Selden Scene

In fact, never before seen, at least in the past 16 years, a “pending sale” has been reported for 25 Seldon Lane, currently priced at $3.495 million. There may be an older listing on our GMLS, but this one has held a coveted spot on the unwanted list for three decades, and that’s impressive.

Even more impressive is Steve Archino’s ability to hold on to this listing for eleven years, beginning in 2013 — Steve’s a great guy, and an excellent agent, but his ability to inspire such loyalty in a client is astonishing (it’s not true that he’s been holding the owners’ beloved Labrador hostage all these years, despite what competitors like Gideon may whisper).

Shelly Tretter began this voyage of price discovery in 2008, when she put a price of $7.750 million on the house, and even though that delusional aspirational number was dropped to $4.195 in 2009, no buyer appeared, and Shelly disappeared.

After retreating from the market to lick their wounds, the owners eventually regained their courage and brought in Steve in 2013 — he set the price at $3.995 million, and the long trudge to happy destiny began anew.

The house actually dropped as low as $1.899 million in 2019, but fortunately for the owners, and Steve’s commission, no one bit, with the eventual happy result we see today.

Congratulations, even though it’s sad to think we won’t have 25 Seldon Lane to kick around anymore. Next ….