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Written by Joanne Wallenstein

Category: Real Estate

Published: 29 March 2018

Here are some early spring sales and a few featured listings before the holiday weekend.

Sales
9 Dell Road: Spectacular two year-old construction on a tranquil tree-lined street with a large deck overlooking a beautiful backyard. Perfect home for everyday living and entertaining. Nine foot ceilings and great light throughout. First floor features a living room, dining room, chef's kitchen with island and breakfast area, family room, mudroom, powder room and garage. The second floor has a wonderful master bedroom with tray ceilings, master bath with shower and tub, two walk-in closets, bedroom with bath, two bedrooms with bath and laundry room. Lower level is finished and has a bedroom, bathroom and playroom. House has a generator.

Sale Price: $1,892,000
Real Estate Taxes: $47,369
Assessed Value: $2,050,000

175 Nelson Road: Brand new construction in the sought after Scarsdale school district! This lovely Colonial is nestled on a quiet location in the heart of Edgewood within walking distance to elementary school, park, shops and restaurants. The elegant floor plan features 9 foot ceilings on all three levels and generous formal and informal living spaces. An expansive eat in kitchen with large center island and seating for 4 opens to family room with fireplace and doors to patio and flat back yard. The formal living room and dining room are designed for gracious entertaining. 5 family bedrooms and 4 full baths plus a formal powder room offer generous space for everyday living. The finished lower level offers a sprawling recreation room, a bedroom and a full bath. Expertly crafted by established well respected local builder.

Sale Price: $1,555,000
Real Estate Taxes: $15,176
Assessed Value: $625,000

11 Brookline Road: Stone-front center hall Colonial in one of Scarsdale's most sought-after enclaves, Sherbrooke Park, a community designed for privacy and curb appeal. Classic architectural details abound such as hardwood floors, formal living room with wood-burning fireplace, formal dining room with chair moldings, bay windows, door arches, original brass window and door hardware, crown moldings, knotty pine paneled den/office, slate tiles in porch, back staircase. Home is up-to-date with two-zone central air conditioning, eat-in granite kitchen with GE Profile appliances, updated baths, security system, two-car heated garage with steel double-insulated doors.

Sale Price: $1,425,000
Real Estate Taxes: $32,781
Assessed Value: $1,350,000

Edgemont
20 Penny Lane: Fully renovated handsome colonial on quiet street in heart of Edgemont School District. This classic home has been thoughtfully updated with modern touches and great flow. Custom kitchen with beautiful cabinetry, stainless steel appliances, leathered granite with great island for entertaining and prepping. The kitchen is right off a fantastic mudroom w/ cubbies and laundry area. Enjoy relaxing in family room off the kitchen w/additional sliders to deck overlooking expansive half acre of property. A formal dining room and living room w/ fireplace complete the first floor. There is a Master suite w/updated bathroom and custom closets, 3 additional bedrooms & updated hall bath and great storage room. The lower level is fully finished with a great play space, and potential for a 5th bedroom. This house also has new siding, new windows, new roof new hot water tank and updated heating & cooling systems.

Sale Price: $1,300,000
Real Estate Taxes: $33,894
Assessed Value: $1,059,300

Featured Listings

22 Fairview Road, Scarsdale
In process! Opportunity to do some customizing! Exciting renovation nestled in the heart of Scarsdale on a coveted cul-de-sac, offers supreme privacy minutes from transportation, shops and schools.This gem offers comfortable perfection and construction excellence. Learn more here:
List Price: $2,199,000

26 Cooper Road, Scarsdale
Signature home built by Scarsdale premier builder, KOSL Building. This new being-built stately brick and stone Colonial with slate roof is set on a private, park-like 1.09 acres in the estate section of Murray Hill. Outdoor entertaining spaces include a pergola with outdoor fireplace and inground heated pool surrounded by extensive specimen plantings. Approximately 3,000 square foot finished basement with 2 staircases, bedroom/bath. Learn more here:
List Price: $7,650,000

8 Murdock Road, Scarsdale: Welcome to your private oasis in Scarsdale. Surprisingly large parcel of land ensures privacy! This contemporary colonial in Murdock Woods with 6 bedrooms, 5.1 baths on 1.15 acres awaits. Heated pool, hot tub with waterfall add to the charm of this park like property. This home boasts an open floor plan, updated kitchen with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, breakfast nook, sliders to deck off kitchen and dining room. Vaulted ceiling in Family Room. Hardwood flooring, elegant, sun-filled spaces are perfect for entertaining and family living. 2 car attached garage. Bus to Quaker Ridge, middle and high schools. Owner may use both Scarsdale and Mamaroneck community services. Not just a drive by home. You must see inside to appreciate all the living space this home has to offer! Close to Mamaroneck/Larchmont shops and railroad.

