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Category: Real Estate

Published: 17 May 2012

Another strong week for home sales in Scarsdale and Edgemont – with some surprisingly affordable houses. Yes, $500,000 can buy you a home in the desirable ’Dale. See below.

7 Harcourt Road: Picture perfect classic Fox Meadow home. Meticulously cared for 5 bedroom home with wide gracious entrance, sundrenched living room with a stunning 2sided stone fireplace, Family room with beamed ceiling, built-ins and large windows and 2 stone patios Completely spacious, warm, traditional and inviting home with a playful contemporary spirit.

Sale Price: $1,425,000
Real Estate Taxes: $29,906

195-197 Fox Meadow Road: First time on the market in 70 years.Enchanting stone Colonial with great curb appeal. Highly admired property on private half acre with serene and picturesque landscape including lovely brook. Park like setting close to Butler Woods.  This 4 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath treasure offers rare privacy and the feeling of a mini-estate.

Sale Price: $1,300,000
Real Estate Taxes: $26,357

18 Stonewall Lane, Mamaroneck: 3 bedroom 2 bath split on an oversized 1.2 acre lot. Serene setting offering lots of possibilities.

Sale Price $1,070,000
Real Estate Taxes: $41,562

157 Brite Avenue: Bright, Storybook Tudor in the heart of Greenacres. Stone turret entrance, arched doorways and 2 fireplaces. Four/five bedrooms, 2 baths, powder room. den, and eat-in kitchen. Generous rooms sizes, perfect for family and entertaining. Close to elementary school.

Sale Price: $1,060,000
Real Estate Taxes: $24,683

6 Kempster: Inviting and spacious split in the Cotswold area of Edgemont set on a private .33 acre. Beautiful kitchen and family dining area, sunny family room and a large recreation room (20x30) plus five versatile bedrooms, three full baths and a powder room make this well loved home just right for family fun and gracious entertaining.

Sale Price: $875,000
Real Estate Taxes: $34,449

9 Highview Drive: Edgemont gem with skylight, modern kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Beautiful hardwood floors in living room, dining room and family room. Renovated bathrooms. Very bright with lots of windows. Enclosed backyard with deck, suitable for hospitality, Edgemont schools.

Sale Price $695,000
Real Estate Taxes: $19,680

123 Ferndale Road: Great opportunity to move into quiet cul-de-sac location one block from elementary school and commuter bus to train. House has been beautifully maintained with many upgrades, spacious rooms, and architectural details. One of the few oversized lots on the street. Wonderful town pool and tennis nearby.

Sale Price: $500,000
Real Estate Taxes: $20,352
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Featured Listing: 74 Clifton Road, Scarsdale
Move right in to this charming, updated stone and shingle home. Many updates including: refinished wood floors throughout, new roof, new gutters, new kitchen with cherry wood cabinets, granite counters and stainless steel appliances. Renovated lower level family room and bathroom. Living room has new masonry fireplace and new picture window. Peaceful and private newly landscaped yard. Learn more here:

List Price: $749,000

Featured Listing: 340 Wyndcliff Road, Scarsdale
Dramatic, totally updated Beech Hill Ranch feels like a SoHo loft. Set on .47 acre with two patios overlooking the stunning pool and three-room cabana. A regulation size tennis court completes this beautiful setting. Features include new chef's kitchen, luxury master bedroom suite and poolside den with bar. Learn more here.

List Price $888,000

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Category: Real Estate

Published: 23 May 2012

A well-loved home at 28 Oxford Road has recently been put on the market for the first time in 56 years. Built in 1937, it has six bedrooms and four baths and sits on over a half acre in the Grange. The current owner calls it the "little big house" because it is not an overwhelming house to manage even though it is 4,500 square feet and has great size rooms, numerous closets, 3 wood burning fireplaces, a great flow, beautiful architectural details and tons of space.

The home was designed by Verna Cook Shipway, an American architect and author. Shipway was born in 1890 in Spokane, Washington and attended Ecole Speciale d’Architecture in Paris and the School of Architecture at Columbia University where she met and married Edgar Salomonsky, also a student of architecture. They opened a firm together in 1920 and when he died in 1929 she continued to run the business on her own, specializing in Georgian, colonial and English style homes.

