JACKSON HEIGHTS — Another garden home in the historic district sold at a near record-breaking price this winter.
The four-bedroom, three-bath semi-attached home at 34-17 84th St. sold for $1.275 million in February — two years after it went on the market for around $800,000 less, according to Jeff Putterman from Beaudoin Realty Group and city records.
The home had previously been vacant for nearly 20 years, which is rare in the neighborhood.
The owner, who lived in an apartment nearby, sold it in 2014 to a limited liability company for $425,000, records show.
A month later, it was sold again for $725,000.
New owners renovated it down to the studs, restoring some of the original woodwork that had been tossed during a gut renovation. They upgraded the kitchen, electrical and plumbing, Putterman said.
"It was renovated with high end materials," he said. "It was not renovated to flip, it renovated to be lived in for the next 20 or 30 years."
But due to a family emergency, the owners were forced to sell it this winter, Putterman said.
The house was on the market for only a few weeks before it sold at its listing price.
While another garden home sold for more last year, Putterman noted that it was larger than this home.
And as the cost of homes and apartments in Jackson Heights continues to increase, he suspects it'll just push more owners to sell.
"What I think it will do is it will bring more houses to the market when people realize how valuable they are," he said.
"People who've been waiting will take a shot."
