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June 27, 2007
House of the Day: 126 8th Street
You don't see a lot of these old wood-frames in Gowanus hit the market. Befitting the neighborhood, this 25-footer at 126 8th Street is a bit eccentric but overall we're liking it. The owners have definitely put their own stamp on the place but have managed to retain lots of old-school charm. Plus, for the drivers out there, there's a curb cut and front-yard parking. Frankly, there's so little turnover in the immediate area that we've got no idea how the asking price of $1,275,000 stacks up. Thoughts?
126 8th Street [Warren Lewis] GMAP P*Shark
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It's super cute.. and on 8th street still kinda in the slope... definately reasonable
Posted by: JS at June 27, 2007 2:03 PM
It's super cute.. and on 8th street still kinda in the slope... definately reasonable
Posted by: JS at June 27, 2007 2:04 PM
Warren Lewis linky no worky.
Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2007 2:07 PM
js...what slope r u talking about...b/c if it's park slope....this ain't it
Posted by: anon at June 27, 2007 2:09 PM
plus the block is mostly commercial/manufacturing and the yard backs up to a dumping ground for ranshackled cars
Posted by: anon at June 27, 2007 2:13 PM
This block is very industrial; lots of trucks. But, as you said not much on the market under $1.3, so interesting to see what it goes for.
Posted by: anon at June 27, 2007 2:14 PM
love it
Posted by: anon at June 27, 2007 2:15 PM
I hate to get bitchy on you guys, but I'm nominating this for the ugliest kitchen ever spotted in a $1M plus home. . .
The curb appeal ain't much better, either
Posted by: tripster at June 27, 2007 2:38 PM
ah...but the curb appeal is that there is a cut and your own parking spot!!
Be interesting to know history of building and strange layout..Was it built as something other than house or did have 'horsewalk' to backyard that was later filled in and included in house?
I'm sure plenty of FAR if wanted to expand and priced competitively enough for Open House pick on Friday on same block. Funkier or more eclectic or maybe eccentric look than tradional row/townhouse/brownstone. Which has appeal. Just not to the traditionalists.
Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2007 2:44 PM
the layout blows.
Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2007 2:53 PM
Appears to have three kitchens/apartments in a two family--prob illegal.
Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2007 2:57 PM
anyone have an idea what those apts would rent for? it's 8th between 2nd and 3rd.
Posted by: anon at June 27, 2007 3:02 PM
I like funky. This is fugly.
Maybe it is destined for a tear-down anyway. .
Posted by: tripster at June 27, 2007 3:16 PM
LOVE the garden! I'm swiping the photo for my idea book.
Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2007 3:59 PM
the 25' width and curb cut/parking spot are good. the 30' depth, layout, location, and general weirdness of the interior are bad.
Posted by: z at June 27, 2007 4:03 PM
I saw this place over the weekend, and it was the creepiest place I've ever seen. It would make a great haunted house come October.
Posted by: looker at June 27, 2007 4:26 PM
I saw this place over the weekend, and it was the creepiest place I've ever seen. Would make a good haunted house come October.
Posted by: Lookie at June 27, 2007 4:30 PM
Why why why would you spend this money here when you could get a house in Lefferts or Ditmas or Clinton Hill for this--or a palace in Bed Stuy or Crown Heights for less?
Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2007 4:57 PM
8th street bet 3rd & 4th is very nice, 2nd & 3rd? not too sure... ask the prostitutes that work 2nd ave!
Posted by: elizabeth e at June 27, 2007 5:09 PM
If this is worth 1.3 than we are all crazy. Come on, people don't buy . Move on rent do anything but do not buy. You are living in GOWANUS, a waterway that is NOT Venice. 1.3 million, think about it..
Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2007 5:12 PM
are there really prosititutes on 2nd ave? I've been going all the way to the bronx. Who knew I could stay right in the nabe?
Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2007 5:14 PM
Is there a troll at work here?
Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2007 7:03 PM
I saw it at the open house, while it has center stairs and 25 ft to work with, and quite a pleasant garden, the interior is extremely weird. It is like an explosion in a kitschy junk shop occurred and embedded all this _stuff_ into every available surface.
After you've filled a dumpster with what they've done you are left with walls to remove, new kitchens, and making a rental is, to put it nicely, challenging.
Add to the block (probably 20% residential the rest warehouses and rental offices) and that views to nothing but the prospect expressway, plus the prospect of the gowanus rising up and inundating your basement. Well, its going to take that special someone.
That so many people tromped around the open house says more about what is unavailable in the slope now than what this place is like.
Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2007 7:43 PM
Come on peeps, this place is the dope shit. You yuppie's cum and get some punnanie near the sludster. I know y'll wanna spend $2g's but i got a special deal at $1.5. Come and see me and I'll getcha some special magic. Don't front, hit me up and I'll hit u for a dollar. This Princeton p-fari aint' got nuthin'.
Posted by: Prostituter at June 27, 2007 9:41 PM
Come on peeps, this place is the dope shit. You yuppie's cum and get some punnanie near the sludster. I know y'll wanna spend $2g's but i got a special deal at $1.5. Come and see me and I'll getcha some special magic. Don't front, hit me up and I'll hit u for a dollar. This Princeton p-fari aint' got nuthin'.
Posted by: Prostituter at June 27, 2007 9:43 PM
most misspelled word? It's definitely definitely
Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2007 9:46 PM
Here's a theory about this market...
There appears to be a lack of inventory in prime parts of park slope (see 7:43 above). My suspicion is that this isn't because things come on the market and sell really quickly. Rather, I think that owners of prime brownstones who don't _need_ to sell (not moving, not bankrupt, etc) are no longer trying to cash out. They like their homes, the market has dropped slightly, why sell?
Buyers are still interested in the area, however, and realtors are taking advantage of the lack of inventory by pricing places like this at crazy amounts. I think this will backfire, though, as places like this will just sit on the market and need multiple cuts to move. This will add to the perception that the market is dropping, even though the house was priced far above a reasonable level from the outset.
Just a theory...
Posted by: anon at June 27, 2007 10:20 PM
No thank you.
Posted by: Anonymous at June 28, 2007 10:25 AM
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