Quick sale: Newfields accepts offer for Westerley estate
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May 18, 2021
After just a few days on the market, the Newfields-owned Westerley house and gardens in the Golden Hill neighborhood has a likely buyer.
The museum accepted an offer for the home at 3744 Spring Hollow Road that was above the $2.2 million asking price earlier this week. The property was listed Friday.
Pegg Kennedy, a broker with F.C. Tucker who has the listing, declined to disclose the offer price or the name of the would-be buyer, citing confidentiality reasons. Similar homes in Washington Township have sold recently for nearly $4 million, she told IBJ earlier this week.
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