Sometimes, in order to understand why a house won't sell, it pays to look at the big picture

4 Mercia Lane, almost-in-Belle Haven, is back on the market today at $2.995 million. That’s an improvement, at least in current dollars, over the $2.650 million ($3,632,342) 2005 price it failed to sell for in 2005-2006, so we’ll see. Perfectly nice house, as I recall from touring it back then, but with one problem:

It has a lovely pool, for instance, in a bucolic setting:

A magnificent (looking) side yard:

And a view from the tippy top of the chimney that, looking south, is very pretty:

But alas, look north, young man, and you’ll spot the problem; hear it, too.