For more information, call Michelle Nead at 914-282-0618 or click here:
List Price: $1,775,000

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Written by Joanne Wallenstein

Category: Real Estate

Published: 05 April 2018

Unusually cold weather, with weekly snowstorms is causing a late start to the spring real estate market. According to brokers the weather is posing challenges for both sellers and buyers. The March Nor-easter, knocked out power to many for over a week and made it difficult to show homes, that were cold, dark and uninviting. Trees and wires blocked roads, impairing travel and not allowing Scarsdale to look its best. Even when power was restored more snow, sleet and rain may have dampened buyers’ spirits.

According to Gail Leone of Claire Leone Real Estate, "We have had several homeowners who have temporarily taken their homes off the market or have delayed putting their homes on the market due to all the March/April storms. The loss of power during the March Nor’Easter slowed the Spring Market also. One of our properties had water in the basement so that held up some showings. A fallen tree on one property lead to delays in showings because it was on the front of the property.The good news is that spring will eventually come to Scarsdale…. Historically, we have had slower spring markets but we still remain strong."  Heather Harrison of Compass added, "The snowy spring has affected turnout at open houses but the serious buyers are still coming out to see properties despite the weather. On Monday morning during the unexpected accumulating snowfall we had a buyer come from jersey city before work for a second showing on a property in Edgemont! They were a half hour late but they were anxious to see the property again and it turns it they made an offer and hopefully will result in a deal!"

Maybe Mother Nature will be more cooperative in the coming weeks.

Sales:

40 Harvest Drive, Scarsdale: (pictured above) This beautifully renovated home offers an open concept kitchen/family room, amazing master suite with his/hers walk in closets, adjoining office and exceptional master bath. The updated kitchen boasts 2 large islands with seating for 6, soapstone countertops and a Sub Zero refrigerator. There is an adjacent sunny family room. The kitchen opens to a beautiful deck which leads to the professionally landscaped back yard with a heated gunite pool, in ground fire pit and professional lighting. There are 3 additional generously sized bedrooms, powder room, 2 full baths, living room with fireplace, dining room and a walk out lower level office. The finished basement can be used as an additional family/tv room.

Sale Price: $2,075,000
Assessed Value: $1,550,000
Real Estate Taxes: $37,832

87 Griffin Road,Scarsdale: Renovated stone and shingle home with four bedrooms and three baths nestled on a magnificent private, park-like .72 acres with views of the prestigious Quaker Ridge Golf Club. This home features a large renovated eat-in kitchen with views of the lush backyard, formal step-down dining room, living room with wood burning stone fireplace, and a few steps up to master bedroom and bath, two additional bedrooms and hall bath. The third floor has a large bedroom/playroom with full bath and the lower level has a finished playroom and a two car garage.

Sale Price: $1,390,000
Assessed Value: $1,542,000
Real Estate Taxes: $34,831

14 Greenacres Avenue, Scarsdale: Highlights include an open and sun-filled living room, dining room with access to a deck and spacious backyard, large eat-in kitchen with breakfast area and three bedrooms all on one level. The master bedroom has an en-suite bath and two closets (one being walk-in). The lower level features a family room with wood-burning fireplace and full bath, den (which could possibly be a fourth bedroom), laundry and access to a two car garage. The roof and HVAC system have been replaced within the last ten years.

Sale Price: $915,500
Assessed Value: $975,000
Real Estate Taxes: $23,675

Featured Listings

8 Sundale Place, Scarsdale
List Price: $2,295,000
Built by established local builder in premier location at end of cul-de-sac with Shoreline Gunite heated pool on gorgeous 1 acre property.
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25 Bretton Road, Scarsdale
List Price: $1,699,000
LOCATION, PROPERTY AND STYLE! This renovat ed Edgemont home is on .57 acre in the middle of everything - walk to village, train, duck pond and both the elementary and junior/senior high school.
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Open Houses

