House of the Day: 193 Washington Park

193wash1107.jpgWhile the owners of 204 Washington Park try to get close to $3 million for their five-story brownstone, a 25-footer up the block at 193 Washington Park just hit the market with a price tag of $3,875,000. (Another comp: The 4,400-square-foot, immaculately renovated house at 181 Washington Park sold last spring for $3,037,500.) Before you completely write off the owners as lunatics, consider that it is a solid 6,500 square feet. That said, it’s been in the same hands for over 25 years and, while certainly in decent shape and full of charm, it’s not like somebody just dumped a million bucks into the place. As much as we love the location, we have a hard time seeing how a family buyer would step up at this price. The only possibility would be for a conversion and event that, with a pre-conversion price of about $500 a foot, seems pretty skinny.
193 Washington Park [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark

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