Back on the market

67 Bedford Road, 4 acres and a decrepit house (“House is unsafe - please do not enter.”) came on the market for $1.299 million March 7th, was under contract by March 26th, and has returned to the active list today after the deal fell through.

It’s an estate sale, which usually means the heirs would like to dispose of it and move on, and there’s no mortgage on the property; sometimes a busted deal in these circumstances can open the way to a low-priced purchase from the disappointed sellers. Sometimes.

A 2016 appraisal for a foreclosing bank referred to the house as being “in deferred condition”, which I think is a much kinder term that “decrepit” — I may use it myself, next time.