A Tudor-style home in Hamden’s Spring Glen section is on the market for the first time in more than 50 years. The sprawling, 4,559-square-foot, single-family home at 1085 Ridge Road has been listed for $1.2 million, according to listing agent Georgia Newcomb, of Houlihan Lawrence Realty. Built in 1932, the home’s stone exterior is surrounded […]
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A Tudor-style home in Hamden’s Spring Glen section is on the market for the first time in more than 50 years.
The sprawling, 4,559-square-foot, single-family home at 1085 Ridge Road has been listed for $1.2 million, according to listing agent Georgia Newcomb, of Houlihan Lawrence Realty.
Built in 1932, the home’s stone exterior is surrounded by mature shade trees and a circular driveway, with large terraces in the front and back.
Situated on 0.96 acres, the home features an open, first-floor layout with hardwood floors, large spaces for entertaining, and includes a formal living room, dining room and bar. There is also a den filled with built-in bookshelves and a fireplace, breakfast room and pantry/office area.
The large kitchen with a subzero refrigerator, extra sinks and Thermador gas range would appeal to both the home cook and professional chef, Newcomb noted.
A wrought-iron staircase leads to the home’s second floor, which features five bedrooms and 4.5 baths. There is a large primary suite, tons of storage and bedrooms with en suite bathrooms and rooms near the back staircase that could lend themselves to becoming a private suite or au pair area.
A walk-up attic, as well as the large basement, offers more storage. Other features include a newer commercial-grade furnace, security system and irrigation system.
“The home has really good karma,” Newcomb said. “The open layout has an incredibly good flow, which leads to the backyard and its lovely landscaping. The home is vintage with modern amenities. It’s in good working order and will need someone with fresh eyes to make it their own.”
Newcomb said the home, on the market for more than three months, has been held by its owners for more than five decades, but the couple is looking to downsize.
“Interest has been slow but steady, and those who have seen the home say it’s a very gracious home, one with lots of character,” Newcomb said. “You can’t even build a house like this anymore.”
Newcomb said the home is also located in a “great walking neighborhood,” and is under 10 minutes to Yale and downtown New Haven, with convenient access to nearby highways.
Newcomb, when researching land records for the listing, said the home was initially built for the niece of the president and founder of the former A.C. Gilbert Toy Co., which was founded in 1909 in Westville. It was one of the largest toy companies in the world, known for creating the Erector construction set.
The company later purchased the American Flyer, a manufacturer of toy trains.
According to the Hamden assessor’s office, the most recent appraisal had the Ridge Road home valued at $792,400, with its owners listed as Robert and Dorothy Adnopoz, who have owned and lived in the home since 1970.
Robert Adnopoz is no stranger to real estate himself. With more than 30 years of experience in the field, he has helped large institutions, from Yale University and the University of New Haven to law firm Wiggin and Dana and the Hershey Co., with their real estate growth and expansion goals.
A broker with Colliers International, Adnopoz has focused his career on the sales and leasing of commercial and industrial properties in Hartford, New Haven and Fairfield counties.
