Stunning home in Boston's South End has patio, attached garage

Single-family homes in the heart of the city are the rarity, especially if the vintage houses are renovated with every modern convenience in mind.

A four-story town home located at 30 Claremont Park in the South End is such a property and is currently for sale at $1.729 million. Danielle Bing of Gibson | Sotheby’s International Realty is marketing this stunning home.

Claremont Park is a quiet, leafy, block-long street running between Columbus Avenue and the Southwest Corridor green space. Even though the property at 30 Claremont has a full garage connected to it, there are plenty of places to park legally on the street.

The houses along Claremont have adorable front yards fenced in with decorative black iron. The nearby park provides a great place to stroll and walk the dog.

Walk up the front steps and enter 30 Claremont Park at the parlor level where a gracious three-window bay frames the first sitting room. The floors are cherry and stained mahogany.

The crown molding running along the high ceiling has a dentil strip, which is tastefully ornamental.

The room has a gas fireplace, recessed halogen lights and surround sound.

Plantation shutters on the front windows protect privacy.

The back parlor or living room has a simple, iron chandelier that conveys with the house.

The kitchen has oak floors, country cabinets and slabs of creamy granite.

There are also many bookcases and built-ins on both sides of the wood-burning fireplace with a white wooden mantel and green marble inlay.

This room also has high ceilings, decorative crown molding and recessed lighting.

A dining area near the kitchen has a wall of built-in shelves and cabinetry.

Most striking about this second living room is the wainscoting running along the walls. This wooden feature is decorative, but it makes such a difference by adding to the charm of the room.

The kitchen and dining room are downstairs on the garden level, which also has a half bath and a laundry room large enough for a full-size washer and dryer.

The kitchen has white extra-wide paneling and custom cabinets with industrial pulls. The wall provides deep blue accents, and the white subway tile provides the classy backsplash. Soft gray speckled granite forms the counter space and island breakfast area.

This space is made for home cooking, with a Dacor five-burner gas range and stainless steel hood as well as double Thermador stainless ovens. The Sub-Zero refrigerator is outfitted with custom panels that match the rest of the décor.

The kitchen looks out on a cozy English-style garden that could double as an outdoor breakfast room.

An adorable home office with many built-in shelves and drawers sits off the master bedroom.

The decking is pressure-treated wood, and plantings ring the perimeter.

The most fascinating aspect of this garden is the mirror trick. Two large mirrors face out toward the house. These reflecting panes are not here for vanity but to capture extra sunlight. A covered walkway in the garden leads to the spanking clean garage with room for one car.

Off the kitchen is an eating alcove with enough elbowroom for a large table surrounded by many built-in shelves, with lighting provided by recessed halogens as well as a star-shaped glass chandelier.

Up the stairs and on the two higher floors are three bedrooms, each with an en suite full bath, many built-ins and big closets. One bath has a glass shower; the others a soaking tub.

All of the bedrooms have ceiling fans, recessed lighting and spacious windows.

The master bedroom, on the top floor, occupies the most generous amount of space and features a wood-burning fireplace with white wooden mantel and granite surround.

An English-style garden, with mirrors to reflect the sun, sits off the kitchen.

The bath attached to the master is also the largest in the house, with a soaking tub and rain head shower as well as twin white porcelain Waterfall sinks, bead board paneling and cherry floors. The bath’s most appealing feature, however, is the glass tile that surrounds the tub, which is sea green and beach glass translucent.

A surprise room is off the master bedroom where there is a small space that could be used as a study, nursery or extravagant walk-in closet.

This little room is in the crown of the house and has bay windows looking out at the trees and the street below. Built-in bookcases surround the room, as well as custom cabinetry with metal drawer pulls matching the ones in the kitchen below.

From the master bedroom, a staircase ascends to a bubble dome. Open this and you find the city spread out at your feet.

The roof deck, constructed of compression-treated wood, is spacious and fenced and provides a sweeping view of the Prudential Tower and Christian Science center.

The spacious master bedroom is on the top floor and features a wood-burning fireplace, a ceiling fan and an en suite bath.

As you tour 30 Claremont Park, you can’t help but notice how thoughtfully this house was renovated and appointed. There are lots of glamorous houses out there with miles of granite and all the latest gadgets, but 30 Claremont Park seems like a place to settle in comfortably.

DETAILS

Address: 30 Claremont Park, South End

BR/BA: Three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths

Size: 2,926 square feet 

Price: $1.729 million

Taxes: $16,435 (FY 2011with residential exemption)   

Features of home: Single-family bay front brick townhouse with four floors and many amenities; two sitting rooms on parlor level with gas fireplace in front room and wood-burning fireplace in back parlor; garden-level kitchen with granite counters, white cabinetry and high-end appliances, including Dacor five-burner gas range and Thermador ovens; patio garden and covered walkway leading to private one-car garage; three bedrooms with en suite baths; master bedroom with wood-burning fireplace and cozy front room that could be used as study, nursery or walk-in closet.

Close by: South End with its many wonderful restaurants, including Petit Robert Bistro, Columbus Café, Jae’s Café; Christian Science Center, Symphony Hall and to Massachusetts Avenue with its assortment of restaurants and shops; Whole Foods Market; green spaces include the Southwest Corridor Park and the Fenway Gardens; easy access to MBTA Green Line at Symphony Hall, buses along Massachusetts Avenue, Route 90.

Contact: Danielle Bing at Gibson | Sotheby’s International Realty, 556 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02118. Phones: 617-426-6900 (office) or 617-680-5424 (cell).

Website: www.gibsonsothebys.com

An open house will be held at this property Sunday, Oct. 30, from 2 to 3 p.m.