House of the Day: 49 Dikeman Street

No floorplan. No pictures of the apartment and what's happening with the windows to the garden floor? And the pictures are taken at night! But, this is a great Red Hook block and it looks like a nice house. And, very true -- scarcity of houses -- attractive or not -- in Red Hook. Hard to guess on price without seeing more of the house or knowing layout or sq ft, but, yes, they are not going to make anything back. Rough.

Posted by: Nomi at July 27, 2009 1:54 PM

Who thinks home ownership is 100% analogous to other types of investment?

(I think 'desperation sale" is even more desperate when the sale has to be done in a down market.)

Posted by: Nomi at July 27, 2009 1:57 PM

Yes, gardens. Gardens are needed by some. Like me. Mine is 90 miles away at Mom's house and I miss it every day.

The apt. has to be on the garden floor, no, cause don't we see the stair case as open between parlor floor and second floor?

I like this house from what I can see. I think it would help them to have better photos. Duh, I guess that's obvious, but I just don't get why people don't spend a little more effort and at least have . .. . oh, whatever. But those nighttime flash photos are just not going to show a place at it's best. Understatement. And no floor plan.

Maybe Red Hook is still desirable enough that these things aren't needed? I don't know. There are still no subways there and prices are strangely skewed. I mean, no subway plus huge project with majority of Red Hook population. But low inventory seems to keep prices higher? It IS beautiful and romantic over there, but still.

Posted by: Nomi at July 27, 2009 2:51 PM

Yeah, basement/garden question is a big question cause of those "windows," but still I say that's got to be the apt down there cause stairs are open between the other floors. Maybe they are working on the windows. In other pictures things aren't quite done.

In my great wisdom I can understand the appeal of a new (or newly renovated) coop over an old house with possible hidden problems. The so-called luxury coop with its clean and open layout and less worry about sudden expensive repair (of course countered by maintenance fees hard to measure against house maintenance cost) glamor and views -- I can understand paying more per foot for that even though I lean toward houses.

Posted by: Nomi at July 27, 2009 3:05 PM

Oh, everything looks depressing of Google streetview, chicken. Really, take a look at the nicest block you can think of.

A great block in Red Hook IS a little desolate, though. It's true. One man's desolate is another's romantically wind swept. Of something.

I actually just drove by the house. And I still can't say what's going on with those ground level windows! The house looked occupied, so I didn't want to stop and get out and gawk, so I only tried to figure out from the car. They are not boarded up. It looked like some kind of dark brown screen covering . . . something. There are definitely window frames, if no actual windows at the moment.

Mopar, you're funny. Maybe with some forensic enhancement you can get the color off the can. I'm wondering now if those photos aren't from a while ago since the house looked occupied as I said.

Posted by: Nomi at July 27, 2009 7:50 PM

Yeah, so? The walls could be painted with joint compound.

Posted by: Nomi at July 27, 2009 9:38 PM