This Week in Real Estate: Setauket Homeowners Looking to Sell

This Sunday, realtor Francine Saer will be giving tours of 14 Penelope Drive in Setauket, a spacious home that boasts seclusion.

This four-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom colonial is in the Enchanted Woods section of Setauket, and includes many updates to the eat-in kitchen and baths, and a young roof and windows. The family room has been expanded for greater ease of entertaining, and it also features three skylights. For even more space, the home includes a home office and a full finished basement. The backyard is wooded, and features a tucked-away vinyl in-ground pool.

Taxes for 14 Penelope Drive in Setauket are $12,373 with STAR, and $13,416 without STAR.

If this sounds like your dream home, come to the open house on Sunday between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to get the grand tour from Saer of Coach Real Estate of Stony Brook.

Here are some more open houses in and around Three Village this weekend:

Saturday, Sept. 24

• 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.: 31 Huyler Court, Setauket, $449,900.  Three-bedroom, two-bathroom ranch with newly refinished hardwood floors, fresh paint, a formal dining room, two fireplaces, and a large unfinished attic.  Contact Christina Roach and Thomas Apa at Century 21 AA Realty of Seaford.

Sunday, Sept. 25

• 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: 45 Patricia Lane, South Setauket, $399,000.  Four-bedroom, three-bathroom farm ranch with a formal dining room, family room, and a private fenced yard.  Contact Mitzy Smith at Hickey & Smith Realtors of Stony Brook.
• 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.: 57 Thompson Hay Path, Setauket, $599,900.  Three-bedroom, two-bathroom post modern home with a formal dining room, home office, full finished basement, extensive decking, Jacuzzi, and eight skylights.  Contact Linda Hickey at Hickey & Smith Realtors of Stony Brook.
• 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.: 338 Old Town Road, East Setauket, $379,000.  Four-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom colonial with new siding, roof, windows, and doors, as well as a formal dining room, fireplace, and an above-ground pool.  Contact Robert Ceroni Jr. at Coldwell Banker Residential of East Setauket.
• 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: 4 Settlers Way, Setauket, $528,000.  Three-bedroom, three-bathroom colonial with new bay window in the dining room, a new bathroom with a Jacuzzi tub, hardwood floors throughout, central air conditioning, and room for a possible fourth bedroom.  Contact Maureen Fitzgibbon at Coach Realtors of Port Jefferson.
• 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.: 8 Barnyard Lane, Setauket, $589,000.  Three-bedroom, three-bathroom ranch on a cul-de-sac with an open eat-in kitchen with granite counters, hardwood floors, updated bathrooms, Anderson windows, a full finished basement, and an in-ground pool.  Contact Cindy Mantione and Thomas Scala at Coach Real Estate of Smithtown.
• 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.: 18 Huyler Court, Setauket, $549,000.  Three-bedroom, three-bathroom ranch with a gourmet kitchen with top of the line appliances including a sub-zero fridge, granite countertops, and ceramic floors, as well as hardwood floors throughout the house, a sunny family room, and an in-ground saltwater pool.  Contact Valerie Sund at Coach Real Estate of Stony Brook.

SOLD!
8 Freshman Lane in Stony Brook closed on September 19 with a price tag of $332,000. This three-bedroom, two-bathroom ranch includes an open floor plan, newer windows, siding, and roof, front porch and back patio, fenced backyard, and is near the university, shopping, and parks.  This property was sold by Dorothy Mezic at Realty Connect USA of Huntington.

Sound Bites

"Fannie Mae's national housing survey of 2011 said 95 percent of homeowners see owning a home as a positive experience, 88 percent of people still see homeownership as the American Dream, and the Pew research center survey of 2011 said 81 percent of people see owning a home as the best long term investment."

–James McKenna of Prudential Douglas Elliman of Huntington.