The home at 3015 Lowell Blvd. in Denver. (Courtesy Good Karma Photography)
A pair of Google employees have purchased a Victorian house in West Highland that was renovated by Isaac Slade, the former lead singer of The Fray.
Christopher Lesch, a senior software engineer at Google, and Tyler Tory-Murphy, a senior marketing program manager at Google, purchased the 5,700-square-foot home at 3015 Lowell Blvd. for $3.1 million on July 11, according to public records.
The seller was 3015 Lowell LLC, which purchased the six-bedroom, five-bath home from Slade and his wife for $2.95 million in September 2021.
The home was initially listed for $3.7 million on March 6, then briefly taken off the market before being relisted for $3.4 million on April 23. It went under contract on May 31. Kathy McBane with Compass-Denver represented the buyers.
The Slades purchased the three-story home, known as the Ellis-Schenck home, for $950,000 in 2009.
The home constructed in 1890 was designed by William Lang, an architect active in Denver from 1885 to 1893. Lang also designed the Molly Brown House at 1340 Pennsylvania St. and the church at 1160 Lincoln St. that is now a nightclub.
The Slades fully renovated the house, including reinforcing the underlying structure while preserving the original architecture of the red brick home.
The grand foyer includes a vintage fireplace with salvaged tile. The home’s signature turret floods the home with natural light. Modern conveniences include a heated two-car garage, a heated studio ready for ADU conversion, and landscaped grounds with a hand-carved pergola and mature trees.
The home at 3015 Lowell Blvd. in Denver. (Courtesy Good Karma Photography)
The most recent seller spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to upgrade the home’s heating and cooling systems and appliances, said listing agent Jennifer Apel with Compass-Denver.
Selling a luxury home for so close to the same price it fetched in 2021 is unusual, Apel said.
While it is taking longer to sell homes that cost more than $1 million, she said the price in this case was more related to the fact that the house is a rare purchase.
“It’s a very large vintage home,” she said. “It’s not an everyday person’s home.”
While there are other vintage homes in West Highland, it’s rare for them to turn over so quickly, Apel said.
“These are usually legacy houses. People stay in them and are typically there for a minimum of 15 years or longer,” she said.
The home at 3015 Lowell Blvd. in Denver. (Courtesy Good Karma Photography)
A pair of Google employees have purchased a Victorian house in West Highland that was renovated by Isaac Slade, the former lead singer of The Fray.
Christopher Lesch, a senior software engineer at Google, and Tyler Tory-Murphy, a senior marketing program manager at Google, purchased the 5,700-square-foot home at 3015 Lowell Blvd. for $3.1 million on July 11, according to public records.
The seller was 3015 Lowell LLC, which purchased the six-bedroom, five-bath home from Slade and his wife for $2.95 million in September 2021.
The home was initially listed for $3.7 million on March 6, then briefly taken off the market before being relisted for $3.4 million on April 23. It went under contract on May 31. Kathy McBane with Compass-Denver represented the buyers.
The Slades purchased the three-story home, known as the Ellis-Schenck home, for $950,000 in 2009.
The home constructed in 1890 was designed by William Lang, an architect active in Denver from 1885 to 1893. Lang also designed the Molly Brown House at 1340 Pennsylvania St. and the church at 1160 Lincoln St. that is now a nightclub.
The Slades fully renovated the house, including reinforcing the underlying structure while preserving the original architecture of the red brick home.
The grand foyer includes a vintage fireplace with salvaged tile. The home’s signature turret floods the home with natural light. Modern conveniences include a heated two-car garage, a heated studio ready for ADU conversion, and landscaped grounds with a hand-carved pergola and mature trees.
The home at 3015 Lowell Blvd. in Denver. (Courtesy Good Karma Photography)
The most recent seller spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to upgrade the home’s heating and cooling systems and appliances, said listing agent Jennifer Apel with Compass-Denver.
Selling a luxury home for so close to the same price it fetched in 2021 is unusual, Apel said.
While it is taking longer to sell homes that cost more than $1 million, she said the price in this case was more related to the fact that the house is a rare purchase.
“It’s a very large vintage home,” she said. “It’s not an everyday person’s home.”
While there are other vintage homes in West Highland, it’s rare for them to turn over so quickly, Apel said.
“These are usually legacy houses. People stay in them and are typically there for a minimum of 15 years or longer,” she said.
