Spacious 1 BR apartment in a 4-unit historic Victorian mansion, built in the 1880s by the family after whom the street was named. Sunny & bright fall/winter, cool & shady spring/summer. Wood floors throughout! Queen bed in BR, living room w/ queen futon couch + full sleeper sofa (curtains provide privacy from the rest of the space). 10 minutes from I-91, 20-25 minutes from Greenfield, Amherst, Northampton & Berkshire East. High speed internet and cell service with AT&T (Verizon is unreliable).
Apartment has tall ceilings, vintage marble (non-functional) fireplaces, a giant dining room, a tiny but fully functional kitchen and spacious private porch. Tons of natural light in fall/winter; in spring/summer the wildscaped yard turns the place into a woodland retreat and, along with ceiling fans in the bedroom and living room, keeps the interior comfortably cool. We provide all bed linens, towels and toiletries. Private fast WiFi network is not shared with any of the other units. You are welcome to whatever beverages and non-perishable food items that previous guests have left behind!
You will have access to the central hallway shared with our two tenants and all of the outdoor areas, including a back porch and side porch (front porch is private). In the summertime the yard has a small pond fed by a homemade aqueduct that funnels rainwater from the gutters. Not suitable for swimming, but nice for cooling your feet and laying about and listening to the bullfrogs!
Please note the yard has been "wildscaped" by the previous owners who founded a very well-known landscape design school, so while it may look unkempt the plantings are very intentional and mostly local pollinator-friendly species.
We do have two upstairs tenants so you will likely hear some normal human activity. This is also a cannabis-friendly property since cannabis is legal in Mass. We have a strict NO TOBACCO policy on the property but have no restrictions on the use of cannabis outdoors by tenants and guests.
There are laundry facilities on the premises, but our tenants have a pretty solid laundry schedule so it is not freely available. However if you do need to do a load in a pinch, we can probably work that out for you.
