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Apr
17
LandVest Announces Two New Beacon Hill Properties in Boston
By LandVest
 

LandVest is Pleased to Announce Two New Properties in Boston’s Beacon Hill Neighborhood

The properties are located on two of the most sought after streets on Beacon Hill:
Mt. Vernon Street and Chestnut Street. A single family and a condominium, each ready for your cosmetic renovation and customization.

Sun-filled town house on Chestnut Street in Boston’s Beacon Hill
was built in 1829 by Cornelius Coolidge.

For more information, contact Terrence Maitland

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Penthouse condominium on Mt. Vernon Street in Beacon Hill
has an abundance of natural light and panoramic city views.

For more information, contact Mary-Elisabeth Jones

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Feb
8
Massachusetts Best Places to Live Featured Real Estate for Sale
By LandVest
 

Massachusetts Best Places to Live
Featured Real Estate for Sale

A wonderful opportunity to own on secluded Goose Point in Duxbury.
Abuts conservation land and only steps to a private sandy beach.

Goose Point

48 Goose Point Lane
Duxbury, MA


$1,799,000

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Stunning Georgian Colonial overlooking the 18th fairway of the Weston Golf Club.
This estate in the desirable town of Weston has grand entertaining spaces,
beautiful grounds, a guest house and pool.

Meadowbrook

295 Meadowbrook Road
Weston, MA

$8,900,000

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10.23± acre property with spectacular panoramic views
over conservation land on Monument Street in Concord.
5,180+ square foot, three bedroom home situated on beautifully manicured grounds.

Monument Street Hilltop Retreat

695 Monument Street
Concord, MA   01742

$3,800,000

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NEW LISTING 94.8 acres abutting conservation land.
Equestrian opportunities with a 2,000 sq. ft. stable and an indoor riding arena.
Waterfront on Manchaug pond. Possible 5-lot subdivision.

Beaton Farm

56 Waters Road
Sutton, MA   01590

$1,600,000

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A landmark property in South Dartmouth and the entire South Coast.
There is outstanding privacy in 97± acres of land that is oriented north and south providing beautiful views of the ocean and beyond to the Elizabeth Islands
and Martha's Vineyard. It borders Mass Audubon's 700-acre preserve and
has frontage on Allen's Pond. The keystone is a custom designed 15-room
Shingle-Style home and guest house built in 2004.

97-Acre Waterfront Estate

740 Horseneck Road
South Dartmouth, MA

$10,000,000

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To view other LandVest listings  throughout Greater Boston, visit www.landvest.com or click  Listings for Boston, MA office.

For more information on buying or selling Real Estate or for information on other Real Estate Services that LandVest provides, contact Ruth Kennedy Sudduth, Director of LandVest’s Residential Brokerage Division.

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Nov
15
Best Place to Live: Dream Home on Todd Pond in Lincoln, Massachusetts
By LandVest
 

Todd Pond Estate Designed for Fun and Function

Aerial of Todd Pond and Estate

Front exterior of
109 Todd Pond Road Estate
in Lincoln, Massachusetts

Outdoor entertaining spaces
at the rear of the house capture
views of scenic Todd Pond

Completed in 2004, a young dot-com entrepreneur built his dream house on Todd Pond in Lincoln, Massachusetts.  The property, set on ten private acres, was developed in collaboration with the Lincoln Rural Land Foundation and resulted in preservation of 17+ surrounding acres and the linkage of a key piece of the Lincoln trail system.

Designed by Morehouse McDonald, the high tech home was built with “smart” technology including an advanced ground-loop geothermal system for cooling. The 15,000 square foot house with 28 zones of radiant heat is extremely energy efficient and according to the owners costs less to heat than a house half its size.

Outdoor living room with fireplace
and radiant heated floor

The house was built for both formal and casual entertaining. This outdoor living room with a fieldstone fireplace and radiant-heated floor extends the outdoor entertaining season until late fall or even early winter.

