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• 29 Winter St, Natick - $495
  Spacious kitchen with gas stove and breakfast area, plus open connection to dining room. Counter, sink & cabinets need updating. Window over sink looks out to quiet, back yard w/ trees everywhere (conservation land). Stove has vent to outside. Original rear porch in OK condition, will probably need re-doing in < 10 yrs. Many steps from porch to back yard. Somewhat rear-sloping yard, but there is some flat area around porch. Good size living room w/ bay window. Pergo floors. Split entry. Good size MBR suite w/ double-wide closet. No vent in either bathroom. Some mold on windows, probably due to lack of ventilation. Good size 2nd & 3rd bedrooms. Carpet in bedrooms. Bathrooms could use updating, but are in good condition. Coat closet off kitchen/living. 8' ceilings on main floor. Finished basement with roomy family room, plus bedroom, office & half bath. Tall ceilings in basement; newer carpet, but a bit industrial feeling. Entry from 2 car garage to basement. Good light in basement due to larger windows. Street is not completely quiet. We saw a number of cars drive by. There is no shoulder, so backing out of the driveway could be a bit tricky. Also, might be an issue for classes since it may not be okay to park on the road. From the map, looks like it may be a cut-through street. Overall has a lot of the things we're looking for. Would be nice if the lot were flat, there was no mold on the windows, the kitchen were updated, the porch was synthetic and the street was a dead-end.
• 5 Huntington St, Natick - $500 (Sold for $455)
  Age of house (1967) very noticeable. From entry, living room is left; no doorway to dining room. Straight is dining room. Right is mudroom. Kitchen is off dining room to right. Kitchen has breakfast area, but feels a bit tight. Windows are mostly old. Garage was originally detached. Addition on right to connect. Addition room was porch, feels a bit odd; sliding door from kitchen to addition room. Window from kitchen to mud room (connects entry to addition). Step down from kitchen to addition. Upstairs has four bedrooms w/ limited closet space. Door handles are old, floors are wood. Layout felt weird. "Finished" basement was a bit scary---no padding under the carpet, old wood paneling. Needs more work than we'd want to invest.
• 13 Point St, Natick - $450 (Sold for $395)
  "Unique" is right! Nice foyer, living room and dining areas w/ refinished hardwood, high ceilings. Kitchen is old, need serious updating; full bath off kitchen also needs serious updating. "Interesting" unfinished area off kitchen. Spiral stairs (only access) to bedrooms. Uneven floors. Narrow stairs to basement. Not up to code. Not safe for kids. Tons of parking.
• 2 Bayberry Rd, Natick - $560 (Sold for $497)
  Huge eat-in kitchen adjoins family room. Sliding doors from both kitchen & family to nice wood porch. Flat yard on hill, so water table should be well below basement even though close to Lake Cochituate. No updates since built (1988). Kitchen needs new counters, cabinets, could use new appliances. Sink & dishwasher in kitchen are in island. Foyer has coat closet. Large living room to left of foyer. Formal dining room to right of foyer. Hardwood throughout 1st floor except tile in kitchen. Hardwood needs refinishing, otherwise in good condition. Four bedrooms up. Nice front-to-back MBR suite with shower & skylight in bath (but no window) and WIC. One spot in MBR was squeaky. Other rooms are good size with ample closet space. Full basement with high ceilings. No water except in outside stairwell. Forced air for heat & A/C. Oil heat. Oversize 2-car garage. Quiet street in residential neighborhood w/ no cut-through streets and traffic light at 27/N. Main (Evergreen). Access to Cochituate Lake park area. Looked like there were nice walking paths around lake. Excellent house overall. Drawbacks are no gas, no stove ventilation and proximity to Mass. Pike (can see Gulf/McDonalds sign from Bayberry; can hear distinctive highway noise from road).