31 Garden Lane, Centereach, NY 11720

$519,000 · 3 bed · 2 bath · 1,492 sq ft · built 1959 · MLS# 1050380 · Active

Bring Your Tool Belt and Your Vision! This 3-bedroom, 2-bath Split Level home, set on a spacious half-acre lot in the heart of Centereach, offers an excellent opportunity to create the home you've been envisioning. The property features a newer roof, newer siding, and a newer Burnham gas boiler, providing a solid foundation for your renovation plans. Inside, you'll find generous living spaces, three bedrooms, and two full baths ready for your personal touch and updates. The expansive half-acre property offers plenty of room for outdoor enjoyment, entertaining, gardening, or…

Single-family homes in the Middle Country Central School District sold for a median of $635,000 (typically $565,000–$710,000) across 528 recorded sales between Oct 6, 2025 and Oct 1, 2026, up 5.8% on the 12 months before. This home's $519,000 list price sits in the entry single-family tier for the Middle Country Central School District.

ZIP 11720 has about 2.6 months of single family inventory — seller's market. Demand is outpacing supply, so homes sell quickly with firm pricing and limited room to negotiate.

At about $11,678 a year, this home's property tax is in line with the roughly $12,000 typical for Middle Country Central School District. Suffolk bills combine town, school and special-district levies, so two homes at the same price in neighboring districts can carry materially different taxes. Exemptions such as STAR, Senior or Veteran move the number as well — a new owner's bill is often not the same as the seller's.

OneKey MLS (recorded LI sales, trailing 12mo) + actual tax