Built in 1910, this light-filled home contains approximately 1,700 square feet, plus a full basement. It has four (4) bedrooms and two (2) baths, and is available and ready for renovation!

Situated in a wonderful family-oriented neighborhood only a short eight-minute walk to the Greenwood Station on the Haverhill Commuter Rail line, the 9,100 square foot parcel features stately, mature trees, a large fenced rear yard with storage shed, and a double-wide driveway. The house is sited with a comfortable front porch overlooking beautiful Crystal Lake across the street.

The first floor features a separate entry way leading to a bright, south-facing living room with maple hardwood floors and corner wood-burning fireplace. A large dining room with maple hardwood floors flows from the living room. A spacious eat-in kitchen with Nora rubber floor tile connects to both the dining room and the front entry. An accessible bedroom and full bathroom with roll-in shower are at the rear of the first floor, off the rear entry/mudroom/laundry area.

The second floor includes a small study area at the top of the stairs, three large bedrooms, and one bathroom with tub/shower. The hall and front bedroom upstairs have maple hardwood flooring. One of the large rear bedrooms has wall-to-wall carpet, and the other large rear bedroom has laminate flooring.  There is an outdoor stair leading to the rear porch from the second floor.

The house has a two and a half-year old gas-fired boiler for heat and hot water, and the exterior was repainted in 2022. It is in need of substantial renovation on the interior, and as a result is being sold at a significant discount from its full potential market value on an AS-IS basis.

30 Meriam Street will be open for walk-throughs on Monday, April 1st from 3:00 to 6:00 pm, and on Saturday, April 6th, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Offers will be accepted up until 12 noon on Friday, April 12th.

Asking price $550,000. No broker participation.

The sale of 30 Meriam Street will be on an AS-IS basis, recognizing that the interior of the home is in need of substantial cosmetic renovations to achieve its full market value, including but not limited to improvements to the kitchen and baths, repair and re-finishing of hardwood floors, replacement of carpet and other flooring, substantial wall and trim prep, and re-painting throughout. In addition, the side/rear steps, porch, and ramp need substantial work and/or replacement.

30 Meriam Street is currently assessed by the Town of Wakefield for real estate tax purposes at $643,200. The real estate tax for FY24 is $7,236. For reference regarding values in the immediate neighborhood, the property immediately next door at 28 Meriam, which has only 1,436 square feet and 3 bedrooms, sold recently for $725,000.

Attached is a link to the Purchase and Sale Agreement the seller requires to be used for the transaction. Should bidders want to modify any aspect of the proposed document, they must include a proposed Addendum to the P&S document identifying any and all such desired modifications with their bid.

Do not submit a bid subject to inspection. If you want, or your lender requires, a home inspection, you may engage a home inspector at your sole expense to accompany you to one of the scheduled open houses, and base your bid on the information gleaned therein. The seller has nothing to hide, but will not accept an offer subject to inspection.

Do not submit a bid less than the asking price of Five Hundred-Fifty Thousand Dollars ($550,000.00).

No broker participation means that the Seller will not pay a broker's commission. If a bidder is under an exclusive contract with a broker, and is the winning bidder, that buyer is free to pay a commission directly to said broker, in addition to the contract price.

BIDS ARE DUE AT NOON ON APRIL 11th, 2024 and should be emailed, together with a scan or photograph of a bank or cashier's check made out to North Shore Houses Limited Partnership in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) representing a bid deposit, to northshorehouses26@gmail.com