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May 14, 2007

House of the Day: 69 Orient Avenue (With Pool)

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wburgpool.jpgWe can't imagine there are a whole lot of people willing to shell out $1,450,000 for a non-descript two-story house out past the Graham stop on the L Train in Williamsburg, but you can't blame the sellers for trying. As the Craigslist ad states, there are approved plans in place to add another 1,500 square feet of living space to this house, but that means you have to find someone who wants to spend $2 million-plus for a house in this location. Seems like a stretch to us. But then again, there aren't that many houses with in-ground pools around here either!
69 Orient Avenue [Craigslist] GMAP P*Shark
House photo by Kate Leonova for Property Shark




Posted by Brownstoner at 1:28 PM | Comments (13)
Categories: Brooklyn, HOTD, Williamsburg

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Wow... that pool is so WEIRD!

Posted by: rj at May 14, 2007 1:48 PM

40x100 ft lot. A developer can enlarge the existing structure and end up with close to 10,000 sq ft of condos. I don't think the price is that far off but this is priced as a development site, not as an end user property.

Posted by: Anonymous at May 14, 2007 2:00 PM

Orient Avenue is gorgeous... the neighborhood around is sort of blah (although I like Cooper Park, I think I'm the only one), but this block is really surprising.

Posted by: Q.R. at May 14, 2007 2:08 PM

cooper park is great! so is orient, but it won't be if this and the haunted housesque structure are torn down for condos.

Posted by: anon at May 14, 2007 2:16 PM

And with room for my 5 cars!

Posted by: JL at May 14, 2007 3:02 PM

And what about 59 Orient a few doors done? Asking price is 2 million, but despite being 150 years old, it will most likely be torn down.

Posted by: Anonymous at May 14, 2007 3:14 PM

why not? This is as Entourage as it gets for Wburg.

Posted by: Anonymous at May 14, 2007 3:30 PM

Double cabinets in the kitchen, and they still have to leave clutter and crap sitting out on the countertops in their photos.

Posted by: Anonymous at May 14, 2007 3:35 PM

I dont understand why you're so shocked -- Orient's a beautiful block, this is worth a lot more than that listing for about the same price on Keap street next to the BQE a few months ago... the amenities on the 3rd stop on the L are actually somewhat nicer than the 1st or 2nd stop, if you know where to go.

I mean it's all overpriced -- when I lived around the corner, houses on this block were going for $160K -- but this IS one of the nicer houses, and, if I am correct, has some interesting stories associated with it.

Really a shame about the Cooper mansion.

And Cooper Park is probably the nicest park in Williamsburg -- I think.

Posted by: Heather M at May 14, 2007 4:33 PM

The seller is selling only the house and he is going to develop crappy 3 Fam Fedders on the 19 width lot

Posted by: Anonymous at May 14, 2007 4:52 PM

forget the pool -- how about that kitchen!

Posted by: pfa at May 14, 2007 5:30 PM

You might also have to watch out for the crumbling "development" in back at 100 Maspeth

"Olive Park" now has a giant i-beam skeleton propping it up, because the cheap developer tried to get away with dangerous construction methods...

Maybe now that the inspectors are doing their jobs, these guys will be less interested in cheating people lest and right

Posted by: watch out in back at May 15, 2007 9:21 AM

That seller has put that house on the market 4 or 5 times in the last 3 years. He never intends to sell, he just wants to see what he can get.

Posted by: s at May 15, 2007 5:54 PM

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