Commonwealth

1486 Commonwealth Ave. #5

$410,000

● Condo - Off Market

1486 Commonwealth Ave. #5

Boston, MA 02135

2 Beds

1 Bath

700 Ft²

$557,147

RealtyHop Estimate

26.91%

Since Jan 1, 2021

MA-Boston

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About This Property

Price reduction! Lovely, updated 2 bedroom condo or 1 bedroom plus den in a most desirable complex on Commonwealth Ave. --- Longfellow Manor ---a well-maintained, professionally managed building. This comfortable corner unit has lots of light, high ceilings, and beautiful hardwood floors throughout. The renovated kitchen has stainless steel appliances, gas cooking, dishwasher, disposal, and granite counters. An updated bath, convenient common laundry, and Deeded Parking completes this gem. There is a bike rack available and a swimming pool in the central courtyard. This highly desirable and accessible location provides easy access to the B Line. It is close to Whole Foods, Starbucks, and Brighton/Boston's best restaurants and shops. This unit is also minutes to Boston College, Boston University, St. Elizabeth's, and the Longwood Medical area.

Unit Size

700 Ft²

Days on Market

Land Size

Price per sqft

$627

Property Type

Condo

Property Taxes

$300

HOA Dues

$411

Year Built

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Last updated: 5 years ago (MLSPIN #72723924)

Price History

Date / Event	Date	Event
Dec 16, 2020	Sold	Premium
Sold
Sep 10, 2020	Listed by eXp Realty	$439,000
Listed by eXp Realty
Jun 14, 2013	Sold	Premium
Sold
May 21, 2013	Listed by Coldwell Banker Realty - Brookline	$299,000
Listed by Coldwell Banker Realty - Brookline

	Updated 1+ Bedroom with assigned PARKING in sought-after Longfellow Manor. Corner unit with lots of light, new paint, large bedroom plus oversized study. Hardwood floors throughout. Renovated kitchen with stainless appliances and granite countertops. Gas cooking. One of Brighton's best buildings with pool that is perfect for entertaining. Across the street from 2 T stops, very convenient all around. Plus, 50" Flat Screen stays on the wall!
Apr 15, 2008	Sold	Premium
Sold
Feb 19, 2008	Listed by Gibson Sotheby's International Realty	$262,000
Listed by Gibson Sotheby's International Realty

	Fantastic 1+BR unit at sought-after Longfellow Manor! Sunny & large corner unit is currently being used as 1BR plus study (or could be 2BR). Kitchen was recently & beautifully updated with granite counters, and stainless steel appliances. Excellent closet space, hardwood floors throughout, and plenty of space for dining area. Condo association with pool, high owner occupancy (+/-60%), resident superintendent, and common laundry. One parking space completes the package!

Property Highlights

Air Conditioning

Parking Available

Interior Details

Level: First

Features: Flooring - Stone/Ceramic Tile, Countertops - Stone/Granite/Solid

Level: First

Features: Flooring - Hardwood

Level: First

Features: Closet, Flooring - Hardwood

Level: First

Features: Beamed Ceilings, Flooring - Hardwood, Window(s) - Bay/Bow/Box

Full Bathrooms: 1

Interior Features: Closet, Entrance Foyer

Appliances: Range, Dishwasher, Disposal, Microwave, Refrigerator, Oil Water Heater, Utility Connections for Gas Range

Flooring Type: Wood, Tile, Flooring - Hardwood

Laundry Features: In Basement, In Building

Rooms: 4

Basement: N

Parking Details

Parking Features: Off Street, Deeded

Exterior Details

Has Property Attached

Entry Level: 1

Security Features: Intercom

Year Built Source: Public Records

Year Built Details: Approximate

PropertySubType: Condominium

Structure Type: Mid-Rise

Stories (Total): 1

Building Area Units: Square Feet

Construction Materials: Brick

Lead Paint: Unknown

Pool Features: Association, In Ground

Lot Size Units: Acres

Zoning: RES

Parcel Number: 1214038

Water Source: Public

Financial Details

Tax Assessed Value: $340,300

Tax Annual Amount: $3,594

Utilities Details

Utilities: for Gas Range

Cooling Type: Window Unit(s)

Heating Type: Central, Hot Water

Sewer : Public Sewer

Location Details

HOA/Condo/Coop Fee Includes: Heat, Water, Sewer, Insurance, Maintenance Structure, Maintenance Grounds, Snow Removal

