About this home

Maybe your first home really does come with a white picket fence. Welcome to 71 Sheppard Avenue, a charming 1940s Cape that feels like the perfect place to put down roots in Braintree. With just under 1500 square feet of living space, four bedrooms, one full bath and a flexible two-level floor plan, there's room to grow into this home and make it your own. Two fireplaces add warmth and character, while the unfinished basement offers plenty of additional storage and possibility. Outside, the manageable, flat and level lot gives you your own little piece of the outdoors - without spending every weekend maintaining it. But what makes a home like this special isn't just the number of rooms. It's imagining your first holiday here, planting something in your own backyard, painting the walls whatever color you want and knowing that, little by little, you're building equity in something that belongs to you. Your first home doesn't have to be your forever home. Sometimes it's simply the home that gets you started - and this one just happens to come with the white picket fence.

Facts and features

Schools

• Braintree High School

  high · 9-12 · 2.7 mi

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• Donald Ross Elementary School

  elementary · K-4 · 0.6 mi

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• Sacred Heart Elementary School

  elementary · PK-8 · 0.6 mi

• East Middle School

  elementary · 5-8 · 0.7 mi

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• Pilgrim Center

  middle · 8-12 · 0.7 mi

• South Shore Christian Academy

  elementary · K-12 · 0.9 mi

Price history

• Oct 31, 2026 · Price Changed$589,000
• Oct 5, 2026 · Price Changed$614,000
• Sep 9, 2026 · Listed$629,000

Tax history

• 2026$6,057 tax · $602,100 assessed
• 2024$5,344 tax · $563,700 assessed
• 2023$5,060 tax · $518,400 assessed
• 2022$4,895 tax · $492,000 assessed
• 2021$4,441 tax · $446,300 assessed
• 2020$4,201 tax · $426,100 assessed
• 2019$4,049 tax · $401,300 assessed
• 2018$3,953 tax · $375,000 assessed

Home value

$623,000

• Collateral Analytics$623,000
• Cotality$641,700
• Quantarium$596,989

Where it is