
Hey, the garage doors are where they are because that's how the land lays out - live with it
27 Orchard Drive in Milbrook has sold for $3.025 million. I really liked this house and so did the client I showed it to but he wanted a larger backyard (it has the Milbrook pond behind it) and perhaps a bit less I-95 noise. Superb quality in construction, though. The sellers paid $1.950 for the property in 2007 and basically tore it down and rebuilt it at a cost, I’m guessing, that $3 million didn’t come close to recovering. They were undone by, who else, the Town of Greenwich building inspector who, after replacing the former inspector, came in when it was just about complete and forced them to undo nearly everything that had been inspected and approved by his predecessor. Not because there was anything wrong with what had been done, mind you, but merely to show what an asshole he was. I believe the gentleman is no longer in our employ but the damage was done to these folks – they missed the market.
Anyway, they started off at $3.849 in 2009, dropped it to $2.750 in January, 2010, raised it (haven’t I told you this never works?) to $3.950 in April, 2011, dropped it to $3.250 this past November and finally found a buyer in January. But after all that turmoil, the buyers are getting a very nice house, and at an excellent price, I think.