This house just feels good – the likes of which you can’t put a price. There are homes in a much higher bracket, but many of them feel dark, formal and austere..This one is light and cheerful and built to enjoy life…Lots of space but not cavernous, and everything is fresh and clean.
The backyard is amazing – it is lake front! and flat, with a gorgeous pool, lovely terrace and a great outdoor kitchen…. and who doesn’t like Grahampton Lane?
It gets my vote today because the price is more realistic than the first time I saw it…which was over $7M.
The sellers bought it for $3,475,000 in 2000 but have transformed it…they’ve done everything inside and out.
3 Properties in Mid Country on 2 Acres – all have 6 bedrooms – $8.5 – $8.8
20 Gate Field Drive just went on the market yesterday, and it is price positioned along with 24 Khakum Wood Road, and 26 Wooddale Road. Lots of style – albeit a bit contrived at times – like the fake rock in the wine cellar…
20 Gate Field Drive – $8,725,000 – Built 1974 – Completely ReInvented Mission Style, Pool, Har Tru Court, Wine Cellar
House for house, Wooddale has the most value and features. It’s been on the market for just 0ver 300 days with no price adjustment. Beautiful, substantial kitchen, a fabulous home theater, pool
26 Wooddale Road – $8,700,000 – Built 2008 – Stately – Over 11K SF – Fabulous Home Theater, Pool
24 Khakum Wood has been on the market forever, with its dated interior & beautiful grounds – since 2008 to be exact when it had a price tag of $14,500,000, realtor doing the owner no favors. Now onto its 4th realtor. Will the address get it done?
24 Khakum Wood Road – $8,650,000 – Beautiful Landscaping, Free Form Pool
We’ll see if the new listing gets a quick deal – doubtful at this price. My guess is that it will have to go well below it’s current asking price.
There is some pretty stiff competition in other areas of Greenwich, that I think will get the love before any of these…
The Greenwich Time today has a real estate article featuring 65 Clapboard Ridge Rd which came to market this week. I toured it during the broker tour on Tuesday and it is beautiful. I was somewhat surprised that it didnt’t have a finshed lower level with the requisite wine cellar, theater and gym…but hey, what do you want for $12,495,000m? Shame that the article didn’t help with the real estate world in getting close to asking price for this beautiful location in mid country Greenwich, by saying that there was a glut of inventory. Don’t they get it? We don’t need to wait for an answer…
What surprises me when I see properties over $10M is the expectation that it will have everything…some do, but most don’t – read on ad compare…
218 Clapboard Ridge Rd – $15,000,000
8 Bedrooms, 9+ baths, 5 acres – inconsistent with a luxury listing, is
the small oval pool and a shallow theater that requires the viewers to
look up at the screen – strange for a $15M price tag. To see the full listing:
6 bedrooms, 6+ baths, 3.85 acres…This doesn’t have a finished lower level – so no theater, wine cellar or gym. It has a better kitchen than the one above… see the full listing below
10K SF of amazing floors, beautiful cathedral ceilings, substantial moldings…nice flow, stone fireplaces, old beams – just a beautiful house. It was purchased in foreclosure in 2000 and completely restored with a tasteful, country feel for the people are living today…not a typical “builder’s house” for sure…
Saw this during broker open house…needs to be updated – and it has lots of dead ends – not great flow – but, nice curb appeal…. the pro, is that if you need lots of space and bedrooms, it has that – the other con is that it close to the Merritt, but on the other side of the street – so when the leaves are on the trees, the traffic din is not as noticeable. To see the full listing:
Saw this house today as well – and it is stunning – beautifully constructed and it has everything that you would want – except a finished lower level..
Have not seen this yet – there will be a broker open house on Thursday…from what I can see, the view is lovely – shame the proximity of the next house is so close…but that’s Old Greenwich…to see the full listing click here
139 North Street – $2,795,000
Saw this also today – it’s cute…if you like older homes – certainly close to town…to see the full listing:
Built in 1800, and renovations just completed, this beautiful home was purchased by the sellers in August 2014 for $2,751,200 – bidding war? Now a flipper? To see the full listing click here:
Great KitchenEnticing Gathering Spot for Sharing Moments Over a Nice MealFormal DiningI Love the Way the Photographer Coordinated the TV with the PillowsSimple – Clean – PeacefulMaster Bath – Functional Yet Beautiful – Heated Towel Bars…Lovely Terrace – Nice Stonework and Planned Landscaping
Call me for free advice but believe or not, I would also want the listing…
30 Montgomery Lane back on the market for round (5) this time: $2,195,000
It’s still a 1960 contemporary located on a back lot
Before – Asian Patterned Rugs and Swags Dating This Room – and Making it Look much SmallerAfter Same Room – Less Color – Yields More Focus on the Actual RoomBefore – Dining Room
Same Table – Updated Chairs – Burgundy Dates a Home Like no Other Color
If a buyer likes contemporary homes, I would recommend 172 Cognewaugh Rd. in Cos Cob over this all day and night…same schools
172 Cognewaugh Rd – $1,999,000 – North St Schools – Central MiddleMid Century Contemporary – It at least channels Frank Lloyd Wright
It is over 9000SF of solid construction – it has a bit of a past, but that was then and this is now. I say so what who cares – where else are you going to find a 9000+SF home, with a putting green, theater, wine cellar, 2.39 acres, dock, infinity pool for this new asking price ?
I would say that it’s a bit aggressive – $4,450,000 today vs $3,450,000, even when considering that it is an extremely well liked location for many. It is a little over 4600SF sited on .64 acres in R-20. The listing mentions a list of improvements, but I did not see a documents folder.
On and off with the same realtor for a very long time, it is finally with another today. Timing had lots to do with the history, and the first realtor was very successful with leases that carried the property to this point. It’s back with a slightly higher asking price than when it was last on the market in 2012 – so we’ll see…
48 WALSH LANE – LIST $5,990,000
Sellers bought this 6300+SF 5 bedroom house for $4M in 2008. Nothing exceptional, built in 2009. It’s a bit cookie cutter, in my opinion.