The reclaimed ten-pin commercial bowling lane is situated adjacent to the media room and entertainment area. It comes complete with computer scoring and automatic ball return.

Lower level bowling lane is seamlessly incorporated into the entertainment area

Two-level theater features state-of-the-art 120" screen with 1080p projection system.

The home theatre is integrated with the bowling lane seating area so that guests can hop up from a game and hone their bowling skills during half-time intermission – or any break in the action.

Hand-crafted wine cellar
made from oak timbers

Custom built in Europe by the finest craftsmen, this mahogany library was imported and installed on site

Kitchen with custom cherry cabinets
and granite countertops

Making thoughtful use of excess materials on the property during the construction process, the owners had this 1000+ bottle wine cellar hand-crafted from oak timbers that were harvested on site.

The ultimate chef’s kitchen boasts views of the Todd Pond and includes an 11-foot island for food preparation as well as gathering. There is plenty of room for more than one chef at a time and the top-of-the-line appliances, including a custom Lacanche Stove, imported from France, make it a pleasure to cook here.

Bright master bathroom with beautiful travertine marble floors. This luxurious bath features a custom 20,000-stone mosaic floor hand-crafted in Lebanon

Enjoy the view from the family room's curved wall of floor to ceiling windows

Living room with imported
Carrera marble fireplace

Both the family room off the kitchen and the formal living room offer the classic elements of high ceilings, triple-crown moldings and wood-burning fireplaces. In addition, the family room has French doors to the terrace overlooking Todd Pond.

This tennis court/basketball court is just one of many recreational features

The property boasts recreation opportunities for young and old alike.  This hard surface tennis court also doubles as a basketball court. The property links directly to trails allowing one to run, walk, cross country ski, hung or even ride a horse right from home.  Todd Pond offers fishing for bass and other fish and ice skating in winter.

Swimming pool/conservatory

This saltwater maintenance-free pool is a family delight!  Situated right off the kitchen, the pool is enclosed with mahogany window walls on four sides including two 26-foot-wide sliding doors that open to the outdoor patio. The family uses the pool year-round.

19-acre Todd Pond stocked with bass and other fish

This property has it all including ultimate seclusion and privacy with the ability to walk to Lincoln center for dinner or to catch the commuter rail to Boston’s North Station.  The owners chose this location for its easy access to Cambridge, Boston and to private aviation at nearby Hanscom Field.

Click here to see the many systems and features of the house.

LandVestThis blog entry is brought to you by Terrence Maitland (tmaitland@landvest.com) who has been assisting buyers and sellers of Weston, MA Real Estate, as well as distinctive real estate in the Boston area for over 20 years.  Terry and his sales partner Nicole Monahan have achieved a portfolio of record sales in Brookline and Boston environs.

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Nov
9
The Mandarin Oriental in Boston, MA
By LandVest
 

The Residences at the Mandarin Oriental in Boston, MA:
LandVest’s Listing Offers Luxury, Location and Convenience

Panoramic view of Charles River from the terrace of
this outstanding 6,111 sq ft residence at the Mandarin

Looking for Boston’s highly coveted address? You will find it at 776 Boylston Street – in the heart of Boston’s Back Bay – home of The Mandarin Oriental. This spectacular five-star hotel and residential complex was completed in 2008, with some 49 luxurious private residences with full hotel and dedicated concierge services.

On the day the doors opened, The Mandarin Oriental residences were already sold out, as the new residential owners had contracted for their units in some cases years earlier, before the ground had even been broken on the 14-story building adjacent to the Prudential Center.

Living room has stunning views on
three sides and access to two terraces

The complex was the brainchild of developers Steve Weiner and Robin Brown, the latter a former hotelier who knew exactly what would appeal to a clientele interested in the ultimate luxury, convenience and location. The pair, with an able assist from CBT architects, who designed the building, fashioned a product filled with the finest amenities.

