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July 10, 2009

Open House Picks

housePark Slope
567 1st Street
Corcoran
Sunday 12-1:30
$2,595,000
GMAP P*Shark

houseDitmas Park
986 Ocean Avenue
Brooklyn Properties
Sunday 2:30-4
$999,000
GMAP P*Shark

houseProspect Lefferts Gardens
19 Maple Street
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 2:30-4:30
$865,000
GMAP P*Shark

houseKensington
384 East 3rd Street
Fillmore
Sunday 1-3
$665,000
GMAP P*Shark




Posted by Brownstoner at 1:03 PM | Comments (33)
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I think all of the houses are solid and in good shape, but each of them needs a bit of tweaking and updating, so for that alone they are all overpriced.
I realllly like the Ditmas Park house, but is that area going for close to 1 mil for a house that needs kitchen/bathroom total updates.
The Kensington House seems like a good buy, probably could get it for $550K and put in some updates

Posted by: gemini10 at July 10, 2009 1:15 PM

The Park Slope house is beautiful. The walls leading to the center stair make sense, giving just enough division to make entering the center room an event. The HOTD the other day, which had those same walls removed, doesn't work, for that reason. I really like the later, turn of the century houses, because they really are airy and spacious in this way.

It's a big pile of money, but a wonderful house, on a gorgeous block, one of my favorites in the Slope.

Posted by: Montrose Morris at July 10, 2009 1:23 PM

gemini, do you think that bit stuck on the front of the Ditmas park house is original? seems to be the same colored brick, but looks odd.

Posted by: dittoburg at July 10, 2009 1:23 PM

Ditto - it does look odd
hmmmm - you might be right then, but the house is huuuuuuge!

Posted by: gemini10 at July 10, 2009 1:39 PM


I like the kennsington house... You can wash your undies and boil your spaghetti at the same time!!

Posted by: tybur6 at July 10, 2009 1:48 PM

I'm liking the PLG house--nice layout plus parking, and you could add another bath upstairs and have three bedrooms rather than four if need be. And isn't this a prime street?

Posted by: tinarina at July 10, 2009 1:52 PM

Tybur6: If you have a big-enough pot, you can wash undies and boil sphagetti together any time!

Posted by: ProfRobert at July 10, 2009 1:56 PM

As for Kensington, steam up the place with spaghetti and/or underwear to remove the miles of wallpaper.

Posted by: tinarina at July 10, 2009 2:02 PM

567 1st has been on the market since June 2008. It was originally listed at $3,489,000 with Prudential Elliman:

http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/289044-anyhouse-567-1st-st-park-slope-brooklyn

Subsequently reduced to $2,989,000 when it was a HOTD:

http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2008/10/house_of_the_da_586.php

Corcoran has had it since February at current price of $2,595,000.

Posted by: bk14 at July 10, 2009 2:07 PM

"Detached"...either semi- or *CHORUS OF ANGELS SINGING* fully, is, to me, the most romantic word in Bklyn real estate. I know...blahblahblah...heating costs...blahblahblah...I am just so enamored with the idea of NOT sharing walls with other people. Makes that PS price slightly easier to swallow.

Posted by: bkbornandbred at July 10, 2009 2:09 PM

"'Detached'...either semi- or *CHORUS OF ANGELS SINGING* fully, is, to me, the most romantic word in Bklyn real estate."

Same.

Maple St. house -- I like.

Posted by: Nomi at July 10, 2009 2:48 PM

Oh, but see in the street veiw of Maple St. that all the windows on the long side are in an alleyway. Well, the driveway, but a tall building right on the other side would block most direct light. Western exposure on that side .. . hmm, they've got some good (fill-in) lighting in those photos. Still, nice house. Don't really know neighborhood though except passing thru.

Posted by: Nomi at July 10, 2009 2:56 PM

People who are bothered by living in relatively close proximity to other people (ie: adjacent rowhouses) should really re-examine their reasons for staying in the city.

Posted by: sam at July 10, 2009 3:00 PM

The Ditmas House is the pick of the litter. The Park Slope house is a mausoleum. Too deep and gloomy. Too many rooms. It actually may be too much of a good thing.

Posted by: sam at July 10, 2009 3:14 PM

PS, 2.5 mil to buy. 1 mil to renovate. Corc forgot to put he reno price in the sft price. But it is interesting to see Corcoran quoting sft prices, isn't it?

Posted by: denton at July 10, 2009 3:15 PM

I'm feeling Maple Street. Nice looking house, semi-detached with plenty of windows, and a garage.

