White clapboard colonial with dark shutters, a curved columned portico and a red front door

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Punchlist Results

Punchlist handled the moving for the estate, built new stairs to bring the house up to code, and refreshed the interior and exterior to honor André Leon Talley’s style and the home’s charm before it sold.Moving, new stairs built to code, and a full interior and exterior refresh for the estate.

Project details

Project type	Estate preparation for sale
Approx. budget	$12,500
Moving	Moving services for the estate, including transportation and junk removal, ahead of the Christie’s auction
Auction	Belongings sold at Christie’s for more than $3.5M
Code work	Built new stairs to bring the house up to code
Interior	Painted rooms and plastered walls
Exterior	Power washed the exterior and decks
Sale history	Sold for $980,000 on August 25, 2023 (listed in June 2023 at $1,250,000, then reduced to $980,000). Earlier sales: $800,000 on March 3, 2022, and $1,020,000 on August 24, 2004.

Project description

The starting point

An estate filled with a lifetime of belongings, which sold at Christie’s for more than $3.5 million, in a White Plains house that had to be prepared for sale.

What we recommended

Honor his unmistakable style and the charm of the house: move the contents out, bring the stairs up to code, and refresh the rooms and exterior.

The work

Moving services, including transportation and junk removal; new stairs built to bring the house up to code; rooms painted and plastered; and the exterior and decks power washed.

The outcome

The house sold for $800,000 in March 2022. After the work, it resold about 18 months later, in August 2023, for $980,000, $180,000 more. The two sale prices are shown for context only: they are 18 months apart and reflect the market and other factors as well as this work.

In the news. The house drew national press when it was listed. Read the coverage in Elle Decor and The New York Times, and the listing broker shouted out our work on Instagram.