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October 2, 2008

House of the Day: 29 Prospect Place

First off, this listing needs to be styled and rephotographed if it wants to have a shot at fetching its $2,695,000 asking price. While it's a perfectly nice house, it's not an eye-popping as much of its competition in the Slope and needs to be putting its best foot forward. We were also stunned to see that the house changed hands for just $799,000 in August 2004. Presumably some work has been done, but we don't think that new kitchen's gonna knock anyone's socks off. Time to raise your game!
29 Prospect Place [Heights Berkeley/NYT] GMAP P*Shark

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2.695? Keep dreaming!

Posted by: GHB at October 2, 2008 1:19 PM

gimme a break. these guys can't be serious!

Posted by: guestula at October 2, 2008 1:20 PM

Let's party like it's...2006!

Posted by: NorthHeights at October 2, 2008 1:21 PM

799k in 2004? That can't be right, even if it was a shell. Something's incorrect there.

As for the current price, only if it was an absolute stunner. Which this isn't.

Posted by: Bolder at October 2, 2008 1:23 PM

Realtor's website doesn't have any pics. NYT listing doesn't have any pics? Where do we look at pretty pretty pictures of this house?

Posted by: bayridgegirl at October 2, 2008 1:26 PM

I don't know.... with that stylish shower curtain, they might feel themselves justified asking a little more...

Posted by: nk at October 2, 2008 1:27 PM

I doubt they could get 1.6 million for this right now. Maybe things will improve in a month or twenty.

Posted by: sam at October 2, 2008 1:41 PM

these rows of houses are my favorite in the park slope area. however way too expensive.

Posted by: Santa at October 2, 2008 1:54 PM

Love the facade. Judging from the godawful photos chosen to show the place, I have no clue what to think. I'd like to attend the open house just to kick the realtor in the pants.

Posted by: Fjorder at October 2, 2008 1:59 PM

I'm going to the open house just so I can sit in the chair in the living room on the right and yell "EDITH, get me a beer, dingbat!!"

Posted by: Biff Champion at October 2, 2008 2:10 PM

Ok- I get to be Meathead.

Posted by: Fjorder at October 2, 2008 2:15 PM

And why is there a picture of the neighbor's overgrown backyard?

Posted by: nk at October 2, 2008 2:16 PM

The HB website says the agent is both broker and owner

Posted by: NorthHeights at October 2, 2008 2:18 PM

Is that top floor a full floor, or are the ceilings really low?

And yeah, that seems hiiiiigh.

Posted by: new2hood at October 2, 2008 2:26 PM

NorthHeights, that means owner of the RE firm, not the house (unless he actually owns a whole bunch of the other properties they have listed!).

Posted by: johnife at October 2, 2008 2:31 PM

Where's Townhouse Lady and her next Mill Basin listing at a time like this????

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 2, 2008 2:34 PM

here ya go. Nice bathroom.

http://www.century21.com/property/index.jsp?id=34833437

Posted by: nk at October 2, 2008 2:39 PM

Wow, nk, that place has more columns than the Sunday Times! And the jacuzzi is enough to make Caesar blush.

Posted by: Biff Champion at October 2, 2008 2:44 PM

Thinking of moving my harem there. But where to put the camels?

Posted by: nk at October 2, 2008 2:48 PM

Certainly not a drive-by. You'd never know all that grandeur was behind that conservative facade. No kitchen pic though so none of you can be sure that you like the whole package.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 2, 2008 2:54 PM

This is so sad. we're so tired of the same old over-priced crap in Park Slope that we have to turn our attention to more, um, unique properties in Graves End and Mill Basin.
I have to admit the interiors of the latter are way more entertainng than Archie Bunker's decor on Prospect Place.

Posted by: sam at October 2, 2008 3:05 PM

There's a 'doily' on the toilet tank. That just makes the bathroom so over the top.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at October 2, 2008 3:05 PM

Love that Mill Basin mini mansion. The interior design puts the "b" in "subtle."

Posted by: SnarkSlope at October 2, 2008 3:06 PM

I hate to say this, but I'd rather live in the Mill Basin House than the PS one.

I would throw a ball and everybody would have to come dressed as a French King or Queen.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at October 2, 2008 3:11 PM

SO, the separate kitchen/bath photo--is that actually a photo of a kitchen or bath? It would be a long walk to the sink....

Posted by: nk at October 2, 2008 3:13 PM

Does it have to be a French Queen or can it be just a regular Queen?

