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October 7, 2009
Find Old-style Wburg Loft?
I'd love to find an unrenovated big old industrial loft in Northside Williamsburg. The developers who get hold of these buildings make them so slick, take the oil-stains and patches out of the floors, sheetrock the ceilings, etc. I drooled over 330 Wythe but it's just too far from the subway. How to find a place in an unfinished state???
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Get in your "Way Back Machine" and set the dial for 1970.
Posted by: modsquad at October 8, 2009 8:31 AM
Seriously, you don't say if you are buying or renting or living or working, BUT there is no advantage to a LL these days to give carte blanche to a tenant, unless the place is a real hole.
Drive out to the asshole of Brooklyn, Brownsville or East New York. If you see Mike Tyson leaning against the lamp post then you know your in the right neighborhood.
Posted by: modsquad at October 8, 2009 9:24 AM
I want to buy. Maybe a one-or-two story garage or little industrial building? Is the red tape impossible to convert to a house?
Posted by: loftydreams at October 8, 2009 10:53 AM
modsquad,
thanks! I was having a bummer night until i read your response. hahahehe snort hahahehe.
loftydreams, Only a couple decades late on the idea. Maybe you could find a former Fire house??
Industrial building... 30% down, 25 to 30k for the environmental. If you can handle that, then the red tape starts.
Posted by: pig three at October 8, 2009 10:46 PM
I just posted something about a hovel. Just need a small space. What are the smallest residential buildings in Brooklyn? It sounds like you might have to just buy a small piece of land and build custom.
Posted by: derv1983 at October 9, 2009 11:37 AM
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