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March 30, 2007

Residential Sales in Brooklyn

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CROWN HEIGHTS $855,000
888 Park Place
1-family, 4-story brownstone house. Lots of details but in need of full renovation. Broker: Weichert Realty.

PARK SLOPE $890,000
194 17th Street
3-family prewar brick house; 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, dining room, eat-in kitchen in each unit; finished basement; 20-by-100-ft. lot; taxes $2,008; listed at $890,000, 2 weeks on market. Broker: Aguayo & Huebener.
FIrst item submitted by reader; second item from the print edition of yesterday's New York Times.




Posted by Brownstoner at 11:32 AM | Comments (16)
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Great looking house. Inferring from info on propshark - very longtime owner. Their data does not go far enough back to show last deed transfer - but phone was from 1963.
Amazing that these huge houses remained single family thru the decades.

Posted by: Anonymous at March 30, 2007 12:13 PM

How many square feet is the CH pad?

Posted by: Anonymous at March 30, 2007 12:28 PM

propshark says 4400 sq ft for 888 park pl

Posted by: Anonymous at March 30, 2007 12:54 PM

It's 4400 sq ft if you count the basement, which in this case is nowhere close to being a finished living space. Otherwise, 3500 is closer to the mark---the new owner

Posted by: Mikez at March 30, 2007 3:23 PM

Welcome to the nabe new owner...

Posted by: Anonymous at March 30, 2007 4:08 PM

Welcome to the nabe MikeZ...

Posted by: Anonymous at March 30, 2007 4:08 PM

Dear MikeZ.....what do you expect the total cost will be fully reno'd??

Posted by: Anonymous at March 30, 2007 4:38 PM

Thanks. I'm looking forward to rolling up my sleeves and getting to work. And thanks to everyone in the community for your partipation on this site. It has been very helpful.

To anonymous at 12:13 -- the previous owner told me that his father bought the house in 1954. A good friend of mine has also done quite a bit of research and traced the original occupants (at least since the 1900 census) through 1944. In 1944, my friend found a draft registration card for the "old man's draft" filled out by the original owner's son, who listed his address at 888 Park Place (so the house appears to have still been in the family till then, even though the father, Edward dare, died in 1932). I haven't yet filled in the gap between 1944 and 1954. It may have still been in the Dare family.

I hope to keep a reno blog on Brownstoner and I'll include this stuff for those (like me) who love this sort of thing....

Cheers

Posted by: MikeZ at March 30, 2007 4:40 PM

For anonymous at 4:38

My engineer, who is very thorough and has my complete confidence, tells me "a hard $260--not counting the kitchen" (which has to be gutted). he doesn't buy my assertions that I can renovate the baththrooms myself, and or install an interior drainage system in the cellar myself. If you give me the benefit of the doubt, then maybe I save $20k to $30k. This estimate also does not include much of the pretty stuff-- the restoration.

Money is tight, so I'm going to have to do triage. Keeping the water out is my number one priority at this time (roof, cellar and busted pipes).

I'm open to any and all advice, even if I don't always take it.

Cheers

Posted by: MikeZ at March 30, 2007 4:55 PM

Welcome to the nabe, MikeZ. THere are lots of great people on your block, some who post here regularly. Hope you will be interested in Crown Heights North Assoc, too. We'll bring around the welcome wagon. All the best.

Posted by: Crown Heights Proud at March 30, 2007 6:47 PM

Wow Mike.... congratulations!

As a representative of this blog's red headed step children down here in Crown Heights South.... I'd like to welcome you and offer my sincerest compliment...... envy.

You picked up an amazing piece of history there man..... that is one seriously beautiful house.

Posted by: ImNotYourDaddy at March 30, 2007 10:02 PM

Thanks for rolling out the welcome mat. I'm really excited to be here and have already met a lot of great people on the block.

Posted by: MikeZ at April 1, 2007 5:03 PM

888 PkPl.: Gorgeous house. We looked at the open house. MikeZ, My wife and I are among your new neighbors, one block east.

Welcome.

Posted by: Hal at April 2, 2007 9:38 AM

Congrats MikeZ. We don't live in CH (we're in PLG) but to keep the cellar dry, follow the advice we kept getting. Which was to keep the water away from the foundation. The slope or grade in our backyard sends all the water right up to the house. Fix that, in addition to the drains. You could also get a garden design that encourages water to sink in, in spots, instead of creating run-off. Good luck!

Posted by: Anonymous at April 2, 2007 11:06 AM

Congrats. Although I'm a bit bitter towards you, since we had an accepted offer on the place, and then not accepted, and then an accepted offer, and then not accepted.

Good luck - you have a beautiful place!

Posted by: HC at April 2, 2007 2:19 PM

mike z, congrats on your place. the detail on the outside is simply beautiful. we are neighbors, around the corner. welcome and enjoy!

Posted by: the mansion at April 5, 2007 4:09 AM

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