Flexibility and modern touches in a 19th-century home are part of the charm of an updated two- bedroom condominium in a massive Greek Revival in the Fields Corner section of Dorchester.
Featuring 10-foot ceilings, crown molding, cherry hardwood floors and central air conditioning, the 1,617-square-foot, first-floor unit has five rooms and is listed for $369,000.
"What's kind of nice about this space is most two-bedrooms in Dorchester don't flow well," said Realtor Craig Galvin of the Galvin Group in Dorchester. "This house has a ton of flex space. If you only need one bedroom with an option, that's what you have."
Built in 1875, the former single-family home sits on a short, one-way street that connects to Dorchester Avenue. It was converted to six condos in 2005 and 2006, when several other older homes on the street also went that route, according to Galvin.
"It was a quick infusion in '06 of 30 new buyers into the neighborhood," he said.
The condo unit — which the current owner purchased for $344,000 in 2006, according to Registry of Deeds records — has been on the market since July 5. The building's five other condos are owner-occupied.
The tin-ceilinged kitchen includes some of the unit's modern updates: birch cabinets, granite countertops and island, stainless Frigidaire appliances that include a gas stove, and a GE Profile wine refrigerator. A storage closet in the back hall off the kitchen holds a stacked washer and dryer.
The kitchen opens to a dining/living room area, with a gas fireplace and architectural ceiling medallion.
The condo's bedroom closets are on the small side, but there's a storage closet in the hallway and another downstairs. The single bathroom has subway tile walls, a granite sink and an octagon-dot tile mosaic floor.
The master bedroom features another decorative ceiling medallion and is adjacent to another room that could be used as a child's bedroom or office.
On the lower level, which is set off by French doors, there's a room with another gas fireplace, eight-foot ceilings, Berber carpeting and full windows. Used by the current owner as a living room, it's level with the fenced-in backyard, which is a paved lot for deeded off-street parking and includes a cement patio area underneath stairs to the upper units.
"This could be a separate bedroom," Galvin said, noting its separate entrance and enough room for a bathroom addition.
The home is about a half-mile walk to the Shawmut and Fields Corner Red Line MBTA stations.
Condo fees of $305 per month cover water and sewer, master insurance, exterior maintenance and landscaping, and snow removal.
