This seem a tad aggressive, even in this market (which I sense is slowing).

33 Mead Avenue, purchased for $1.525 million in November, is back today at $2 million. The owners washed the dishes and fixed the toaster but otherwise, it looks in pretty much the same condition, and certainly, the listing doesn’t mention any changes except for a “July ‘22 kitchen update”. A video of the house from that prior listing can be found here, and you can compare the two for yourself.

On the other hand, it’s a gorgeous 1835 home, and if there are two or more antique lovers still out there looking, it’s not at all impossible that this could draw multiple bids. What an owner paid for a house is just as irrelevant when he’s losing money as when he’s making it; the question is, what is the market value today?, and we won’t know that until the home hunters show up.

Just as an aside, is anyone staying in town longer than a year or two these days? It doesn’t seem so.

November ‘21 kitchen

july ‘22 touch-up