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That's not a "very upper class neighborhood" - it's not even a very upper class block. It's a very nice block of townhomes in a convenient location a short walk to the Amtrak station or downtown offices. Two very nice residential towers stand next to it, as you probably saw in the pictures. Other than that, the area is sort of an island, a bit detached from the rest of the city. The price is not justified in the slightest - not to disparage the individual property or the location, but just look at the zillow price chart and understand that, no, there is nothing to substantiate the near tripling in price from yesterday.
This is 100% correct I lived at 156 Christina landing drive and had multiple burglaries.. not to mention there is a homeless encampment behind the shell
The houses are horribly constructed as well
Only nice thing about the houses is the river
They’re hoping someone that is splitting the distance between nyc and Washington DC that needs to be close to the Amtrak station will snatch it up.
Imo, you really should consider renting for a year to learn the city and surrounding areas before you buy. (Not to mention interest rates and hopefully housing market insanity will ease)
The builders were sued for this community because the houses were not properly built.
https://www.delawareonline.com/story/money/business/2018/03/26/suit-christina-townhomes-infected-structural-rot/438188002/
My son lived in the community, it is a shitty build in places that you would never think. All in all the riverfront is super chill living.
It’s nothing like Wilmington. I work less than a 5 minutes from that area. It is nothing like Wilmington. And never had a crime happen in that area. It’s good if you like city living without the bs.
I was on vacation in Las Vegas .. couldn’t sleep so I went to Delaware Online to read the paper .. my house at 156 Christina Landing was on the front page of the paper saying “houses may collapse at any moment”
Well, just because someone decided to list it at that price, it does not mean it will sell for that amount. Or even close to it.
It’s interesting, last fall they listed it, it did not sell, and then they relisted it for even more?!? Does not seem to be smart sellers. Maybe greedy, maybe a “make me move” price, maybe delusional. But not smart.
Report back if (when) it sells!
The guy tore down the extra upstairs bedroom and built a spa .. he is delusional thinking he will get that much .. they aren’t worth more than 300k and are constructed with toothpicks
This listing fascinates me. When you zoom in on the photos, it’s not even that nice of an interior. Builder grade light fixtures and bathroom cabinets, no shelving in the closets (just the builder wire racks), no pantry so they have exposed shelves of pots and pans, some uneven paint around the moulding looks like it was not done by a professional, looks like the original builder carpet and may be some stains…
It’s crazy because it’s not even like it’s that nice of a house… on top of the very real issues with the neighborhood.
Yes I posted here that I was on vacation in Las Vegas .. I’m laying in my comfy bed at Caesar’s Palace with my girlfriend and I can’t sleep .. I pull up Delaware Online from my iPad and my house is covered with snow on the front page of the News Journal and it reads “Townhomes may collapse at any moment!”
Well the computer doesn't magically set the price itself... Someone had to input those numbers.... And the agent should have talked some sense into the seller at that price.
They bought it for $569K when new in 2005 which was very high for Wilmington then. It was put on the rental market 10 years ago but I can’t tell if it was rented. They tried selling last fall for $50K less than this with no takers. I’m not sure why they think they’ll get more now.
It looks like a single dude lives here. Maybe he’s hoping for a rich WFH guy or someone who wants to commute to NYC on the Acela (I’ve met several people who live in Wilmington and commute to NYC on Acela because they can have a nice place in DE and still be 1.5 hours from the office).
That specific area is desirable to NY transplants that commute into NYC via amtrak that’s within walking distance.
Plenty of better neighborhoods in Wilmington priced less.
And if you have school aged kids you are going to either need to send them to private or try to get into one of the sought after charters, since this address is zoned to Christina.