What is it that attracts residents to the Mandarin and commands some of the highest prices in Boston? Start with high ceilings, walls of glass, terraces and outdoor spaces (in many cases), and top quality design and materials. Next, the vibrant location with fine dining, chic boutiques and bustling activity at every turn. Add in the full concierge services, from valet parking (or self-park) to package delivery and a staff that anticipates your needs. Mix in full hotel services at your fingertips including catered cocktail and dinner parties in your own home, and you have a wildly successful formula. This is the place to be.

Entertain on a grand scale in this dining room with terrace access and breakthtaking views

The most outstanding listing at the Mandarin Oriental at present is LandVest’s Unit West 11-B, a 6,111-square foot residence that offers generous and luxurious spaces, not to mention views on three sides, including the panoramic tableau of Back Bay roof tops and the Charles River – from Fenway Park to Beacon Hill.

The master bedroom suite
offers "his and hers" baths

The unit offers abundant natural light through floor-to-ceiling windows and two outdoor terraces.

The floor plan reads like a single family home and includes a large dining room and living room, each with incredible views, access to outdoor space and gas-log fireplaces.

The family space offers a luxurious master bedroom with his and hers closets and full baths, along with two generous family or guest bedrooms with en-suite baths. A walnut-paneled library with fireplace also commands stunning views.

The offering price of Unit West 11-B, one of the largest units at the Mandarin, is $12,500,000

By way of comparison, since its 2008 opening, the Mandarin Oriental has experienced 17 sales and resales above $6 million, including five above $10 million. The per square foot prices have ranged as high as $2,475.

This unit is the largest and most desirable unit offering one-floor living available in Boston at this time.

LandVest This blog entry has been brought to you by Terrence Maitland (tmaitland@landvest.com) who has been assisting buyers and sellers of Weston, MA Real Estate, as well as distinctive real estate in the Boston area for over 20 years. Terry and his sales partner Nicole Monahan have found homes for buyers that were not yet for sale, and have achieved a portfolio of record sales in Brookline and Boston environs.

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May
24
Weston, MA Real Estate for Sale: Perfectly Situated, Peirce Pond Overloook at 100 Westcliff Road, Weston, MA
By LandVest
 

Everyone knows the three most important things in real estate: location, location, location.  The property, named Peirce Pond Overlook,  at 100 Westcliff Road, Weston, Massachusetts, (View Map) has all three in abundance.  It’s (1) located on one of the prettiest streets in Weston; it’s (2) located on the desirable South Side of Weston, convenient to the Massachusetts Turnpike and the shops of neighboring Wellesley; and it (3) is located overlooking Peirce Pond, a bucolic, man-made body of water that provides endless hours of peaceful enjoyment for the owners, and which is regularly fished by a great blue heron.

In addition to location, the 100 Westcliff Road property offers an ideal first floor plan with a great room combing kitchen and family room taking full advantage of the Peirce Pond views.  The high ceilings afford natural light through the house, and the waterfront living, so rare in Weston and in the western suburbs of Boston, is a constant balm throughout the day.

There is more than light and waterfront to 100 Westcliff Road, however.  The house encompasses some 9,000 square feet over three levels, including five to seven bedrooms, seven full baths and five fireplaces. The master suite includes two baths, a spacious office and a sumptuous bedroom with fireplace.  The house was expanded and fully renovated in 1999, and is ideal for entertaining and family living.  Architectural details such as oversize windows and irregular ceiling details add to the interest of the house.

What will the owners miss the most when they leave?  The natural light, the views over Peirce Pond and the kitchen/family room great room, where they now spend most of their time.

View additional Weston, MA homes for sale

LandVest This blog entry has been brought to you by Terrence Maitland (tmaitland@landvest.com) who has been assisting buyers and sellers of Weston, MA Real Estate, as well as distinctive real estate in the Boston area for over 20 years.  Terry and his sales partner Nicole Monahan have found homes for buyers that were not yet for sale, and have achieved a portfolio of record sales in Brookline and Boston environs.

