Tough Times at 290 13th Street
[nggallery id=”53582″ template=galleryview] The four-unit, “boutique” building at 290 13th Street has actually been on the market since November 2009, although we’ve never covered it here. We just noticed price cuts on it, though, and checked out its long pricing history. The four two-bedroom units were first priced in the high $900,000s and up, but…
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The four-unit, “boutique” building at 290 13th Street has actually been on the market since November 2009, although we’ve never covered it here. We just noticed price cuts on it, though, and checked out its long pricing history. The four two-bedroom units were first priced in the high $900,000s and up, but were pulled off the market seven months later. All four units resurfaced on the market with price cuts, but were pulled again last July. Now, perhaps, the third time will be a charm: the building’s back on the market, this time priced from $865,000 for 1,194 square feet to $1,200,000 for 2,208 square feet. Think people will finally bite?
290 13th Street Listings [StreetEasy] GMAP
I prefer a closed kitchen w two entrances myself. But I was just visiting the house of an interior designer with an open kitchen that is the focal point of the whole house. It was beautiful because, aside from fitting into the whole house, every inch was designed like fine furniture, including handmade iridescent white subway tile, wrap around honed granite countertops, and custom cabinets. The kitchen alone cost $100,000.
this place is hideous. the architect and developers should be ban from brooklyn. i hope it remains on the market long enough someone with some sense can buy it for a dollar and built a real building in its place. one that would embarrass a brooklynite to live in…
I wish Omni Build would stop making these awful condos in this neighborhood. They are so poorly designed, from the “architecture student” level Tetris windows to the closets in the LR and DR to the intrusive ugly balconies to the cheap material selections. Also, no one has mentioned how they wasted half of the front facade on the stairwell. They could have placed the stairwell in the center of the building (has been done in other condos, see 318 13th st on same block), so that the units can have more windows and natural light (and the facade would not have to have those lame tetris windows!). Just bad design.
The open kitchen/LR/DR is not the biggest issue to me. If they were closed off, they would feel horribly boxy and small so its just a reasonable solution to dealing with smaller spaces. Many people like open floor plans. There is a hood on the oven so i don’t think your LR is going to get greasy as someone pointed out.
Actually the last photo is dumb. The dining table is on the other side of the LR, as far from the kitchen as can be.
I like an open kitchen (though we don’t have one now), but I think they’re often just used as a way to get around a too-small footprint- the kitchen is too small for code and the living room is too small to be useful, so let’s tear down the wall between them and it won’t seem as bad.
(Anyway, those tetris windows are totally trashy. I feel like they were designed by a freshman architecture student.)
“I would not want nice old brownstones to be torn down and replaced with something like this. But if this was an empty lot, or a crap building, great!”
Google streetview still has the house that was torn down. Not a nice brownstone but it didn’t look terrible. A modest house with an alley.
Prices seem out of line & reductions are not sufficient. For the price of the 2BR duplex (which gives you a large rec room and the deck/backyard in addition to a similar space to the other 2BR apts) I’d rather buy a whole house.
“wtf would someone do with 2 townhouses?” Tear em down and slap up 8 condos to sell for $1million each.
Wow – the ginormous closet doors in the middle of the living room are a nice touch.
Same for the washer/dryer in the dining room.
Great design job.
Not.
What’s with door #1 behind the sofa?
“3.8 Mil would definately get you at least 2 of those townhouses next door.”
wtf would someone do with 2 townhouses?