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Elegant Back Bay Brownstone-Comm Av 1+ Bed - 1 Week Min, beyond 2 wks considered

Riverside condo with kitchen and patio

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Exterior detail
Exterior
2 bedrooms, desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi
Dining
Bathtub, hair dryer, towels, soap
In a turn-of-the-century brownstone, this 1+ bedroom parlor duplex condo offers a unique blend of historic charm and modern comfort. With over 1400 square feet of living space, unwind in the beautiful bay window area or relax on the private bricked garden patio.

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional

Entire condo

2 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 3130 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Dryer
  • Washer
  • Outdoor space
  • Kitchen
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi

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About this property

Entire place

You'll have the entire condo to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.

Elegant Back Bay Brownstone-Comm Av 1+ Bed - 1 Week Min, beyond 2 wks considered

Fantastic 1+ Bedroom And 1.5 Bath Parlor Duplex Condo In Turn Of The Century Brownstone Offering Over 1400 Square Feet With Beautiful Living Room With High Ceiling, Moldings, Detail And Gorgeous Bay Window Area For Dining.

Master Bedroom with Ethan Allen sleigh bed (full size) and Bath Ensuite With Sunny Sitting Area And Separate Inner Study And Private Bricked Garden Patio. Single sofa bed in living room and additional sofa.

Fully Applianced Kitchen, Washer/dryer, HD Cable TV, Wifi

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in the condo: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Car not required

Kitchen

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Dishwasher
  • Electric kettle
  • Hob
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Paper towels
  • Refrigerator
  • Spices
  • Toaster

Dining

  • Dining table

Bedrooms

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Sofa bed

Bathroom

  • 1.5 bathrooms
  • Bathtub
  • Hair dryer
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Towels provided

Living spaces

  • Dining table
  • Living room

Entertainment

  • DVD player
  • Smart TV with cable/satellite channels

Outdoor areas

  • Fenced yard
  • Garden
  • Patio

Laundry

  • Laundry facilities
  • Washing machine

Work spaces

  • Desk
  • Desk chair

Comfort

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Suitability/Accessibility

  • Smoke-free property

Services and conveniences

  • Iron/ironing board

Location highlights

  • In the city centre
  • Near a health/beauty spa
  • Near a hospital
  • Near the bay
  • Near the marina
  • Near the sea
  • On a river

Things to do

  • Cycling nearby
  • Motor boating nearby

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector (host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property)
  • Smoke detector (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Deadbolt lock

General

  • Garden
  • Unit size: 1,400 square feet

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Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 12:00 PM

Special check-in instructions

You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions

Check-out instructions

The host requires you to complete the following before checking out:
Load the dishwasher
Strip any used beds and gather used towels
Remove personal items
Lock the doors and return the keys
When you leave, leave the keys on the coffee table and lock the door behind you.
Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.

Rules

Cancellation Policy: 100% refund if reservation canceled 30 days before the check-in date, 50% refund if canceled less than 30 days before check-in.
Call or text me any time with questions at xxx-xxx-xxxx

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Events

No events allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a private host (a party not acting within their trade, business or profession). EU consumer law, including the right of withdrawal, will not apply to your booking. The cancellation policy set by the private host will cover your booking.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a deadlock
This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation
Property Registration Number C0248120351, STR413548

We should mention

A car is not required for transport to and from this property

Property is also known as

Elegant Back Bay Brownstone Comm Ave 1+ Bed One Week Minimum
Elegant Brownstone Comm Ave 1 Bed One Week Minimum Condo
Elegant Back Bay Brownstone Comm Ave 1 Bed One Week Minimum
Elegant Brownstone Comm Ave 1 Bed One Week Minimum Condo
Elegant Back Bay Brownstone Comm Ave 1 Bed One Week Minimum
Elegant Brownstone Comm Ave 1 Bed One Week Minimum
Elegant Back Bay Brownstone Comm Ave 1+ Bed One Week Minimum
Elegant Back Bay Brownstone Comm Ave 1+ Bed One Week Minimum

About the area

Map
Boston, MA

What's nearby

  • Newbury Street - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Copley Square - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Boston Marathon Finish Line - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Copley Place - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Boston Common - 10 min walk - 0.9 km

Getting around

  • Copley Station - 4 min walk
  • Back Bay Station - 8 min walk
  • Boston, MA (BNH-Boston Harbor Seaplane Base) - 19 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Chick-fil-A - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Thinking Cup - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Saltie Girl - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Dig - ‬4 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Is Elegant Back Bay Brownstone-Comm Av 1+ Bed - 1 Week Min, beyond 2 wks considered pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Elegant Back Bay Brownstone-Comm Av 1+ Bed - 1 Week Min, beyond 2 wks considered?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Elegant Back Bay Brownstone-Comm Av 1+ Bed - 1 Week Min, beyond 2 wks considered?

Checkout is at 12:00 PM.

Where is Elegant Back Bay Brownstone-Comm Av 1+ Bed - 1 Week Min, beyond 2 wks considered located?

