Tasteful Friends- A 7,200 square foot spread above the Boston Ritz-Carlton

It's beautiful.

But it's still in Boston, so there is that.

I've rarely seen a place so utterly devoid of all appeal.

Except for the view, it looks like a Brooklyn co-op furnished from a late-70s Ikea catalog -- it redefines the design concept "neutral" down to "private mental clinic".

All the envious New Yorkers respond.

Low ceilings..

My friend’s parents live full time in the Ritz Carlton Boston, I like the location but some would turn their noses at it. Close to Chinatown, Financial District.

I just hope the buyer is somebody I hate.

Its very uninspiring, creamy yellow and creamy beige. R3 is right, it looks as if it has been decorated with paint and fittings left over from a refurb of a hospital or aged care facility

It looks exactly like what it is-- a high end hotel suite.

Right down to the hotel room style drapes.

When I went to Boston for work I used to stay at the Park Plaza which is more or less next door.

It's a great location for a business trip or even a tourist, but living there would not be great as there aren't really any services nearby--supermarkets, groceries, shoe repair, etc.

The location would be great for a pied-a-terre, but for that much money, I'd go further into Back Bay or Beacon Hill or even the South End.

Worth noting how much construction must be going on in Cambridge -- you can see all the cranes in the out-the-window shots.

What a disappointment, 12 million! An astounding bore.

R9 The Ritz-Carlton Boston Common Hotel is a modernist glass building that opened in 2001. I think you are thinking of the old Ritz (from 1927) on Arlington that closed in 2006. For a while Boston was home to two Ritz-Carlton hotels; they faced each other across Boston Common, about half a mile away.

The old Ritz became the Taj for a while, and just reopened as the Newbury Hotel.

The HOA is $11,000 a month. Yikes!

I'm odd in that I love boring, bland condos, because I can always think of so many things to do with it to spruce it up. This one is no exception, and I genuinely like that it looks like a 1960s-era West Coast condo that a retired celebrity would spend their final years in. The problem is that it's in Boston and not LA, and it's so overpriced I thought it was a typo at first.

45 million for Boston?

At least they don't have to fear getting murdered as they would in New York. Boston's mayor is actually competent.

Actually I was mixing it up with the Four Seasons R11--just googled and that was what I was thinking of.

They also recently opened a new hotel in a tower it seems, closer to Copley and I wonder if they will keep both places.

I think the OP is the superior property to the Franklin St. property.

I quite like the OP property.. it is neutral but it's big, lots of space, marvellous views. Though I query who needs seven bedrooms. I can't square it.

Also it reminds me of Joan Collins' duplex set on Dynasty. Though that's not really an argument in its favour.

The old Ritz Carlton was so great. The new one is just tasteless. I've stayed at both.

Seven bedrooms is a bit of a stretch. There is a two bedroom "guest suite" in the rear, but otherwise a lot of offices (his, hers, the house manager's), studies, and lounges, all on one floor. There are grand public spaces (10' ceilings) and a large kitchen, great for fundraisers and large scale entertaining. After a tour from the previous owner, my comment was "so basically you live in a one bedroom" and she acknowledged that her brother had said the same.