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Half of Amenia December real estate sales over $4M

Half of Amenia December real estate sales over $4M

Previously an auto showroom and a lumberyard, 3387 Route 343 in Amenia is a commercial property with 7,000 square feet including offices, an open-plan repair area and a large parking lot. It sold quickly for $695,000.

Photo by Christine Bates

AMENIA — In December four of the eight properties transferred were in Silo Ridge and all were priced over four million dollars. Only one single family home outside of Silo Ridge was sold along with two pieces of land and the Mobil Gas station in Wassaic.

At the end of January according to One Key MLS, Amenia had a substantial inventory of real estate listings. Seven parcels of land are on the market including two small building lots for less than $100,000 and two large land parcels for over two million dollars.

Six apartments are available for lease from $1,850 to $2,850. Four estates have been on the market for an average of 165.5 days with one publicly offered at Silo Ridge for $11.5 million. At the affordable end of the market eleven homes are listed for sale under $500,000.

Silo Ridge sales

18 Snowy Owl Court — 3 bedroom/3.5 bath single story home on .3 acres sold for $4.8 million to Silo Ridge VG4LLC.

303 Pheasant Run — 4 bedroom/4.5 bath town house sold for $4.75 million to Black Dog Estates LLC.

44 Roundabout Way — 3 bedroom/3.5 bath town house sold for $4 million to Blue Trails LLC.

28 Roundabout Way — 4 bedroom/4.5 bathroom townhouse sold for $4.875 million to Blake Baida.

Town of Amenia sales

28 Oak Hill Road — 4 bedroom/3.5 bath home on 11.6 acres sold for $920,000 to Oak Hill Road LLC.

40 Willow Lane — 3.73 acres of vacant land sold for $55,000 to William J. Camilo Jr.

8 Yellow City Road — 3.31 acre rural vacant land sold for $200,000 to Patrick Brown.

3383-3387 Route 343 — 4,550 square foot commercial building on 1.1 acres sold for $695,000 to 3387 Route 343 LLC.

*Town of Amenia real estate sales recorded between Dec. 1, 2024, and Dec. 31, 2024, sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Tax Service Agency. Information on active listings taken from First Key MLS which may be incomplete. Only transfers with consideration are included. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Advisor with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in Connecticut and New York.

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