Shipway built numerous homes in Scarsdale and in 1936 she was selected to design the first “Ideal House” for House and Garden. In 1939 she designed a model home for the New York World’s Fair. Her homes featured abundant closet space, natural light, circular staircases, bay windows, large hallway and light-colored walls to make rooms appear larger. The home at 28 Oxford has all of Shipway’s signature features and more!

The home is listed for $1,950,000. To see photos and schedule a showing, click here:

Recent Sales:
60 Crane Road: Timeless meets modern in this expanded and renovated 1766 Federal farmhouse colonial. This 6,000 square foot home features a master suite with sitting room and luxe bath, 5 additional BRs, 5 full and 1 half bath and a 3 1/2 car garage. Redesigned to retain its original character yet with every modern amenity, this unique home is the perfect marriage of form, function and design; all this on a 1/2 acre

Sale Price: $2,375,000
R.E. Taxes: $43,680

30 Lockwood Road: Well-maintained center hall home with easy walk to village and train. Step down living room, family room, formal dining room, and eat-in kitchen. Second floor master bedroom with sitting area or home office, three bedrooms, and bath. Third floor has two bedrooms and a bath. Numerous updates: include slate roof, lawn sprinkler system, and furnace.

Sale Price: $1,275,000
Real Estate Taxes: $24,746

73 Walworth Avenue: Delightful center hall colonial in Greenacres on a level .26 acre. Spacious rooms throughout. Grand center hall, family room and office on first floor. Five bedrooms, three full and two half baths. Great master suite with sitting room and skylights. Huge lower level recreation room with lots of closets. Lovely covered porch off the living room. Nice flow for family living and entertaining.

Sale Price: $1,100,000
Real Estate Taxes: $24,683

78 Sheridan Road: Contemporary Colonial in Edgemont. Lovingly maintained, open layout 1989 home features a large entry foyer, living room with cathedral ceiling, Formal dining room, large eat-in kitchen with breakfast area, sliding glass doors to deck, family room with fireplace, sunroom, laundry room and powder room. Second floor: large master bedroom with 2 walk-in closets and master bath, three bedrooms, and hall bath. Level yard.

Sale Price: $999,999
Real Estate Taxes: $36,593

32 Donellan Road: Charming Greenacres colonial on a quiet street. Nine foot ceilings. Nice deck off the kitchen. Fabulous 390 square foot third floor with cathedral ceiling. Beautifully maintained. Recently painted and most floors refinished. Central air conditioning. Great location close to schools and Hartsdale's train, restaurants and shopping. Fun Donellan block parties.

Sale Price: $825,000
Real Estate Taxes: $20,438

632 Fort Hill Road: Unique cottage in Edgemont with room for expansion. Park-like setting offers privacy and serenity as it fronts on Paradise Drive. This bright unusual home offers a large living room with brick fireplace, sunken eat in modern kitchen/dining area, 3 Bedrooms, 2 full Baths and a nursery/office off the master bedroom.

Sale Price: $400,000
Real Estate Taxes: $14,100

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Featured Listing: 209 Glendale Road
Newly renovated and expanded four bedroom Colonial set on a lovely quarter acre property boasting a wonderful flow and fabulous details. Gleaming cherry floors, oversized family room opening to a Chef's kitchen plus luxurious master suite. Convenient to elementary school and commuter bus train. List Price: $1,299,000.  Learn more here:

Featured Listing: 19 Rock Hill Lane:
A private drive at the end of a lane of lovely homes leads to this truly special Center Hall Classic which provides an oasis of privacy, beautiful views, and lovely property (.826 acres backing up to Sunningdale Golf Club). Built by a local builder, the home has sun-filled, generously proportioned rooms. Large, light-filled entry foyer leads to a gracious living room, formal dining room and a great size modern cook's kitchen that adjoins the family room with a fireplace. A generous, office/library filled with windows is off the living room and the family room. Large master suite with 10-foot ceilings, a fireplace, dressing rooms, a deluxe bathroom with shower and whirpool tub. Two large bedrooms use a hall bathroom, and the 4th bedroom has a bathroom ensuite. Grand bonus room off the back stairs can be used in a variety of ways, as a library with terrific built in bookshelves, playroom, additional bedrooms, large office space or as a great upstairs family room. List Price: $2,099,000.  Learn more here:

