Cole Hamels Sold Newtown Square Home in June – Property – Philadelphia Magazine
Phillies Ace Cole Hamels Sold Newtown Square Home in June
No-hit Hamels sold one of his homes in Delco in late June.
By James Jennings | July 27, two thousand fifteen at 12:30 pm
Cole Hamels swings to fans during batting practice before a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Citizens Bank Park on July 22nd.
UPDATE (July 30, 2015): The Phillies have traded Cole Hamels to the Texas Rangers. Check out Dan McQuade’s take on the trade here.
Original Post (July 27, 2015): Cole Hamels had himself a weekend, huh? After rampant speculation into his future with the Philadelphia Phillies–the organization that drafted him out of high school in 2002–the two thousand eight World Series MVP further cemented his place in the hearts of fans with a stellar no-hitter against the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. It was his final begin before baseball’s July thirty one non-wavier trader deadline.
But Property, after all, is a real estate blog, and we have a bit of news concerning Hamels on that front. According to Realtor.com, the lefty sold his home at one thousand one Brick House Farm Lane in Newtown Square on June twenty nine for $1,275,000. Cole and Heidi Hamels originally purchased the Delco home in two thousand nine for $1,525,000 and later listed it for sale back in June two thousand fourteen for $1,650,000. A series of price cuts eyed it drop to $1,299,500 on June 26–three days before it ultimately sold.
Before you throw some gasoline on the old baseball hotstove, Hamels actually possessed two homes in the same development, and is still listed as the holder of the larger, more expensive one across the street. He still could (and most likely will) get traded, but that entire thing where people (and blogs) go berserk when a famous athlete lists or sells their home amid swirling trade winds doesn’t necessarily hold up here.
The recently-sold home is a two-story Colonial on .81-acres of land. There’s a three-car garage, a gourmet kitchen with 12-foot ceilings and granite counters and the master suite has two walk-in closets. Plus, Cole Hamels used to live in it, so that has to count for something around here, right?
It’s been a busy season on the real estate front for a few other Phillies as well. Jonathan Papelbon blew a fastball by everyone when he sold his luxury condo at one thousand seven hundred six Rittenhouse for a fantastic sum. As for high-profile listings, Papelbon’s neighbor, Cliff Lee, still has his 20th floor home on the market and former manager Ryne Sandberg recently listed his high-end home in Old City for $1,499,000, tho’ it recently took a $100,000 price chop.
Below, we have a few pictures from when the home was very first listed for sale. It should be noted that these may be from a model home in the development and not the actual (and now former) home of one Cole Hamels.