Welcome to NIMBY Court
Don’t like what your neighbor is proposing for their property? Buy it. That is what just went down on Rumsey Lane. Sue Ann Simonin received City approvals to tear down a 1940’s ranch at 25-27 Rumsey (entry image) in anticipation of constructing her dream home last year. Her plans for the new residence ran into a buzzsaw of neighborhood opposition but finally received the necessary approvals to build in April. On Thursday she sold the site to an adjoining property owner. Price? A whopping $650,000.
Simonin purchased the property in June 2007, paying $237,500 for the 1,465 sq.ft. Rufus Meadows-designed home built in 1948. Her plans for a new, larger residence drew neighborhood angst who claimed the design was incompatible in height, scale, massing and materials of nearby homes. The existing house was demolished.
Thursday, Think Solutions, Inc., an entity owned by Robert B. Skerker, purchased the 70’ x 94’ property assessed at $150,000. Skerker, Chairman and CEO of Robinson Home Products, lives next door.
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EricOak
There is a new house going up on Rumsey Lane--is that part of this lot? I'd love to see all the houses on Rumsey Lane go to House Heaven--they're sad. One of the most dramatic mansions in Buffalo sat on this site.
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pegger
I had heard that it was being torn down to make room for a tennis court and/or pool for an adjacent property at a sale price of $124,000 a few years back. Later, I saw it on the MLS fro more. Now it is a seemingly outrage My question then was: How did this ordinary typical ranch style house get built in that neighborhood in the first place? Why the steep price? Location, location, location. The land is worth it to the buyer, That simple.
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vgs
And folks here often wonder who in poor Buffalo can even afford a 300K condo, now we have people paying $650K for a lot
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gaustad
this guy is out of his mind paying that kind of change for a lot.
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MichaelB
I would like to see what was being proposed by Simonin and her architect for the new house/home. Why would the neighbor have such opposition?
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