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August 28, 2009

Open House Picks

houseBoerum Hill
78 Douglass Street
Aguayo & Huebener
Sat 2-4, Sun 1-4
$1,499,000
GMAP P*Shark

houseBoerum Hill
190 Dean Street
Corcoran
Sunday 12-2
$1,495,000
GMAP P*Shark

houseSunset Park
514 44th Street
Coldwell Banker
Sunday 1-3
$925,000
GMAP P*Shark

houseBedford Stuyvesant
747 Hancock Street
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 2-3:30
$699,000
GMAP P*Shark




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Wrong address in Boerum hill. It's 190 Dean, not 2nd street.

Posted by: Maly at August 28, 2009 1:11 PM

Mercedes Benz pricing for used Chevys.

Posted by: Minard Lafever at August 28, 2009 1:26 PM

Oh, it's that spare no brick house again!

Posted by: Nomi at August 28, 2009 1:28 PM

yeah, wrong address.
190 Dean st was in contract. Looks like fell through.

Posted by: Petebklyn at August 28, 2009 1:35 PM

That Bed stuy house looks like it has tons of potential. I don't know about the nabe though.

Posted by: hooky at August 28, 2009 1:42 PM

I really love this house on Dean st. I had a little pang when I received the update from Streeteasy, but it's just too expensive.
This list feels like a repeat, all these houses have been shown before.

Posted by: Maly at August 28, 2009 1:48 PM

DIBS or other Bed-Stuy Resident:

Can you give me a micro-neighborhood overview. I like the Hancock Street House, but I'm more familiar with west of Stuyvesant Avenue.

Posted by: BrooklynIsHome at August 28, 2009 2:00 PM

does that sunset pk ask bear any relationship to reality?

Posted by: antidope at August 28, 2009 2:10 PM

Minard.... how is this occurrence different than ALL real estate sales in this city?! Chevys are all priced like they're Mercedes and the Mercedes are priced like they're Space Stations.

Posted by: tybur6 at August 28, 2009 2:17 PM

antidope, you think too high or too low - re the sunset pk house?

Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 2:31 PM

I'm hoping the Bed-Stuy floorplan is wrong--otherwise it's really bizarre. Bedrooms on the parlor floor and only one kitchen--on the top floor? Could be a great house, though.

Posted by: tinarina at August 28, 2009 2:34 PM

strikes me as high high high. i dont really know the comps at all and was hoping someone informed around here might shed light.

Posted by: antidope at August 28, 2009 2:36 PM

Sunset Park needs to drop to the 7s.

Posted by: DitmasSnark at August 28, 2009 2:41 PM

compared to that Sunset house from Wed (ie asking 720k, 2 family), I say this looks like. This doesn't seem to have much of the juicy details. Dont know about others but I think there should be a discount on 2+ family ppties vs 2 families. 2+ families have higher interest rate, potentially high down payment, and dealing with 2+ tenants vs just 1.

Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 2:44 PM

bedstuy flr plan not consistent w/ pic's or text description. ad says 2 family (ie 2 kitchens) but flr plan shows 1 kitchen. kitchen is big in pic vs. skinny small one on flr plan.

bedstuy prices are all over the place. really hard to gauge what's what. compared to some listings, this expensive by 150k vs others it might look too low by 150k.

Posted by: more4less at August 28, 2009 2:49 PM

BIH...I can't. Once you get past the area encompassed by Stuyvesant, Marcus garvey on the east & west and Fulton up to Halsey it becomes a very block-by-block issue. That house ias about a 8 minute walk to the Utica Ave A stop.

At least there's a small grocery store (not a bodega) maybe one or two blocks north on Malcolm X. You really have to go and see the overall quality of the stock on the block.

It looks like a good deal for what looks like some really nice detail. I agree, the floorplan is a bit weird. And there's my pet peeve that the rental unit is on the top floor instead of the garden level.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 2:53 PM

When I bought my used chevy I paid a used chevy price.
Prices are ridiculous now, it has not always been like that, especially in Brooklyn. Are these wacko prices sustainable in Brooklyn? Who knows?

Posted by: Minard Lafever at August 28, 2009 2:54 PM

I would like a brownstone/limestone one day and I actually like the idea of the rental on the top floor because then you can have the yard. But to each his own.

Posted by: Tdeezy at August 28, 2009 3:00 PM

Where's the other kitchen in Bed Stuy listing? You mean you have to renovate?

Wait a minute! This is a three-story between Ralph/Patchen. They can't be serious! No more than $0.4M when market bottoms.

***Bid half off peak comps***

Posted by: Brownstones Half Off at August 28, 2009 3:02 PM

"Are these wacko prices sustainable in Brooklyn?"

Fuck no!

Hancock traded for $0.385M in 08. Why should I pay more? What value was added? Granted, it's detail encrusted, but how is historic detail in the 'hood valued at $314K?

***Bid half off peak comps***

Posted by: Brownstones Half Off at August 28, 2009 3:06 PM

DIBS..Thanks...If I make the Open House, I'll share next week.

Posted by: BrooklynIsHome at August 28, 2009 3:07 PM

Tdeezy...think of the layout though....the hallway becomes total public space. you have to keep your doors closed between the garden level and the parlour floor because the tenant is entering on the parlour level and going up. You really can't incorporate the beautiful staircase into your own unit. And you get the s end of the stick with the lower garden level ceilings.

You can remedy by having a deck on parlour level.

It's just my opinion but I don't want to be a prisoner in my own house having to keep the doors shut all the time. With the tenant on the garden level it's pretty much isolated and you'd only be down there to go to the basement, or out the yard if you don't install a deck in the back.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 3:16 PM

One of the few things DIBS and I agree on (tenant on garden level...oh and ensuite bath). When NY Case-Shiller craters into the earth, I'm shopping for 1 and 2 fams or brownstones easily converted to such (or three quarters off!). It's bad enough to live with a tenant in the first place.

***Bid half off peak comps***

Posted by: Brownstones Half Off at August 28, 2009 3:32 PM

I love that 44th Street location, right across the street from Sunset Park. Don't know if I love it almost a million dollars, though.

Posted by: Sparafucile at August 28, 2009 3:50 PM

BHO...the great thing about a lot of these places is that there is no C of O and you can redo the floorplans whatever way you wish. You just have to make the electrical services matchup.

Most work that goes on in Bed Stuy occurs without any permits. You just have to be nice and have nice neighbors.

I first started looking at four story buildings but decided on just buying a three story because of the tenant issue and which portions of the house would be "mine."

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 3:52 PM

BHO - you finally said something i totally agree with:

"It's bad enough to live with a tenant in the first place."

definetly tenant on the garden if at all!

Posted by: bkny at August 28, 2009 4:19 PM

One day, you'll all agree with everything I've said...haaaaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...[Vincent Price/OFF]

***Bid half off peak comps***

Posted by: Brownstones Half Off at August 28, 2009 4:53 PM

Let's not get too cocky here, BHO. :)

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 28, 2009 5:00 PM

Once again priced at 2006/07 levels. None of these will appraise even close to those prices, so a buyer will need LOTS of cash to flush down the crapper just to buy one of these.

Posted by: williamsburgguy at August 29, 2009 2:13 PM

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