What’s the Big Deal: $5.85 million for West End residence

“What’s the Big Deal?” runs Mondays and is based on the week’s most expensive property transaction recorded in the Pitkin County Clerk & Recorder’s Office.
Price: $5.85 million
Date recorded: June 19
Address: 131 W. Bleeker St., Aspen
Neighborhood: West End
Buyer: Bleeker LLC
Seller: 118 North First LLC
Property type: Single-family residential
Year built: 1888, actual; 2015, effective; 2018, last remodel
Total heated area: 2,176 square feet
Lot size: 3,000 square feet
Assessor’s office actual value: $5,335,500
Assessor’s office assessed value: $381,490
Property tax bill: $13,629.48
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