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July 6, 2007

Open House Picks

house Park Slope
418 11th Street
Aguayo & Huebener
Sunday 2:30-4:30
$1,999,000
GMAP P*Shark

house Ditmas Park
706 Westminster Road
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 4-6
$1,550,000
GMAP P*Shark

house Sunset Park
361 Bay Ridge Avenue
Fillmore
Sunday 3-6
$799,000
GMAP P*Shark

house Crown Heights
996 St. John's Place
Corcoran
Sunday 1-3
$700,000
GMAP P*Shark

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why isn't Bay Ridge Avenue in Bay Ridge?

Posted by: anon at July 6, 2007 11:27 AM

11:27...it is.

Posted by: anon at July 6, 2007 11:32 AM

11:27...the broker also thinks limestone is the same thing as brownstone

Posted by: anon at July 6, 2007 11:33 AM

Re: the Aguayo Huebner Listing in Park Slope.

The text of the ad baffles me- what "secret" are they talking about? And what does "1st Offer" mean?

Posted by: Anonymous at July 6, 2007 11:35 AM

re: the "secret"...dunno, maybe something like the crying game? Can't be anything about original details, as those are clearly stripped out and long gone (as the place looks like it's been all chopped up inside)

re: "1st offer"...just their way of saying it's a new listing and hasn't been languishing on market like some others left over during the summer off months.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 6, 2007 11:49 AM

are morons. Why can't real estate agents get the building size/lot size correct? Isn't that some pretty basic important info potential buyers will want to know? According to their ad both are 18 by 58 and yet the building has a garden. I love it when they reverse the two and list the building as larger than the lot.

Posted by: Aguayo & Hubnber at July 6, 2007 11:55 AM

St. John's house looks great.Beautiful details, love the columns - they divide the space without cutting off the light.

Nice block of very well kept houses. Two way street with bus route, but that's hardly a reason for rejection. Actually is close to subways, Children's Museum, etc, as advertised. This looks like a great house for someone to put roots down, get some income from the rental (or not), and have a limestone in a fine neighborhood. Even with inevitable upgrades, this looks good, and within financial reach of more people.

Not the broker, but a fan of my neighborhood, and what looks to be a fine house.

Posted by: Brower Park at July 6, 2007 11:56 AM

st. johns house is beautiful! i'm surprised though, that they didn't get rid of that carpet on the steps. house would show better w.out that mehinks.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 6, 2007 12:05 PM

I'm very drawn to the St. John's house... just about perfect as far as I'm concerned.

Posted by: bren at July 6, 2007 12:16 PM

...i think the st. johns house is right next to a funeral home.

Posted by: not that it matters but... at July 6, 2007 12:20 PM

The St. Johns house is small, but has a lot of excess dev rights.

Posted by: Eryximachus at July 6, 2007 12:23 PM

We'll go have a look at St. Johns on Sunday. I hope 'original' does not include plumbing and electric.

Anyway Jon, did you get my invitation for tomorrow? I haven't got your RSVP.

Posted by: Hal at July 6, 2007 12:25 PM

how can Aguayo Huebner survive without floorplans? i would never give a listing to a brokerage that is too cheap to provide floor plans! they need to spend some money to get those commisions.

Posted by: anon at July 6, 2007 12:32 PM

I like St. John's. Next to a funeral home? Fine by me....quiet at least.

Posted by: donatella at July 6, 2007 12:33 PM

If I were the owner of that Bay Ridge house, I would be pretty pissed that its being advertised as in Sunset Park. First time I've seen a place listed as being in a far less desirable neighborhood than the one its actually located in. Whomever is managing their property database is seriously doing a crappy job, considering the $40k or so commision at stake. Bay Ridge is mostly covered by zip 11209, but the northen tip is in 11220, which is the primary one for Sunset Park. Their system probably assigns "Sunset Park" to everything in 11220, despite their being a tangible physical barrier between the two hoods (combo of park, railway, and highway).

Posted by: anonymous at July 6, 2007 12:57 PM

Re the park slope place, $537 psf seems like a very reasonable price. I paid about $500 psf 1 year ago for a townhome at 6th & 6th and have not seen anything close to that in a while. Any issues with the property anyone has heard of?

