138 Franklin Avenue — 2017 Chelsea transaction archive. This historical listing is preserved as a distinct 2017 transaction in Jeffrey Bowen’s Chelsea single-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.
138 Franklin Avenue in Chelsea’s Powderhorn Hill neighborhood was listed in September 2017 at $650,000. An updated turn-of-the-20th-century single-family home across four stories, it offered 5 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, and 8 total rooms across 2,188 square feet — spectacular Boston skyline views from a screened porch and open deck, a brand-new 3-zone heating and central air system, a new roof, on-demand hot water, exposed brick and a wood-burning fireplace, parking for three cars plus a detached garage.
Listing facts — as listed in 2017
- Address: 138 Franklin Avenue, Chelsea, MA 02150 (Powderhorn Hill, Suffolk County)
- Listed: September 2017 at $650,000 (historical; no longer available) — no MLS # appears in this post’s 2017 record
- Type: Single-family home, 4 stories, built 1900 (public record)
- Bedrooms / baths: 5 bedrooms · 1.5 baths per the structured record (the remarks below describe “two bathrooms” and third-floor plumbing roughed in for another — both preserved as written) · no master bath · 8 total rooms · 1 fireplace
- Living area: 2,188 sq. ft. (public record) · Lot: 0.14 acres (6,000 sq. ft.)
- Parking: 3 off-street deeded spaces plus a 1-car detached garage
- Heat: forced air, gas, 3 zones · Cooling: central air, 3 zones · Basement: full, walk-out, interior access
- Tax (2017): assessed $366,500 · tax $5,256 · PIN M:072 P:065 · zoning R2
From the original 2017 listing
Situated on Powder Horn Hill,This updated turn of the 20th century home boast 4 stories with spectacular Boston skyline views from the screened in porch, the open deck and several of the bedrooms. Located in what some consider to be like a suburb of Chelsea, Maloney park anchors the hill. The beautiful home is close to The Chelsea Commons Mall, Carey Square, Prattville and more. Easy access to Boston just 3 miles away to get to downtown Boston with a discount for the Tobin Bridge for residents. This home boast parking for up to 3 cars including one garage. There are 5 bedrooms & two bathrooms. Lots of updates including a brand new heating system, A/C that includes 3 zones and is 95% efficient, a new roof, an on-demand hot water system, 200 amp electrical, new baths, a new kitchen and the living and dining room is accented with exposed brick and a wood burning fireplace. The third floor has the potential to add another bathroom with the plumbing already roughed in.This home has it all.
Sold record: 138 Franklin Avenue, Chelsea, MA 02150 — MLS #72225942.
2017 listing disclosures, preserved for the record: the tax figure did not reflect the 35% residential tax exemption for owner occupants after 12 months of owner occupancy (deadlines and filing paperwork were the new owners’ responsibility); the basement kitchen may not be legal and may have to be removed prior to closing. The paste’s “Foundation Size: 99,999,999” figure is placeholder data and is not carried.
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