HOA/Condo/Coop Amenities: Hot Water, Pool, Laundry

HOA Fee: $411

Community Features: Public Transportation, Shopping, Pool, Medical Facility, Highway Access, T-Station, University

Pets Allowed: Yes

Complex is Completed

Management: Professional - On Site

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Comparables

Past Sales

Date	Unit	Beds	Baths	Sqft	Price	Closed	Listed By
20260422 Unit 4 04/22/2026	4	1 Bed	1 Bath	560 ft²	$459,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 560 ft²	- -	ME Collective Group Compass
20250708 Unit 4 07/08/2025	4	1 Bed	1 Bath	560 ft²	$419,900 1 Bed 1 Bath 560 ft²	- -	ME Collective Group Compass
20250528 Unit 1C 05/28/2025	1C	1 Bed	1 Bath	675 ft²	$400,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 675 ft²	- -	Yongcheng Wang Phoenix Real Estate Partners, LLC
20250102 Unit 6 01/02/2025	6	1 Bed	1 Bath	604 ft²	$430,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 604 ft²	$425,000 -1.16% 03/19/2025	David Cahill Century 21 Cityside
20240404 Unit 16 04/04/2024	16	1 Bed	1 Bath	540 ft²	$399,880 1 Bed 1 Bath 540 ft²	$420,000 +5.03% 06/28/2024	Maxine Malka Freedman Hammond Residential Real Estate
20230531 Unit 18 05/31/2023	18	1 Bed	1 Bath	-	$455,000 1 Bed 1 Bath	- -	Israel Rolon Popular Properties Realty,Inc.
20230105 Unit 6 01/05/2023	6	1 Bed	1 Bath	-	$415,000 1 Bed 1 Bath	- -	David Cahill Century 21 Cityside
20200910 Unit 5 09/10/2020	5	2 Bed	1 Bath	700 ft²	$439,000 2 Bed 1 Bath 700 ft²	$410,000 -6.61% 12/16/2020	Wai Yi Sammi Ng eXp Realty
20200605 Unit 16 06/05/2020	16	1 Bed	1 Bath	540 ft²	$384,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 540 ft²	$390,000 +1.56% 07/09/2020	Maxine Malka Freedman Hammond Residential Real Estate
20190522 Unit 6 05/22/2019	6	1 Bed	1 Bath	604 ft²	$389,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 604 ft²	$395,000 +1.54% 07/03/2019	Rose Hall Blue Ocean Realty
20190108 Unit 17C 01/08/2019	17C	1 Bed	1 Bath	560 ft²	$389,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 560 ft²	$375,000 -3.60% 03/29/2019	Fushuang Liu Cypress Realty, LLC
20170913 Unit 18C 09/13/2017	18C	1 Bed	1 Bath	700 ft²	$389,500 1 Bed 1 Bath 700 ft²	$390,000 +0.13% 10/06/2017	Norman O'Grady Prime Realty Group, Inc.
20170810 Unit 15C 08/10/2017	15C	1 Bed	1 Bath	604 ft²	$379,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 604 ft²	$377,000 -0.53% 09/20/2017	E. Andrew Tamayo ZipRealty, Inc
20160706 Unit 3 07/06/2016	3	1 Bed	1 Bath	540 ft²	$309,900 1 Bed 1 Bath 540 ft²	$330,000 +6.49% 09/27/2016	Joseph Pollack Redfin Corp.
20150402 Unit 16 04/02/2015	16	1 Bed	1 Bath	540 ft²	$249,900 1 Bed 1 Bath 540 ft²	$252,000 +0.84% 05/15/2015	Matthew Schuster 360 Realty LLC
20130612 Unit 16 06/12/2013	16	1 Bed	1 Bath	675 ft²	$229,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 675 ft²	$229,000 08/30/2013	Adam Umina Metro Realty Corp.
20130521 Unit 5 05/21/2013	5	1 Bed	1 Bath	700 ft²	$299,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 700 ft²	$310,000 +3.68% 06/14/2013	Stephen Sherman Meridian Realty Group LLC
20130507 Unit 17C 05/07/2013	17C	1 Bed	1 Bath	560 ft²	$239,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 560 ft²	$235,000 -1.67% 07/12/2013	Yukiko Oyama-Morris Oyama Investments, Ltd.
20130410 Unit 3 04/10/2013	3	1 Bed	1 Bath	540 ft²	$229,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 540 ft²	$229,000 07/03/2013	Margaret Squair Coldwell Banker Realty - Natick
