It’s no secret that Wellesley real estate is a hot commodity. Buildable lots come on the market so infrequently that eager buyers with deep pockets search for low-cost homes (meaning under a million), then tear them down to make way for new, custom-built homes with all the bells and whistles.
Here’s a before and after look at a few homes that have fallen and risen in the past year or so…
19 Shadow Lane, before, sold in 2014 for $580,000:
19 Shadow Lane after, 2015. Sale pending, $1,400,000:
14 Winslow Rd., before, sold in 2014, for $900,000:
14 Winslow Rd, after, 2015. Currently on market for $2,000,000:
2 Kipling Rd., before, sold in 2014, for $885,000
2 Kipling Rd., after, 2015. Currently on market for $2,500,000
8 Mansfield Rd., before, 2014. Sold for $512,500:
8 Mansfield Rd., after, 2015. On market for $1,549,000:
7 Pinvale Ave., before, sold in 2014 for $670,000:
7 Pinvale Ave., after, 2015. Currently on market for $1,595,000:
81 Emerson Rd., before, 2014. Sold for $675,000:
81 Emerson Rd, after, 2015. On market for $2,100,000:
Looks like a grown up version of Levittown. I used to live on Suffolk Rd.
ATTN DEVELOPERS/CONTRACTORS: No more McMansions!
Pathetic. No creativity. Why can’t someone build something other than a faux colonial? Looks like 2015 version of Levittown.
This just makes me sad.
Not the Wellesley I knew. Glad I’m not living there anymore.
The new ones are nearly all hideous. The biggest travesty was on Rt. 9 where a lovely smaller house was torn down and a giant monstrosity crammed sideways onto the lot. Awful trend.
From the curb, the garages are the most prominent features of these new McMansions. Not a fan of much of this new construction. Wellesley looks more and more like a subdivision along I-495 with every passing month.
Is it possible for a new house to be constructed without triangle peaks?