Posted by: Anonymous at July 6, 2007 1:03 PM

I think St. John's will go for over ask. This is a great neighborhood on the up and up and this looks like a nice property. $700k is very low for this area, most $700k townhouses in brooklyn are located in Bushwick or E. NY, not an area like Crown Heights. And this doesn't look like a dump, even if it does need new kitchens, baths, and some updating of mechanicals it's still easily worth this price.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 6, 2007 1:19 PM

1:19: "even if it does need new kitchens, baths, and some updating of mechanicals it's still easily worth this price"

i could be wrong but if it did need all of the above, wouldn't that cost *at least* 100k which would bring the cost of this house to 800k which is no longer a deal in this area.

Posted by: what do i know? at July 6, 2007 1:23 PM

St. John's listing: Most unfortunately named broker EVER.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 6, 2007 1:47 PM

1300 Carroll looks much worse inside than this property and is asking 799k but comes with parking. Needs serious updating. Both have open houses this weekend.

Posted by: HistoricBrooklyn.com at July 6, 2007 1:58 PM

1300 carroll is only a one family. beautiful block though.

Posted by: and at July 6, 2007 2:08 PM

wow - according to the ad copy the st. johns listing is a 100 year old house that's had only 2 owners - that's amazing and quite uncommon i would think...

sure looks nice...

Posted by: Anonymous at July 6, 2007 2:46 PM

Regarding floorplans, it takes a while to get measurements and then draw up the plans. If a seller wants their property on the market right away then plans won't follow for a while unless the owner already has them. And the point is to see the listing in person not based off of a floorplan. In my opinion it does a disservice to a property like this to have floorplans. But, judging by your attitude, you wouldn't know anything about that would you.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 6, 2007 3:03 PM

Not so uncommon, 2:46, in Crown Heights. Many people have had their homes stay in the family for several generations. It's one of the reasons CH has remained a stable neighborhood of families, and why the housing stock is in such good condition. People may be bank poor, but are certainly house rich, and have held onto their properties through the lean and unpleasant times.

Posted by: Brower Park at July 6, 2007 3:08 PM

The ghoul factor of the funeral home would not bother me so much- more the traffic noise and emotions. I used to live across the street from a funeral parlor and seeing people crying in the parking lot when you look outside your window can be a bit disconcerting.

That said the house looks nice, although I think a bit overpriced.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 6, 2007 3:24 PM

That said the house looks nice, although I think a bit overpriced.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 6, 2007 3:25 PM

It doesn't take that long for floorplans. When we listed our apartment, the photographer/floorplan guy came by on Thursday and the complete listing was up on Monday night. I don't think it does a disservice to ANY property to have floorplans on the sales site, unless it's such a craptacular layout that they would actively scare away buyers.

Posted by: zeebee at July 6, 2007 3:28 PM

Sunset Park is less desirable than Bay Ridge? That is yeterday's news. Nowadays Sunset Park prices are approaching and surpassing Bay Ridge.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 6, 2007 4:17 PM

Wow, the broker on the St. Johns house DOES have a verrrrry unfortunate name--keep her away from the knife block! She also is admirably blog-savvy, flacking regularly throughout this thread for her listing, even going so far as to mke fun of herself to throw us off her scent. That said, it is a nice looking house.

Posted by: John Wayne Bobbitt at July 6, 2007 5:29 PM

Zeebee, did the broker send the photographer/floorplan guy or did you list your place fsbo? If fsbo, may I ask what you paid? Thanks.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 6, 2007 5:33 PM

Park Slope house:

565 10th street went for 1,950,000 last Dec. Footprint is 20X66, 3 floors and finished English basement. It has a lot of original details to compare to 11th street house. And it is zoned for PS107.

It is also 3 family. I saw 2 apartment out of 3 and both kitchens were way better then 11th street house.

I would not say 11th street house is that cheap.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 6, 2007 6:03 PM

Anon 5:33, we listed with Brown Harris and they sent the floorplan guy/photographer.

Posted by: zeebee at July 6, 2007 8:50 PM

Zeebee,

You found a place yet? Seems like you've been looking forever.

Posted by: jones at July 6, 2007 8:54 PM

The house on Westminster is by no means pristine but the photos do not do it justice. The realtor also lists this house as a townhouse and clearly it is not. Also, I don't understand why these realtors don't invest in "staging" a home for sale or at least have a photographer on staff or contract one who specializes in photographing homes. They make enough money in commissions. After all they are asking 1,550,000 for the house!

