Several weeks ago Joe Zekas took a video tour down Castlewood Lane in Deerfield, just north of Deerfield Road.
The area has an attractive location, close to Deerfield’s highly-rated elementary schools, parks, and I-294. Property values along Castlewood Lane have, however, fallen by 20 percent and more since the peak four years ago.
Perhaps falling property values have as much to do with neighbors’ concern over the state of the home at 679 Castlewood. That home, according to neighbors, may have been vacant for as long as 35 years.
Homeowners on Castlewood Lane, in a recent report in Trib Local, are pressing for changes to municipal ordinances that would enable the home to be torn down.
As you can see in the above frame that we extracted from another of our videos, the home itself is essentially invisible to drive-by viewing. If it has in fact been vacant for over three decades one has to wonder what’s prompting the current pressure to take action.