Kensington Townhouses: Affordable or Avoidable?
A group called Gracie Developers is finishing up its Kensington Townhouses project at the corner of Beverley Road and East 7th Street in Kensington. We haven’t seen a photo of how it looks from the outside yet (anyone?) but judging from the rendering above it’s a step up (just) from a lot of the crap…
A group called Gracie Developers is finishing up its Kensington Townhouses project at the corner of Beverley Road and East 7th Street in Kensington. We haven’t seen a photo of how it looks from the outside yet (anyone?) but judging from the rendering above it’s a step up (just) from a lot of the crap that’s being built on small lots in the area but a far cry from 14 Townhouses. We’ve talked about it a thousand times, but why do architects persist in designing these ridiculously-scaled stoops? The name of the development is a little misleading, too. From what we can tell, these are really just apartments within a larger building that’s designed in a kind of Disneyfied townhouse theme. Regardless, the interiors are unexciting, and for $600 a foot in this part of town we’d expect some higher ceilings, bigger windows and nicer doors. Corcoran is also its own toughest competition on this one. If we were a buyer in this part of town, we’d opt for the Park Circle over this place in a heartbeat. Cheaper by the foot and far superior views. If any of you check out the open house this weekend, please snap up us a photo of the exterior. Update: The developer sent us a photo which we’ve included on the jump. It looks a little better in real life, but we still don’t get those stairways and those slope-roofed entranceways. A lesson to err on the simple side if you’re not going to spring for real architectural talent.
336 E. 7th Street – Apt: C [Corcoran] GMAP
Future residents will be able to walk to the existing Bartley MRT in the Circle Line. With such a short drive to the city area as well as the orchard and bugis area, entertainment for your love ones and family will come at a stone’s throw away.
http://kensingtonsq.org
Kensington Square is a new and upcoming condominium located in the Bartley area, right next to Bartley MRT. It is within a short drive to Little India, Orchard and city area. With expected completion in mid 2017, it comprises of 141 Residential units and 57 commercial units.
Kensington Square
“ghetto apt”??
What I meant was that when the owners of some of these news constructions want to sell, they won’t be able to get the return on their money. So they’ll have to rent them out. Then they’re not going to be able to get a high rent, so they’ll be rented out cheaply. Depending who it’s rented out, it’s probably have an effect on maintenance of the structures.
Maybe I shouldn’t have used the term “ghetto apts.” But I can see some of these new structures (esp the Fedders stuff) becoming section 8 apt.
Anonymous 9.14 PM
“ghetto apts”??
Please explain?
kind of odd, the architect listed on the dob (kutnicki bernstein) is usually pretty decent, does small/midsized apt buildings for the most part
Because most developers in this town can’t read.
how come developers never post comments on this site? it would be interesting to get their point of view.
I own a one-bedroom coop in a pre-war building in Ditmas Park and would like to buy a condo or townhouse. But I haven’t found one as yet that’s to me worth moving. My 1 bedroom apt feels larger than many of these 2 bed/2 bath condos out there. Also, re these particular townhouses, the architecture and placement of rooms feels so “off.” Do the architects really take into consideration how people live and what room placement should be? I don’t think so.
These townhouses are a little better than other out there, I’ll give the developers a little credit. But every time I step foot into another one of these new constructions, I can’t help but think of them as future section 8 or ghetto apts, because they’re so crappily designed, or they will just be torn down in 30 years, cause I can’t see them standing much longer than that.
BornInBrooklyn, thanks for the pics. Looks nice. I lived in Kensington for 15 years on church and McDonald, Parking was my biggest headache, good you got a garage with the deal, gonna need it. Though I miss the shopping convenience, the nabe become was getting too crowded. House is fine has some character. good look. nice family.