A close call, but they made it

7 Close Road, asking $7.995 million, has a contract. The owners began their search for a buyer at $12 million and so they must be disappointed, but hey, at least they appear to have avoided the fate of the neighboring property, 25 Close Road: that even larger mansion was erected by a Russian in 2000, put up for sale at $16 million a few years ago and was torn down 2023 and offered as land. That listing has expired and the land remains unsold.

(The former) 25 Close Road