50 Harvest Drive, Scarsdale
List Price: $4,185,000
Open House 04/08/18 2:00PM-4:00PM
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11 Continental Road, Scarsdale
List Price: $3,950,000
Open House 04/08/18 2:30PM-4:30PM
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30 Carriage House Lane, Mamaroneck
List Price: $2,899,000
Open House 04/08/18 1:00PM-3:00PM
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17 Highridge Road, Hartsdale
List Price: $1,748,000
Public Open House 04/08/18 12:00PM-2:00PM
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4 Chalford Lane, Scarsdale
List Price: $1,550,000
Open House 04/08/18 2:30PM-4:30PM
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18 Carthage Lane, Scarsdale
List Price: $1,448,000
Open House 04/08/18 1:00 PM-3:00PM
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25 Mount Joy Avenue, Scarsdale
List Price: $1,395,000
Open House 04/08/18 12:00PM-2:00PM
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3 Clubway Lane, Hartsdale
List Price: $1,395,000
Open House 04/08/18 12:00PM-2:00PM
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31 Andrea Lane, Scarsdale
List Price: $1,395,000
Open House 04/08/18 2:30PM-4:30PM
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1144 Post Road, Scarsdale
List Price: $1,338,000
Public Open House 04/08/18 1:00PM-3:00PM
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3 Brook Lane West Hartsdale
List Price: $1,149,000
Open House 04/08/18 11:30AM-1:00PM
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95 Wiltshire Road #C-13 , Scarsdale
List Price: $275,000
Open House 04/07/18 12:30PM-2:30PM
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Written by Joanne Wallenstein

Category: Real Estate

Published: 22 March 2018

An application to demolish the Quaker Meeting House at 937 Post Road was denied by the Committee for Historic Preservation at their March 20th meeting.
The meeting house, built in 1828, originally stood at a site near the corner of Weaver Street and Griffin Road and was later moved to its current home at 937 Post Road.

The building is representative of a typical Quaker Meeting House, sparely decorated with separate entrances for men and women. In her diary, suffragette Susan B. Anthony mentions attending a meeting in this house.

In a history of Quakers in Scarsdale written by Mickey Singsen, she writes, “About one-third of pre-Revolutionary Scarsdale was a Quaker community. The town population increased slowly. There were only twelve persons listed in 1711 when Heathcote was Lord of the Manor. However, the number increased to 255 by 1740 as his heirs sold or leased land to farmers.” Singsen explains that the 1828 Meeting House was built as a result of a schism in the Quaker community. She says, “In 1828 the Orthodox group in Scarsdale included 11 men, 26 women, 4 minor males and 5 minor females who built a small meeting house for themselves a short distance from the first building on the same lot. This is the building recently reconstructed at 937 Post Road.”

The 1828 Meeting Hose has had many purposes. After it was moved, it became a tool and storage shed for the Heatons (whose estate lay on both sides). It was restored as a meeting house in 1926 by W.H. Aldridge and it was a garage in the 1970’s for the Fraydun Manocherians who is 1976 offered it to the Scarsdale Historical Society.

The Scarsdale Historical Society is seeking to sell the property to a builder. Terms of the sale stipulate that the façade of another building on the property, The Cudner-Hyatt House – be saved. However they contend that since the Meeting House was moved and reconstructed it is not historically significant.

The building appears to meet several of the criteria for preservation, in that:

It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to broad patterns of Village history

It is associated with the life of persons of historical significance

It embodies the distinctive characteristic of a type, period or method of construction

It can yield information important in history.

The developer, 937 Post Road LLC, planned to subdivide the property and construct three homes.

The application to demolish required a “Yes” vote by a quorum of four of the seven committee members. At the March 20 meeting, six members were present. Lucas Meyer, the committee chair, recused himself from the vote as he is a member of the Scarsdale Historical Society and architect Bana Chuora also recused herself as she has done work for the society in the past.

That left four members to vote, and they were split, with two for and two against.

What next? The Scarsdale Historical Society can file an appeal to the Scarsdale Board of Trustees.

Sales:

63 Walworth Avenue:
Classic center hall colonial; this spacious home features entry foyer w marble floor. Living room offers; hardwood floors, French doors, beautiful stone fireplace, which flows into the formal dining room. Updated eat-in kitchen with laundry closet, back door to large trex deck for entertaining. Eat-in Kitchen has been updated with granite countertops, SS appliances, garden window, tile floor. A spacious family room with hardwood floors completes the main floor. Freshly painted and updated living spaces make this home ready to move in and enjoy. Finished (1,041 sq feet) basement is not included in square footage listed; features wall-to-wall carpet, storage space, exercise space and rec room with sliders to patio and level pretty backyard. Additional details to note; Two car garage, central AC, landscaping w sprinkler system, access to walking trails, walk/bike to Metro North train station, close to shopping. Scarsdale living!

