15 Sylvan Lane, Old Greenwich, 18 Spezzano Drive, Riverside

15Sylvan Lane
15 Sylvan sold for $2.650 million. Land sale, probably. Listing says, twice, “not in flood zone” and since the selling agent is George Crossman, a local boy and a builder who knows his stuff, I assume that’s right. How you get from your house on Sylvan to Old Greenwich proper during the next flood is another story, but in the past, our fire department has sent front end loaders to pick up residents in the bucket and judging from the photos I’ve seen in the local paper over the decades, everyone looks grateful and happy for the ride.
Interesting price history for this property – it sold for $1.950 in 2007, $2.1 in 2008, $2.240 in 2010, now $2.650. Maybe this time the buyer will keep it, or at least build on it.

Helmsley Palace, Riverside, CT
18 Spezzano Drive, $525,000, reports an accepted offer. Even acknowledging that this 1/10th acre lot is not the Riverside equivalent of Conyers Farm, I’m a little surprised that the seller had to cut his price from $649,000 all the way down to here before finding a buyer.