Mansions replace old homes in upscale makeover for US suburbs
Home teardowns are becoming common in more and more US suburbs
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MERION Homes bought two dozen rambler-style houses in Northern Virginia's Pimmit Hills community for about US$450,000 each, just to knock them down. Now it's selling customised residences three times larger, at prices topping US$1 million.
"The original homes don't fit today's market," said Ryan Bensten, 35, a principal of Merion Homes, which he started with his father, Bill. "They don't have enough bedrooms - they're too small."
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