Checking In on the Washington Condos
We stopped by to check in on the progress at the Washington Condos last weekend. Far from finished, the development was frankly a bit of a letdown after viewing the slick homepage and hearing positive comments from Set Speed’s ltjbukem. Maybe it’s the corner location on a wide street, but the scale of the building…
We stopped by to check in on the progress at the Washington Condos last weekend. Far from finished, the development was frankly a bit of a letdown after viewing the slick homepage and hearing positive comments from Set Speed’s ltjbukem. Maybe it’s the corner location on a wide street, but the scale of the building didn’t bother us. Whether or not the finished product is to our specific liking, the creation of a reasonably high-end condo in this location will certainly be good for the immediate neighborhood. By the way, Set Speed just posted a photo of a kitchen being assembled.
Homepage [The Washington Condos]
Are All New Developments Ugly? [Brownstoner]
This is a very old chat. The Washington Condo at 35 Underhill has an elected board, a permanent certificate of occupancy, tax lots, 421a tax abatement until 2023, and a non sponsor management company. It is at least 90% occupied, and has past the growing pains phase. I hope this helps anyone curious.
Does anyone know if this place has gotten its certificate of occupancy yet?
big bald man, did your agent get any type of co-broke commission from a&h? i would be surprised if he/she did in a new condo situation…
issac, let us know more, PLEASE.
I didn’t buy through another agent…she introduced me to the property and we went together to A&H. As for you Isaac, why are you always defending A&H? You obviously work for them. There are 4-5 people on this post who have had the same experience…No help from A&H, found the building on their own, saw the value and signed a contract. A&H did nothing to facilitate this transaction. NOTHING. I will criticize A&H all I want. Sorry our “negative” comments offend you so, but maybe you should pay attention to the fact that all ofg us had negative experiences. It is my right, no, my obligation to hold A&H to a high standard of service, both for the value our investment as well as the fact that i am a customer, and I would like to be treated like one. In what other business do people not call you back at all? Don’t put up a website for something that has no other means of marketing? The fact is, whether yopu like it or not, A&H is an awful realestate agency, and all the units in the Washington have sold themselves. It sounds to me like you work for A&H AND you didn’t get into the Washington early enough. Guess what? Tough shit, loser!!
Issac, I posted at 8:39 the comments and trust me I am not a broker from the Developers Group. I am just someone who has experience with brokers and knows who are the ones with professionalism and courtesy and who are the ones who barely have time for you.
If you bought through a competing broker then shouldn’t they be getting information for you on the project?
First of all the developers group can’t even sell the properties they have.. so let’s not go there. Have you seen 8on8 it’s been on the market for 4 weeks and not even 1 apartment is in contract. The washington has just started to market itself since the signs went up, before that it was a word of mouth pre-sales campaign. So if you got in before the 5 price amendments then good for you but the building was never officialy on the market hence no open houses or sales/model apartment or advertisments. Brokers that haven’t been around longer than a few years wouldn’t know this like the developers group.Except for the same two or three people that are always posting negative comments about A&H and the Washington I have yet to hear any issues with them and their marketing. They have been marketing and selling properties for over 25 years so hot or cold market they will always be around. Did you see the condos Corcoran was selling a few weeks ago for $500 a/ft on 20th st. If that’s not underpriced then I don’t know what is. if you look on the Washington web-site you’ll see that prices are around $540-$575 a/ft and The Washington is a far inferior location. You people really have nothing better to do the same goes for the developers group broker.
If one goes by the office of A&H on 7th. , there isn’t even a sign in the window that says anything about The Washington. I found out from word of mouth and realizing that at 400 to 500 per foot, it was a steal considering that the basic builders costs are about 300 per foot. Considering how long this thing is taking, it might be even more. I didn’t even realize how close this project was to the C train across Atlantic, always focusing on the propect heights/park slope side of the world. That fact alone bounced the buildings’ value up in my mind (duh!).
Anyway, A&H, has done nothing for me. If this was being marketed by the Developers Group, it would have been sold out by now for sure considering how they can market properities in much worse locations (the Spencer, etc.).
I would like to see this project sold out at this point but it will happen in time. Probably when they finally get the front corner of the building assembled and the green tiles applied. People have a hard time visualizing and that can work to benefit of the early buyers. Luckily for A&H, there are a number of visionaries out there who can look past the early stages of construction and the ineptitudes of bad real estate agents.
I am very confused…LT, u are arguing both sides!! Is someone else logging in under ur name? I had the same experience w/ A&H. They in no way shape or form sold me this apartment. I was taken there by a competing broker. When I saw the floorplans and the prices (400/ft), I had no choice but to buy. A&H are the most incompetent retards out there. If they had been marketing the building the way they should have been, it would be sold out right now, especially at the early prices. Ingenious marketing, u say? Try luck of being in the business in the middle of the hottest housing market EVER!! I have no gripes with the building, though. I have been there 6-8 times and they are doing an excellent job. I am resigned to not moving in till Dec 05, at the earliest. But that’s fine, cause the place is going to look fantastic. One question. The smaller building on Underhill is noticably farther along then the one on Washington. Can one building get a certificate of occupancy when the other is not done. ANyone have any idea?