Silo Ridge sees $13M sale after spring lull

Silo Ridge sees $13M sale after spring lull

The renovated home at 208 Old Route 22 with 3 bedrooms and 1.5 baths in the hamlet of Wassaic sold for $341,000 in June to William H. Bontecou.

Photo by Christine Bates

AMENIA — The titles to five properties were exchanged in Amenia in the month of June.

After a pause this spring in transfers at Silo Ridge, a 5,800 square foot home was sold for $13 million.

The $1,625,000 purchase of 40 acres of productive agricultural land on Depot Hill Road — at $40,625 an acre — was the other multi-million dollar sale.

The three single family sales were more representative of the Amenia market where the rolling 12-month median sale stood at $320,000 in June.

Depot Hill Road (#515033) — 40 acres of productive agricultural land sold for $1,625,000.

14 Sparrow View Drive, Silo Ridge Field Club — 6 bedroom/6 full bath/2 half 5,817 square foot home built in 2022 on .83 acres with 3 fireplaces and a pool sold for $13 million.

24 Under Mount Drive — 3 bedroom/2 bath home on .32 acres remodeled in 2005 sold for $285,000.

208 Old Route 22 — 3 bedroom/1.5 bath home on .29 acres sold for $341,000.

35 Prospect Ave. — 4 bedroom/2 bath home on .75 acres sold for $439,000.

* Town of Amenia property transfers in June are sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Office monthly reports. Details on parcels from Dutchess Parcel Access. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Advisor with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in Connecticut and New York.

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