Posted by: Anonymous at July 6, 2007 10:24 PM

so agree.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 6, 2007 10:34 PM

LOL!!!!

Posted by: Anonymous at July 6, 2007 11:20 PM

Brower Park... dental dams are commonly used in dentistry..primarily used in an Endodontists ofice to protect the tooth being worked on from bacterial contamination... it's a rectangular piece of latex.

Posted by: bren at July 7, 2007 12:11 AM

Non-Ymous 10:57PM exlpains a secondary use for the dental dam... one alot more pleasant than a visit to the endodntist!
:)

Posted by: bren at July 7, 2007 12:15 AM

Hi Jones,

Yes, we did, FINALLY. We were looking off and on for a year, partly to gauge what was available for the money we wanted to spend so we'd recognize a good deal when we found it. We're in contract on a house in the South Slope (which was an Open House pick, heehee!) and are sorting through offers on our apartment; hope to have a signed contract in the next 10 days.

Posted by: zeebee at July 7, 2007 9:53 AM

I need some advice. Daughter is under contract for small coop in Boerum Hill for $455,000. It's only about 500 sq.ft. How is this neighborhood and doesn't this seem like too much money?
The maintenace fees are $525!

Posted by: marie at July 7, 2007 10:43 AM

RE: 1:19: "even if it does need new kitchens, baths, and some updating of mechanicals it's still easily worth this price"

i could be wrong but if it did need all of the above, wouldn't that cost *at least* 100k which would bring the cost of this house to 800k which is no longer a deal in this area.

800k is still a good price for the area and in this case you would have a home that is 1) fully updated and 2) customized to your liking. Oftentimes people are going to change a kitchen or bath anyway so they expect to put some money into what they buy so that it will be what they like, not what the previous owners like.

Newly updated homes in this area are in the $900k+ range with some going for over $1M.

P.S. I'm not associated with this home or broker in any way, I just think the neighborhood is in a great spot right now and is going to do very well.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 7, 2007 11:04 AM

CURRENTLY, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE PRICE OF ONE AND TWO FAMILY HOMES IN CROWN HEIGHTS?

Posted by: NANA at July 7, 2007 5:57 PM

It's a lot more difficult to make floorplans for a 100 year old house than a simple coop or condo, isn't that obvious?? If you notice most of the floorplans sellers get done to market their properties are rarely to scale.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 7, 2007 6:53 PM

THE TROLL HAS ALTERED ALL OF THE CONTACT INFORMATION AGAIN. WHAT A PATHETIC LITTLE TWERP!
HE'S SO STUPID TO ACTUALLY THINK THAT COMMUNITY CONSCIOUS RESIDENTS OF CLINTON HILL - WHO ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, FAMIIIES AND BOROUGH - WOULD NOT TAKE THE EXTRA TIME TO DIG UP THE RIGHT INFORMATION FOR THEMSELVES. WHAT A RETARD!
BROWNSTONER, I AGREE WITH THE ABOVE POST. IT WOULD BE BEST TO SIMPLY END THE ABILITY FOR COMMENTS.
KEEP THE REST BECAUSE IT SERVES AS NOTICE TO CORRUPT INDIVIDUALS THAT CLINTON HILL RESIDENTS WILL NOT TOLERATE SHADY DEVELOPERS, LANDLORDS, ELECTED OFFICIALS OR A CRIME RIDDLED ENVIRONMENT.

Posted by: anon at July 7, 2007 7:44 PM

First, Anon 7:44, easy on the all-caps, sweetie.

Next: As fascinating as most of this thread is, the most interesting part came from "Former Assistant United States Attorney The Criminal Division of the US Attorney Office for the Eastern District; with many friends and contacts still on the job." For those of us new to your case, care to offer some background? This sounds good!

And finally: It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood, no?

Posted by: John Wayne Bobbitt at July 7, 2007 10:02 PM

If you've been here for a while, you'll know that most of the above posts beginning with that insane Clinton Hill Former assistant attorney post, are all cut and pastes from our annoying troll's collection of past disturbances. I suspect he is also the author of the John Wayne Bobbit posts, as well as the Brower Park dental dam posts. BP has never gone off topic like that, and I'm sure is in the possesion of a dictionary. Ignore them all, and let's stay on topic.

