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June 27, 2006

Your Own House in the Slope for Only Half a Mil!

houseWow, the market must really have cooled if houses in Park Slope are selling for less than $499,000! This beauty boasts a 13-by-24-foot floorplate and a 3-foot yard. In addition to the vinyl siding, the ad also takes pains to note that the lucky buyer will inherit floors that are "tiled and carpeted." All this for only $800 a foot. What are you waiting for?
One Family House All Yours! [Fillmore]




Posted by Brownstoner at 11:06 AM | Comments (28)
Categories: Properties

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clearly thats a joke

Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2006 11:24 AM

Finally! A house that's worse than mine.

Posted by: clinton hillbilly at June 27, 2006 11:54 AM

There must have been a tornado that picked this up in Schnectady and dropped it in Brooklyn. Remarkable!

Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2006 11:57 AM

Is it just the angle or will the ceiling fan chop off your head if you walk under it?

Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2006 12:03 PM

The blue vinyl washes off really good with fantastic,,

Posted by: Chaz at June 27, 2006 12:05 PM

How do you fit 4 bedroom to 13/24 two stories - less then 624 sf
magic?
It also says there are two floors, two units and two bathrooms.
Even more magic?

Posted by: mm at June 27, 2006 12:11 PM

Here is a house that's not a joke...
Victorian 3,500 sf, 59x120 plot, waterviews...
http://www.344stpaulsave.com/

Posted by: dustball at June 27, 2006 12:19 PM

I'm thinking this is more likely in Sunset Park, no?

Posted by: Cat at June 27, 2006 12:20 PM

Dustball-

Your constant pushing of this SI house is a complete nuisance. Go away.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2006 12:59 PM

This house is on 16th st between 4th & th aves. conveniently situated behind issac katan's project at 178-186 15/16th st.

A bigger pile of shit I cannot imagine...and the blue house sucks too.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2006 1:07 PM

Nice one 11:57

Posted by: cobblestoner at June 27, 2006 1:26 PM

FWIW the top photograph has all sorts of ugly digital artifacts. The bottom photograph almost makes the house look attractive--they hardly look like the same house.

Posted by: Bob Marvin at June 27, 2006 1:30 PM

You sure this isn't a scaled down model?

Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2006 1:50 PM

Straight of Scranton

Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2006 1:53 PM

Tom Wolfe had a great name for these: "rat-shacks". When you see one, you can sing it to the tune of the B-52's "Love Shack." ("Rat shack, baby, rat shack...Tin roof, RUSTED!")
I suggest a drinking game where we all take a shot every time Dustball mentions his damn house on Staten Island.

Posted by: Brenda from Flatbush at June 27, 2006 1:53 PM

straight out of Scranton I meant

Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2006 1:53 PM

Likely, most of you disgusting "wizards" of slam think you are all cute and clever. However, if you took the time to think. You'd find in your sick little minds, and greedy diseased souls that HUMAN BEINGS live in this home! You're nothing but the worst kind of lowly cowards to take shots at the home of these people live in.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2006 6:02 PM

Has it occurred to anyone that all around us are these inflammatory comments that are uninformed and quite insensitive. There is a rich history in ALL of those little homes in the Center Slope and South Slope area. Most people don’t know, that most of these homes belonged to factory workers. Developers built them, during hard times to allow the workers to live close to their jobs. Families that have lived in the area and supported the community have occupied some of these homes. It is a shame that many ignorant individuals don’t take the time to appreciate the fact that ALL homes are important and significant. To call someone’s home “SHITTY” is an outright disgrace!!!

By the way…It is always nice to be anonymous and cowardly.

Posted by: JustThinking at June 27, 2006 6:19 PM

Brownstone, will you please ban "dustball"
1)This a blog about Brooklyn, not Staten Island
2)It's really irritating that "dustball" keeps hawking that house in every thread.

Go away "dustball".

Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2006 6:21 PM

JustThinking, I take your point. The thing is, though? That house is shitty.

Posted by: Teddy at June 27, 2006 6:21 PM

So, Teddy.
Have you ever considered that someone may be able to bring out the potential of this property. This is happening all over Brooklyn. Areas and homes that may be under utilized are being restored and developed everyday.
It very well may be that where you live was probably "SHITTY" at one time too!!

Posted by: JustThinking at June 27, 2006 6:30 PM

The comments aren't necessarily meant as a personal slam against the homeowners...more against the price of real estate in PS...to each his own regarding personal decorating taste...however, half a million is a bit steep!

Posted by: ashley Bell at June 27, 2006 7:04 PM

JustThinking--do you know much about these cottages' history? I went to see it-- and I'm fascinated! Its 3 floors, one apartment--total of approx 936 sq ft or so and $/sq. ft is 550 or something. There seem to be a lot of other ones like it around there-- a very cutely redone one next door. That said, they are the TINIEST houses I've ever seen!!

The BIG problem with this tiny house is not actually the size (I'm talking about for one person, now) but the scarifying development that butts up against and around it. And the fact that there is no room on the lot. Brick walls are about 8 inches--I am serious-- from windows./

Posted by: angvou at June 28, 2006 5:42 AM

Brownstoner can you block Dustball? He is really a nuisance.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 28, 2006 9:58 AM

JustThinking, as one of the Greedy Diseased Souls who slammed this house, I'd like to point out that we ourselves bought a sh*tty house 20 years ago, and it is still halfway sh*tty, because we are not rich. But our house had one saving grace: Its price reflected its sh*ttiness, allowing us to buy it and commence 2 (still-unfinished) decades' worth of unsh*ttifying. I believe our slams were primarily aimed at how overpriced this house is; People who struggle (like the worthy workmen for whom such shacks were built) should be able to buy them at a sane price and make what they can of them with sweat equity.
My prediction for this half-million-dollar parcel: a teardown and a Fedders sliver condo. Sigh...

Posted by: Brenda from Flatbush at June 28, 2006 11:17 AM

Brenda, there isn't enough F.A.R. to do anything other than make it a driveway. Remember, the lot is only 26' deep. THAT'S 26 FEET! and only about 13' wide...and the house is (let's call IT what IT is) shitty. Truth hurts, and so does the price. It is not worth anything close to $500. Cute house next door was reno'd and sold 3 years ago for around $435K.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 28, 2006 1:14 PM

Actually you can't build on that site. The house itself is grandfathered but if you tear it down you can't build on that small a lot.
It wouldn't be a bad buy if not for the fact that The house's back yard (all 3 feet) looks out at Katan's pit. at 182 15th street. He has destroyed that whole area and is spending countless thousands of dollars to try to get a variance to build another 12 story Shit box (see 162 16th street- right up the block). Why the fuck are our elected officials allowing this scumbag to continue his destruction of Brooklyn is beyond comprehension.

Posted by: Wake Up at June 28, 2006 1:45 PM

1.) The house is perfectly livable, horrifying blue vinyl siding notwithstanding. I've seen it, and it doesn't look half-that-bad. If I had a reason to settle in the Slope (which I don't, and would take Sheepshead Bay/Brighton Beach over the packed Downtown any day), that would be one of my personal picks. With a bit of work (starting with the siding), this could be a nice li'l place for 1 or 2 people.
2.) Re: "Wake Up"'s question: because they can. And because he's paying them.

Posted by: BrooklynBoy at June 30, 2006 9:33 AM

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