About the House

Greetings and salutations! I’m Jay Levitt, owner and designer of the Wellesley Carriage House as it exists today. Of course, I wasn’t there in the late 1800s, when the first boards were laid, in 1970 when highboys replaced horses, or in 1983 for the Big Expansion. But in the fall of 2000, I began working with design/build firm The Sullivan Company to reinvent the Carriage House, to dream what it might have looked like as a full-fledged house back in its own Arts and Crafts day.

The Carriage House is about many things. It’s about people; all who lived here had singular stories, and nearly everyone in Wellesley once visited “the barn”. It’s about space; the nooks and crannies, the dramatic dormers and lines in the bedrooms and foyer, the sweeping kitchen and family room all celebrate dimensionality with lines and views.

It’s about quality; feel the solid doorknobs, the graceful fixtures, the warm tile floors. It’s about details; note the hidden stepstool, or the bump-latch to bring groceries in from the garage, or the automatic tub filler. It’s about light; see how nearly five dozen Pella windows bring the sun inside. It’s about comfort, contrasts, and countering conventions. It’s about 4167 square feet.

But most of all, it’s about personality. Every owner has put their stamp on the designs of the building and land. This is my stamp. What will yours be?

Enjoy.