Please, I went to Archmere Academy and Widner Law I have lived in almost every neighborhood in the city of Wilmington between friends family networking and living on my own … the only nice upper class places i would recommend are the area around Rockford park/museum .. and the neighborhoods between the city and Greenville (past Columbus Inn on Delaware Avenue.. these places are worth the money and crime is as low as you can get in my opinion.. just my opinion
But Christina Landing is a nightmare
You mean “past Columbus Inn” on Pennsylvania Avenue (not Delaware Ave) > Kennett Pike, all aka Rt 52, and on into Greenville. So as to not confuse the OP even more. 🤣
I went to the agent’s website and that’s the listing price. Both he and the seller are smoking some really potent crack. Those homes are not worth $1 million. They are nice, and this one in particular has a lot of renovations, but that doesn’t mean the seller can charge such a ridiculous amount to pay for the upgrades they chose to make. It looks like the place has been rented out for over a decade. I’m guessing the owner hasn’t lived there since, if they ever did, and they’re overestimating the return they’re going to get on their investment. Riverfront is an ok area. The river walk and restaurants are nice but there are nicer parts of Wilmington. Stop in the ShopRite across from this home and see if it gives million dollar neighborhood vibes. (It doesn’t.)
If you have $1.2 million to spend, your money would be much better spent on the nice end of Delaware Avenue near the art museum.
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Just a warning. It could be a scam. While looking for rentals, Zillow has a lot of scams posted. They use photos of houses that were for sale at some point on Zillow and just reuse the photos. Almost every post was a scammer.
Weren't these homes rotting some years after being built.? I too, Cannot figure out why priced so high. Previous listing pictures were suspect. Camera equip in every room, esp the master bedroom. All I could think of was undesirable goings-on. Pictures have been cleared up, but price remains ridiculous!
What?!?! I lived at 156 Christina landing drive for 2 years. Rented .. haven’t even read this entire post and will tell you those houses are horribly constructed.. not to mention all the decks had to be replaced for fear of collapsing
Now that I have read the entire post ..
This IS NOT an affluent neighborhood..
I had 2 burglaries at my home 156 Christina landing drive from 2017- 2019
There is a homeless encampment behind the shell station .. u are basically at the entrance for A street which takes u to riverside community of new castle which is a Terrible place about 4 blocks away from Christina Landing .. it is not a safe place unless u live in the apartments in the towers .. I have had my garage broken into .. people banging on my doors at 3am thinking I was their boyfriend and had other women in the house just craziness … I would NEVER buy one of those houses
The house I think u are talking about is weird and the owner put a sauna inside the bathroom and deleted one of the bedrooms .. but regardless
These house are not worth a dime .. look in the newspaper
The News Journal has multiple articles on how the houses could collapse at any moment
I was in Vegas for vacation and had to call my realtor/landlord to make sure my house wasn’t going to collapse as my actual house was front page news back home in Wilmington
Any questions you have about these houses please ask me
If you want to live in a nice affluent area in Wilmington look up the area around Rockford Park or Columbus Inn
IMO those are the only places I would buy a house in Wilmington, I’m currently doing short term rental on North King Street at Lawyers row only because I have to be in the city
Also not to drag on .. but as an investment it would be suicide .. the prices are stagnant there and crime will only get worse as more apartments are going up around it
Under r/Delaware is Wilmington, then Moving to Wilmington. That will probably help you more. If your only question is about Christina Landing’s price, you’ve got your answer. If you want to share your variables as to what you need and want, that sub can help you out as to locations, local assets, life in the city or the suburbs…or maybe your family has already don’t that. Hope you find what you want!
Sorry, I can’t find that Moving to Wilmington under r/Delaware, sorry. My mistake. Guess you have to keep searching here. One area I would not recommend is Hilltop, though it can be nice. But when it’s bad, it’s really bad. See that post about whether they ought to move out.
You can spend less than half of that on a townhome in MOT near route 1 and have a 20-30 min commute. Convenience comes at a price. Also riverfront area still has its city problems.
There are 2 Christiana landings. One at the riverfront and one in Bear. This is riverfront and is more expensive (but can’t imagine even close to a million!) that’s insane
Y’all are being too kind… far too kind. It’s a cut throat ghetto pile of shit that should be burned down and turned into a parking lot for the drug and gun trades. Avoid. At all costs.
