Comments on: One retread, one sale

By: Cos Cobber

Cos Cobber — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:53:50 +0000

Even this Cos Cobber recognizes that some streets in good old Cos Cob will never change too much. Cos Cob Ave, Bible Street and all the little streets that branch off these two such as Tulip are so diced up into small lots that rebuilding and improvement will be slow to come. What rebuilding we do see will be modest. The lots are just too small to ever command your typical Greenwich rebuild.

By: dogwalker

dogwalker — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:00:23 +0000

Oh, Moose answered my question.

I was going to say . . . someone built a house that size in 2001 . . . I mean, even on Tulip Street (no offense intended, but Cos Cob was starting to get “rebuilt” by 2001, wasn’t it?).

By: christopherfountain

christopherfountain — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:24:11 +0000

“Before she would drive [all the way] over there” pretty much sums up Cutler’s location and the difficulty it has attracting buyers. Swamps probably don’t help much, either.

By: christopherfountain

christopherfountain — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:21:41 +0000

Hey, watch it Moose. That’s me you’re talking about!

By: sandy

sandy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:19:40 +0000

The swamp behind 32 Cutler makes it a deal breaker at anything close to that price. The listing broker, a few brokers ago, would say “you know about the swamp, right?” before she would agree to make an appointment to accompany the showing. She wasn’t about to drive over there for nothing.

By: Anon E. Moose

Anon E. Moose — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:50:56 +0000

32 Cutler has a bit of a fortress look to it.

As for 8 Tulip, I guess the help has to live somewhere.