It's a great day to see some open houses, I hope we get some reports here later today.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 8, 2007 10:46 AM

Wow! What pitiful soul goes on blogsites and post crap for hours on a Friday night? Can't you find a date? Don't you have any friends? What about a family? Wife? Children? Isn't there something more constructive to do or important in your life than wrecking havic on a local blog? How pathetic?
Hey pal, you are one sick fuck! No matter how entertaining this may be to you, you really should get help! From the look of things, I think that I can pretty much size you up: (1) molested as a child; (2) confused sexuality; (3) depressed; (4) experienced chronic, habitual failure in everything attempted in life; (5) schizophrenic; (6) suffer from acute psychosis; (7) erectile dysfunction; (8) recluse; (9) social phobia, (10) agoraphobic,; and (11)avoidant personality.
Troll, you are suffering from some serious shit and you should get psychiatric assistant before it's too late. I'm hoping that someone out there may know who this fellow is. He needs help. There are certain people in his life (pseudo monikers - Katie, Sarah, and Ed; perhaps siblings) that may shed some light on his identity.
I seriously think that this guy is a danger, not only to himself but to CHP, Bx2Bklyn, Shahn Andersen, Bob Marvin and Mr. B himself. Over time, this guy has gleamed a lot of personal information about some of the regular posters on this site. I think it it safe to assume, given the plethora of available information on line that he also knows where you live. I think Mr. B should do everything in his power to ban this guy from this website. Hopefully, without access he will move on to something else of more interest and entertainment. If he stays here, it's only a matter of time before this nut does something really stupid and hurts himself or someone else.
My two cents....

Posted by: Anonymous at July 8, 2007 11:35 AM

Has anyone seen the Pacific Street house before or know the block well? I don't recall seeing it listed before, so I'm assuming that it's new to the market?

I did look at another house the same realtor has on Pacific (the one for just under $2 million. I think they have a third one for $2.15). The guy showing it that day said that they had an offer on the house and were showing it one last day before they accepted the offer. This was at least three weeks ago, so it looks like either the offer fell through or they ended up not accepting it.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 8, 2007 11:38 AM

Marie,
would need more info to really answer. Any area can vary block by block so just giving neighborhood name isn't specific enough.
The 500 sq ft - is that your figure or offering plan figure? Is it new or old bldg, walk-up or elevator, views, amenities, any outdoor space, etc. and so forth.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 9, 2007 11:34 AM

Did anyone see the Crown Heights house this weekend? Meant to go by and got sidetracked.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 9, 2007 12:32 PM

I saw it.

It sucks.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 9, 2007 1:13 PM

what sucks about it?

Posted by: can u be more specific at July 9, 2007 1:44 PM

the pics look pretty good so i'm a bit surprised.

Posted by: uhh....thanks at July 9, 2007 3:15 PM

Please 3:15. You know 1:13 never came anywhere near the house. If you are really interested, call the broker for an appointment.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 9, 2007 5:06 PM

crown heights is still scary as hell.

two shootings this weekend...

Posted by: anonymous at July 9, 2007 5:54 PM

This WORLD is crazy as hell!

The first shooting on Saturday, the wacko started in Flatbush off of St. Pauls place(after shooting
@ his girlfriends empty apt.), carjacked a car over there, drove it into an abandon store in Weeksville/Crown Heights,shot a driver that he tried to "jack", carjacked car #2 and began his shooting spree in Crown Heights on Albany/Park Pl. This nut just happened to crash the stolen vehicles in CHgts. It's amazing that no one was hurt. Those shots were heard blocks and blocks away... Scary indeed

Shooting #2: Was a traffic stop that happened to be in Crown Hghts on Rogers Ave./Lefferts Ave. Unfortunately, 2 officers were seriously wounded..one worse off than the other (praying for him).

Therefore, 5:54pm...it's just ironic that both incidents happened in the Crown Heights area. But, note there was a double murder in Canarsie, a Hasidic pervert molesting other Hasidic women that customary take rides w/other Hasidisms...I can go on and on.

So, don't zero in on Crown Heights as "scary as hell". Don't move there!How many soldiers came home from Iraq in body bags since the war? Maybe if the war ends, there wouldn't be a need for assholes to have the need to carry guns...

Posted by: BKProudAsHell at July 9, 2007 9:36 PM

the crown heights house was absolutely beautiful. works better as a 1 family, but really great just the same.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 10, 2007 10:17 AM

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