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Written by Joanne Wallenstein

Category: Real Estate

Published: 16 May 2012

Perhaps a hundred concerned Edgewood residents showed up at Village Hall on Tuesday night May 15 to make a plea to save a beloved and historic home from demolition. Ironically, 9 Hamilton Road, the 1921 Mediterranean that sits on a third of an acre had been listed as worthy of preservation in a recent Historic Resources Survey commissioned by Scarsdale Village. Architects Li-Saltzman described the home as follows: “Although relatively small in scale, 9 Hamilton Road is a picturesque and whimsical example of Mediterranean-inspired residential design with its stuccoed façade, Spanish-tile roof, and arched loggia. The massing is especially well conceived as different masses, each clad in Spanish tile, build up to a hip-roof tower-like level.”

However, the same week the architects made their presentation at Village Hall, 9 Hamilton Road appeared on the agenda for the CHP when developers sought permission to raze it.

The Committee held over the decision on the home from the April 17 to the May 15 meeting to allow concerned residents to do some research and determine whether the home met any of the criteria for preservation.

Residents did some digging and unearthed information about the home’s original owners that ultimately saved the day. The home was originally owned by Ida Ruggiero. She immigrated here from Switzerland in 1906 and married Mr. Ruggiero in 1910. He was Scarsdale’s first policeman and was gravely injured on the job in 1918. When he retired in 1920 and he his wife bought the land and built the house in 1921. Once retired from the police force, Ruggiero opened an auto shop on Post Road where he repaired, sold and leased cars with chauffeurs.

Tom Giordano from Montgomery Road added that the house had “special character” and “aesthetic value” and urged the Committee to prevent the demolition of the home which was one of only four in Edgewood on the preservationist’s survey.

Bill Giddins of 14 Hamilton Road said that the home is “a beacon of joy to all who live here,” and said that “its’ demolition would damage the interest of neighboring landowners.” He noted that the sale price, listed at $999,087, was well below market rates.

John Hagerty, a 26-year resident of Rodney Road drew applause when he called 9 Hamilton Road “a gateway home for our community” saying, “it would be a crime to tear it down.”

Another Hamilton Road man urged the committee not to move forward with allowing the home to be demolished before the Village Board could formulate a new policy on preserving homes listed in the Historic Resources Survey.

Kristen Lewis of 24 Barry Road called the home a beautiful example of Mediterranean revivals with elements of eclectic style. Saying, “Scarsdale is known for homes built in the 1920’s,” she added, “it doesn’t make sense to tear down a good example of why we all moved here. There are many opportunities to move into a new house. This is a rare house getting more rare every year.” She urged the committee to “think about what we value.”

Committee Chair Robert Scheibe reviewed the criteria the committee considers to preserve the house:

• Is it of substantial historical importance?
• Is it more than 100 years old?
• Did a person of historic importance live there?
• Did it represent the work of a well know architect or designer?
• Is it an example of a significant style?
• Is it listed on the national, state or county register for preservation?

He noted that yes, a person of importance had lived there and it was perhaps an example of a significant style. He told the group that 4 out of the 7 committee members would need to vote yes to save the house.

A discussion ensued among the committee about whether or not the home had been renovated or modified. Jill Serling, a Committee Member said they she did not buy the argument that since it was one of only four homes in Edgewood it should be saved, saying, “I can’t buy into the Edgewood vs. the rest of Scarsdale argument.”

Ultimately Chair Scheibe asked for a motion to vote. Three hands went up to make the motion and there was a moment of silence and suspense before he called for the vote. Scheibe then asked for a show of hands to vote for the motion. Five hands went up in favor of preventing demolition and immediately there were loud cheers from the audience.

It was a historic moment for the committee, which in recent years has failed to save homes at 1 Duck Pond Road, the Marx Estate and more recently at 3 Sherbrooke Road. The newly formed Committee for Historic Preservation appears to be more sympathetic to appeals to save Scarsdale’s oldest homes. Perhaps this will send a signal to the Village Board when they consider how to adapt the Village Code in response to the Historic Resources Survey.