These layouts are completely fine for attached townhomes. Middle units have compromises. That's the case here, it's the case everywhere. That study at the top of the stairs is a highly requested feature these days and having a secondary living area on the lower level away from the main living space is hardly some weird, new idea. I'm not entirely sure what you're even trying to point out there.

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They may be cute, but $700,000 cute? You don't even get a 2-car garage. Lord, take me now. I didn't budget for this in my retirement.

I have a friend who got divorced 15 years ago, then bought a house maybe two blocks away. She was complaining about what a bad neighborhood it was. I told her it was a great neighborhood because it will come back. Her house probably doubled in value.

15 hours ago, jwulsin said:

I could be wrong, but I think this photo is showing the middle unit. And that clerestory window is positioned as such so that it doesn't look directly into the neighbor's deck.

Your comment motivated me to walk over to this project and take a look around back for myself:

No, the photos are definitely from an end unit.

Here we see the differing door/window design of the middle unit:

Hope you like the sound of air conditioners on your back patio because you've got three of them:

Here is the split-level "family room" of one of the end units:

Here is the split-level third bedroom & bathroom of the middle unit:

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13 hours ago, jmicha said:

These layouts are completely fine for attached townhomes. Middle units have compromises. That's the case here, it's the case everywhere. That study at the top of the stairs is a highly requested feature these days and having a secondary living area on the lower level away from the main living space is hardly some weird, new idea. I'm not entirely sure what you're even trying to point out there.

The point is that these are horrendously overpriced for what they are and where they are. They'd be overpriced at $350k.

The whole design insinuates a tight urban context but Windsor St. is roomy and relaxed. This project is drive-to urbanism. It's got the Nashville ick.

8 hours ago, Lazarus said:

The point is that these are horrendously overpriced for what they are and where they are. They'd be overpriced at $350k.

The whole design insinuates a tight urban context but Windsor St. is roomy and relaxed. This project is drive-to urbanism. It's got the Nashville ick.

To me it feels like Cincinnati is having pretty strong growth in many areas of the city and with that, you are going to get a lot of projects like this. Not sure what can be done.

There were I thought some nicely constructed rowhouses close by on Madison and Cleinview but these are kind of tucked away like in a development, but to me these are nice materials and good landscaping to blend in with the neighborhood decently. I think these were maybe built around 2016-2018 or so:

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Half a block down the street these are some newer builds, this was 2707 Cleinview finished in 2017 and sold for 688k according to Zillow, but cant' find any interior pictures:

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Obviously pricing has gone way up since then but these houses really blend in with the neighborhood nicely IMO. I am sure over time the rowhouses we are talking about will blend in better when the landscaping matures but yeah, hoping for more of this.

9 hours ago, Lazarus said:

The point is that these are horrendously overpriced for what they are and where they are. They'd be overpriced at $350k.

We'll find out when they sell what buyers think they're worth! I suspect it'll be closer to the listing price than $350k, but the fact is there's very little new construction in the immediate neighborhood, so it's hard to find directly comparable properties that were sold recently. It'll be interesting to see what buyers are willing to spend on these.

10 hours ago, Lazarus said:

The point is that these are horrendously overpriced for what they are and where they are.

Back in ‘96 you could still get penny candy at the corner store over there and houses were only worth a hard days work plus $250 in cash!

5 hours ago, jwulsin said:

We'll find out when they sell what buyers think they're worth! I suspect it'll be closer to the listing price than $350k,

There is a real house of identical square footage listed at $550k pending nearby:

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The row houses have one more bathroom plus a 1-car garage. Those are the only differences on paper, aside from "new construction". Considering the fact that you can buy an entire house in other parts of the city for the difference between these two, I an no sane person is seeing the value.

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2025/05/20/buckingham-sale-listing-woodburn-exchange-apartmen.html??utm_source=ma&utm_medium=dr&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=general

96% leased you’d think would be an attractive property to purchase. Wonder if they are annoyed they can’t fill out the commercial space on first floor.