First Look at Love Lane Mews
[nggallery id=”53031″ template=galleryview] Brooklyn Heights’ Love Lane Mews launched sales in early December, and as construction wraps we got a chance to tour the 38-unit development–which is fairly unique in that it has 36 distinct layouts. The one-, two- and three-bedrooms are asking between $1 million and $2,450,000. The end of February should bring the…
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Brooklyn Heights’ Love Lane Mews launched sales in early December, and as construction wraps we got a chance to tour the 38-unit development–which is fairly unique in that it has 36 distinct layouts. The one-, two- and three-bedrooms are asking between $1 million and $2,450,000. The end of February should bring the end of construction, and developers are currently negotiating with around a half-dozen prospective buyers. Four units, meanwhile, are currently in contract. Overall we were impressed with the setup, especially the two units with basement space. The layouts are some of the more diverse we’ve seen in new Brooklyn developments. Anyone toured the Mews themselves?
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Development Watch: Love Lane Mews [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: Love Lane Mews Already [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: Love Lane Mews Creeping Along [Brownstoner]
Love Lane Mews Partner Gets Bought Out [Brownstoner] GMAP
Love Lane Mews Partner Gets Bought Out [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: Love Lane Mews with Skylight Views [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: Love Lane Mews Floorplans Revealed [Brownstoner]
Love Lane Conversion Getting Traction [Brownstoner]
“Contextual” Condo Design for Love Lane [Brownstoner]
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Apartments look good on the website, but much less so in the photos above. Love the windows, loathe the exposed brick.
Also the use of ‘Great Room’ on the website floorplans to refer to the living / dining room is amusingly pretentious.
Nice layout? I personally find them pretty bad: in most 1 bedroom, bedroom and living room are pretty much the same size, in the 3 bedroom one accesses the terrace from the bedroom, not much closet space … and i could go on. I’m amazed by the lack of creativity in new condos plan…
Finishes are always more or less the same with no option, mechanicals done cheaply and I won’t even go into the ugly stairs… But then developers add Subzero and Bosch appliances to make customers feel god… Sad!
Runslow and Truman, when you tour are they open about pricing on all the units? It’s annoying that they don’t list all this on their site. They’ve got 4 units priced on streeteasy and that’s it as far as I can tell.
Okay, just read the descriptions on their website.
According to the site, this is what they’ve used:
– Ceiling heights range from 10 to 15 feet
(pretty generous, not the typical 8′)
– floors are all wide board , 3/4รขโฌย solid white oak
(good choice. What do you expect zebra wood?)
– cabinetry crafted from solid cherry wood with glass inset doors
(not luxurious BUT NOT cheap either)
– countertops and islands (many over 10 feet in length) of honed charcoal grey Jet Mist Granite
(like I said not that ugly granite that looks like it has a disease)
– full height backsplash made from polished white glass tiles.
(hello! it’s glass, NOT cheap)
– appliances by Viking, Bosch and GE
(Not the most expensive appliances but far from cheap)
– Kindered Sink ($400+ Not considered a cheap sink)
– Grohe Minta spray/stream pull out faucets ($400+ Not considered a cheap faucet)
– eco-friendly in-sink garbage disposals
(interesting! not many apartments have them as buildings won’t allow them)
Master Baths
– Zuma soaking tubs (not cheap)
– Kohler Ladena under mounted sinks (not cheap)
– Calacatta Paonazzo marble countertops (not cheap)
– wall size tri-view mirrored medicine chests with built in lighting
(that’s nice! not a little rinky dink mirror that you only see half your head)
– Sant’Agostino Pietra D’Italia walls and floors
(okay so it’s not limestone, BUT it’s really nice porcelain tile, NOT cheap)
Not the most expensive finishes out there. But really what do you expect everything coated in gold. These are great finishes and far from cheap. They certainly didn’t buy anything from Home Depot.
If the style isn’t to you’re liking that’s a different story.
i used to park my car in there ๐
I see that there is no link to pricing, but I toured the place (and have a price list somewhere @ home) the carry charges on the larger apartments were well in excess of 3,000 a mo on top of the prices which if I recall EXCEED the 2.45M price listed by Brownstoner. I think the largest apartment was more like 4M and the next was 2.9 or so.
Anyway I am sure they will sell – it is BH after all (and your “new construction” options are limited here) – but for people looking for reasonable (but high) sq pricing
I walked through this from basement to roof in November and I generally concur with Expert Textpert. The quality was first rate except for the railings which I can see someone making a relatively quick fix to. The layouts are absolutely great and in this case I really think you need to walk the spaces to get the feel vs. perusing a floorplan on-line. Quality finishes, quality work. If you do construction review you really need to get down on your hands and knees and stick your head into the cabinets and closets. The vibe is a little hybridish between loft and townhouse. Not unlike Strong Place in some sense (which also seemed to have a design fart with those crazy blonde colored bannisters in front of the gothic windows.
So what’s wrong? Go to town all day on the lack of curb appeal of the lane, there’s not alot you can do to make the approach to the building appear as romantic as the name suggests. Strangely, despite the size of the beautiful new casement windows and lack of views (except on the upper floors which didn’t suck), there wasn’t any kind of cramped in feeling. The bathroom marble doesn’t match well (and, in case you’re keeping score, neither does Strong Place’s), the Penthouse layouts just plain suck and ceiling height is really mediocre. The terrace faux wood dividers is downright jerseyish, but methinks if you can afford a penthouse you’re going to rip it out anyway and put up your favorite endangered species wood;). The sales and marketing effort is flawed and amateurish, but Cantor Pecorella has always been Zucker’s marketing company so it’ll be what it will be. And, where else can you drop a quarter of a million on parking and consider it a rounding error?
flashlight, YES! I was going to post the same thing.
I toured the Mews when it first began showing. Yes, superficially, the apartments are palatable, a few have gas fireplaces, the layouts are good, the ceilings are high, some units have substantial outdoor space, and, yes, there is a good amount of closet space. HOWEVER, whenever I see the dreaded PTAC heating/cooling system, I balk. These units are installed in so many of the new condos (1 BBP, for example) and they were chosen specifically to save on duct work. If the developer is cutting corners on heating/cooling (!!) on what else is he cutting corners? PTACs, for those who don’t know are hideously ugly, very loud and inefficient units that jut into your living space. They were actually designed for RVs. I currently rent in a unit with a PTAC and I’ve been freezing all winter. They run for awhile and then shut off.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/realestate/16posting.html?scp=1&sq=heating/cooling%20elephant%20in%20the%20room&st=cse
Yes, regardless of the location (BH) these units are overpriced and the asking price of $250K on a parking space is delusional and greed in the extreme. This, too, gives some idea of who you’re dealing with. As for other particulars, having had a stellar view in Dumbo for years, I, for one, am so over it. I much prefer outdoor space and quiet than views. If anything, the location on a quiet mews is a selling point. But not at this price.