Real Estate

Would You Pay This Much to Live on a Cul De Sac in Brentwood?

The dead-end streets are popular in the suburbs. Here's one home for sale that's located on a cul de sac.

At least one historical account says evidence of these dead-end streets have been unearthed from Egyptian ruins circa 1885 B.C.

They also are believed to have been used in ancient Athens and Rome, probably more for defensive purposes or to accomodate walls built around communities.

The word cul de sac came to use in Europe about 200 years ago. In French, it can be politely translated as "bottom of the bag." That somehow refers to the look of such residential roads.

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These type of streets were first used in the United States in a New Jersey subdivision in 1924.

In 1936, the Federal Housing Administration began encouraging their development as a way to reduce traffic and increase pedestrian safety in housing subdivisions.

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In the 1950s, developers began to abandon the "grid pattern" for neighborhoods and cul de sacs have been with us ever since.

Some analysts say home buyers are willing to pay up to 20 percent more for a home on a cul de sac. Are you?

One home for sale on a cul de sac in Brentwood is this five-bedroom, five & half-bathroom house at 2228 Jeffersonia Way that's listed at $5,500,000.

This information was provided by John Hathorn, Pence Hathorn Silver, Broker Associate at Partners Trust, 310-924-4014 or jh@phsrealty.com. Properties featured in this article may be offered by a variety of local real estate firms.


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