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This three-story limestone house at 177 Maple Street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens was an Open House Pick back in September when it was an FSBO listed at $950,000; now Brooklyn Properties has the listing for $929,000. The house appears to be in good shape and, if you can look past some of the furnishings, has quite a bit of original charm; the kitchen, bathroom and yard aren’t going to help its chances. Seems to us it’ll take a little more price-cutting to get this one done. What do you think?
177 Maple Street [Brooklyn Properties] GMAP P*Shark


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  1. I don’t know if anyone will even see this, but I thought it might be fun to mention that I’m an architect and am currently in the process of renovating this home.

    Believe it or not, it did look like this when I saw it right before the closing, when the owner still lived there. She had been in it for 50. At one point a long time ago, the owner took down the wall around the parlor and when they did that, added a layer of maple on top of the existing flooring, and re-did the kitchen.

    The rest of the building is in great shape and the block is very nice. We’ll be doing a little cosmetic work and opening up the parlor floor even more. If anyone’s interested, I can post some pictures as the work is completed.

    Jim Hill, RA, LEED AP
    Urban Pioneering Architecture

  2. mopar – I don’t have a shower curtain LOL! Surprisingly, water doesn’t really get all over but the errand sprays get wiped down right away and its all good 🙂 I do have tile floors though, so I don’t have to worry about warped wood.

  3. Curtains! But really, we have a clawfoot with shower head and the curtain wraps around the whole thing and keeps the walls and wood floors dry.

    Heather, while this house may be “big” by apartment standards, it is the size of 2 floors of a standard brownstone. 929K for 1/2 a brownstone of this quality in this location in this market seems unrealistic. Regardless of the kitchen.

    This house is priced at 429K more than the very similar house in Brooklyn College area that Brownstoner recently featured (same realtor). LM is certainly a nicer location, but not so much nicer to account for such a huge difference.

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