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This home on Bulkley Street dates to the 1830s.

Friday Front Porch Feature: A Charming Home For You and Guests

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Are you looking for a charming, single-family farmhouse home in the Village Beautiful? Then this is the house for you. 

Our Friday Front Porch is a weekly feature spotlighting attractive homes for sale in Berkshire County. This week, we are showcasing 1 Bulkley St.

This 1830, three-bedroom, three-bathroom home is 1,779 square feet on 1.40 acres. The asking price is $629,000.

The house comes with kitchen appliances like a built in electric oven, freezer, dishwasher, cooktop, and more. It features wide-plank floors, custom cabinets, a living room fireplace, first-floor bedroom suite and a patio with pergola. There's also a detached two-car garage and a 400-square-foot detached studio apartment just a short walk from the main house perfect for guests or renters. 

We spoke to the listers Gintare Everett and Becky Polumbo with Alton and Westall Real Estate Agency LLC.

What do you think makes this property stand out in the current market? 

Bulkley Street is one of the most desirable neighborhoods in town.

What was your first impression when you walked into the home? 

How charming and clearly loved this home has been.

Do you know any unique stories about the home or its history? 

It was one of three parcels purchased by Robert Noble in 1843. All the town's property tax records were destroyed by fire in 1859, making it difficult to determine the date of a house being built on that site in the years previous to the fire. 

What kind of buyer do you see this home being perfect for? 

The buyer for 1 Bulkley St. will have a taste for charming older homes and the character that they bring. 

Are there any unique or custom elements? 

The property is bordered by Hemlock Brook, the grounds are beautiful, it is a magical setting. 

Are there any recent renovations or standout design features? 

There is a studio apartment that has been fully renovated to be utilized however the new owners imagine it. A rental apartment, office, studio, guest space .... endless possibilities. 

What would you say to a buyer trying to imagine their life in this space? 

Welcoming spaces, a peaceful brook, and a cozy fireplace make this home a place you'll love coming back to every day. 

You can find out more about this house on its listing here.

*Front Porch Feature brings you an exclusive to some of the houses listed on our real estate page every week. Here we take a bit of a deeper dive into a certain house for sale and ask questions so you don't have to.





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Williamstown's Cost Rising for Emergency Bank Restoration

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The cost to stabilize the bank of the Hoosic River near a town landfill continues to rise, and the town is still waiting on the commonwealth's blessing to get to work.
 
Department of Public Works Director Craig Clough was before the Finance Committee on Wednesday to share that, unlike the town hoped, the emergency stabilization work will require bringing in a contractor — and that is before a multimillion dollar project to provide a long-term solution for the site near Williams College's Cole Field.
 
"I literally got the plans last Friday, and it's not something we'll be able to do in-house," Clough told the committee. "They're talking about a cofferdam of a few hundred feet, dry-pumping everything out and then working along the river. That's something that will be beyond our manpower to do, our people power, and the equipment we have will not be able to handle it."
 
Clough explained that the cofferdam is similar to the work done on the river near the State Road (Route 2) bridge on the west side of North Adams near West Package and Variety Stores.
 
"We don't know the exact numbers yet of an estimate," Clough said. "The initial thought was $600,000 a few months ago. Now, knowing what the plans are, the costs are going to be higher. They did not think there was going to need to be a coffer dam put in [in the original estimate]."
 
The draft capital budget of $592,500 before the Fin Comm includes $500,000 toward the riverbank stabilization project.
 
The town's finance director told the committee he anticipates having about $700,000 in free cash (technically the "unreserved fund balance") to spend in fiscal year 2027 once that number is certified by the Department of Revenue in Boston.
 
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