When something can't last, it won’t — but that doesn’t mean it can’t come back at a lower price
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427 Taconic Road, which sold for $2.8 million in 2018, was put back up for sale in 2021 at $5.550 million, and was described as follows:
427 Taconic is what happens when a Designer & Art Collector puts his stamp on a home. This is not just new construction; this is 2021 elegance in exacting SMART HOME standards. Let's begin on the stately Taconic Road surrounded by majestic pastural horse farms. You will be the first to step into this SMART TECH saltwater pool finished June 2021! Three quarters of the home was finished one day prior to listing it! Initially constructed in 2018 using powerhouse standards such as battleship type steel for beams, blown concrete foundations, the latest in insulation techniques in between all floors, completely fueled by propane, resulting in a 6,500 sq ft home that costs pennies to maintain comparatively! Command your multi-tier surveillance system, electronic gates, home lighting, home lighting, home temperature, even your pool temperature & pool cover with your phone! All this yet the elegance of White Oak flooring & Triple Dipped Canadian Maybacked Shingle designed to last generations! Inside two Miele One Touch Dishwashers, a Wolf Gas Range & properly hidden wine storage. Enjoy DUAL & SHARED master bath accessories for the ultimate in couple's privacy and functionality. On the lower-level ultra-high ceilings & Zen-like yoga studio; of course, home theatre, home gym to stay in shape. No detail was overlooked even a whole house water bubbler filtration system so you will bathe & drink the highest quality water. Get your offers in as this new home won't last!!!
For some inexplicable reason, but possibly because potential buyers misinterpreted “won’t last” to mean that the house, like that of Roderick Usher’s, would fall down, the property failed to sell in 2021-22, so it’s back now, marked down to $4.995, and without the caution about longevity, but still touting that battleship-type steel.
What, you may ask, is “battleship steel?”. I know I did, and all I could find was this, so I’m still puzzled why it’s considered a selling point:
Battleship steel could refer to:
Types of steel used as armour on battleships:
Low-background steel, derived from battleships that sank before the advent of nuclear weapons testing
(Update). Proving EOS’’s point in a previous comment, this house has appeared on these pages before:
Here, in 2022, after it failed to sell at $5.550.
And here, in 2019, when it did sell for $2.8 million.
Neither post was particularly complimentary, nor were readers’ comments, but Snark R Us..
