My last post was Thanksgiving, but I am resolve to publish weekly as we follow Hudson Valley Real Estate, with particular reference to Columbia, Dutchess and Greene Counties. Elizabeth White our Pine Plains (Dutchess County) salesperson closed on one of David Birch's listings. It was a great deal - a lakefront cottage (year around) on Lake Road in the Town of Pine Plains. If you haven't been to Pine Plains you should visit. 90 minutes from New York City with a special exhibit at the Museum of Natural History. Following today's trends it was listed at $149,000 and sold at $117,500.
An interesting aspect of this sale was that it got held up by a lab result showing a high coliform reading. Actually high coliform readings, indicating the presence of bacteria are not unusual, particularly where a house hasn't been occupied for some time or the water hasn't been in use regularly. The well was shocked with chlorine, which is routine procedure cost between $50 and $150. In this case, however, it cost the seller $1,000, because nobody could find the well, even with a metal detector. They had to hire a backhoe and dig up the front lawn, which accounted for the high price.
In Greene County, we got a great listing of a property on the Hudson River with 7 acres and an old cottage in very good conditions
In Columbia County we just listed a beautiful home of almost 5000 sqft with three living spaces in the Town of Canaan. The home comes with lake rights to Queechy Lake and is in the most protected high end area in Northern Columbia County only minutes from Tanglewood and Jiminy Peak.
For more information contact Barns Farms Realty, LLC at 8003988802 or call my cell 5189287239
David Birch, Principal Broker and Attorney
An interesting aspect of this sale was that it got held up by a lab result showing a high coliform reading. Actually high coliform readings, indicating the presence of bacteria are not unusual, particularly where a house hasn't been occupied for some time or the water hasn't been in use regularly. The well was shocked with chlorine, which is routine procedure cost between $50 and $150. In this case, however, it cost the seller $1,000, because nobody could find the well, even with a metal detector. They had to hire a backhoe and dig up the front lawn, which accounted for the high price.
In Greene County, we got a great listing of a property on the Hudson River with 7 acres and an old cottage in very good conditions
In Columbia County we just listed a beautiful home of almost 5000 sqft with three living spaces in the Town of Canaan. The home comes with lake rights to Queechy Lake and is in the most protected high end area in Northern Columbia County only minutes from Tanglewood and Jiminy Peak.
For more information contact Barns Farms Realty, LLC at 8003988802 or call my cell 5189287239
David Birch, Principal Broker and Attorney
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