on the third floor of this fully accessible building at $859,000.

Unit 304 is a warm space, sunlit from the north, west and south, with a flip-on gas fireplace in the living room to make things cozy quickly on cold nights.

In warmer weather, take your dog to the elevator just outside your front door, down a few floors and out to stroll and people-watch along Salem or Hanover streets. For book lovers, the North End branch of the Boston Public Library is next door.

If you crave an ocean breeze, just open the sliding glass door to the deck or the bottom foldout bedroom windows – you’re just over the hill from the Boston waterfront. 

It’s plain to see that living here would be easy. As Atlantic Associates agent Kaitlyn Attfield notes, the building is professionally managed and has concierge services all day and into early evening.

The living room features a gas fireplace, crown molding and hardwood flooring.

Need someone to sign for a package or fix for the broken a/c? It’s just a phone call away.

Don’t feel like shoveling back-breaking snow? You won’t have to: your condo fees take care of it. Even North End parking headaches are eliminated, with the deeded underground garage parking space that comes with this unit. It’s a most attractive feature for this neighborhood.

Unit 304, like most other condominiums in this building of one- and two-bedrooms, is accessible through the front lobby, where a concierge can buzz you in during the day and a code allows access at other times.

The lobby has a fireplace and a brick floor that flows straight from the outdoor patio – and through to elevators and (out a back door) a private brick outdoor terrace with trellis overhead, meant for exclusive use by residents.

An elevator whisks you up to the third floor. Unit 304 is kitty-corner from its exit. Immediately upon entering, a coat closet and powder room await the needs of guests and homeowners.

There’s also a washer/dryer set, stacked and hidden in a closet inside the powder room.

Straight ahead is the first of two generously sized bedrooms; each has a full bath en suite.

Large bay windows in the dining area offer a pleasant view of the courtyard and Parmenter Street.

The bedrooms are perhaps 15 by 15 feet – plenty of room for a queen-sized bed, dresser and easy chairs or an office or study.

Flooring in the bedrooms, living room, kitchen and hallway is shiny red oak; walls and moldings a neutral cream. The first bedroom faces Parmenter Street – one block from Prince, but in a complex building a few hundred feet away and thus protected from street noise.

A right turn from the front foyer leads a visitor down another short hallway and eventually to the living room straight ahead. A master bedroom is to the right, and galley kitchen to the left.

The kitchen boasts paneled cherry cabinets, stainless GE appliances including a gas range and black granite countertops with bar area overlooking the living room. 

The living room, which is the largest room in the home, has a gas fireplace with wide white mantel and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the private lobby-level terrace.

Owners also have their own terrace, suitable for private morning coffee and tea-drinking or evening cocktail sipping, accessed by sliding glass doors from the living room. A dining area just off the kitchen faces Parmenter Street through bay windows.

The chef’s kitchen boasts black granite counters, stainless steel appliances and cherry cabinets.

The master bedroom here has two large closets, including a walk-in, and a ceramic tile bath with a sand-colored, oversized walk-in shower. A few steps down the hall, the second bedroom’s bath has a tub, for those nights when you just need a hot bath to relax. It feels like this home is, quite simply, made for that.

DETAILS 

Address: 44 Prince St., Unit 304, North End

BR/BA: Two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths

Size: 1,226 square feet

Age: 2005

Price: $859,000

Taxes: $8,056 (with residential exemption) 

Condo fee: $859 per month (includes heat, central air conditioning)

Features of building: New 55-unit brick building, more than 50 percent owner-occupied; underground garage accessed from Parmenter Street; concierge staffing from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and additional weekend hours; professionally managed by Barkan Management; common brick outdoor terrace; pet friendly.

Features of unit: Spacious living area with breakfast terrace; sleek kitchen with cherry cabinetry, stainless steel appliances, black granite counters; two large bedrooms with en suite baths; one deeded garage parking space.

Close by: Historic North End and waterfront, Columbus Park and HarborWalk, and a variety of Italian restaurants, coffee and pastry shops; North Bennet Street School and North End branch of Boston Public Library; easy access to MBTA Orange and Green Lines at Haymarket Station , or Aquarium on Blue Line at Aquarium Station, Route 93 and airport tunnel. 

Contact: Kathleen Cook, Atlantic Associates Real Estate, 115 Atlantic Ave., Boston, MA 02110. Phone: 617-723-0099.

Website: www.AtlanticAssociatesRE.com

This property may be seen by appointment.