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  • Home
  • Listings
    • New and Recent Listings/Sales
    • Past Sales Archived
    • Sales of Traditional Homes + Selection as Buyer Agents
    • Broader Search
  • Blog
    • Also Home to Some Past Listings and Sales
    • Instagram
  • About
    • Bill Janovitz
    • John Tse
    • Karen Butt, Realtor
    • Tiffany Bagster, Buyer Specialist
    • Our Services
    • Testimonials
    • Press
    • Traditional Homes
    • Resources
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Sold for $1,200,000: 4 Peacock Farm Road

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Closings, Listings, Peacock Farm On April 18, 2018

Sold by buyer agent, Chris Chan-Tse. See listing here.

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Herbert Bogen 1921-2018

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Five Fields, Herbert L. Bogen On April 16, 2018

We were very sorry to learn of the passing of one of our clients, the architect and urban planner, Herbert Bogen. The design sketch of the house he built in 1953 in Five Fields for his family was the inspiration for our logo. We wish his family and friends our condolences.

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House Visit to a Special Property

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Buyer Agency, Lexington, Marcus Gleysteen Architects, New construction On April 4, 2018

Here are a few snapshots we took at our house visit to this fabulous newly constructed home, one of two designed by Marcus Gleysteen Architects and built into the hillside on the back of Meriam Hill, on Grant Street. This one is on the market for $3.85 million and listed by Barrett Sotheby’s Real Estate. We…

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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

Click any photo to enlarge and view as a slide show: 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…

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Light and Bright Peacock Farm Style!

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Lexington, Listings, Peacock Farm, Pleasant Brook On October 12, 2017
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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) Click any photo to enlarge and view as a slide show: 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…

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Fall in Peacock Farm!

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Lexington, Listings, Peacock Farm On September 20, 2017
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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) Click any photo to enlarge and view as a slide show 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,…

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Five Fields for Fall 2017!

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Five Fields, Lexington, Listings On September 18, 2017
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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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We are a top-producing real estate team in Lexington and work in all surrounding towns, averaging around $60 million in sales annually. We work as seller and buyer agents, marketing, showing, and selling all styles of houses and condos. The focus on this web site is to tell the story of the area’s mid-century modern/modernist heritage, which we have been doing regularly since around 2005. And we specialize in marketing this architecture, but our marketing and buyer services are top-notch for all homes, with decades of combined experience in Boston-area real estate.

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