Open House Picks: Townhouses

7 Columbia Place traded at 1.8MM in June. Lucky if the flipper gets $1.5MM now. Bummer, he/she will just have to move-in.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 3, 2006 12:43 PM

I dont think Columbia Place is a flip job. I think it was a hasty purchase and when they got contractors and architects in there, they decided the job was over their heads and to cut their loses

Posted by: Anonymous at November 3, 2006 1:15 PM

That Park Slope house on 8th Avenue has photos that make it look very unappealing. The picture of the living room with the low ceiling is fine to use to sell a little apartment, the light quality is nice, but it doesn't make the house look like a $1.8 million house. Seems even if a house needs renovating, there should be some wonderful details to the interior at that price.

If a house is stripped or lacking period detail, honestly I think I would take it all the way and make it totally modern inside. Just to avoid being boring. And that way at least you do have a niche of perfect buyers to market to - a lot of younger buyers want a very modern look.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 3, 2006 1:46 PM

And not to be the location police, but it'll come up eventually so...735 Rugby is not Ditmas Park West. Nor is it Midwood Park as the listing states. It's in a neighborhood that is technically classified as West Midwood which is nice enough- though it is not as convenient to the amenities of Cortelyou Road as DPW is, nor is it as physically attractive as Midwood Park.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 3, 2006 1:51 PM

Luquer St. shows 19' x 30' = 1710sq ft. on propshark.
Unless larger than records show and very nice inside (which I doubt based on outside photo) - is too high a price. Zillow.com shows comps in area which are significantly less.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 3, 2006 1:55 PM

Very slim pickings today. As an aside, if the sellers of the columbia place house are really trying to undo a bad decision (and make a quick buck in the process, I am sure that they did not spend $195K in closing costs)then I feel kinda bad for them. How silly they must feel having bought at the height of the market and then having to sell when the market is at a stalemate.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 3, 2006 2:00 PM

Re: Rugby Road. At under $1 million, isn't this house meant to be a reno job? Or is it so far away from Cortelyou/the Park, etc... that it should be $850ish, more like $1 with a decent reno? MKG has a house in Beverley Sqare West now, almost $1.3. Instead looks tastefully done, exterior has siding and replaced columns, your basic Victorian.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 3, 2006 2:46 PM

Columbia Place needs to pay realtor. I don't think they are looking for "a quick buck". Think they want to cut their loses and hopefully break even. With closing costs and the cost of carrying the place, they'll only do that if they sell for asking which I doubt

Posted by: Anonymous at November 3, 2006 2:59 PM

Zeebee- see if there are closets in the bedrooms. According to the floorplan there are none....

Posted by: Anonymous at November 3, 2006 3:28 PM

I am anon 2:00. Sorry, I forgot about the broker's fee. Now I really feel sorry for the sellers.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 3, 2006 3:37 PM

Sixth Avenue house says certificate of occupancy is for a double duplex not that the house is being used as a double duplex..

Posted by: Anonymous at November 3, 2006 6:17 PM

Can somebody please explain to me why people would want to live on 6th Ave? It's a really noisy street, and the cars drive recklessly because of the light timing, and the cars and trucks double parking. Wouldn't people rather hold out for a side street? The prices seem to be exactly the same.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 3, 2006 7:18 PM

But why is it such a great street to you? Wouldn't you rather live on another street if you had a choice? On most of the major thoroughfares you get a better house for the money. Like on Union Street you get a huge house. Ditto on 8th Ave. The houses on 6th Ave. don't look like anything much at all.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 3, 2006 10:17 PM

I don't live on 6th Ave, but nearby, so my 2 cents... it's noisier than side streets but not so much as 5th or 7th Aves. Not quite as heavily trafficked, and much less commercial, hence less foot traffic and accompanying late-night noise. I don't think the houses are much less special than the adjoining blocks of side streets. (With very few exceptions like Garfield between 5th and 6th--and there you do pay for the greater elegance.) Especially in the north slope, there are some very gracious, if not ornate, brownstones on 6th Ave.

I'd rather live on a side street all things being equal, but if I found a house I liked on 6th Ave., that wouldn't stop me.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 3, 2006 11:07 PM

By the earlier post's logic Park Avenue apartments should sell at a discount. It's a street with a lot of traffic and metro North trains running underneath.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 4, 2006 10:27 AM

Anon at 7:18, re: 6th Ave. a "really noisy street", "cars drive recklessly" "double parking" -- what on earth are you talking about? Your post sounds like you've never been on there. Of course 6th Ave. gets somewhat more traffic than the side streets, but 6th Ave is not commercial, and the lights are actually NOT timed for through traffic. I have not observed truck traffic on 6th, nor have I seen lots of double parking. In fact, as a cyclist, I will sometimes choose to ride 6th Ave precisely because of the relatively lighter traffic and absence of double parking! 6th Ave. in the north and central slope is a very beautiful street. Your wonderment that anyone would want to live there is completely idiotic.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 4, 2006 11:46 AM

6th Avenue in North Slope is beautiful and it's not noisy. Unless you count the occasional ringing of church bells as noisy. 6th between Berkeley and Union is one of the most picturesque blocks in all of Brooklyn.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 4, 2006 12:28 PM

vans park double park all over 6th ave. on the weekdays, which is annoying. however, as someone who used to live on 6th ave. and now lives on a side street i can tell you that the east/west light is much more lovely than the north/south light on the sides streets. yards on 6th are a little smaller, but it's a nice ave. all the same.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 4, 2006 2:17 PM

The 6th Ave open house is not just cancelled, the listing is not on the BHS website at all. Seems like it was pulled off the market, would love to know why.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 4, 2006 4:29 PM