Reality trumps aspirations, and a contract is born

37 Birchwood Drive, asking $3.245 million, has a contract. It’s been on-and-off, mostly on, the market for nine years, so I’m sure the owners are relieved that a buyer has finally appeared.

I remember touring it back in 2011 and thought it was a good house, but not a $5.2 house; it’s taken the owners a terribly long time to reach that same conclusion.