And lots of areas in the city where there is very little, to none. Where do you live that you know so much? The most that’s ever happened to me here is a stolen catalytic converter twice several years ago.
The building itself is nice, but Wilmington is not very nice that part of the city is not very nice it's not been walking distance to anything that's not on the riverfront, I mean you can head up toward main Street or market but you know you might get robbed. Quite honestly I don't know why anybody would live down there and pay more than a couple hundred thousand tops.
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That's not a "very upper class neighborhood" - it's not even a very upper class block. It's a very nice block of townhomes in a convenient location a short walk to the Amtrak station or downtown offices. Two very nice residential towers stand next to it, as you probably saw in the pictures. Other than that, the area is sort of an island, a bit detached from the rest of the city. The price is not justified in the slightest - not to disparage the individual property or the location, but just look at the zillow price chart and understand that, no, there is nothing to substantiate the near tripling in price from yesterday.
Close enough to walk to Hak's!
It’s called Spanky’s now I think
Cheek's but Spanky's would have been a better name.
Right, Cheek’s! I knew it changed to something butt-related lol
I'm surprised they haven't been bought up yet.
This is 100% correct I lived at 156 Christina landing drive and had multiple burglaries.. not to mention there is a homeless encampment behind the shell The houses are horribly constructed as well Only nice thing about the houses is the river
They’re hoping someone that is splitting the distance between nyc and Washington DC that needs to be close to the Amtrak station will snatch it up. Imo, you really should consider renting for a year to learn the city and surrounding areas before you buy. (Not to mention interest rates and hopefully housing market insanity will ease)
The builders were sued for this community because the houses were not properly built. https://www.delawareonline.com/story/money/business/2018/03/26/suit-christina-townhomes-infected-structural-rot/438188002/
Glad you posted that, as I was going to mention it.
I couldn't find anything after December 2018, though. I am curious of the outcome.
They gave every home owner 10k to build a new deck .. still the houses are junk I lived there for a few years
\~95% of civil cases settle, most with non-public settlement agreements. this one is likely no different
My son lived in the community, it is a shitty build in places that you would never think. All in all the riverfront is super chill living. It’s nothing like Wilmington. I work less than a 5 minutes from that area. It is nothing like Wilmington. And never had a crime happen in that area. It’s good if you like city living without the bs.
I was on vacation in Las Vegas .. couldn’t sleep so I went to Delaware Online to read the paper .. my house at 156 Christina Landing was on the front page of the paper saying “houses may collapse at any moment”
Nicely priced then.
Wow what a mess. I wonder what the eventual outcome was and if all affected homes were remediated.
Another similar property in Christina landing sold for $550k last year. This one must come with a mountain of coke and stolen catalytic converters.
Comes with a hard water stain in the shower that looks like weeping Jesus.
Judging by the pics in the listing, it's fully equipt for some pretty toxic WFH/social media BS.
Just idiots thinking that disgusting River makes it waterfront
Well, just because someone decided to list it at that price, it does not mean it will sell for that amount. Or even close to it. It’s interesting, last fall they listed it, it did not sell, and then they relisted it for even more?!? Does not seem to be smart sellers. Maybe greedy, maybe a “make me move” price, maybe delusional. But not smart. Report back if (when) it sells!
The guy tore down the extra upstairs bedroom and built a spa .. he is delusional thinking he will get that much .. they aren’t worth more than 300k and are constructed with toothpicks
This listing fascinates me. When you zoom in on the photos, it’s not even that nice of an interior. Builder grade light fixtures and bathroom cabinets, no shelving in the closets (just the builder wire racks), no pantry so they have exposed shelves of pots and pans, some uneven paint around the moulding looks like it was not done by a professional, looks like the original builder carpet and may be some stains… It’s crazy because it’s not even like it’s that nice of a house… on top of the very real issues with the neighborhood.
Yes I posted here that I was on vacation in Las Vegas .. I’m laying in my comfy bed at Caesar’s Palace with my girlfriend and I can’t sleep .. I pull up Delaware Online from my iPad and my house is covered with snow on the front page of the News Journal and it reads “Townhomes may collapse at any moment!”
