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February 3, 2006

Open House Picks

housePark Slope
575 5th Street
Aguayo & Huebener
Sunday 1-3pm
$3,500,000
GMAP P*Shark

houseProspect Heights
197 Prospect Place
Corcoran
Sunday 2:30-4pm
$2,225,000
GMAP P*Shark

houseFort Greene
416 Vanderbilt Avenue
Corcoran
Sunday 12-1:30pm
$1,795,000
GMAP P*Shark

houseClinton Hill
115 Hall Street
Aguayo & Huebener
Sunday 1-3pm
$950,000
GMAP P*Shark

houseCrown Heights
695 St. Johns Place
Halstead
Sunday 12-1:30pm
$789,000
GMAP




Posted by Brownstoner at 11:25 AM | Comments (26)
Categories: Open Houses

Comments

Brownstoner, you double posted the 115 Hall St address. The one in FG for 1.795 is on vanderbilt.

Posted by: iac at February 3, 2006 11:42 AM

the top park slope house- i don't get it... the best thing from the pics is the hallway- otherwise the ceilings seem low and the rooms look like a hotel- why the 3.5 and not may be even 2.5?

Posted by: luxeterna70 at February 3, 2006 11:48 AM

Thanks. Fixed.

Posted by: Brownstoner at February 3, 2006 11:52 AM

Luxterna70: Looks like the owners of the PS duplex built out the LR/DR/Kit on the garden floor where there are lower ceilings and the bedrooms on the parlor floor. Some garden/parlor duplexes put the living spaces on the parlor floor to take advantage of the ceiling heights even if it might seem unusual to have the bedrooms downstairs.

Posted by: Anonymous at February 3, 2006 12:02 PM

Prospect Heights house is awesome. Large house large lot. I'd still personalize the kitchen and bathrooms.

Posted by: Anonymous at February 3, 2006 12:05 PM

That CH house seems way overpriced. We sold our really really beautiful PLG house for less and thought we got a good price. We weren't on a great block but were close to the subway...maybe we undersold! I don't know, but $789K for that seems nuts.

Posted by: anonymous at February 3, 2006 12:14 PM

Looks like corcoran has a new website. I think this is newsworthy.

Posted by: Ben at February 3, 2006 12:15 PM

or maybe not...I just looked at the virtual tour, which gives much more info than the pictures on the main page. Actually looks kind of nice. I take it back...$789K is prob. fine

Posted by: anonymous at February 3, 2006 12:19 PM

The Hall Street house looks nice. Couple of mysteries though, they call it brick, yet it is covered with siding. Also, how did they fit 4 bedrooms into a 20' wide duplex? I'd love to know so I can do it myself.

Posted by: clinton hillbilly at February 3, 2006 12:21 PM

i drive by the hall st house 5 days a week- something about that block drives me crazy- this house is one of 2 or 3 that you can look at without hurting your eyes- we tried to buy a larger house on vanderbilt in 03 on the similiar lower block next to the bqe for 750k and the bank wouldn't give us the loan cause hoses on that block weren't appraising that high- now a mil for this house on this block- way to go corcoran!

Posted by: luxeterna70 at February 3, 2006 12:39 PM

Dig the PH house. It's between Carlton and Vanderbilt -- probably the most choice block in the neighborhood. Love the floors, also that the mahogany doors extend upstairs to at least the 2nd floor. Kitchen doesn't have any real "wow" factor and the garden needs landscaping -- but that's a great project to have.

Posted by: Anon at February 3, 2006 12:41 PM

oops i meant houses not hoses- ha!

Posted by: luxeterna70 at February 3, 2006 12:41 PM

Does anyone else think the house on St. Johns is overpriced? I looked at something there on that block for 555k.

Posted by: redbone at February 3, 2006 12:44 PM

You need a step ladder to get into the tub of the St. John's place.

Posted by: anon at February 3, 2006 12:54 PM

Luxterna, are you talking about both the Vanderbilt and the Hall St houses in your post? I agree -- they're both overpriced, although the Hall St house looks really cute -- for $750K or less maybe, in light of the factors you cite plus the remoteness from transportation. I similarly question the siding/brick discrepancy. Can you put siding over brick?

The one on Vanderbilt (on the Ft Greene side of the street!) is between Greene and Gates -- much better than being near the BQE -- maybe it will go for $1.55.

Posted by: babs at February 3, 2006 1:05 PM

right sorry this was 2 years ago another house on vanderbilt but on the block next to the bqe-

Posted by: luxeterna70 at February 3, 2006 1:43 PM

We saw the St Johns house last wknd. The layout was odd. The top floor is currently the rental - it's a 1 bedroom with an additional alcove "bedroom." There's also no wood floors under that carpeting. The garden floor is small and oddly shaped - with a cheapo kitchen installed. We like the location but can't get past the kitchen on a different floor from the dining room... I guess that's the way some houses were built?

Posted by: Anonymous at February 3, 2006 1:57 PM

I like how the PS house was opened up by removing the walls on the ground/kitchen level, and the columns were put in to support where load bearing walls were. I doubt that was original, but it it certainly looks well done. It makes the house look much wider and larger.

Posted by: CrownHeightsProud at February 3, 2006 3:11 PM


Why are houses north of Myrtle so cheap? Is it really that bad to live up there? Are they likely to catch up in value to the houses in the rest of FG and CH?

Posted by: veggieburger at February 4, 2006 2:20 PM

The CH house is cheap becuase Aguayo underprices to encourage bidding wars.

Posted by: Anonymous at February 4, 2006 2:52 PM


Everything in Brooklyn is way overpriced. All you bubble shoppers will get burned when prices drop like a rock!

Posted by: Anonymous at February 4, 2006 2:56 PM

I think we saw the Hall Street house a few months ago through a different broker. It's been on the market for a while. While it's a perfectly nice house, there are a few reasons it wasn't for us.

The subway access is pretty limited. The closest train is the G, and even that is several blocks away. There is a good bus along Myrtle, though. Also, as I recall there was something about the layout that wasn't great -- as is often the case in 3-story houses that have been broken into a duplex and an apartment. (It can be done well, but often is not.) Third, the block is okay, but not the greatest. All of that said, for a buyer who wants to use the house as a one-family, it's a nice space that offers possibility.

Posted by: bklyngirl at February 4, 2006 4:12 PM

PS -- all of that is by way of saying that I don't think the Hall St. house is underpriced. When I saw it the price was $975K, and I guess there weren't too many takers. Even in this market it's not a million dollar home.

Posted by: bklyngirl at February 4, 2006 4:15 PM

personal view: these folks at Aguayo & Huebener are IMHO the worst soofers in the bizz....why cant they be honest and say "vynl sided" and i have seen them list other BULL's$$t....dont like them, used them for one house look, sad....

Posted by: Anonymous at February 4, 2006 6:39 PM

They probably call it brick becuase it's a brick-filled frame house. Sturdier.

Posted by: Anonymous at February 5, 2006 10:01 AM

Brick-filled frame is not sturdier. I should know I have one. The bricks were put in for fire prevention adding excess weight to the foundation. They also conduct heat right out of the house. The bricks are just slapped in there, so you can't even expose them.

The best thing you can do is rip off the siding, remove all the bricks, then add insulation and new siding.

So really brick-filled frame is really NOT a selling point.

Posted by: clinton hillbilly at February 6, 2006 12:21 PM

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