Sale Price: $1,290,000
Real Estate Taxes: $31,409
Assessed Value: $1,350,000

120 Inverness Road:
This home has been loved, enjoyed, updated and meticulously maintained by the current owners, and will provide a warm, inviting and practical home for you and your family. Four bedrooms, including a large one on the first floor, three full baths and two half baths offer great space and convenience. The kitchen is a delightful for cooking and for relaxing with a generous space for a table that overlooks the property. The living room extends into a music alcove and has windows on three sides. Off the living room is a beautiful screened porch which will feel like a summer house. The dining room will host many a dinner; the den and the family room/bedroom add two extra places to hang out. Square footage includes beautifully finished basement room (403 square footage). All this is situated on beautiful flat land with delightful gardens and privacy. A rare find.

Sale Price: $1,290,000
Real Estate Taxes: $39,453
Assessed Value: $1,228,200

Featured Listings

55 Penn Boulevard, Scarsdale
Re-invented and redesigned by a visionary architect in 1995! Expansive, open and with seamless transitions from one space to the next, this most unusual, luxurious and livable home delivers an exceptional lifestyle. The living room and dining room are a continuous space overlooking the lush backyard. The 5 car attached garage enhances an altogether unique offering on one of the prettiest streets in Scarsdale. Bus to Scarsdale Middle School and High School. Learn more here:

List Price: $2,495,000

10 Leatherstocking Lane, Scarsdale
This is your chance to live on your own private retreat with a freshwater koi pond in Heathcote! Built with great integrity, this high-quality modern home offers so many wonderful details with its five bedrooms, three full, two half baths. An ideal Heathcote location: just a stroll to the 6 tennis courts at the nearby Middle School and much more. Enjoy the spectacular view of the pond and fountain, while your family goes rafting in summer (small raft is included) and ice skating in winter! House has great Feng Shui. Don't miss this home! Learn more here:

List Price: $2,200,000

8 Murdock Road, Scarsdale: Welcome to your private oasis in Scarsdale. Surprisingly large parcel of land ensures privacy! This contemporary colonial in Murdock Woods with 6 bedrooms, 5.1 baths on 1.15 acres awaits. Heated pool, hot tub with waterfall add to the charm of this park like property. This home boasts an open floor plan, updated kitchen with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, breakfast nook, sliders to deck off kitchen and dining room. Vaulted ceiling in Family Room. Hardwood flooring, elegant, sun-filled spaces are perfect for entertaining and family living. 2 car attached garage. Bus to Quaker Ridge, middle and high schools. Owner may use both Scarsdale and Mamaroneck community services. Not just a drive by home. You must see inside to appreciate all the living space this home has to offer! Close to Mamaroneck/Larchmont shops and railroad.

For more information, call Michelle Nead at 914-282-0618 or click here:
List Price: $1,775,000

Open House:

8 Murray Hill Road, Scarsdale
Open House: Sunday March 25 1-3 pm

2017 renovations combine modern elements with the style and grace of this Murray Hill Estates classic. You're on vacation with professional putting green, salt water pool, large yard for play and entertaining- almost 3/4 acre of private property. Relax by fireplace in your Master Bedroom retreat or meditate by the gas fireplace in Great Room. Chef's kitchen with Stainless Viking, Sub-Z, Bosch & More! Renovations to this 6 bedroom, 8 bathroom home have paid homage to its neoclassical origin and inspirations of the new owner can be easily accommodated. Over 5,200 sq.ft. (excludes 1200sf lower level) with high ceilings, custom moldings, built-ins. Beautiful southern exposures. Landscaping by one of the area's top landscaping design firms, 2 car attached garage, multi zone HVAC, central alarm, sprinkler system, elevator. Learn more here:

List Price: $1,995,000

1234 Knickerbocker Avenue, Mamaroneck
Open House Saturday 3/24 and Sunday 3/25, 1-3 pm

Enchanting 4-bedroom Queen Victorian home with incredible detailed woodwork throughout. Close to playground, school, train and shops!

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List Price: $789,000

2 Putnam Road, Scarsdale
Open House Sunday 3/25, 1-3pm
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341 South Healy Avenue, Scarsdale
Open House Sunday 3/25/18 2:00PM-3:30 PM

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11 Coralyn Road Scarsdale
Open House Sunday 3/25/18 12:00PM-1:30 PM

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