Ambler Anomaly
For those of you who live in Ambler, or know the area well, you know that there are very few homes within the borough that have an inground swimming pool; oddly enough there are two for sale right now. The last home to sell in Ambler with an inground pool was in 2005 and before that 2003, which happens to be one of the homes that is for sale today.
That home is on Overlook Road in the neighborhood bordered by Mount Pleasant, Hendricks and Tennis. This small neighborhood offers pretty much just two styles of homes, doll-house Cape Cod or contemporary (if you will). This home is one of the contemporaries, or as I like to refer to them, Brady Bunch’s.
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The other home is in one of my favorite spots in Ambler, on the block of Belmont where it dead ends at Glen Mawr. Unfortunately this home, or should I say the listing of this home is an anomaly in and of itself. I have tried to see the home, but to no avail. It has been on the market for close to a year and due to unusual circumstances they aren’t allowing showings. It seemed pointless to include it but it does have a pool and it is technically for sale. There are no photos of the home but the listing information is here nonetheless.
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According to public records there are only 20 homes in the borough (out of 1771) with pools, 11 of them are reported to be inground. Of course this may not be entirely accurate, but short of knocking on every door in town, that’s the best I can come up with. I’m just happy to sit here, in my nice toasty office, thinking of days warm enough to go swimming!