Ask a luxury real estate agent to name the most prestigious address in Boston, and Le Jardin is likely to come up. The boutique building comprises just nine full-service residences, its location just steps from Newbury Street and the restaurants and galleries that line it. It delivers the amenities of a luxury hotel (think 24-hour concierge and underground parking with valet) within a scale intimate enough to feel like a private home. Units here are deeply prized and don't change hands often; when they do, they deserve notice.
Occupying an entire floor spanning more than 4,600 square feet of single-level living, this residence has recently come on the market for $13.9 million. Many features contribute to its allure, but its unique vantage point does the heavy lifting: forty feet of frontage overlooking the Boston Public Garden and twenty oversized windows wrapping three sides of the home. The Boston Public Garden has anchored the Back Bay since 1837, America's first public botanical garden: 24 acres of weeping willows, the famous swan pond, and the kind of civic beauty that Boston has spent nearly two centuries protecting.
The layout is organized for two modes of living: grand-scale entertaining and genuine daily comfort, and it moves between them without effort. The formal rooms have park views directly, the dining room anchored by a well-positioned wet bar that makes the case for dinner parties and easy entertaining. The eat-in kitchen, fitted with stone counters and abundant storage, is practical and considered. Custom built-ins appear throughout. The primary suite feels hotel-like with dual bathrooms, dual dressing rooms, a private library, and a sitting room with a gas fireplace. Two additional bedroom suites and a den that functions easily as a fourth bedroom extend the floor plan's range. A large laundry room, a private elevator foyer, and four garage parking spaces with valet service complete a residence where no detail has been overlooked.
View the complete listing by Michael Harper of Coldwell Banker Realty in Boston.
