16-18 Acorn St, Cambridge, MA 02139

What do you get when you combine a special location and talented owners who take great care of their homes? You get a house like 16-18 Acorn St. in Cambridgeport. When they found it, it needed work but they saw the potential in its spaces, light, land & flexibility. Over the years, they rethought #16 (their upper duplex) and maintained #18 (the 1st-floor apartment) as it was. In their unit (#16), they kept the traditional layout of the main floor and smartly built out the top floor. They opened up the kitchen adding skylights, an island, and wall-to-wall cabinets; expanded the rear decks so they are now integral to each floor; added 2 bedrooms, a study, a laundry room, and a full bathroom upstairs; replaced windows & systems throughout, and planted pretty gardens around the house. With the perfect balance of space for gathering and space for privacy, 16 Acorn Street has been their family’s anchor of 30 yrs. and 18 Acorn Street has provided them with a steady source of rental income.