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September 7, 2007
Condos of the Day: 284 Warren Street
Over at 284 Warrren Street, a 1909 brick townhouse has been converted into a four-unit condo building; local broker Vespa Properties has the listing. As far as we can tell, two of the apartments are already in contract. Two others—an upper duplex for $1,250,000 and a floor-through two-bedroom for $850,000—are still available. While we're missing the price on the fourth unit, we'd guess that the owners/developers are looking to gross close to $4 million. Considering that they paid $1,850,000 for the building back in June 2006, it's looking like a pretty good return. Has anyone been inside?
284 Warren Street [Craigslist] GMAP P*Shark
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i dont even like looking at this stuff anymore.
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Posted by: guest at September 7, 2007 12:44 PM
oooo i love it. didn't vespa get sued to change their name yet? though he is kind of cute in a guido sort of way.
Posted by: guest at September 7, 2007 12:54 PM
Someday this war's gonna end. That'd be just fine with the boys on the boat. They weren't looking for anything more than a way home. Trouble is, I'd been back there, and I knew that it just didn't exist anymore.
Captain Benjamin L. Willard - Apocalypse Now
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Posted by: guest at September 7, 2007 1:21 PM
What's with the beams? Don't they look kinda goofy cutting across the open space like that?
Posted by: guest at September 7, 2007 1:24 PM
I think the asking on the fourth apartment was around $1.3 -- it was a duplex, quite large, but way overpriced. If they got that, then they're hoping for over $4 million all up.
As for the upper duplex, the view is great, but the apartment itself is not very big and the kitchen is tiny --certainly not worth $1.25 million. Seems like they left the beams there as they were originally going to build a mezzanine, a la Scarano, but then decided too risky as they'd already maxed out the FAR. Broker told us, of course, there wouldn't be a problem building on it, but of course that's not true given there's no FAR left. Guess they're hoping some sucker won't realize this and buy with that in mind.
Posted by: guest at September 7, 2007 2:13 PM
I also saw the upper duplex and got the same spiel about the mezzanine. Plus, we were told that a strange and tiny room on the top level could be made into a bathroom, but they wouldn't be building it. A lot of DIY for a that kinda money, imho...
We also had some concerns about the drainage on the roof.
The place is a bit of a tease.
Posted by: frostnip at September 7, 2007 2:57 PM
To me that apartment is fug. Those beams are weird and I'm not much into that minimalist look. Waaaaaay overpriced, to boot. Finally, what's up with "Denver"? Is that a real estate listing, or his MySpace page?
Posted by: guest at September 7, 2007 3:49 PM
I think it was also priced at $1.25 when they were still planning to do the mezzanine -- perhaps a price drop is in order?
Posted by: guest at September 7, 2007 6:10 PM
arghhhhhhhhhh..... I do think that folks have lost their minds... and their wallets will soon follow.
Posted by: bren at September 7, 2007 9:34 PM
the men at vespa are HOT. I go there to look at apartments just to get some eye candy, smokin.
Posted by: guest at September 8, 2007 7:44 PM
I found the apartments to be tiny for their price, and not very attractive. The yard and all outdoor space is very small, and I have known Vespa to lie a lot and say anything to make a deal. And why do they need to ad their picture to every listing? Especially when they are better looking in real life than their photos?!
Posted by: guest at September 9, 2007 4:34 PM
Were the windows restored from the Brooklyn House of D?
Posted by: guest at September 10, 2007 9:28 AM
I looked at these units a while back. The architect did a great job with the space at hand. Can't comment on the price since prices are all wacky.
I have to say, though, I was totally turned off by the broker, Pietro Costa. Yuk! A total sleaze ball. He totally treated me like a piece of meat. And he was full of broker speak, aka, twisting facts just short of blatant lies. Like I said, YUK!!
Posted by: guest at June 28, 2008 12:38 PM
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