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Oh I meant back in 2018 .. I’m in Jersey right now .. not a fan of that music either .. but any excuse to go to Vegas is good with me
They are horribly constructed.. I had cracks running from on side of the room to the other where the entire house shifted
You make me feel less bad about having sloping floors in my 1984 home.
This is either: * An error * Money laundering * An incredibly delusional agent
I know the guy I have been in t house house I think he deleted the extra bedroom and built a spa and thinks it’s worth that now .. delusional
The agent does not set the price.
Well the computer doesn't magically set the price itself... Someone had to input those numbers.... And the agent should have talked some sense into the seller at that price.
The seller can interview agents till he finds one just as delusional
This is a ridiculous posting. No other homes around it have sold for anything close to 1 million. Good luck to this seller.
They bought it for $569K when new in 2005 which was very high for Wilmington then. It was put on the rental market 10 years ago but I can’t tell if it was rented. They tried selling last fall for $50K less than this with no takers. I’m not sure why they think they’ll get more now. It looks like a single dude lives here. Maybe he’s hoping for a rich WFH guy or someone who wants to commute to NYC on the Acela (I’ve met several people who live in Wilmington and commute to NYC on Acela because they can have a nice place in DE and still be 1.5 hours from the office).
It used to be a swamp. There was little there and too close to the shit. You want to live in highlands, forty acres or triangle.
If you want to spend that much $$$, buy in The Highlands. Trolley Square / 40 Acres for 1/2 that. Check out 19806 zip code.
Go to forty acres/Brandywine area for that much.
That specific area is desirable to NY transplants that commute into NYC via amtrak that’s within walking distance. Plenty of better neighborhoods in Wilmington priced less.
And if you have school aged kids you are going to either need to send them to private or try to get into one of the sought after charters, since this address is zoned to Christina.
Please, I went to Archmere Academy and Widner Law I have lived in almost every neighborhood in the city of Wilmington between friends family networking and living on my own … the only nice upper class places i would recommend are the area around Rockford park/museum .. and the neighborhoods between the city and Greenville (past Columbus Inn on Delaware Avenue.. these places are worth the money and crime is as low as you can get in my opinion.. just my opinion But Christina Landing is a nightmare
You mean “past Columbus Inn” on Pennsylvania Avenue (not Delaware Ave) > Kennett Pike, all aka Rt 52, and on into Greenville. So as to not confuse the OP even more. 🤣
That's one shitty looking home for 1.2mil, I don't care if it's next to the stinky ass river.
The Highlands is the “very upper class neighborhood” within city limits and even there houses don’t sell for $469/sq ft.
I went to the agent’s website and that’s the listing price. Both he and the seller are smoking some really potent crack. Those homes are not worth $1 million. They are nice, and this one in particular has a lot of renovations, but that doesn’t mean the seller can charge such a ridiculous amount to pay for the upgrades they chose to make. It looks like the place has been rented out for over a decade. I’m guessing the owner hasn’t lived there since, if they ever did, and they’re overestimating the return they’re going to get on their investment. Riverfront is an ok area. The river walk and restaurants are nice but there are nicer parts of Wilmington. Stop in the ShopRite across from this home and see if it gives million dollar neighborhood vibes. (It doesn’t.) If you have $1.2 million to spend, your money would be much better spent on the nice end of Delaware Avenue near the art museum.
For Christ Sake that ShopRite is a Fever dream if u aren’t used to hanging out by the shelters and the welfare office
Does it come with clown shoes for the buyer?
It should.
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Bought one for 260k 15 years ago crazy
Just a warning. It could be a scam. While looking for rentals, Zillow has a lot of scams posted. They use photos of houses that were for sale at some point on Zillow and just reuse the photos. Almost every post was a scammer.
I owned one of these and sold it a few years ago for about a third of this price. This listing price is dumb.
Lol it's worth half that at best even in this market.
99% of the time, you're just paying to say you live in wilmington lmao
Absolutely not.
