[violetvale]

I always thought Farmington was a "ritzy" area, but I found this lovely home on realtor.com -

Single Family Home - 42 BIDWELL SQ, FARMINGTON, CT, 06032 - Realtor.com

42 BIDWELL SQ

FARMINGTON, CT 06032

MLS ID# G499436

Can anyone tell me about this neighborhood? And what are the schools in Farmington like?

Thanks!

VV

[Leilani Vasquez]

http://products.cerc.com/pdf/tp/farmington.pdf

Here's a link to the demographics for farmington.

[AmyBergquist]

I've shown this home before, it's a really interesting historic home that's had a great kitchen/family room addition.

It's located in the Unionville section of Farmington, which has a grocery store and some strip mall shopping options.

[violetvale]

Thanks for your answer Amy - so why is it relatively cheap? This is my first look at Farmington so it seems cheap next to the $500K+++ houses. Is the neighborhood near a busy road, or business district?

[bibit612]

There are some commercial establishments in that area...a pediatrician's office on the Rte 4 side (very good practice BTW since we used them), and I believe there's a funeral home in the area. I still won't mind buying there. I think the strip mall where Stop & Shop/CVS is still there and is not a bad area. The homes in the $500K you may have seen are probably on the side where Miss Porter's is, and yes those are lovely very estate-like homes, real wide plank hardwoods. I certainly won't rule out this house by any chance.

[AmyBergquist]

The neighborhood is right off of Route 4, which is the main road into Farmington. It's on a little cul-de-sac area though. It's convenient to the grocery store, CVS, etc., without being right on top of it.

The layout of the house is somewhat unique and I believe it was overpriced when it was first listed. I showed it about 2 months ago at this point.

The estate-like homes are near Route 10, near the Miss Porter's school, as bibit mentioned.

[JayCT]

violetvale - I know this area pretty well. It is in Unionville which is an older mill village that has a number of older homes in a small urban setting. Bidwell Square is located right off of Route 4 which is a very busy road. I will say that I beleive Unionville is an area that will only get better. Farmington is a very desirable town with excellent schools and Unionville has a charm that is very popular today. The town has worked hard on a plan to improve the village and restore some of that charm that was removed when they redeveloped the area back in the 1960's. There is a new Stop & Shop Supermarket that is being constructed there which should be a catalyst for more redevelopment in the commercial area. I hope this helps. Jay