17 Windabout Lane
We’re in the mid country, where the prices keep falling. 17 Windabout Lane just cut its price, again, and now asks $2.695 million. To be fair, that’s still a price that, for this house, might face resistance even in Riverside, but the owners can be excused for pricing it at $3.250 million 222 days ago because, after all, that’s what they paid for it in 2002.
Ouch.
For What It's Worth 
This is a teardown on a terrible lot. Prices in this area are definitely firming. This is just a bad house.
At the right price, I don’t think it’s “a terrible house”, but I do think its current price presents difficulties in appreciating its charms. Who ever let them pay $3.250 for this in 2002?
Ouch!
A library in a bathroom? I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that before. Damp copies of all your favorite books?
Wallpaper – and, let’s hope, waterproof wallpaper at that.
I had the same observation! Who puts books in a bathroom, and wallpaper at that?
2.8 (over sized) acres on a good street, maybe getting close to land value?
$2.2-$2.5, maybe? So I agree with you: getting close.
there’s maybe 1 acre of semi usable land and the rest is cliff and swamp
Going down. In fact, that whole street’s a little iffy because of topo issues.
Glenville and Western Middle School – maybe people are not willing to pay top dollar for the school district.
Yup; huge difference in buyer reaction to a mid country house depending on whether its Glenville/Western or North Street/Central. Little known fact!
I think Glenville is ranked higher than North Street on school digger now.
Glenville’s a good school, from all reports I have from parents with children there. Western continues to be a problem for home values.
The buyer who dropped 11 million on 76 Winding was very concerned with the schools.
Possibly, but the $2-$4 million buyer definitely is.