Stanford real estate holds momentum in late fall

Built in 1942 this 1,400 square foot cottage at 429 Hunns Lake Road sold for $270,000 in 2021 and was sold again with a new roof for $345,000 in November.
Photo by Christine Bates
Built in 1942 this 1,400 square foot cottage at 429 Hunns Lake Road sold for $270,000 in 2021 and was sold again with a new roof for $345,000 in November.
STANFORD — Thirteen real estate transfers were recorded in Stanford in October and November continuing Stanford’s recent history as an active market. Only three homes sold for over a million and seven under $500,000. Three of these houses were Covid purchases in 2020 and 2021 which were resold substantially over their purchase price — as indicated below.
There are 14 single family homes on the market now and price reductions are occurring with the prices of half of the homes listed reduced by $500,000 to $20,000.
83 Fancor Road — 3 bedroom/2 bath ranch sold for $360,000.
73 Woods Drive — 3 bedroom/1.5 bath townhouse sold for $360,000.
35 Tick Tock Way — 2 bedroom/1 bath ranch sold for $325,000.
59 Mills Lane — 3 bedroom/1 bath house built in 1850 sold for $515,000, 47% over its purchase price of $350,000 in June of 2021.
132 Hunns Lake Road — 2 bedroom/2 bath home sold for $435,000, 98% more than its purchase price of $220,000 in October of 2020.
196 Ohland Road — 3 bedroom/2 bath modern home on 4 acres sold for $1.1 million.
86-88 Wendover Road — 2 bedroom/1 bath home built in 1810 on 10.2 acres sold for $325,000.
6322 Route 82 — 6 bedroom/2.5 bath house on 153 acres sold to the Winnakee Land Trust Inc. for $1,675,000.
213 Willow Brook Road — 3 bedroom/3 bath house sold for $290,000.
1235 Anson Road — 2 bedroom/2 bath house sold for $540,000.
429 Hunns Lake Road — 2 bedroom/2 bath house sold for $345,000, 27% more than its purchase price of $270,000 in June 2021.
701 Bangall Amenia Road — 3 bedroom/ 4.5 bath house on 8.9 acres sold for $3,125,000.
Bulls Head Road (#273650) — 11.28 acres of vacant land sold for $250,000.
* Town of Stanford real estate sales recorded between Oct. 1, 2024, and Nov. 30, 2024, sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Tax Service Agency. Information on active listings taken from First Key MLS which may understate available properties. Parcel details may be accessed on Dutchess Parcel Access. 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.
Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office Harlem Valley area activity reportSept. 18 to Sept. 30.
Sept. 23 — Deputies responded to 1542 State Route 292 in the Town of Pawling for the report of a suspicious vehicle at that location. Investigation resulted in the arrest of Sebastian Quiroga, age 26, for aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree. Quiroga to appear in the Town of Pawling court at a later date.
Sept. 30 — Deputies responded to Woodside Street in the Town of Pine Plains for a past-occurred verbal domestic dispute between a stepfather and stepson.Matter resolved without further police intervention.
PLEASE NOTE:All subjects arrested and charged are alleged to have committed the crime and are presumed innocent until proven guilty and are to appear in local courts later.
If you have any information relative to the aforementioned criminal cases, or any other suspected criminal activity please contact the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office tip line at 845-605-CLUE (2583) or Emaildcsotips@gmail.com.All information will be kept confidential.
Hunt club members and friends gathered near Pugsley Hill at the historic Wethersfield Estate and Gardens in Amenia for the opening meet of the 2025-2026 Millbrook Hunt Club season on Saturday, Oct. 4. Foxhunters took off from Wethersfield’s hilltop gardens just after 8 a.m. for a hunting jaunt around Amenia’s countryside.
Joining in the fun at the dedication of the new pollinator pathway garden at The Millbrook Library on Saturday, Oct. 4, local expert gardener Maryanne Snow Pitts provides information about a planting to Lorraine Mirabella of Poughkeepsie.
MILLBROOK — Participating in a patchwork of libraries that have planted pollinator pathway gardens to attract insects and birds to their native plantings was one of the accomplishments being celebrated at the dedication of a new pollinator garden at the Millbrook Library on Saturday, Oct. 4.
“A lot of work went into it,” said Emma Sweeney, past President of the Millbrook Garden Club, who started the local library’s initiative two years ago.
The Pollinator Pathway program is a national effort to plant native plants that native insects depend upon for sustenance and preferred plants for their own seasonal reproduction.
Jana Hogan of Ridgefield, Connecticut, Executive Director of the Pollinator Pathway program, was on hand to present a plaque to the library for its successful participation.
“A garden is not just a garden,” said garden designer Andy Durbridge of Wassaic, designer of the library’s garden. “It may serve as a model for other gardens along the line.”
Speaking to the 50 visitors at the dedication, Durbridge said that the library’s garden has a mission, that it is a working garden, planned to serve insects and birds over their seasons. The earliest plants support pollinators, while the full range of plants continues to serve the needs of those they attract, offering habitat, shelter and food.
A pollinator garden is akin to a prairie, rather than a formalized European garden, Durbridge noted.
The garden project was supported by the library’s Friends group using funds raised during the Holiday Silent Auction and ongoing book sale. A grant from the Millbrook Garden Club also provided support.
Amenia Town Hall on Route 22.
AMENIA — After gathering comments from the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals, as it considers adding alternate members to those boards, the Town Board discussed possible changes to local laws governing those boards at its meeting on Friday, Oct. 3. The meeting date, usually on a Thursday, had been changed to accommodate a holiday.
In recent weeks Town Board attorney Ian Lindars has been compiling comments from the affected boards along with comments from the Town Board. The new laws may bring the appointment of two alternate members to each board. Alternate members are likely to be required to attend all meetings and be prepared to be seated if needed and be familiar with the applications being discussed. They would also need to take training required of all board members.
Lindars will prepare a draft of the new local laws to be reviewed by the Town Board and the affected boards.
As the Town Board begins work on the town’s annual budget negotiation process and anticipating an increase in some budget lines to accommodate major projects, the board unanimously approved three resolutions. The first will override the tax levy limit imposed on municipalities by the state of New York, a limit generally tied to the rate of inflation.
A public hearing on the proposal to override the levy limit was set for Thursday, November 6, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall.