14 Townhouses Update: Slow Going, At Best
We were pleased to get an email over the transom giving us an update at the much-praised but evidently slow-selling 14 Townhouses. According to the Corcoran brokers, our source tells us, only 4 of the 14 have sold, with the larger versions proving more popular so far. Also, the purchases have skewed toward the middle…
We were pleased to get an email over the transom giving us an update at the much-praised but evidently slow-selling 14 Townhouses. According to the Corcoran brokers, our source tells us, only 4 of the 14 have sold, with the larger versions proving more popular so far. Also, the purchases have skewed toward the middle of the block because of the large building that is slated to be built on the end of the block (on Boerum Place). List prices haven’t budged — $2.75M for the larger “penthouse” version and $2.56M for the smaller “terrace” version (or about $740 per square foot) — but we’re thinking there must be some flexibility at this point.
269 State Street [Corcoran] GMAP
273 State Street [Corcoran] GMAP
Open Season on 14 Townhouses [Brownstoner]
if these were really in boerum hill (other side of atlantic) or cobble hill/carroll gardens/park slope they would have sold out at over $3 mill each by this point. but the location they are in is horrible. it’s downtown brooklyn which is sleazy and crowded. the block is ok, but you can’t really consider it to be boerum hill. even at 10% lower they won’t sell quickly due to location. other than that it was a great idea.
What was there before? Wasn’t it a parking lot? While they may or may not be as nice as an old brownstone, they seem to be a lot better than a lot of the crap that goes up these days. If I lived across the street from them I would be pretty happy that a high rise condo building didn’t go up instead.
For the people that don’t like them, were you hoping for something else instead? Other than a park going there (which would never happen), I think that it could have been a lot worse.
2.5 – 2.75 million dollars is alot of money to be on a nice block but in midths of a grimey area. For that price you’ll get a back window view of ugly downtown brooklyn, a prison, the derelicts from the halfway house on Schemerhorn and the shadey characters who roam that part of Smith at night. If I had that kind of money I’d surely want to be on the other side of Atlantic or near prospect park.
The real problem is that the backyards, and double height back windows back onto a very public parking lot on Schermerhorn Street. It might be a nice effect if you had a greater sense of privacy….
the floor plans are dull. Why not buy an old brownstone and save a million bucks. Same plan. And no elevator? They missed a whole market of people wanting to relocate back to brooklyn who want to spend their final days there. Can’t do that without elevators.
i like them.
They sort of ruin the look of an otherwise lovely block. The gold trim on the outside (not sure if you can see from the pictures)is a bit crass. The insides do look nice but the outside is an abomination to good taste. Humf
I like these. They remind me of Legos.
i actually think they are stunning. a really great updated take on the old rowhouses. i do wonder, though, who would pay that much for them when the view out the back is what it is. do they have decent yards?