Posted by: nk at October 2, 2008 3:16 PM

The Mill Basin mini mansion's floors are shinier than James Carville's noggin. I love that the "Style" is characterized as "Other". But there's no garage?? Where the heck am I supposed to park my chariot?

Posted by: Biff Champion at October 2, 2008 3:16 PM

"Where the heck am I supposed to park my chariot?"

Is that a euphemism?

Posted by: SnarkSlope at October 2, 2008 3:20 PM

nk... There's no such thing as a "regular" queen.

Biff I bet there's a late '90s Cadillac Brougham back there somewhere.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 2, 2008 3:20 PM

bayridgegirl, I would so be at your party, if for no other reason than to see Biff and Dave try to outdo each other. I envision Musketeers and a Spanish Infantas.

Posted by: sam at October 2, 2008 3:20 PM

"...Goils were Goils and men were men, Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover agaaaaiiinnnn..."

(And we just might get him!) I get to be Edith.

I am SO in love with nk's Mill Basin contribution. Don't even know what to say. It is truly unbelievable. I merely have to wonder at who might possibly buy this place in order to have the flickering of an answer to my oft repeated questions of late: WHO in the world, at THIS juncture, could possibly still be undecided? For what are they waiting? How could this kind of person exist?

Voila.

Posted by: Nokilissa at October 2, 2008 3:21 PM

Dave, you're right, I should have said any old queen...

Posted by: nk at October 2, 2008 3:28 PM

SnarkSlope, that deserves a huge Austin Powers', "Oh, behaaaavvvvveeee!!"

Nokilissa, you can be Edith to my Archie anytime you want. I have a feeling sam wants the role of Gloria...

Posted by: Biff Champion at October 2, 2008 3:34 PM

Back to the original HOTD...$2.65MM and you get a plastic shower curtain around a clawfoot tub. I don't think so.

Forgive my obsession with that plastic shower curtain shortcoming.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 2, 2008 3:41 PM

What is up with these horrible RE websites! It's truly amazing. How hard is it to find an out-of-work graphic designer these days?

Where are the actual pics?

Posted by: FatLenny at October 2, 2008 3:43 PM

Dave,
Shower curtains are in the same category as curtains and other accessories.
Current home owner will probably take that with them.

Any old queen can come to the ball as long as they're dressed like a French one.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at October 2, 2008 3:47 PM

NK- WOW!! There is a god and he built this palace!! STUNNING!

I've been at the vet all day with the newest addition to my family "lou" the stray kitten that took up residence in my backyard. I've been trying to catch her for about a month now.

Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 2, 2008 3:52 PM

bayridgegirl...certainly I'm not expected to use the old, moldy, soap scum stained shower curtain that's there.

The fact that a shower curtain is required in a $2.65 MM home as opposed to a nice glass walled shower (+ the clawfoot tub for a bubblebath) is what irks me. SPEND SOME MONEY ON THAT BATHROOM YOU FOOLS.

God knows what the kitchen looks like!!! Formica?? It'd go with the whole Archie Bunker look.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 2, 2008 3:53 PM

I just realized that this is right by my house. Come on, M. cachal, you know you want to pay $2.6 Million for this place. I need the comps, baby!

Posted by: FatLenny at October 2, 2008 3:53 PM

TownhouseLady, you're uncharacteristically late to the party. I was waiting for your thoughts on this. Will we see you on October 16, by the way?

Posted by: Biff Champion at October 2, 2008 3:54 PM

THL...post a pic of the kitten

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 2, 2008 3:54 PM

Gloria?

The dippy daughter???

Hahahahaha.....

Posted by: sam at October 2, 2008 4:04 PM

'Biff I bet there's a late '90s Cadillac Brougham back there somewhere'

I guess the Mill Basin house is mine. We own a late 90's Caddilac Deville. I wish it was a Brougham. How cool would I be?

Posted by: bayridgegirl at October 2, 2008 4:09 PM

Delusional pricing and a very poor interior makes for an uninteresting combination. The facade is decent and location is good but thats about it. We think this place is overpriced by @ least 40% in our estimation but then again one can always dream....grandiosity is still a DSM diagnostic criteria.

Posted by: pierre de taille at October 2, 2008 4:10 PM

The black and white one is the kitten the other two are the long time residents who currently have theirs noses bent out of shape.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30673694@N06/sets/72157607670697544/

Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 2, 2008 4:10 PM

"grandiosity is still a DSM diagnostic criteria. "

QOTD

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 2, 2008 4:33 PM

sam, sorry, I just had to get you back for the gay mafioso comment you made earlier. :-)

bayridgegirl, what I wouldn't give to see your alter ego, Mill Basin Millie, rolling along in that DeVille, top down, kerchiefed bouffant swaying in the wind with big white-framed Jackie O glasses, Laura Petrie form fitting pants, gingham sleevless halter top and a mini Boston Terrier on your lap!

