Town of Washington January and February recorded real-estate sales

Located at 3853 Route 82 this restyled 4 bedroom home built in 1962 was sold for $282,000 in September 2022, renovated and relisted by June of 2023 for $649,000. Its sale was recorded in January at $609,000.

Christine Bates

Town of Washington January and February recorded real-estate sales

Recorded sales in the Town of Washington in January and February saw only one property over a million dollars exchange hands out of seven property sales with a carefully maintained and restored Mid Century Modern home on 309 Route 343 selling for $150,000 over the asking price of $2,550,000. According to the listing, the architecturally significant “Deck House” has an international cult following and only a few examples exist in the Hudson Valley.

Current listings in the Town of Washington offer little below $500,000 and a quantity of luxury homes including: 6 vacant land listings, 5 homes under $1 million, 6 under $5 million and 8 over $5 million. In the entire year of 2023 only six properties sold for over a million dollars.

January

16 Shunpike, 3 bedroom/2 bath home ready for renovation on 6.9 acres was sold for $266,000

3853 Route 82, 4 bedroom/2 bath home on 2.6 acres sold for $609,000

309 Route 343, Mid Century Modern 4 bedroom/4 bath home with 2,790 square feet on 11.4 acres sold for $2,700,000

5045 Route 82, 17.2 acres of vacant land in 2 parcels sold for $411,000

Oak Summit Road, a 1.93 acre rural residential lot sold for $82,500

February

3554 Route 82, 1 bedroom/1.5 bath home on 14.4 acres sold for $750,000

75-77 Altamont, 2 residences totaling 7,110 square feet with 7 bedrooms/5 bath purchased by the Ric and Paulina Ocasek in 2002 sold to Paulina Porizhova Ocasek for $997,376

Town of Washington real estate sales recorded as sold between January 1, 2024, and February 29, 2024, sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Tax Service Agency with property details from Dutchess Parcel Access. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Salesperson with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in CT and NY.

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