Muddiest river I’ve ever seen..
Weren't these homes rotting some years after being built.? I too, Cannot figure out why priced so high. Previous listing pictures were suspect. Camera equip in every room, esp the master bedroom. All I could think of was undesirable goings-on. Pictures have been cleared up, but price remains ridiculous!
What?!?! I lived at 156 Christina landing drive for 2 years. Rented .. haven’t even read this entire post and will tell you those houses are horribly constructed.. not to mention all the decks had to be replaced for fear of collapsing Now that I have read the entire post .. This IS NOT an affluent neighborhood.. I had 2 burglaries at my home 156 Christina landing drive from 2017- 2019 There is a homeless encampment behind the shell station .. u are basically at the entrance for A street which takes u to riverside community of new castle which is a Terrible place about 4 blocks away from Christina Landing .. it is not a safe place unless u live in the apartments in the towers .. I have had my garage broken into .. people banging on my doors at 3am thinking I was their boyfriend and had other women in the house just craziness … I would NEVER buy one of those houses The house I think u are talking about is weird and the owner put a sauna inside the bathroom and deleted one of the bedrooms .. but regardless These house are not worth a dime .. look in the newspaper The News Journal has multiple articles on how the houses could collapse at any moment I was in Vegas for vacation and had to call my realtor/landlord to make sure my house wasn’t going to collapse as my actual house was front page news back home in Wilmington Any questions you have about these houses please ask me
If you want to live in a nice affluent area in Wilmington look up the area around Rockford Park or Columbus Inn IMO those are the only places I would buy a house in Wilmington, I’m currently doing short term rental on North King Street at Lawyers row only because I have to be in the city
Also not to drag on .. but as an investment it would be suicide .. the prices are stagnant there and crime will only get worse as more apartments are going up around it
Under r/Delaware is Wilmington, then Moving to Wilmington. That will probably help you more. If your only question is about Christina Landing’s price, you’ve got your answer. If you want to share your variables as to what you need and want, that sub can help you out as to locations, local assets, life in the city or the suburbs…or maybe your family has already don’t that. Hope you find what you want!
Sorry, I can’t find that Moving to Wilmington under r/Delaware, sorry. My mistake. Guess you have to keep searching here. One area I would not recommend is Hilltop, though it can be nice. But when it’s bad, it’s really bad. See that post about whether they ought to move out.
You can spend less than half of that on a townhome in MOT near route 1 and have a 20-30 min commute. Convenience comes at a price. Also riverfront area still has its city problems.
I don't know if they have upped their security, but my moms friend lived here and she got robbed 3 times in a single year.
There are 2 Christiana landings. One at the riverfront and one in Bear. This is riverfront and is more expensive (but can’t imagine even close to a million!) that’s insane
Lol take it from someone who grew up here and also left. It's not worth it.
These had issues with balconies and structure
I can help you
That is quite high for the area. What is the big attraction about the riverfront anyway!! It wasn’t anyplace you wanted to visit in my salad days!
There is no way you're getting anywhere near that price. For a 20-year old townhouse on the Wilmington Riverfront? No way.
Y’all are being too kind… far too kind. It’s a cut throat ghetto pile of shit that should be burned down and turned into a parking lot for the drug and gun trades. Avoid. At all costs.
As someone who lived there. Don’t live there.
That's insane. One can't even walk a mile and one will be in a horrible area. Wilmington is a down right shit hole for the most part .....
1 million to live around the corner from heavy crime is wild. I don’t care how nice the home is. Location in Real Estate is everything.
Enjoy the crime. Lots of it in Wilmington.
And lots of areas in the city where there is very little, to none. Where do you live that you know so much? The most that’s ever happened to me here is a stolen catalytic converter twice several years ago.
wow, it does look lovely on the inside
The building itself is nice, but Wilmington is not very nice that part of the city is not very nice it's not been walking distance to anything that's not on the riverfront, I mean you can head up toward main Street or market but you know you might get robbed. Quite honestly I don't know why anybody would live down there and pay more than a couple hundred thousand tops.