20130320 Unit 6 03/20/2013	6	1 Bed	1 Bath	604 ft²	$239,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 604 ft²	$250,100 +4.64% 04/30/2013	Craig Peper Gateway Real Estate Group, Inc.
20121205 Unit 9 12/05/2012	9	1 Bed	1 Bath	700 ft²	$229,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 700 ft²	$238,000 +3.93% 03/15/2013	Denise Booher Coldwell Banker Realty - Back Bay
20120622 Unit 11 06/22/2012	11	1 Bed	1 Bath	540 ft²	$237,500 1 Bed 1 Bath 540 ft²	$230,000 -3.16% 08/27/2012	David Fay RE/MAX Select Realty
20110428 Unit 16 04/28/2011	16	1 Bed	1 Bath	540 ft²	$217,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 540 ft²	- -	Margaret Squair Coldwell Banker Realty - Natick
20100819 Unit 1 08/19/2010	1	1 Bed	1 Bath	675 ft²	$225,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 675 ft²	- -	Adam Umina Metro Realty Corp.
20090924 Unit 3 09/24/2009	3	1 Bed	1 Bath	540 ft²	$215,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 540 ft²	$207,500 -3.49% 01/06/2010	Margaret Squair Coldwell Banker Realty - Natick
20090530 Unit 11 05/30/2009	11	1 Bed	1 Bath	540 ft²	$209,900 1 Bed 1 Bath 540 ft²	$197,000 -6.15% 07/31/2009	David Fay RE/MAX Select Realty
20080901 Unit 7C 09/01/2008	7C	1 Bed	1 Bath	540 ft²	$170,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 540 ft²	$180,000 +5.88% 09/05/2008	Paul Melkonian Coldwell Banker Realty - Lynnfield
20080515 Unit 10 05/15/2008	10	1 Bed	1 Bath	640 ft²	$267,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 640 ft²	$260,000 -2.62% 07/30/2008	Margaret Squair Coldwell Banker Realty - Natick
20080303 Unit 6 03/03/2008	6	1 Bed	1 Bath	604 ft²	$224,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 604 ft²	$218,000 -2.68% 05/07/2008	Eddie Khoury Keller Williams Realty Boston-Metro \| Back Bay
20080219 Unit 5 02/19/2008	5	1 Bed	1 Bath	700 ft²	$262,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 700 ft²	$254,000 -3.05% 04/15/2008	Margaret Squair Coldwell Banker Realty - Natick
20061006 Unit 17 10/06/2006	17	1 Bed	1 Bath	560 ft²	$199,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 560 ft²	$199,000 02/27/2007	Gizela Grossman William Raveis R.E. & Home Services
20060712 Unit 3 07/12/2006	3	1 Bed	1 Bath	540 ft²	$229,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 540 ft²	$215,000 -6.11% 09/15/2006	Margaret Squair Coldwell Banker Realty - Natick
20060622 Unit 18C 06/22/2006	18C	1 Bed	1 Bath	700 ft²	$269,900 1 Bed 1 Bath 700 ft²	$261,000 -3.30% 10/25/2006	Sheb Shumar Ardmore Realty Advisors
20050721 Unit 4 07/21/2005	4	1 Bed	1 Bath	560 ft²	$249,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 560 ft²	$243,000 -2.41% 10/04/2005	Margaret Squair Coldwell Banker Realty - Natick
20040916 Unit 19 09/16/2004	19	1 Bed	1 Bath	570 ft²	$259,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 570 ft²	$257,000 -0.77% 10/25/2004	Margaret Squair Coldwell Banker Realty - Natick
20040601 Unit 8C 06/01/2004	8C	1 Bed	1 Bath	560 ft²	$239,900 1 Bed 1 Bath 560 ft²	$236,000 -1.63% 08/31/2004	Luan White Coldwell Banker Realty - Brookline
20040330 Unit 7C 03/30/2004	7C	1 Bed	1 Bath	560 ft²	$211,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 560 ft²	$204,000 -3.32% 06/21/2004	William Montero Gibson Sotheby's International Realty
20031023 Unit 18 10/23/2003	18	1 Bed	1 Bath	700 ft²	$269,900 1 Bed 1 Bath 700 ft²	$250,000 -7.37% 12/30/2003	Luan White Coldwell Banker Realty - Brookline
