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This Northumberland Road house was built in 1900 and has four bedrooms and four recently updated bathrooms.
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Friday Front Porch Feature: A Sunny, Charming Home in Pittsfield

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Are you looking for a charming home with sun-filled rooms and curb appeal? Then this might be the home for you.

Our Friday Front Porch is a weekly feature spotlighting attractive homes for sale in Berkshire County. This week, we are showcasing 100 Northumberland Road.

This house was built in 1900 and has four bedrooms and four bathrooms. It is 3,008 square feet on 0.44 acres, and is on the market for $549,000.

It sits on a quiet, tree-lined avenue and has plenty of curb appeal with its welcoming front porch. It boasts a grand fireplace in the formal living room, a sunlit dining room, updated bathrooms and a third-floor common space between two of the bedrooms. The house will come with major appliances.

It has a detached two-car garage, a backyard deck, and an in-ground pool with a slide. 

The house is also connected to a beloved Pittsfield mentor who has a popular field named after him.

We spoke to Laura Arseneau from Paula Mclean Realtors Inc., which has the listing. 

What do you think makes this property stand out in the current market?

Arseneau: 100 Northumberland sits on the largest lot on Northumberland. Inground pool, two-car garage and large enough yard for entertaining, gardening or playing yard games. 

Do you know any unique stories about the home or its history?

It was owned by George "Buddy" and Ann Pellerin. Buddy was an instrumental coach in the city of Pittsfield. Clapp Park is also called Buddy Pellerin Field in his honor and memory. Pittsfield is the home of baseball and Buddy Pellerin LOVED baseball with many youth's lives touched by his inspiration and coaching. 

What kind of buyer would this home be ideal for?

Anyone! Need more space for your growing family? Planning on living multi-generation? Need a home office? This home has room inside and out for anyone! 

What do the current owners love most about the home?

It's been in the family for decades and hosts many precious memories.  The family is looking forward to the home's next chapter.

What was your first impression when you walked into the home?

It's grand, spacious and hold lots of classic charm. Very New England colonial. Large spacious bedrooms, updated bathrooms.

What would you say to a buyer trying to imagine their life in this space?

This home has the bones, grit and class, with room for everyone inside and out. Great location — southeast Pittsfield. Berkshire charmer with world class ready for it's next adventure. 

You can find out more about this house on its listing here.

*Front Porch Feature brings you an exclusive to some of the houses listed on our real estate page every week. Here we take a bit of a deeper dive into a certain house for sale and ask questions so you don't have to.

 


 





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Pittsfield Reviews Financial Condition Before FY27 Budget

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The average single-family home in Pittsfield has increased by more than 40 percent since 2022. 

This was reported during a joint meeting of the City Council and School Committee on March 19, when the city's financial condition was reviewed ahead of the fiscal year 2027 budget process.

Mayor Peter Marchetti said the administration is getting "granular" with line items to find cost savings in the budget.  At the time, they had spoken to a handful of departments, asking tough questions and identifying vacancies and retirements. 

Last fiscal year’s $226,246,942 spending plan was a nearly 4.8 percent increase from FY24. 

In the last five years, the average single-family home in Pittsfield has increased 42 percent, from $222,073 in 2022 to $315,335 in 2026. 

"Your tax bill is your property value times the tax rate," the mayor explained. 

"When the tax rate goes up, it's usually because property values have gone down. When the property values go up, the tax rate comes down." 

Tax bills have increased on average by $280 per year over the last five years; the average home costs $5,518 annually in 2026. In 2022, the residential tax rate was $18.56 per thousand dollars of valuation, and the tax rate is $17.50 in 2026. 

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