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Wellesley teardowns, before and after: Winter edition

February 24, 2016 by Deborah Brown 2 Comments

Every once in a while we post before and after pictures of some houses in town that have been torn down to give way for bigger digs with all the modern conveniences. When it comes to real estate, Wellesley’s got it’s own way of doing things, right down to setting in reverse Newton’s third law of motion — what goes down around here, must come up. Here are six examples for you to ponder. I could go on (I’ve got a couple dozen more tucked away in a file), but this will do for now.

54 Longfellow Rd., Wellesley
BEFORE: 54 Longfellow Rd., a 1925 Colonial in Poet’s Corner, sold in 2014 for $890,000
54 Longfellow Rd., Wellesley
AFTER: 54 Longfellow Rd., after. The new home is currently on the market for $2,200,000.
11Simpson Rd., Wellesley
BEFORE: 11 Simpson Rd., sold for $750,000 in 2014.
11 Simpson Rd., Wellesley
AFTER: 11 Simpson Rd., currently on the market for $1,950,000
16 Ridge Hill Farm Rd., Wellesley
BEFORE: This 5 bedroom, 2 bath home at 16 Ridge Hill Farm Rd. was valued at $1,400,000 in 2015.

AFTER: 16 Ridge Hill Farm Rd., the 8,000 square foot home is currently on the market for $4,995,000
AFTER: 16 Ridge Hill Farm Rd. This 8,000 square foot home was on the market last Fall for $5,495,000 but it can be yours at the reduced Spring price of $4,995,000.
248 Weston Rd., Wellesley
BEFORE: Humble split-levels all over town are being razed. This one at 248 Weston Rd. sold in 2015 for $703,000.
248 Weston Rd., Wellesley
AFTER: 248 Weston Rd., in the Woodlands neighborhood, near Morses Pond, is on the market for $1,679,000.
39 Willow Rd., Wellesley MA
BEFORE: 39 Willow Rd., located on a street that’s seen many changes over the last several years, sold for $766,000 in 2014.
39 Willow Rd., Wellesley
AFTER: 39 Willow Rd. sold for $1,699,000 in 2015.
52 Westgate Rd., Wellesley
BEFORE: 52 Westgate Rd. sold for $950,000 in 2012.
52 Westgate Rd, Wellesley
AFTER: Westgate Rd. is another street that is no stranger to the sounds of construction. This home at #52 sold for $2,900,000

MORE: Wellesley teardowns: Fall 2015 edition

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  1. Robert Soderholm says

    February 24, 2016 at 12:08 pm

    Suggesting that Apple’s position regarding this privacy issue is a “marketing” strategy is just a regurgitation of the negative spin attempted by the Justice Department to divert attention from the enormous Constitutional issue involved. For the Justice Department or FBI to suggest this hyper sensitive information will be guaranteed secure is highly doubtful, as illustrated by the countless success hacks of government and corporate databases, as well as the monumental security breach evidenced by the Edward Snowden case. Moreover. we are losing our democracy if we allow Big Brother to have access to every communications tool in our everyday lives. The FBI, NSA, CIA and other intelligence gathering agencies have countless other methods for gathering data; to suggest the Apple technology involved constitutes some type of national security risk is contrived, at best. Encryption technology is everywhere, and growing, and the bad guys will simply find another mechanism as necessary. But the Justice Department is attempting to manipulate people’s fears.

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  2. Sean says

    February 24, 2016 at 1:51 pm

    Westport, CT has a board that must review teardowns, if the house beingrazed is more than 50 years old. Possibly Wellesley could start a similar board, to prevent historically significant homes from being torn down?

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