Located in Back Bay, this historic condo building is within a 5-minute walk of Commonwealth Avenue Mall, Copley Square, and Newbury Street. Boston Common and Copley Place are also within 10 minutes. Copley Station is only a 4-minute walk and Arlington Station is 7 minutes.

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Elegant Back Bay Brownstone-Comm Av 1+ Bed - 1 Week Min, beyond 2 wks considered Reviews

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 28 out of 33 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 33 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 33 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 33 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 33 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Margaret K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Comfortable home. Excellent location. Responsible Host.
Stayed 15 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Melissa L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great spot to explore Boston

This lovely apartment is spacious, clean and well- equipped with everything you need for a comfortable stay. The location is perfect, with restaurants and shopping in the immediate area, easy access to the T and walkable to many attractions.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Candy S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Owner greeted me on premises. Very gracious, and accessible should I needed anything. The place was a vintaged 19th century Brownhome unit in one of Boston's Back Back most beautiful streets. close to everything you can imagine. The energy was homy, warm and inviting (as if a part of a family). Had a pleasant stay. Thank you Teresa.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sherry P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Weeklong stay

Fabulous location. Comfortable, welcoming home. Gracious host.
Stayed 9 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Charming quiet brownstone in Back Bay

Perfect location. Charming Boston brownstone home was quiet, spacious and comfortable. Delightful host. Highly recommended.
Stayed 14 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tracy F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful stay

Beautiful apartment in a beautiful location. Therese was so helpful and kind. Staying at her place felt like staying at the home of a favorite relative.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Patricia A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing!

The place where we stayed was everything we expected and more!!! It was a wonderful experience we'll never forget. Thanks Therese
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Classic Brownstone beauty in a great neighborhood

This is just as shown in the photos, lovely, well equipped, everything one could want for exploring the area. The owner is attentive to txt messages and most helpful. Thank you
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Daniel and Victoria M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Back Bay Brownstone

This rental fit our needs to the tee. This beautiful house is in the heart of Boston. Great location to everything, with ease of access to food, fun and transit. The back patio was the cherry on top, a great place to sit and relax after a fun filled day.
Stayed 10 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Lawrence G.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Listing accuracy

disappointed

The property is listed as having 2 bedrooms, visitors should note the second 'bedroom' is the dilapidated sofa bed in the sitting room.A safe is mentioned in the property amenities but there isn't one.For a 2 week stay, we were offered the use of only one drawer in a chest of drawers.The location, however, was great.
Stayed 15 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Julie M., San Francisco

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION

Loved our stay here during the Boston Marathon. Centrally located for an easy walk downtown or to enjoy shopping and restaurants a block away. Therese met us the night we arrived. The stairs down to the bedroom were well designed and always felt safe when holding onto the railing to make it up and down. Also loved utilizing the kitchen for some meals.
Stayed 8 nights in Apr 2023
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Shelly T.

Great location

Great location and property was as described in the listing. Walking distance to tourist attractions and safe place to stay. Pretty home and we used services described with grocery delivery and uber which made our visit easier. We liked having kitchen and laundry. The owner was accessible and I would recommend to others.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2016

8/10 Good

Michael B.

Perfect location

We enjoyed our stay very much and would gladly stay again, however there were a few downsides. It was unusually chilly this spring and the heater was off for 9 of the 10 days we stayed. Also there is only one bathroom and it is down the spiral stairs. The upside was the roominess and the location, which was perfect for taking the "T" to explore all of Boston.
Stayed 10 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Joan D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent

A great pleasure to stay in this clean, spacious, quiet apartment on a storied street in Boston. Fully stocked with linens and kitchen supplies. Repair to downstairs toilet needed and noted by owner. Her warm welcome and patience with our late arrival (due to heavy traffic) are much appreciated. Every reason to recommend.
Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

The place to be in Boston!

The location, the home and the host were fantastic! Newbury street with its hustle & bustle, little shops and restaurants are just a block away. Do not miss La voile with its truly French cuisine or the salmon bagels at the thinking cup. After coming back in the evening from a long day out you can relax in the patio of the house and enjoy the serenity of the evening. In the morning get yourself some juice or coffee around the house or jog in the park that starts at your doorstep. Everything is near, museums, metro stations, Beacon hill, the freedom trail...We highly recommend!
Stayed 7 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Elizabeth L., Saint Paul

Marathon

I very much loved the location for our day during the Boston marathon. I brought my parents Long and it was great to have an easy walk to the finish line for them. They also very much appreciated in the morning our host meeting us at the door when we arrived. It helped them feel at ease to be shown around the place. It also was a very quiet place and even though I had a pull out couch to sleep on, it was surprisingly comfortable. I only wish I would’ve brought my facemask as the windows didn’t have shades at night but it really wasn’t as much of a problem as I thought! Our host was always available I Phone if needed so we never felt there was a problem!
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