Posted by: Biff Champion at October 2, 2008 4:35 PM

You could film some gladiator movie in that place!!! Any of you like gladiator movies?

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 2, 2008 4:41 PM

Well, I did enjoy Spartacus, but it was after I downed a six-pack.

Posted by: Biff Champion at October 2, 2008 4:45 PM

Do you prefer oysters or eels?

Posted by: SnarkSlope at October 2, 2008 4:46 PM

I consider the eating or Oysters to be moral and the eating of eels to be immoral.

Posted by: nk at October 2, 2008 4:51 PM

My new favorite beer snack since I returned from Curnavaca last year is now gusanos de maguey.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 2, 2008 4:51 PM

Actually, I like both. Does that mean I'm shellfish?

Posted by: Biff Champion at October 2, 2008 4:51 PM

Off the site for a two day penalty on that one Biff.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 2, 2008 4:54 PM

I guess that's why you were one of the few people who didn't flinch when Lisa posted that big roach pic for the dirty restaurants article.

Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 2, 2008 4:55 PM

Ever had baby eels nk?? They are delicious cooked up in brown butter & sage.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 2, 2008 4:56 PM

A fair PUNishment indeed.

Posted by: SnarkSlope at October 2, 2008 4:57 PM

Wow brownstoner has become a party of like 4 people.

Posted by: billyboomer at October 2, 2008 4:57 PM

Don't you mean they're de-eel-icious? Hey, I"m just copying Dave.

Posted by: nk at October 2, 2008 4:59 PM

Allow me one of the old snarky faded-type comments billyboomer..."Add something relevant to the thread or the hijacking or STFU!" :)

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 2, 2008 4:59 PM

Don't you mean, they're de-eel-icious?

Posted by: nk at October 2, 2008 5:00 PM

Crap, stupid browser repeats....

Posted by: nk at October 2, 2008 5:01 PM

Nicer, cheaper, better locations

http://www.corcoran.com/property/listing.aspx?Region=NYC&ListingID=1305645

http://www.corcoran.com/property/search.aspx?Region=NYC&RentSale=SB

http://www.corcoran.com/property/listing.aspx?Region=NYC&ListingID=1400299

http://www.corcoran.com/property/listing.aspx?Region=NYC&ListingID=1310343

http://www.corcoran.com/property/listing.aspx?Region=NYC&ListingID=1252730

http://www.bhsbrooklyn.com/detail.asp?id=942928

http://www.bhsbrooklyn.com/detail.asp?id=929752

Posted by: bklynNY4sale at October 2, 2008 5:02 PM

nk...blaming your technological problems on the browser is like blaming the current finacial crisis on the administration. :)

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 2, 2008 5:04 PM

You know Biff no one commented on one of your all-time wittiest lines last week, something like.."an eruv distinction". anyway, I apprectaed it. the shellfish line is good too.
also, if I had to play a female role from All in the Family I think I would pick Edith's cousin Maude. The look and height would suit me better.

Posted by: sam at October 2, 2008 5:07 PM

billyboomer, why so crabby? (pun intended)

Posted by: Biff Champion at October 2, 2008 5:07 PM

"Wow brownstoner has become a party of like 4 people."

Bitter, table for one.

Posted by: SnarkSlope at October 2, 2008 5:13 PM

"a party of like 4 people" very 14 year old girlish too!!!! whatever!

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 2, 2008 5:15 PM

sam, thanks, I appreciate it and am duly impressed that you remembered the eruv distinction line. I prefer being your friend rather than your nemesis as you've proven you can more than hold your own when it comes to cyber sparring! And congrats yourself at being cited not once, but TWO times this week in the Quote of the Day.

I loved Maude when I was growing up. It was wonderful seeing a strong, intelligent, witty woman in a lead role for a change. And Adrienne Barbeau wasn't exactly hard on the eyes. She was somewhat of a childhood dream.

SnarkSlope, good one!

Posted by: Biff Champion at October 2, 2008 5:15 PM

When I was very young it was Johnny Crawford!!!!

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 2, 2008 5:17 PM

Whatever. You party sucks.

Posted by: billyboomer at October 2, 2008 5:40 PM

Then why are you crashing it?

Posted by: Biff Champion at October 2, 2008 6:15 PM