House of the Day: 141 Lefferts Avenue
We’re not loving the finishes in the kitchens and bathrooms, but this brick-and-limestone at 141 Lefferts Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens does have a lot of the charming original detail that houses in the area are known for. Given that it’s only three-stories tall and not on one of the neighborhood’s prime blocks, we suspect…
We’re not loving the finishes in the kitchens and bathrooms, but this brick-and-limestone at 141 Lefferts Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens does have a lot of the charming original detail that houses in the area are known for. Given that it’s only three-stories tall and not on one of the neighborhood’s prime blocks, we suspect that the asking price of $879,000 is a bit of a stretch. Do you agree?
141 Lefferts Avenue [Brooklyn Properties] GMAP P*Shark
streetfight, this house was bought for $535K in 2009. Sound right?
Actually, I was implying that it was overpriced when it was with Corcoran and is even worse now.
Pink Clamm – sure that was Midwood?
The hanging out usually occurs in front of corner bodegas and blocks where there are other apartment buildings inside the blocks, and neither of those describe Midwood. Midwood does have one apartment building on each of the two corners at Flatbush, but I haven’t witnessed any regular hanging out in my 3 years here other than parents with their kids.
And the only regular hanging out I see on Midwood I and II beyond the corner at Flatbush is that of families, in front of their homes.
We had “hanging out” on the front stoop and sidewalk directly next door to us on our prime North Park Slope block in warm seasons. That was in 2006 not 1986.
This HOTD prompted me to start an account so that I could comment. I’m 99% positive that this is my landlord’s property. I’m finding it pretty shocking that the listing price is as high as it is knowing what the property was purchased for and what he was willing to sell for months ago while still under construction.
“than the hanging-out that takes place in the warmer months in front of some of those buildings on Lincoln Rd.”
I recently walked down midwood and fenimore and wondered about the affect of all the hang-out has on resale values.Who wants to pay these prices and have to deal with that?
The brownstones are gorgeous tho and some owners have really done a great job on the outside and landscaping.
Babs, are you implying that if a house doesn’t sell with Corcoran, then no other (non rebny) firm has in chance in hell of selling it?
I didn’t notice the asbestos, I must admit. Replacing a boiler is nothing. I actually think the “issue” with the Fenimore house is that the brick houses are always less desireable and sell for a lot less than the limestones and brownstones do. Also, the house close to Flatbush suffers because no one wants to be too close to Flatbush (except for on Midwood, which doesn’t get the noise and hanging out that the other corners do).
But I really think it is an exageration to say that LM houses sell for 900K and up. You can probably say that mint condition limestones and brownstones in LM sell for 900K and up.
Which one did you see? The one closer to Bedford is in better shape, although I like the style (and driveway) of the one closer to Flatbush better. Did you go down to the basement in either one? The boilers on both are pretty shot, and neither broker could tell me too much about the roof or the state of the plumbing or electric. Lots of asbestos insulation on the pipes down there, too. Again, what I think is really holding them down is the sadness of the poor, hideously-altered buildings around them (including that nearly-falling-down one on the corner of Bedford). These two blocks really feel “forgotten” by the LMA – very sad.