Technically, in real estate, any positive attribute that rates above a necessity can be considered an amenity.
Here are five listed homes whose amenities, ranging from the special to the one-of-a-kind, clear a higher bar.
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360 Fountain Street #5, New Haven
2 bd | 2 ba | 1,518 sq ft | $189,900
Listed by Mark Mnich (Coldwell Banker)
This Westville condo needs more than “a little TLC,” in my opinion. But, in this market, the price is right for a piece of a converted Tudor-style mansion, with a fireplace and private deck plus a shared pool and tennis/pickleball court.
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455 East Street, Middletown
5 bd | 3 ba | 3,010 sq ft | 2.87 ac | $910,000
Listed by Sacha Armstrong-Crockett (William Pitt/Sotheby’s)
Is history an amenity? How about posterity? This pastoral home dating to 1786, which was apparently the set of a Christmas movie (whose title will surely be disclosed to the buyer), offers six fireplaces, copper gutters, a workshop/artist studio, a family room that used to be a tavern, a “cottage core” kitchen, a garden-wrapped fire pit, a “wild flower field” and a saltwater pool and hot tub.
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173 Highwoods Drive, Guilford
5 bd | 9 ba (5 full) | 5,414 sq ft | 3.93 ac | $2,395,000
Listed by Kiara Rusconi (William Raveis)
Again we think about the value of history and posterity, this time turned up a notch. Dating to 1660, this total charmer was originally built in East Hartford, where it reportedly welcomed George Washington as a guest, before being “dismantled and re-erected” in Guilford in 1955. “Unquestionably one of the finest restorations in all of New England,” it offers an incredible storybook solarium, eight fireplaces, a “four-level dumbwaiter,” a heated barn (with a “full legal apartment”), a covered bridge, “magical gardens” served by an irrigation system, a saltwater pool with pool house and a tennis court.
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336 Greens Farms Road, Westport
5 bd | 5.5 ba | 7,444 sq ft | 1.99 ac | $5,500,000
Listed by Andrew Whitely (William Raveis)
This stately property emits Connecticut class—and reportedly admits sunlight through a whopping 130 windows. It boasts a gorgeous wine cellar, turreted bedroom, guest house, fitness room, tennis court, pool, hot tub, poolside pavilion, “large patio and fireplace with pergola for dining” and extra privacy and beauty from a shared border with a 40-acre nature preserve.
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215 Uncas Point Road, Guilford
10 bd | 8.5 ba | 10,059 sq ft | 13.03 ac | $35,000,000
Listed by Joe Piscitelli (Coldwell Banker)
This 13-acre three-property bundle occupying the better part of a peninsula is tied for the priciest listing in the area right now. It offers 1,900 feet of waterfront, three docks, marina views in one direction, Thimble Island views in the other, a go-kart racing track, a poolside bar befitting a resort, a roof deck, a vineyard, an orchard, gardens, art installations (including an homage to Stonehenge), coastal rock formations and a pond with arched bridges inside a stone fort.
Can there be too many amenities? That last listing, especially, says, “Nope.”
Written by Dan Mims.
