Just Sold in Brooklyn
BOERUM HILL $1,800,000 439 Pacific Street GMAP Two-family, four-story landmarked townhouse on a 20-by-90-foot lot; property features two-bedroom, one-bath lower unit with double parlor and two marble fireplaces and three-bedroom, two-bath duplex unit with wide plank floors and marble fireplace. Taxes $4,117. Asking price $1,995,000, on market one month. Brokers: Sue Wolfe, Nancy McKiernan Realty…
BOERUM HILL $1,800,000
439 Pacific Street GMAP
Two-family, four-story landmarked townhouse on a 20-by-90-foot lot; property features two-bedroom, one-bath lower unit with double parlor and two marble fireplaces and three-bedroom, two-bath duplex unit with wide plank floors and marble fireplace. Taxes $4,117. Asking price $1,995,000, on market one month. Brokers: Sue Wolfe, Nancy McKiernan Realty and Terry Naini, Prudential Douglas Elliman.
FORT GREENE $299,000
143 Lafayette Avenue GMAP
Prewar one-bedroom, one-bath co-op, 350 square feet, with casement window, high ceilings and N/S exposures with garden views; Cumberland building features garden, laundry and storage. Maintenance $335. Asking price $295,000, on market 27 days. Broker: Rodolfo Lucchese, The Corcoran Group.
Just Sold! [NY Post]
9:49,
That article mentioned a few new buildings with problems. Old buildings, by and large, were not built stronger than new ones are. Sure, there are a few standout trophy buildings built in the early 1900’s that are built like Fort Knox, but must ordinary brick and beam buildings, like those found all over NYC, are not particularly well built.
The single biggest problem facing old brick buildings is the brick itself — it basically turns to dust over time. These new poured concrete condos will last much much longer than most older brick buildings will.
The pacific street house has nice detail but is a real fixer upper.
considering the big article that came out today on the horrible construction quality of new condos in new york city, even in the 3 million dollar range, i’d say people won’t be fallin outta love anytime soon.
if anything, i’d say that as time goes on, people who bought new condos will find that they either won’t be standing in years to come, or won’t be worth a whole lot because they’ll be so severly out of date with the newER stuff. or most likely both.
without high quality new design here in new york (which we lack in a BIG way) pre-war anything will continue to be where it’s at in this city.
Almost all of these houses that come up for sale are fixer-uppers. That is why so many the ask prices seem so absurd to me. It is not just the money it will cost to fix everything up but also the time, effort, aggravation, and living with dust and grime for years.
The latter is worth it if you get a bargain but paying top dollar for a money pit is just beyond me. Most of these houses are barely in the 1960’s in terms of plumbing/mechanicals.
They are beautiful but high-maintenance. I wonder when the bright young things will start falling out of love with them?
somebody obviously liked the 350 sf enough to pay a little over asking price for it.
i thought it was a great layout. perfect for one person. the casement window (not sure if there was more than one) was one of those beautiful old paned type with the havy leaded glass.
and unlike most smaller places in ny, i think they are calculating the square feet more honestly than most.
a lot of the 400 and 450 square feet places you see listed (pretty common stuido size) are actually in the 300’s, but the agents round up and use every trick in the book to increase it on the listing.
The pacific street house has nice detail but is a real fixer upper.
About time a brownstone is featured. It’s usually condos/co-ops.
1:21, I agree…how is that possible? 350 sq. ft? Did you notice that in the description, it also says “casement window”? I prefer my windows plural!
Without more info on Pacific St. hard to compare with sales on Dean. What condition,etc. Pacific owned by same person for 30 years – so maybe need major work? That is about right for that size unless renovated.
(comparison to Garfield is useless – different animal entirely).