The property located at 81 Dartmouth Street is known as the Dartmouth Square Apartments and consists of approximately 2.15 acres of land that is improved by a 2-½ story brick, 30-unit apartment building. The building was originally constructed as an elementary school, which was renovated in 1985 - 1986, and transformed into its current use.

The mortgagor's of record are Herbert G., Stephen L., and Mark A. Berezin. The mortgage is dated May 30, 1986 and recorded with the Berkshire County (Middle District) Registry of Deeds in Book 1148, Page 1269, as amended by First Amendment to Mortgage and Collateral Assignment of Rents dated December 29, 1994 and recorded with said Deeds in Book 1467, Page 54.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD:

The property is located approximately one mile west of the downtown area, and is situated between Elberon Avenue and Tyler Street.

THE PROPERTY:

The property is situated on the westerly side of Dartmouth Street, approximately 130 feet from the intersection Dalton Avenue. Approximately 2.15 acres in size, the site has approximately 533 feet of frontage on Dartmouth Street and approximately 195 feet of frontage on Springside Avenue.The utilities available to the site include public water and sewer, gas, electric and telephone. There is a paved, lined and lighted parking lot for approximately 45 vehicles.
According to the City of Pittsfield, the property is zoned "R-M" (Multi-Family).

ASSESSMENT INFORMATION:

According to the Pittsfield Assessor's Office, the property is assessed for $525,700.

IMPROVEMENTS:

The 2 ½ story brick, elementary school building was renovated and converted into an apartment building during 1985-1986. The building has a gross building area of approximately 31,700 square feet.

The apartment complex contains (11) one bedroom loft units, (5) one bedroom units and (14) two bedroom units.

There is one main canopied entrance, located in the front of the building, which has a security locking system, and buzzer/intercom. There is one walkway leading from the main entrance to the parking area, and extends around the western side of the building to a handicap ramp for the 2 handicap accessible units, 105 and 106. There is an additional form of ingress/egress in the rear of the building.

THE UNITS:

There are 10 units per floor. The biggest difference between the loft units and the 1-bedroom units is that the bedrooms in the loft units are separated from the living room by a ½ partition wall.

In the 1-bedroom units, a full-partition wall divides the living room and the bedroom. Also, the bedrooms in the loft units are approximately 3 to 5 feet above the grade of the remainder of the apartment. Unit 107 has a spiral staircase from the living room to the bedroom.

Each unit has a 60-amp circuit breaker panel, and a hard-wired smoke & heat detection system. The front and rear hallways and stairwells have carpeted floors, wrought iron banisters, suspended fluorescent lighting, along with hard-wired smoke & heat detectors and pull boxes. The hallway doors are on an electric magnet locking system, which is tied into the fire alarm system. The common areas are heated by a gas fired, forced warm air, heating system.

The building also contains a laundry room.