20031016 Unit 5C1486 10/16/2003	5C1486	1 Bed	1 Bath	700 ft²	$239,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 700 ft²	$236,500 -1.05% 03/19/2004	Saied Toobian Chobee Hoy Associates
20030909 Unit 16 09/09/2003	16	1 Bed	1 Bath	540 ft²	$219,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 540 ft²	$215,000 -1.83% 10/23/2003	Margaret Squair Coldwell Banker Realty - Natick
20020912 Unit 14 09/12/2002	14	1 Bed	1 Bath	700 ft²	$212,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 700 ft²	$202,000 -4.72% 12/27/2002	Margaret Squair Coldwell Banker Realty - Natick
20020501 Unit 1 05/01/2002	1	1 Bed	1 Bath	675 ft²	$199,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 675 ft²	$196,000 -1.51% 07/22/2002	Margaret Squair Coldwell Banker Realty - Natick
20020415 Unit 81486 04/15/2002	81486	1 Bed	1 Bath	560 ft²	$209,900 1 Bed 1 Bath 560 ft²	$217,000 +3.38% 05/31/2002	Luan White Coldwell Banker Realty - Brookline
20020319 Unit 181486 03/19/2002	181486	1 Bed	1 Bath	700 ft²	$219,900 1 Bed 1 Bath 700 ft²	$215,000 -2.23% 05/31/2002	Luan White Coldwell Banker Realty - Brookline
20010517 Unit 2C 05/17/2001	2C	1 Bed	1 Bath	579 ft²	$169,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 579 ft²	$170,000 +0.59% 08/01/2001	Margaret Squair Coldwell Banker Realty - Natick
20010410 Unit 17C1486 04/10/2001	17C1486	1 Bed	1 Bath	560 ft²	$174,900 1 Bed 1 Bath 560 ft²	$132,000 -24.53% 06/08/2001	Elaine Kateman Coldwell Banker Realty - Newton
20000210 Unit 16 02/10/2000	16	1 Bed	1 Bath	540 ft²	$129,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 540 ft²	$125,000 -3.10% 03/30/2000	Margaret Squair Coldwell Banker Realty - Natick
19991005 Unit 7C1486 10/05/1999	7C1486	1 Bed	1 Bath	540 ft²	$130,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 540 ft²	$130,000 01/11/2000	Luan White Coldwell Banker Realty - Brookline
19990517 Unit 3 05/17/1999	3	1 Bed	1 Bath	540 ft²	$116,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 540 ft²	$112,000 -3.45% 07/26/1999	Margaret Squair Coldwell Banker Realty - Natick
19990411 Unit 11C 04/11/1999	11C	1 Bed	1 Bath	540 ft²	$118,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 540 ft²	$113,500 -3.81% 05/13/1999	David Fay RE/MAX Select Realty
19981016 Unit 14 10/16/1998	14	1 Bed	1 Bath	700 ft²	$109,900 1 Bed 1 Bath 700 ft²	$105,000 -4.46% 01/01/1999	Jeffrey Toll Jeffrey Toll
19980916 Unit 18C 09/16/1998	18C	1 Bed	1 Bath	700 ft²	$108,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 700 ft²	$105,000 -2.78% 10/30/1998	Catherine Foley Prime Realty Group, Inc.
19980803 Unit 6 08/03/1998	6	1 Bed	1 Bath	540 ft²	$92,900 1 Bed 1 Bath 540 ft²	$90,000 -3.12% 10/05/1998	Jeffrey Toll Jeffrey Toll
19980723 Unit 19C 07/23/1998	19C	1 Bed	1 Bath	570 ft²	$99,900 1 Bed 1 Bath 570 ft²	$98,000 -1.90% 08/24/1998	Margaret Squair Coldwell Banker Realty - Natick
19980624 Unit 10C 06/24/1998	10C	1 Bed	1 Bath	640 ft²	$99,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 640 ft²	$99,500 +0.51% 08/17/1998	Margaret Squair Coldwell Banker Realty - Natick
19980314 Unit 5C 03/14/1998	5C	1 Bed	1 Bath	700 ft²	$87,500 1 Bed 1 Bath 700 ft²	$87,500 06/19/1998	David Fay RE/MAX Select Realty
19980212 Unit 18C 02/12/1998	18C	1 Bed	1 Bath	700 ft²	$92,000 1 Bed 1 Bath 700 ft²	$90,000 -2.17% 06/01/1998	Catherine Foley Prime Realty Group, Inc.