Admittedly, it's Stamford, it's cheap, and it was built by an Albanian, but is all that sufficient to excuse its hideousness?

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I don’t usually write about or cover Stamford real estate, but a picture of this new construction at 610 Rock Rimmon Road was posted on the MLS today, and it caught my eye, although I wish it hadn’t.

The listing confesses that it was built by “artist” George Pali, an Albanian refugee who now lives in Stamford. I suppose his intention here was to blend his creation into his adopted community’s existing architectural character and design, but if so, he’s overdone it; nothing else is this ugly.

610 Rock rimmon rtoad, $1.799 million

You know enough by now to not dismiss either of these stories as implausible

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U.S. — Forbes has released its newest list of "Most Desirable Employee Candidates", which saw Ivy League graduates slip down just below carnies and the people who wash car windows at stoplights.

"We surveyed the top 500 companies in the United States," explained lead author Dan Rollins. "Employers consistently stated they would pass over a Harvard or Columbia grad for a guy with two years of experience operating a Tilt-A-Whirl. It's been quite a shift."

According to Rollins, most CEOs stated they wouldn't even bother interviewing an Ivy League grad if they had the option to hire a four-year carnie with balloon dart experience. "The carnies are so much better at conversing with people from every walk of life. They aren't stuck in that Ivy League bubble," explained business owner Larry Fink. "Also, they don't attempt to burn down your corporate office because the break room coffee machine was made in Israel. Advantage, carnie."

Carnies received higher marks than Ivy League grads in work ethic, interpersonal communication, and not attempting to destroy people and institutions with racist neo-Marxist ideology. "The only real downside to hiring carnies instead of Columbia grads is we had to go back to allowing smoke breaks," said Fink. "Otherwise, it's been a massive upgrade. No stating pronouns, no trigger warnings, no boycotts... and they actually know how to work. I'll take that along with some Marlboro Reds any day."

At publishing time, Forbes had updated the list again as Ivy League graduates fell below guys who drive poorly marked ice-cream trucks around family neighborhoods.

In-town home on Lenox is pending

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10 Lenox Drive, $5.5 million, pending after 18 days. Once a gracious, 1913 house, it had been converted to a two-family by the time someone bought in 2004 for $1.850 million. The buyer completely renovated it and it returned it to a single-family, then sold it to these owners in 2007 for $4.595. They, in turn, continued the improvement program and now, it seems, they’ll be rewarded for their efforts.

Considering what’s happened to in-town prices the past few years, this one’s doesn’t seem at all surprising. Nice house, excellent location, why not?

No she didn't

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she knows so many things that aren’t true, and is happy to share them with us

Gov. Hochul says she 'misspoke' when she said some 'black kids' don't know the word 'computer'

[Right] now we have young Black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word 'computer' is. They don’t know. They don’t know these things."

Seven years ago, Ami Horowitz interviewed Berkeley college students about their views on voter ID laws, then went east and asked Blacks what they thought. The patronizing, racist views of the Berkeley students are appalling but, as Governor Hochel has just shown, they’re as strong today as they ever were.

As a general rule, buyers are reluctant to take on someone else's unfinished building project

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279 Riversville Road, described as”70% restored” is up for sale for $1.395 million. It certainly looks like it has potential, but buyers are usually uncomfortable picking up where someone else has left off, and contractors, who will be responsible for the entire project when completed, including work performed before they came on the scene, are even more cautious.

That doesn’t mean it can’t be done, only that, in my experience, a severe discount is applied to these uncompleted dreams.

Dianne Feinstein is still dead, but not Bernie — I think

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vermont deserves him, but what did the rest of us do wrong?

Bernie Sanders Running Again at 82

Sanders, who will turn 83 before the November election, would be 89 by the end of his fourth term in January 2031, should he win reelection.

In his announcement video, Sanders argued for codifying “Roe v. Wade into national law,” “making sure all public colleges and universities are tuition-free,” and against funding for Israel in its war with Hamas.

Sanders easily won the Democratic nomination in 2018 with 94 percent of the vote and went on to win the general election handily against that year’s Republican nominee, Lawrence Zupan, and a number of third-party candidates.

Three contracts reported, two in Mead Point

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aiken road

39 Aiken Road, $6.495 million, 10 days.

616 Indian Field Road

616 Indian Field Road, Mead Point, $15.495 million, 10 days. The listing agent has declined, undoubtedly at her customer’s request, to provide any pictures of the house, so I’ve supplied one that gives its approximate flavor — maybe.

we all want and need 8 bedrooms, but 11 baths? asking for a friend.

Also in Mead Point, and after 712 days, 16 Windrose Way has a contract. Its current asking price is $13.750 million, a shade lower than the $21.5 it was hoping for so long ago, but there it is.

Third time's the charm?

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58 Close Road has taken its third price cut, and as of today you can snap it up for just $5.995 million instead of the $6.749 it would have cost you in February. The owners paid $6.250 million in 2007, if you’re counting.

don’t like the brick look? photoshop is your friend

i can’t help but wonder whether the zebra, rather than an abattoir castoff wouldn’t be more effective here — the zebra has a solid track record in successful staging, while the dead cow look is still on its initial test run