223 Franklin Street

Taxes: $11,399 (2025)

About this home

Love the outdoors? Charming & thoughtfully updated brick "Chestnut Hill" style cape in prime Reading location! This home blends classic character w/ modern upgrades. The renovated kitchen features cherry cabs & a radiant heated floor. Spacious family rm addition has 2 sliders to backyard patio w/ gazebo & cozy gas fireplace. Both bathrooms were stylishly updated in 2017 & major systems are already done: new heating/cooling (2022), Navien boiler (2025), roof (2017) & finished LL(2021) for added living space. Updates galore. Flexible 4th bedrm makes a great home office. Enjoy 3 fireplaces, 2 patios, a raised-bed garden & a beautiful yard on a corner lot w/ driveways in front & back. Town water/sewer. Just 0.2 miles to the elem school, 1.1 miles to the middle school, close to Ipswich River Park & Lake Quannapowitt (kayaking), .5 miles to Reading Town Forest (hiking, skiing), shopping, dining & easy access to Rtes 93, 95 & 128. Close to commuter rail. Charm, space & unbeatable convenience!

Property details

Sewer

Private

Style

Cape, Houseboat

Water

City/Town Water

Cooling

Central Air, Ductless Mini-Split System

Heating

Forced Air, Electric Baseboard, Central Heat, Electric Baseboard, Gas, Hot Air Gravity, Ductless Mini-Split System

Type

Detached

Flooring

Tile, Luxury Vinyl Plank / LVP, Hardwood

Road type

Public, Paved, Publicly Maint., Sidewalk

Appliances

Range, Dishwasher, Disposal, Microwave, Refrigerator, Washer, Dryer

Master Bath

No

Construction

Brick

Roof

Aluminum

Garage

Attached

Lot

Corner, Wooded, Paved Drive

Parking

1-10 Spaces, Paved Driveway

Basement

Full, Partially Finished, Interior Access, Bulkhead, Concrete Floor

Electric

Circuit Breakers, 100 Amps

Exterior

Patio