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May
20
Best Places to Live – Weston, MA: The Cabot Estate on 5 Willow Road, Weston, MA 02493
By LandVest
 

LandVest This blog entry is brought to you by Terrence Maitland (tmaitland@landvest.com) who has been assisting buyers and sellers of Weston, MA Real Estate, as well as distinctive real estate in the Boston area for over 20 years.  Terry and his sales partner Nicole Monahan have found homes for buyers that were not yet for sale, and have achieved a portfolio of record sales in Brookline and Boston environs.

The Cabot Estate in Weston, MA is currently for sale

The owners of the Cabot Estate, 5 Willow Road, Weston, Massachusetts 02493, engaged noted architect Jeremiah Eck to help them build a great house.  And the team succeeded beyond its own grand expectations.

For the 5 Willow Road house is one of the great houses of Massachusetts – and perhaps one of the greatest in the country.   It was designed and constructed as a “big house,” one that is both beautiful and functional.  Completed in 2004, the California Lodge-style house, sited on over 13 acres of land, is a captivating house demonstrating bold design — soaring ceilings, abundant natural light and both visual and physical connections between indoor and outdoor spaces.  The plan by Eck, designer of over 150 custom homes and the author most recently of The Distinctive Home: A Vision of Timeless Design, emphasizes craftsmanship and the use of high-quality natural materials, including quartzitic sandstone, Honduran mahogany, green slate, bluestone and red oak.  The more than 200 windows, custom-made of Honduran mahogany, are functional and artistic gems, allowing light to flood into the house.  The family spaces are entirely comfortable, while the entertaining rooms are beautiful, grand and formal.  The house offers seven bedrooms, seven full baths, six half-baths and five fireplaces.  The open floor plan and broad hallways make the interior of 5 Willow Road easy to understand. 

The lower level of the house offers an abundant venues for family-related activities.   A bar and game room are found here, an exercise room, hot tub, movie theater and wine cellar arranged along the underground passage to the pool.  Other features of the property include a four-car garage, catering kitchen, hair salon and an impregnable safe room.  The possibility also exists for up to two more houses, creating the flexibility for a family compound.

House orientation has long been a special concern of architect Eck – and 5 Willow Road was no exception, as the house is beautifully sited on its expansive lot.  The family side of the house is oriented east and south to benefit from the morning sun.  The formal side of the house, encompassing all of the entertaining spaces, faces south and west to take advantage of the afternoon and soft evening light.  From the house one looks over 13 acres of diverse landscape, including streams, a woodlands pond, rock outcroppings, stone walls and an outdoor pool and pool cabana that is connected to the main house via an underground passageway.  As a neighbor of the prestigious and private Meadowbrook School, the owners are allowed use of the school’s first-rate athletic facilities, including soccer, basketball and baseball fields as well as tennis courts.  And the Weston public schools are also a great option, as Weston High School was ranked first in a 2010 Boston Magazine survey of area high schools.  The Town of Weston also ranked first in per-pupil expenditure at $18,023 for the public schools. 

The 5 Willow Road property is ideally located on the desirable south side of Weston, only a mile from the Massachusetts Turnpike and Route 95.  The property is 12 miles from Boston’s Fenway Park and Back Bay and 15 miles from Logan International Airport.  The private jet port of Hanscom Field is only ten miles away. 

All of these attributes combine to make 5 Willow Road, Weston, a great house built to last hundreds of years in an unrivaled setting.  When it comes to any roster of great houses in America, 5 Willow Road has to be included.

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Click to view Terry Maitland’s (tmaitland@landvest.com) or Nicole Monahan’s  (nmonahan@landvest.com) contact information

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Apr
15
LandVest Featured Broker: Terrence Maitland, a Boston Area Record-Setting Realtor
By LandVest
 
LandVest is proud of its highly qualified team of real estate specialists who are dedicated to being the most knowledgeable in their field. Read these often and you are sure to see a pattern of individuals going above and beyond what others have attempted and never achieved.

