And it's back again

1994 at its worst

13 Aiken Road, originally $11.975 long ago and far away — 2005, and dropping substantially over the years — has been relisted today at $5.9. Yeah, well … maybe. I spoke harshly about this property two years ago in 2017 and nothing but its price having changed since then, I’m inclined to stick to my opinion expressed then:

13 Aiken Road, a side road off Rogues Hill, has cut its price to $6.150 million, down a wee bit from its original 2005 price of $11.975. Admittedly, it's a hideous house, but there was a time when someone with equally-awful taste would have stepped up for this one: someone like its neighbor, for instance, Raj Rajaratnam, once of Galleon Group and now a guest of federal prison authorities for an indefinite period, would have loved it. 

But those times are gone, and 11,500 sq. ft. grotesqueries, specially those in the far, far back country, are a drag on the market. 

I smell a nursing home, or perhaps a commune for aging, blind hippies or, my pet idea, a rehab for alcoholic CEOs, once stripped down to the studs and redone, perhaps by Cindy Renfret.

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

Aliens’ humanoid capture transfer station?

UPDATE: rereading my 2017 reference to Raj Rajartnam, I’m reminded of the story, told me by an unimpeachable source, of the time Raj paid Kenny Rogers a cool million to show up at Raj’s 50th-birthday bash on Round Hill and play “The Gambler” — Raj’s favorite song — continuously. Rogers did appear, did perform, for about 20 cycles, then said “fuck it”, and left with his band. I’m told he issued no refund.