Pending sale in Lucas Point, Old Greenwich

35 West Way

35 West Way, $6,999,500. The owners paid $4.640 in 2017, and it looks as though they redid the kitchen and baths. Presumably, they did more than that, but in this market,, and waterfront, who knows?

I’ll add that Lucas Point is my favorite neighborhood in Old Greenwich, and possibly the town. It’s a self-contained micro-community, with no traffic, friendly neighbors, and enjoys its own small boatyard for winter storage, its own private beach and of course, Tod’s Point is just a stroll away. I don’t whether they still do, but folks there used to walk to town, the school, and the train, and it’s certainly an easy bicycle ride to those same places.

Many of the residents come when they’re young, raise families here and stay even after the children have grown and moved out (at least that’s the hoped-for result of graduation). So it’s not surprising that house values are strong.

(I will also add a general observation that as the former owner of waterfront property, I’m always astonished to see homeowners buy new toilets and countertops while neglecting the seawall that keeps those amenities from vanishing beneath the waves. But that’s just me.)