Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?
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(okay, so the quakers don’t employ priests — sue me)
58, and the lots at 34-38 Quaker Lane are back on the market, again, after years of fruitless marketing and two failed “international” auctions. Once flogged at $35 million, the house and 16 acres can now be yours for, it says here, a mere $19.5 million; I might try a lower number, because they must growing exhausted by now.
I’ve posted on this property numerous times, such as:
A modest price cut at Andrew Kissel’s old place on Quaker Lane.
And:
Sixteen acres too much for your landscaper to keep tidy now that gas leaf blowers have been banned?
Perhaps because they grew tired of being the butt of so many jokes, the owners finally gave up trying to sell it conventionally, or thought they had, and last August they submitted it to auction:
$35M Greenwich estate once owned by murdered developer heads to Hong Kong auction
And with seemingly good results; not in achieved price, but at least they were shed of it:
Greenwich land once owned by murdered developer sold for $13.1M at Hong Kong auction
GREENWICH — A Backcountry estate once owned by a murdered real estate developer sold at auction for $13.1 million, according to a press release.
The properties, at 38-48 and 58 Quaker Lane, were put up by Sotheby's Concierge Auctions in Hong Kong last month. All told, the Hong Kong auction garnered $242.7 million in aggregate bids, including property sales in Hawaii, Colorado, Texas and more.
Sotheby’s dubbed the Greenwich properties “Quaker Lane Farm,” which span 16 acres with three distinct residences and a total of 11 bedrooms and 15 bathrooms. Marketing materials also call the properties an “equestrian paradise” with world-class equestrian amenities like a 12-horse stable and a laser-leveled dressage arena.
These three parcels were collectively listed for $35 million last year before they went to the auction block. Bidding closed on Oct. 10 and the sale was pending as of Oct. 11, according to Sotheby's.
Danielle Claroni, Christian Perry and Leslie McElwreath of Sotheby’s International Realty Greenwich Brokerage were the listing agents.
McElwreath previously told Greenwich Time that taking a Greenwich property to auction is uncommon, but they hoped it would give the sale more exposure.
“It was a pleasure to work with Sotheby’s Concierge Auctions in our shared goal of selling Quaker Lane Farm,” McElwreath said in a statement. “We’re proud to have [temporarily] concluded the sale of such a unique offering and to help prove that auction can be a successful method of selling in our community.” [oops!]
Alas, the auctioneering victory was not to be, and the following distressing news hit our shores in November:
Greenwich Backcountry estate heads to London auction after $13M Hong Kong sale falls through
November 1, 2024: GREENWICH — The $13.1 million sale of a sprawling equestrian estate in the Backcountry has fallen through, according to a Sotheby's public relations representative.
The buyer defaulted on the purchase which is “a rare occurrence,” the representative wrote in an email.
Rare occurrence or not, the property’s still with us, London proving no more receptive to Fairfield County land than was Hong Kong, and so here we are again. The current ask is $19.5 million, but would the sellers really reject the same offer of $13.1 million that they accepted last fall? Try it and see.