Real Estate

Four Recently Renovated Houses to See This Weekend

No need to bring your contractor on this open-house crawl — all our homes this week are newly renovated and in turnkey condition. There are two in Bed Stuy and one apiece in Clinton Hill and East Flatbush. On Lafayette Avenue in Clinton Hill we’ve got a four-story, bay-windowed brick number, with a two-bedroom owner’s…

by Chris Erikson

03/04/2016 4 minute 0

On Lafayette Avenue in Clinton Hill we’ve got a four-story, bay-windowed brick number, with a two-bedroom owner’s duplex and a pair of floor-through apartments on top. Any original details seem to have been obliterated, judging by the photos, though it’s possible some are retained on the parlor floor, which, oddly, doesn’t seem to be pictured. (Nor is the small, garden-level kitchen.) Electric and mechanicals have been upgraded.

Moving over to Bed Stuy, on Greene Avenue we’ve got a nicer-than-average flip, a two-family that’s been gutted top to bottom. It’s got an owner’s triplex with a full-floor master suite (with a balcony out front), a pair of smaller bedrooms, and an open-plan parlor floor with a nicely done kitchen. Note the parlor floor’s built-in shelving scheme, flanked by brick — distinctive and a bit unusual.

Not far away on Hancock Street is what appears to be another flip, newly redone with an owner’s three-bedroom duplex featuring the de rigueur open-plan living space, a garden rental and a finished basement. This one’s pretty nice as well — less modern and a bit more traditional than the previous one, with a few decorative fireplaces and dark woodwork in period style. It’s got central A/C and a built-in speaker system.

Last stop is East 49th Street in East Flatbush, where stands a small, semi-detached one-family. A three-bedroom, this one offers two stories and a finished basement — which includes a second kitchen — and a pair of garages. It’s all redone, with new floors, new baths and kitchens. Not much detail to speak of, but there’s an early 20th-century fireplace in painted brick.

338A Lafayette Avenue
Price: $2.5 million
Area: Clinton Hill
Broker: Halstead (Ban Leow, Howard Ramial)
Sunday 2:30-4 p.m.
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511 Greene Avenue
Price: $1.995 million
Area: Bedford Stuyvesant
Broker: Corcoran (Brooke Safford)
Sunday 2-3 p.m.
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849 Hancock Street
Price: $1.575 million
Area: Bedford Stuyvesant
Broker: Corcoran (Tom Le, Dennis McCarthy)
Sunday 2:30-4 p.m.
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