Another sale on Echo Lane, but one that might give other buyers on the street pause for thought.
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18 Echo Lane, the owners of which, like No. 7 Echo were represented by Steve Archino, has also sold, but at a much lower price: $1.950 million. Give Steve credit, he’s no Berkshire Hathaway agent hiding hidden water problems, and in fact was quite open about this one’s difficulties. Then again, they were hardly hidden, were they?
Remarks: Offered in as-is condition due to storm Ida damage, this 1958 colonial home presents a unique opportunity for the savvy buyer.
Not every house, surely, but some on Echo Lane have experienced difficulty with invading waters recently. Just two weeks ago, for instance, an application for a subdivision on neighboring Ridgeview Avenue was rejected by our P&Z because of concerns about flooding in the Ridgeview/Echo Lane neighborhood.
A Mr. Tim Busler [21 Echo Lane] said the subdivision would worsen the existing bottleneck of water at the bottom of the hill.
He noted there were already plans in the works to rebuild the North Street bridge because of increased drainage coming downhill.
“When this neighborhood was flooded, it was because of the drainage coming down Ridgeview,” Busler recalled. “And the grade on this property is severe…This is steeper than the grade of Ridgeview itself. It is coming right down there to create flooding which is what damaged many homes on Ridgebrook and Echo Lane, which are just 200 yards away and 50 feet beneath Mr. Staffieri’s house.”
