And here's a renovation that paid off

Rescued from its dotage

313 Stanwich Road, on the market for 23 days, asked $7.495 million and has sold for $7.3. The sellers paid $3.255 million in 2011 for this still-charming, but shabby-genteel 1928 home and totally renovated it, added 1,000 sq. feet to make it a more comfortable snuggery of 10,212, and brought in a landscaper.

It was a vast improvement of what had been allowed to decline over the years, and the quick sale of this new rejuvenated version reflects that.