1077 Hancock doesn’t have an attractive exterior, but for someone looking to get into a house on the parlor floor, this is awesome, especially considering this has three apartments over an admittedly tight 2000sqft. If you look inside, past the ugly tarpaper “brick” veneer, you can see the house still has a lot of interesting old details, including fireplaces and various moldings. Normally a house in this price range is nearly uninhabitable — this one, while not luxurious, looks like it could be moved right into. The neighborhood is nothing to write home about — it’s row after row of vinyl-sided (or worse) frame houses, but many blocks down this way are lined by large trees that make up for the architectural “problem.” There’s certainly a charm to it.

1077 Hancock Street | $499,000
2000sqft | 20ft-wide | 2-family, 7br/3ba | frame
Halsey J