Terrance Maitland, LandVest has served his clients well by consistently breaking residential sales records.

In over 20 years as a real estate broker in Boston, Brookline, Cambridge and the western suburbs of Boston, LandVest’s Terrence “Terry” Maitland has made a habit of setting real estate sales records.
Maitland achieved the sales record in Greater Boston with the $18.5 million sale of the Quincy Adams Shaw house in Brookline. That sale took place in 2001, and has not been bettered in over a decade. Besides owning the Greater Boston record and Brookline record, he continues to hold sales records in Cambridge, Belmont, Lincoln and Concord. He also has at one time or another held the sales records in Weston and Boston and expects his real estate efforts in these towns will pay off with new records within the next year or so.
Maitland has just introduced a potentially record-setting property to the marketplace in 5 Willow Road, Weston, MA 02493 (Click link for details). This magnificent California-style lodge, completed in 2004, was conceived as a large and comfortable house, and it succeeds in creating grand but livable spaces on a 13-acre parcel of land just minutes from downtown Boston. This property, offered at $18,750,000, has the potential to break local sales records.
Other top sales from Maitland’s portfolio:
The unusual aspect about Maitland’s market is that by specializing in just the very best high-end properties across a number of towns he is able to be more focused and more knowledgeable on what exists both on and off the high-end market in and around Boston. This heightened awareness proves valuable when sellers are interested in knowing the value of their home in the context of other high-end homes that have recently sold or are currently on the market or when buyers are searching for a home in Boston or within easy commute to Boston. Terry Maitland is one who possesses a database –like memory and can instantly recall pertinent and historic information at a moment’s notice.
Having over twenty years of experience in this market not only provides Maitland with an unsurpassed knowledge base, it has also woven him into a network of buyers whose families have benefited from his services. “I find it particularly rewarding when I earn the role as the family real estate advisor, working with the parents to sell their home, and later working with the children to help them find their dream home,” says Maitland. “Many of the houses we sold to our clients eight to ten years ago are coming back to us in this market cycle.”
Maitland’s experience with the highest-end properties in Greater Boston makes him a valuable advisor to Sellers and Buyers in the rarefied world of luxury real estate. Terry’s experience proves invaluable as showing, representing and negotiating unique properties at the top of the market, present unique challenges that require seasoned expertise and unrelenting attention to detail.
Click to view Terry Maitland’s public real estate listings, call Terry to hear about those not yet on the market.
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Oct
25
37 Endicott Street, Newton, MA, is Featured in Boston Business Journal
By LandVest
 

In the October 22-28, 2010 issue of Boston Business Journal, Endicott Street, a LandVest property for sale, is featured as an Executive Domain.  The circa 1910 3,408±-square-foot house in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, is sited on over a half-acre of land.  Both the interior and exterior of this desirable home have been renovated to include large picture windows, a chef’s kitchen with center island made of Italian locust wood, formal dining room, large mud room, deep pantry, and plenty of space for entertaining.  The Arts and Crafts architecture makes the home both spacious and cozy.

Endicott Street, Newton, MA

Endicott Street is a c. 1910 renovated property featuring last century charm, modern comfort and convenience. The property is for sale by LandVest.

For more information on this home or properties in and around Newton, Massachusetts, a close suburb of Boston, please contact Terrence Maitland.  Terry specializes in the high-end real estate market in Boston’s Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Cambridge, Brookline, Concord, Lincoln, Weston, and Newton.

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Sep
2
The Sporting Life and Brookline Real Estate
By LandVest
 

LandVest This blog entry is brought to you by Terrence Maitland (tmaitland@landvest.com) who has been assisting buyers and sellers of Brookline, MA Real Estate for over 20 years.  Terry has found homes for buyers that were not yet for sale, and has achieved a portfolio of record sales in Brookline and Boston environs.

