CHELSEA, Mass. – In February 2024, the Chelsea Record told the story of Dave and Hayley Demeter, a young couple who found their perfect starter home on Admiral’s Hill – and turned to the broker everyone in Chelsea knows when it was time to sell.
Dave and Hayley met as freshmen at Cornell in 2003 and married in 2013. They came to Chelsea after Dave’s father told them about Admiral’s Hill, where his own parents had met at the Chelsea Naval Hospital during World War II. “We saw that unit at night and fell in love with the Hill, the views, and the neighborhood,” Dave said of their first home on Boatswains Way. Five years later they found their next home: a four-floor, three-bedroom, 2.5-bath, 2,434-square-foot townhouse at 51 Breakwater Drive, which they totally renovated.
“We loved living here on the Hill,” Dave said. “We love Chelsea.”
When the Demeters decided to relocate to Essex, they chose well-known real estate agent Jeff Bowen to market the property. “When we moved to Chelsea – well, you can’t move into this city without knowing who Jeff Bowen is, just from real estate. When you’re looking at real estate, Jeff is associated with all things Chelsea real estate. He came very highly recommended.”
Bowen listed the Demeters’ home at $899,000. “It’s a fabulous, corner-end unit,” he said. “It’s the largest unit in the whole Admiral’s Hill row.” He predicted, “We’re going to set a record for Chelsea because of the work that Dave and Hayley have done with the property.”
For Bowen, the listing was another Admiral’s Hill success story – and further proof of Chelsea’s resurgence. “Chelsea is experiencing a resurgence,” he said. “There are people who never would’ve come to this area that have now become familiar with all that Chelsea has to offer.”
Jeffrey Bowen | Boston-Area Real Estate Broker | 25+ Years | 800+ Transactions
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Sold record: Admiral’s Hill, 51 Breakwater Drive, Chelsea, MA 02150 — MLS #73201721.
