$1,400,000
About this home
Welcome to 13 Cottage Park Ave in North Cambridge. The house has been in the same family since it was rebuilt/renovated in the 1960s. Once a single family the house was converted to a 2 family in the 1980s. Each unit has 2 beds, 1 bath, in unit laundry, appliance updates, flooring replaced, and was recently painted. Both units are separately metered/heated. There is a bonus heated room and full, working bathroom in the basement as well as a workshop area. (A list of all the updates in the past 5 years is on a separate attachment.) The lot size is close to +/- 4,500 square feet so there is room to add an ADU or expand the property to better meet your growing needs. There is tandem parking in the driveway for 2-3 cars.13 Cottage Park Ave. is convenient to public transportation options including bus lines that run up and down Massachusetts Ave to reach the Red Line and commuter rail. Walking distance to Davis Sq. in Somerville and Porter Sq. in Cambridge are both 0.7 miles away. This area gives easy access to shops, restaurants, neighborhood parks, entertainment, and bike & walking paths. Convenient to routes you can reach by car include 2, 16, 93, 28, 38, 95. Downtown Boston and Logan Airport are a 25-minute drive. Live in one of the units and collect rent on the other to offset your mortgage/taxes or return the property to a single family and make it your own. This family takes pride in its roots in Cambridge and hope to extend the joy and ability to own in Cambridge to a new homeowner. SELLERS ENCOURAGE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS OR INVESTORS LOOKING TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO SUBMIT AN OFFER.
Property details
- MLS #
- 73584758
- Property type
- 2 Family - 2 Units Up/Down
- Subdivision
- N/A
- Status
- Active
- Days on market
- 1
- On market date
- September 30, 2026
- Stories
- 3
- Total bathrooms
- 2
- Garage spaces
- N/A
- Parking spaces
- 4
- Lot size
- 0.1 acres
Location
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Within 10 miles. School directory data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), accessed via the Urban Institute Education Data API. Local Score is calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate; where a state rating is shown, it comes from that state's own official school report card (e.g. NC Dept. of Public Instruction, SC Report Card).
- Enrollment
- 329
- Student:teacher ratio
- 15.7:1
- District
- Benjamin Banneker Charter Public (District)
- Enrollment
- 262
- Student:teacher ratio
- 8.2:1
- District
- Cambridge
- Enrollment
- 12
- Student:teacher ratio
- 4.0:1
- District
- Medford
Walkability
Blended score for Cambridge's center, calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate from two sources: the EPA's National Walkability Index (street network, transit, land-use mix) and Google Places amenity data (what's actually reachable on foot from this point). 60% EPA National Walkability Index + 40% nearby-amenity density (Google Places).
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