For the Sports Minded, Brookline Real Estate Offers a lot More than Good Schools and an Easy Commute.  

The Town of Brookline, Massachusetts, is well known as the location of The Country Club, the celebrated golf course that has been the scene of many a dramatic golfing event since its founding in 1893.  Even the absence of a proper name for the club carries a certain royal air; it is after all The Country Club, suggesting, perhaps with a certain royal haughtiness, that there are no rivals for its claim to golfing fame.  In 1913 a 20-year-old former club caddie named Francis Ouimet stunned the world of golf by winning the U.S Open in a dramatic playoff against two seasoned players.  The Ouimet victory stirred the American imagination and sparked a phenomenal growth in the game and in the construction of courses.  More recently The Country Club was host for the 1988 U.S. Open and the Ryder Cup, contested in 1999, that featured an electrifying deciding match between the teams from the United States and Europe. 

But The Country Club is not Brookline’s only claim to sporting fame.  It so happens that Brookline is home to sporting royalty, as many of the executives who own or operate the region’s professional franchises have chosen to make Brookline their home.  Among the baseball executives who have chosen a short commute to Fenway Park are principal Red Sox owner John Henry, Red Sox President Larry Lucchino and General Manager Theo Epstein.  Epstein didn’t have far to move when he bought a house in Brookline about a mile from Fenway Park.   Other team owners who call Brookline home include Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, who has hosted some elaborate ring-distribution parties at his Chestnut Hill estate following the team’s three Super Bowl victories.  Patriots President Jonathan Kraft lives a few blocks away, also in the Chestnut Hill section of Brookline.

For those who would aspire to the sporting life but aren’t about to buy a team or play a professional sport, LandVest has several real estate offerings with sporting opportunities for the new owners. 

Brookline Real Estate for Sale

Classic Brookline Estate, 333 Lee Street in Brookline

A magnificent listing, Classic Brookline Estate,  currently for sale at 333 Lee Street, Brookline, includes a phenomenal indoor pool and exercise complex that is accessible above-ground or via an underground gallery.  The pool is regulation size (with 75-foot lanes) that is ideal for exercise, and training for swimming or triathlons.  The adjacent exercise room offers a host of equipment, and the complex has a steam room and sauna for use after exercise.  A house that LandVest recently sold in the Fisher Hill section of Brookline also boasted an elaborate sports complex with an indoor swimming pool and an indoor basketball court, not to mention an outdoor basketball court.  For those who wouldn’t mind a project, LandVest has a current listing The Hood Estate, at 395 Warren Street, Brookline, that includes an indoor badminton court that, frankly, doesn’t get a lot of use these days.  But it’s an imposing building, one that might be adapted as in indoor sports court or gymnasium.

The Hood Estate, 395 Warren Street in Brookline includes an indoor badminton court which may be adaptable to other indoor court sports or gymnasium

In fact the indoor sports court is shaping up as one of the next “must-have” amenities on some of the larger estates.  LandVest is aware of one such complex under construction at a private residence in Brookline at this moment, and it will boast a pool, exercise area and basketball court.  Another buyer is searching for a parcel of land in order to build a house and sports court that is already designed by a top architect.   So the sports court is coming soon to the estate area, giving the owners an opportunity at the sporting life.

For More information on Brookline Real Estate contact Terry Maitland tmaitland@landvest.com or visit Brookline Real Estate for Sale

For more information on Terry Maitland visit: Terrence Maitland’s Bio Page

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Mar
12
Cambridge, MA Elmwood House For Sale Featured in Boston Business Journal
By LandVest
 

The Elmwood House was recently featured in the Executive Domains section of the Boston Business Journal (Click here to read) The article does a great job detailing the renovations to this Cambridge, MA, classic Colonial. The 1899 historic home with a “decidedly contemporary feel” is (more…)

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