Condo of the Day: 555 Washington Avenue 2 BR
We’ve never been inside any of the apartments at the Cathedral Building at the corner of Atlantic and Washington Avenues in Clinton Hill, but the building certainly has one of the more impressive exteriors in the area. (There’s also an attractive interior courtyard.) Judging from today’s listing, however, the apartments themselves are somewhat unconventional. This…
We’ve never been inside any of the apartments at the Cathedral Building at the corner of Atlantic and Washington Avenues in Clinton Hill, but the building certainly has one of the more impressive exteriors in the area. (There’s also an attractive interior courtyard.) Judging from today’s listing, however, the apartments themselves are somewhat unconventional. This 1,225-square-foot two-bedroom is spread out over three levels and definitely has some of the monumentality you’d expect from a religious building. (It’s also got a private yard.) It’s been on the market for a few weeks, however, suggesting that the $665,000 asking price isn’t knocking the socks off buyers. Has anyone seen it in person yet? Any theories on why it hasn’t sold yet? There’s an open house tonight from 6:30 to 7:30 for the curious.
555 Washington Triplex $665,000 [Craigslist] GMAP
Exterior photo by Miss Jasmine
Saw this a few ago. The stairs were so small my girlfriend and i had to walk sideways to get to the top floor. i consider the basement room more of a storage than the real estate guy was trying to sell and the asking price. Hell No.
I saw a two bed/ two bath 2 years ago. It was a very DARK and dated duplex right on Atlantic Ave. The ceilings were low too. The building is dark and gothic- an old Boys Catholic school. Good idea- although not impressed.
I saw a two bed/ two bath 2 years ago. It was a very DARK and dated duplex right on Atlantic Ave. The ceilings were low too. The building is dark and gothic- an old Boys Catholic school. Good idea- although not impressed.
I saw this place in Spring as well, and agree with all the comments about the spiral staircase, and would add that the “second bed” storage area has a very low ceiling, the living area is strangely divided (admittedly by the lovely detail of the original building) and the bedroom doesnt have a lot of useable space because of the look through to the floor below – again, an aesthetically pleasing architectural feature, but not particularly liveable, the garden is tiny and the entry to the building still feels institutional
Hey 2:57, I bow to no-one in my distaste for Bruce Ratner’s ugly building compendium, but it should be noted that said state-subsidised prospective ghost town will only extend as far as Vanderbilt. One long block from all that ghastiliness. Still pretty deserted, though.
this apartment has been on the market for over a year. the price went up which amazes me. i checked it out in the spring and i swear it was 15k less. anyways, the SPIRAL STAIRCASE is a joke. i’m only 5-2 and could barely fit. whomever created these spaces out of the building was looking only for max space not usuability. imagine you need to use the bathroom in the middle of the night after a couple glasses of wine… no thank yoU!
not sure who will buy this. every single person that came through when i was there said the same thing. one woman burned her arm on the lamp in the staircase. i’m talking SMALL!
Three words:
ATLANTIC
YARDS
EFFECT
wasn’t this on the market last year?
A few weeks and you wonder why hasn’t sold yet? What do you think a reasonable or average time frame a property should be on the market?
To me a few weeks sounds like nothing -unless very underpriced.
Has the hot market mentality become now set a new standard – where any negotiation on price indicates a problem and offers should happen on 1st open house?