173 Walnut Avenue — 2017 Chelsea transaction archive. This historical listing is preserved as a distinct 2017 transaction in Jeffrey Bowen’s Chelsea multi-family record. The original MLSPIN page paste has been replaced with this native version; the listing data below is the 2017 record, retained as transaction provenance.
173 Walnut Avenue in Chelsea was listed in June 2017 at $600,000 (MLS #72177178). A three-family triple-decker gutted to the studs, it was offered to investors and contractors as a finish-it-yourself project: new roof, three new heating systems, rough electric and plumbing, new siding and framing already in place, plus the lot next door with a two-car garage.
Listing facts — as listed in 2017
- Address: 173 Walnut Avenue, Chelsea, MA 02150 (Suffolk County)
- Listed: June 2017 at $600,000 — MLS #72177178 (historical; no longer available)
- Type: Multi-family — 3 family (triple-decker), 3 floors, frame construction, vinyl/brick exterior, fieldstone foundation
- Units: 3 units (5, 5 and 4 rooms), each with 1 full bath as framed out; 14 total rooms · 3 full baths, 0 half baths in total (bedrooms recorded as 0 — the building was gutted)
- Living area: 3,414 sq. ft. (public record) · Lot: 0.04 acres (1,846 sq. ft.), plus the adjacent lot with the two-car garage per the remarks
- Parking: 4 off-street spaces, plus on-street permit parking · Garage: 2 spaces
- Heat: 3 heating zones / 3 systems (new systems per the remarks) · Basement: full · Roof: rubber (new roof per the remarks)
- Year built: 1920 (approximate, public record; renovated since)
- Tax record (2017): assessed $659,700 · tax $9,460 · zoning R3
From the original 2017 listing
Attention Investors and Contractors. 3 family gutted to the studs with a new roof, three new heating systems, rough electric, rough plumbing, a new roof, new siding and framed. Looking for cash buyers to buy as is, where is and subject to nothing. comes with the lot next door with the two-car garage on it. Will not qualify for loan. no phone calls please.
2017 listing disclosure, preserved for the record: the property was sold as is, where is, with no warranties or representations.
