There’s just something about walking down Charles Street. Maybe the fall air has just crisped up, you have a coffee in hand, a scarf wrapped loosely around your neck, and you’re walking around a blustery Beacon Hill on the hunt for a pastry or on your way to the Common. What if you could do all that, and be home?

A very definition of a hot property — the building is on the market for the first time in several decades — 133-135 Charles Street is endless possibilities wrapped in a distinctive brick facade on one of Boston’s most iconic streetscapes.

Why? Because its new owner gets the building from top to bottom, which currently includes an established retail store, a boutique salon space, and three two-bedroom apartments. Among the apartments, the second-floor owner’s suite adds significant upgrades, think: sleek kitchen, Japanese-inspired woodwork and wood accents, a peaceful outdoor patio space, and even direct elevator access.

Whether you choose to keep the current living and retail arrangements or reimagine the beloved property into something new entirely, you have more than 7,000 square feet at your disposal. The current owner, Judith Dowling, a gallerist and renowned expert in Asian art, had the building painstakingly renovated upon purchase. Even more exclusive than the availability of the building itself is the inclusion of a Beacon Hill rarity—a pair of private, off-street, tandem parking spaces.

The sale of the property, on the market for $10,500,000, is represented by Irene O’Connell and Peggy Rowland of Sotheby’s International Realty – Cape Cod Brokerage.

Hot Property – 133-135 Charles Street Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo By A Louis Jean Media for Sotheby’s International Realty)
Hot Property – 133-135 Charles Street Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo By A Louis Jean Media for Sotheby’s International Realty)
Hot Property – 133-135 Charles Street Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo By A Louis Jean Media for Sotheby’s International Realty)