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House of the Day: 289 Van Brunt

Categories: Brooklyn, Properties, Real Estate, Red Hook

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We realized we haven't been writing much about Red Hook real estate recently and so we started poking around for a House of the Day candidate. All that came up on our NYT search was this 3-story building on the corner of Van Brunt and Pioneer. Currently it's configured as two rental apartments over two stores. The listing describes it as a wood frame but frankly it's hard to tell if it's wood or vinyl. Pros include lots of windows and (for some) a cool location; cons include the fact that it's not configured for a family and that Van Brunt is a wide street with its share of truck traffic. One more con: The asking price of $1,400,000. You'd have to be very bullish on commercial rents in the area to pay that. Are there any other more charming houses in Red Hook currently on the market?
289 Van Brunt Street [NY Times] GMAP P*Shark
Photo by Kate Leonova for Property Shark



By Brownstoner at January 25, 2007 12:02 PM | Comments (12)

12 Comments

By anon on January 25, 2007 12:31 PM

mr b: "wood frame" simply means the house has wood framing (i.e., studs, joists) nto wood siding. a house would never be vinyl framing, only vinyl siding.

By anonymous on January 25, 2007 12:41 PM

yuck

By eletricgreek on January 25, 2007 12:52 PM

Wood frame house means that the skin is wood . like the old wood frame homes in victorian flatbush . This place just has the wood covered with vinyl siding . Also you might of heard the term brick filled wood frame . That's when the exterior of the house is built with 2x4's or 2 x 6 then the 16" gaps are filled with brick . Then covered with wood clapboards . This meathod was used alot in bushwick

By Anonymous on January 25, 2007 1:11 PM

This one has been listed with rooklyn Properties for about a year. 2 family 2 story for $875K (it was originally 999K). There is an open house this weekend:

http://www.brooklynproperties.com/house44.htm

By an architect on January 25, 2007 1:15 PM

"wood frame" refers to the structure of the house, not the cladding. A wood frame house can have wood, vinyl, or even masonry cladding.

By Tony Tone on January 25, 2007 1:52 PM

yes "wood frame" has nothing to do with the cladding, it has to do with the framing, ie. the structure.

By Anonymous on January 25, 2007 2:19 PM

http://www.betancourtrealestate.com/page.cfm?page=details&id=1514&pic=7

There's also this one on Dikeman between Van Brunt and Conover.

By Anonymous on January 25, 2007 4:33 PM

Saw this house back in 2003. Was asking $585K back then. Nice 3 BR layouts in the apartments. It was renovated by two guys who had been doing some flips.

By kitten on January 25, 2007 8:04 PM

almost bought this one back in 2003.
they tried to catch me up in some bs bidding war and said no thanks.

the apartments were nice, but needed new kitchens + baths. there's no yard. the restaurant below just got reno'd so hopefully it's more up to code than before. and the converted garage is illegal with no CofO, making it hard to rent out as anything useful.

it was bought by a broker from the original firm.

it's only worth buying (and not at this price) if you want to turn the deli into a restaurant. otherwise the rents can't come close to covering it.

By Anonymous on January 26, 2007 8:46 AM

The only one I know of in Redhook is the two family on Coffey Street for sale (looks to be in contract?) for $998K. Did a driveby last week. Sweet little house.

Seems very nice and a great location close to Fairways and on the only, really beautiful, brownstone block in RH.

It's at Fillmore.com so you can see it there...

BTW, I'm still not convinced that almost a million for Red Hook is a good thing but it's a pretty one to look at.

By anon on January 26, 2007 10:18 AM

Awesome, I always wanted my own bodega! I'll turn it into a Wholefoods express(c) and sell food at a 500% markup!

By Anonymous on January 29, 2007 5:53 PM

i live here! if you buy it...please consider the current tenants. i'm not kidding. this is our home.

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