Looking for Gorgeous or a Gut? Four Open Houses to Visit This Weekend

We’ve got a range of styles and conditions for the open-house goer this weekend, including a glorious Prospect Park South Victorian, a rehab candidate in Greepoint and a potential investment property in Bed Stuy.

On Marlborough Road in Prospect Park South we’ve got a formidable contender, a beautifully renovated three-story Victorian. “You will not find many homes in Brooklyn more generous in size,” reads the listing, and that seems a fair estimation. It’s got five bedrooms, 3.5 baths, six walk-in closets, 44 windows and a two-car garage. Also upgraded plumbing and electric, zoned A/C and heat, and a new security system. An extra-appealing kitchen, a lovely sun room — a lot to like here.

Moving over to Greene Avenue in Bed Stuy, we have a newly renovated brownstone. A four-story with near-identical two-bedroom apartments on each floor, it’s likely of more interest to those after an investment property than potential owner-occupants. Each apartment has attractively renovated bathrooms and kitchens with subway and patterned cement tile, as well as its own boiler and hot water tank.

No renovators have been at work at our next house, on North Henry Street in Greenpoint, and it’s a prime candidate for an overhaul, with its acoustic-tile ceilings, wall-to-wall carpeting, tired kitchens and faux-wood paneling. Some refiguring wouldn’t hurt this place either — as of now it’s got an apartment on each floor, with a lot of tight spaces. Note the above-ground pool in the backyard.

Back in Bed Stuy, we’ve got a house that will appeal to the narrow-minded buyer. We meant that in the literal sense — this one’s about 13 feet wide. The photos don’t reveal much, but there are original details, including plaster work, floors and at least one marble mantel. With four stories, it’s set up as a double duplex.

112 Marlborough Road
Price: $2.825 million
Area: Prospect Park South
Broker: Corcoran (Chris Sheller, Juliette Garcia)
Sunday 1-3 p.m.
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893 Greene Avenue
Price: $1.95 million
Area: Bedford Stuyvesant
Broker: B.H. Tal (Chaya Zarchi)
Sunday 12-2 p.m.
See it here ->

80 North Henry Street
Price: $1.595 million
Area: Greenpoint
Broker: Corcoran (Paul Murphy)
Sunday 12-1 p.m.
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229 Madison Street
Price: $1.475 million
Area: Bedford Stuyvesant
Broker: Brown Harris Stevens (Nadine Adamson, Kelsey Hall)
Sunday 12-2 p.m.
See it here ->

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