The house owners of an uncommon “mission type” stucco three-family home sandwiched between two Brighton-style condominium buildings at 1954 Commonwealth Ave. have filed plans to maneuver the constructing nearer to the sidewalk, reconfigure it for six residences and construct a six-story, 20-unit constructing proper behind it.
The home, constructed roughly in 1910 with a terra-cotta tile roof, when such homes have been extra standard in Brighton however is immediately one of many final remaining examples of the type within the neighborhood.
The outside of the present home, which “presently suffers from in depth staining, mildew, and cracks,” with be replicated and changed, in line with a submitting with the Boston Planning Division. “Damaged or lacking tiles shall be changed with tiles saved from the storage or, if there usually are not sufficient, with new tiles to match the present.”
The Yu Funding Belief of West Roxbury has been making an attempt since 2015 to give you a proposal that will preserve the historic home on the positioning whereas letting it construct extra housing items. The belief purchased the constructing in 2004.
In whole, the proposal for the roughly one-third-acre lot requires 5 studios, seven one-bedroom items and fourteen two-bedroom items. 4 the residences can be rented to individuals making not more than 70% of the Boston space median earnings.
The proposal requires 9 parking areas and storage room for 32 bicycles – 6 of these for guests.
1954 Commonwealth Ave. filings and assembly/remark schedule.
