Condos of the Day: 424 Lafayette Avenue
Last we checked in with 424 Lafayette Avenue, the developer was trying to flip the site before starting construction. Now look at it: It’s all grown up into a Scarano wannabe. The seven-unit building is described in the listings as being located in “the heart of Historic Clinton Hill,” which is a bit of a…
Last we checked in with 424 Lafayette Avenue, the developer was trying to flip the site before starting construction. Now look at it: It’s all grown up into a Scarano wannabe. The seven-unit building is described in the listings as being located in “the heart of Historic Clinton Hill,” which is a bit of a stretch, given that it’s east of Classon. (It is conveniently located across the street from the projects, though.) The interiors look fine in a mid-2005-Developers-Group kinda way. As for pricing, there are three smaller units priced between $272,000 and $359,000 and three 932-square-foot units priced between $615,000 and $625,000. Not crazy dough for the units themselves, but this location ain’t exactly scenic. There’s an open house this Sunday from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
424 Lafayette Avenue, Multiple Listings [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Development Opp: Midstream on Lafayette [Brownstoner]
$272k for a one bedroom condo, even though its a small one bedroom, isnt a bad deal considering the proximity to Pratt and the low maintenence.
the higher priced units are ridiculous though.
wow. those 2 br layouts are bizarre! there is no living room. amazing what they’re trying to get away with.
also, the bedrooms in the 1 br layouts is 7′-9″ wide. doesn’t that mean it’s not legally a bedroom?
Contrary to that, I always smirk when someone says how they prefer the solid construction of a brownstone over any new construction. I live in a brownstone complete with wonky electric, sloping floors, gremlins in my radiators, and not a square angle in sight . Some call it “character”, some call it “funky chic” but no one can say with a straight face that it is “solid”.
So well put Kuroko!!!
I have to say, I can compromise on a lot of things, but I would most definitely want a living room. The 2BR layouts are truly bizarre.
2:47…
actually the ONE thing i can say for sure about my brownstone, is that it’s solid.
it’s the best feature of the house, in fact.
you ain’t seen wonky floors and mismatched moldings, floors and sheetrock corners, till you’ve been inside something like these new places going up.
This is much closer to the price point I’m looking at than anything else I’ve seen on this blog recently. But – those kitchens are awful. Why would they put such *huge* shiny appliances in a tiny kitchen? A buyer who doesn’t need much kitchen space is probably not going to need an enormous stove or family-sized refrigerator.
2:26…now that’s funny.
Location, location, location is the first thing that comes to mind when I look at these and it does seem a little on the high side. Would I move my family here for any price?
Contrary to that, I always smirk when someone says how they prefer the solid construction of a brownstone over any new construction. I live in a brownstone complete with wonky electric, sloping floors, gremlins in my radiators, and not a square angle in sight . Some call it “character”, some call it “funky chic” but no one can say with a straight face that it is “solid”.
Spraypaint an “Intel Inside” logo on the side and 1:11’s vision is complete.
Amazing the floorplans for the $600K+ units are described as two-bedrooms…BUT THERE IS NO LIVING ROOM!!
And the dishwasher right next to the stove totally craps up the kitchen.
I can’t imagine these selling without a really substantial price cut.