jane r., minneapolis, MN

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

AMAZING LOCATION AND PROPERTY

This is a beautiful , old and historic townhouse (brownstone) in the heart of the Back Bay of Boston. It is located on Commonwealth Avenue..a few blocks from Boston Commons. You can walk just about everywhere....and it is a mere few blocks to a T station. Just 1 block away is Newbury Street...packed with coffee shops, great restaurants, as well as a lot of variety in shopping..to fit most budgets! Therese met us at the door, as promised. She did a quick tour of her home, pointing things out and explaining how to operate the TV, etc. She was responsive to our texts with our questions as to how to do this or that....A suggestion would be to have more detail in the "House Rules": how to turn on the power for the dishwasher, directions to operate the stove burners (the markings for HI, Med, simmer, etc. were worn off!! It worked, but a guessing game ! None of it a big deal...just save some questions for her. Also , Therese mentioned a few restaurants and grocery stores...which was great! However, it would have been really really helpful to have had the information written in the "House Rules" with names and addresses for a reference. STAR market is stellar!! A good walk away , but worth it. Trader Joes is nearby. There is a spiral staircase to the ground floor , which is the bedroom. It is narrow and steep...depending on your agility and width ....it could present a problem.
Stayed 9 nights in Sep 2021
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

2/10 Terrible

Sue F.

Not What We Expected

My wife and I were scheduled to stay at this property beginning September 21st through October 1, 2017. We left (4) days early due to the following reasons: 1) Stifling heat in the unit due to very minimal A/C and no window coverings on Western windows. These windows that looked onto the alley are the only windows in the unit. This also provided no privacy from the apartments directly across the alley. 2) The only bed was only a Double, not a Queen. 3) No room in any of the closets for our belongings. 4) The kitchen was sparsely equipped and the oven had been left with a cookie sheet with burnt aluminum foil prior to our stay. 5) The commodes were loose at their base or seat. 6) The bathroom sink needed to be repaired or replaced. 7) The shower tiled walls appeared to have considerable mildew. 8) The very extensive personal items and family photos throughout were a constant reminder that this was the owner's home full time and not primarily a VRBO. By contrast, we had friends from Seattle staying in a comparatively priced VRBO near us that had none of the above problems. The only thing that we found to be favorable is the location of the building in Boston's Back Bay. The owner was made aware of some of our reasons for leaving early but we were not reimbursed for the (4) days that we did not occupy the apartment even though we suggested to the owner that this would be the fair thing to do.
Stayed 9 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Kathy H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location

The process was easy and the owner met us on site to show us around.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer E.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Like our own little slice of Boston for a few days

So happy I found this place! The location was great - Boston Public Garden and Boston Commons were a short stroll down the pretty promenade in the middle of the street, plenty of dining options, T station, and even a 7-Eleven close by. Very quiet at night, although things seemed to get an early start in the mornings. The lodging itself was quite comfortable. Much more flexible than staying in a hotel. We even rescheduled delivery of a meal prep box so we could cook a few times, instead of eating out every night. Therese, our host, was very pleasant, helpful, and easy to communicate with. I wish we could have heard the stories behind the pictures in her home. (but maybe that's just my own curiosity...) All in all, I would absolutely stay here again. I only wish it could accommodate two couples, since our next trip will likely be for four.
Stayed 9 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Dewey S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Back Bay location

This is a very nice apartment that occupies part of the ground level and the first level above ground. The front of the building is beautiful and bustling Commonwealth Ave., just a block off of the attractions of Newbury St. This apartment is in the back of the building, overlooking a classic Boston public alley that's absolutely silent at night. The apartment is as pictured here, larger than we expected, with everything you need -- full kitchen, washer/dryer, 1.5 baths, lots of seating, and a nice dining area in the bay window. There's access to either floor from outside. Once inside the apartment, there's a circular staircase that connects the two floors, which could be an issue for someone with limited mobility. There is a standard (non-circular) staircase that can get you to either floor, which requires going into the common area. The hostess was excellent, meeting us at check-in and showing us around, and was available by phone for the one minor issue we had (burned out bulb that left the bathroom dark, promptly remedied by me once she told me where the spare bulbs were). I will definitely stay here the next time I'm in Boston for a week.
Stayed 9 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mia C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent

Perfect location for the luxury of selling off the car, living somewhere you can walk to anything and everything. The house is beautiful, clean and comfortable, and the host is welcoming, respectful and extremely helpful.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Mia C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent All Around

Boston’s engaging Back Bay was made even more special by being able to enjoy it from 116 Comm Ave. Not only a lovely private and quiet space, but accessible to all the Back Bay has to offer. Highly recommended.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Mona E.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful peaceful sunny apartment

What a beautiful home! Terrific kitchen. Quiet. Beautiful high ceilings and lots of light. Excellent location. The owner was terrific and easy to communicate with and eager to help. I would definitely stay here again:)

10/10 Excellent

Marcelo C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

spacious home in quaint neighbourhood

High ceilings, bay window, tasteful furnishing --Ms Byrne's house was a perfect setting for a long stay in one of Boston's most beautiful streets. The historical buildings of Commonwealth avenue are close to Boston Commons, a wonderful park, and to Newbury St, a charming street full of restaurants and shops. The appartment has all conveniences, no noise at all, and with 2 bathrooms and plenty of space. Couldn't be better. Ms. Byrne is a very kind and cheerful host.