The Ditmas Park house looks OK, but I wouldn't particularly want to live on Ocean Avenue.

Posted by: Sparafucile at July 10, 2009 3:18 PM

$2.6 MM and no en-suite master bath??? What's the world coming to???


Yes, denton, I thought that psf price was interesting.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 10, 2009 3:21 PM

"People who are bothered by living in relatively close proximity to other people (ie: adjacent rowhouses) should really re-examine their reasons for staying in the city."

I will re-examine my ass. Oh, I do that everyday anyway . . .

Posted by: Nomi at July 10, 2009 3:26 PM

For some people, a detached house in Brooklyn is the best of both worlds. What is wrong with that? Why can't WE have it all too, even if our "all" is not the same as your "all"?

Posted by: Nomi at July 10, 2009 3:28 PM

Nomi, can you actually see your own ass???

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 10, 2009 3:30 PM

Why are the google street views so depressing? Even in nice areas?

Posted by: Nomi at July 10, 2009 3:31 PM

I think its the camera they use. They use the same camera to take pics of guests visting our offices.

Posted by: dittoburg at July 10, 2009 3:48 PM

Isn't Kensington house a really good deal? I've never thought much about the neighborhood, but that price makes me reconsider.

Posted by: Heather at July 10, 2009 5:03 PM

Oh yes yes yes Montrose, that Park Slope house with its original walls is very, very pretty. Spacious and gracious.

Posted by: mopar at July 10, 2009 5:59 PM

OK, my serious comment: The PS house is beautiful. I live in semi-detached land, and it's great to have the alley. But it's a 10-minute walk almost to any subway. That'd be the dealbreaker for me (my pet peeve is walking >5 min. in rain, snow or broiling heat.). Although if I could afford it, maybe I'd also be able to afford having a sedan chair and bearers carry me to the subway on days I didn't feel like walking.

Posted by: ProfRobert at July 10, 2009 6:59 PM

Ha. Your serious comment ^^^ includes considering having a sedan chair and bearers carry you to the subway.

Does a sedan chair have four doors?

Dave, I can't actually see it, no. I use other senses to examine it.

Posted by: Nomi at July 10, 2009 7:47 PM

The Ocean Avenue location for the DP house is a huge drawback. Adjacent to a sea of high rise apartment buildings, bustling with traffic, a hike from Cortelyou Road, nowhere near Prospect park, etc., etc... The porch has also most definitely been "renovated." Way over priced for the current market.

Posted by: Architerrorist at July 10, 2009 9:24 PM

I've seen (the owners' part) of the ocean ave house. It's overpriced largely because the space is divided in a very impractical manner. Also, the kitchen and such need upgrades.
Last, while there is a basement with "living space", it's dank and generally unappealing.

Posted by: slick at July 10, 2009 11:05 PM

Nomi, mine would -- it makes getting the childseat in and out of the back easier.

Posted by: ProfRobert at July 11, 2009 9:50 AM

Oh, it's like a car with wheels and stuff to make it move?

Posted by: Nomi at July 11, 2009 4:59 PM

Oh, it's like a car without wheels and stuff to make it move?

Posted by: Nomi at July 11, 2009 4:59 PM

Hm, I thought I stopped that first comment in time. Well, the second one is correct -- withOUT wheels, of course.

Posted by: Nomi at July 11, 2009 5:01 PM

Went to the Maple St. house today. Have to correct a couple of things: I was looking at the wrong house on Google street view (I think Google numbered it wrong.) The real house is across the street from the one I was talking about. So, it's NOT next to an apartment building. It's next to another house. That's good cause less light is blocked, especially on the second floor.

Also, the little sun room in the front of the house faces south, not north. So, especially in the winter when the leaves of the trees in front are down, that room gets very nice light.

The house is pleasant. Seems well kept. Nice floors, original details. Center staircase makes not huge space pretty airy. Not nearly as bright as in the photos, but that's not surprising. Some, ahem, might say the kitchen needs an immediate total gut! I would not. For me, the cabinets and appliances are fine; I'd change the counter tops and floor. Bathrooms could use updating. The master bedroom is nice and has that bay window. The other three bedrooms are small, one really too small. The ad says yes to a garden, but there's only pavement out back leading to a close two-car garage.

Street is nice and tree lined with mostly detatched and semi-detached houses, though this house is quite close to Flatbush.

No idea if the price is close to getting it done or not.

Posted by: Nomi at July 12, 2009 9:24 PM

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