I’ve been looking to buy a one br in the Clinton Hill Coops for a few weeks. Let me start by saying I don’t think they look like projects; the interiors are huge for what your paying; the maintenance is worth it in my opinion, as I’m sacred sh*tless of the new condo developments in the hood. With that said: my search started on both campuses (there is one bt Lafayette and Greene and one between Myrtle and Clinton). Though some seem to prefer the south campus, I have decided I would much rather be closer to Myrtle Avenue where there is much more going on in the way of shopping and restaurants, etc. Here’s where I’m looking for some advice: there are several units that have been “renovated” either by the sponsor or by private sellers. The asking on these units is on average $335K (some higher, some a little lower). My issue with these units is the renovations are sort of cheap and ugly. On the plus side though, they are move-in ready, but I would want to do some renovating or at least some updating myself. On the other hand, there are a couple of units that are not “renovated” but are in good shape. The average asking is much lower, around 310K. Do people think it’s smarted to buy a place for a lot less and have cash left over to do your own renovating or is it smarted to pay more and have a move-in-ready place that you can decorate to your taste? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve been looking to buy a one br in the Clinton Hill Coops for a few weeks. Let me start by saying I don’t think they look like projects; the interiors are huge for what your paying; the maintenance is worth it in my opinion, as I’m sacred sh*tless of the new condo developments in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102486,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-52338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real_estate"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/12\/clinton-hill-co-6\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Clinton Hill Coops","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/12\/clinton-hill-co-6\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/12\/clinton-hill-co-6\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Real Estate","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"nativeson"}],"creator":["nativeson"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-12-26T11:47:38Z","datePublished":"2010-12-26T11:47:38Z","dateModified":"2010-12-26T15:03:14Z"},"rendered":"