Full disclosure: This place is only a couple blocks from our house in Clinton Hill and if it achieved the $1.3 million asking price would imply that our house by comparison would be worth about twelve trillion dollars (which it certainly ain’t). Not to worry, though. We can’t imagine anyone paying full freight for this 4-story brownstone (the fourth floor of which looks straight out of Being John Malkovich). Even with the new plumbing and electric that have allegedly been installed, there’s easily $150,000 to $200,000 of cosmetic work to be done here. We’re not denying that we can see some nice bones and this could turn out to be a lovely home, but everything at a price. If this were a couple of blocks west, we could see it, but we don’t think this should fetch more than about $1.15 million (check out that taxpayer next door). But we’ve certainly been wrong before. For all we know, there are already offers on it. Anyone know?
Clifton Place [Corcoran]