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Your Home Featured Here

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Announcements On March 27, 2018

Do you live in a Modern home in Massachusetts? Would you like to tell others about it and show it off in some pictures? We would be glad to discuss featuring it here in the Blog section of the site. Of course, if you are thinking of selling, we are always available for consultation. If…

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Spring Update: New Listings

Spring Update: New Listings

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Listings, Previews On February 13, 2018

We have a bunch of listings in Lexington, Concord, Sudbury and elsewhere (modern and traditional) signed in for the spring, and have been visiting some amazing houses that we hope to list soon as well. Keep checking the site for details. If you are thinking of buying and would like more information on upcoming listings,…

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Pardon Our Appearance

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Announcements On February 12, 2018

We are about adjusting to our new, cleaner new look with more robust real-estate-specific features. There might be a period over the next week where things get kinda hinky. Bear with us, please!

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Saarinen at MIT

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in David Adjaye, Eero Saarinen, Frank Gehry, Harry Bertoia, MIT On November 22, 2017

As a fan of Modernism in general and in the particular examples here in the Boston area, I had always intended on visiting the non-deominational MIT chapel, designed by Eero Saarinen, but it’s just one of those things in your home city that you just keep thinking you’ll get to eventually. Well, eventually came this past…

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New Video Walk-Through of 72 Winter

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Deck House, lincoln, Listings, Video On October 16, 2017

See full post here. [This property is currently off the market. Please let us know if you’re interested.]

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Light-Filled Peacock Farm Style

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Green and White, Lexington, Listings, Mid-Century Modern, Peacock Farm, Pleasant Brook, Walter Pierce On October 12, 2017

9 Mason Street, Lexington Offered at $899,000 (Sold for $908,000) Filled with natural light, this Mid-Century-Modern classic is an expanded version of the original Walter Pierce “Peacock Farm B House” design. The warm, well-maintained hardwood floors, soaring ceilings, huge windows, and an open floor plan with post-and-beam construction are all the winning features today’s modernist…

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Peacock Farm on a Cul De Sac

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Lexington, Listings, Peacock Farm, Walter Pierce On September 20, 2017

7 Trotting Horse Drive, Lexington $899,000 (Sold for $942,500) Located on a cul de sac where the neighborhood’s developer-architect founder, Walter Pierce, built his own house, 7 Trotting Horse is a classic Peacock Farm house. But in addition to two of the five bedrooms, the first floor offers a Japanese bath with a large window…

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Expanded Five Fields Property

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Architectural Record, Five Fields, Herbert L. Bogen, SOLD On September 18, 2017

13 Barberry Road, Lexington $1,249,000 (Sold for $1,360,000) Click any photo to enlarge and view as a slide show: A special offering of a modernist classic, renovated and expanded in 2010. The Bogen House — designed by Herbert L. Bogen for his family and featured in the Architectural Record in 1962 — strikes a sleek…

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SOLD! Expanded Peacock Farm House in Turning Mill

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Lexington, listing, Peacock Farm, SOLD, Turning Mill, Walter Pierce On June 12, 2017

62 Turning Mill Road. Offered at $899,000. Contact us for showing requests or questions. A remarkable opportunity to buy this expanded Walter-Pierce-designed Modernist Peacock Farm house on a huge private wooded lot with a grassy lawn. Located in the Turning Mill neighborhood, coveted due to its private heated country-club-like swimming pool and proximity to the…

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Sprawling Zen Lincoln Modern

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Deck House, lincoln, Listings On June 2, 2017

72 Winter Street, Lincoln. Offered at $1,295,000. Click any photo to enlarge and view as a slide show. Contact us for appointments or questions. This is now a pending sale listed by a separate brokerage. [This property is currently off the market. Please let us know if you’re interested.] There are not many better sitings…

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SOLD! Samuel Glaser-Designed Renovated Modern in Newton

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Diane Burcz Interiors, Listings, Newton, Samuel Glaser, SOLD, Walter Gropius On May 30, 2017

The Leventhal House 20 Drumlin Road, Newton. Offered at $1,825,000 (sale pending) Showings begin by appointment Thursday, June 1. Open houses Saturday, June 3, and Sunday June 4, times TBD. Contact for appointments or questions. Click and photo to enlarge and view as a slide show. Shelly Harrison photography, except as noted. A truly special house, 20…

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Iconic House II Can Be Yours $425k

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in DOCOMOMO, Dwell, homes for sale, House II, modernism, New York Times, Peter Eidenman, Preservation, Vermont On May 24, 2017

The following is an urgent note for a preservation opportunity for this famous house.   Hi All, We’re reaching the zero hour for Peter Eisenman’s House II in Hardwick, Vermont. I spoke with the owner yesterday, and he is willing to sell the house and 15 acres for $425,000 to anyone who will save the…

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