REAL ESTATE: In With the New

Written by

Chris Newbound

Photography by

Courtesy Harsch Associates

A never-before-been-occupied newly built home by Albert Cummings in Williamstown, Mass.

Modern mavens will adore this never-before-been-occupied, newly built home (Albert Cummings, 2007). Top-of-the-line appliances, a Casablanca ceiling fan and recessed lighting in the master bedroom, marble floors and shower walls, and forced multi-zone air conditioning and heating make a winning case for twenty-first-century living in this natural-gas-fueled, eleven-room house with an oversized, attached two-car garage in Williamstown, Mass. And yet its rich cherry floors, built-in wood cabinetry, and crown molding throughout five thousand square feet prove that this house is not too proud to borrow from the past for much of its charm and familiar comfort. With a huge family room and three bedrooms in addition to a master suite, all set on just over an acre in a quiet cul-de-sac neighborhood, it’s the type of house that will ably serve a modern-day family to the max for years to come.—CN $1,450,000