Co-op of the Day: 786 Washingon Avenue 1BR
This one-bedroom co-op at 786 Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights is a charmer. The FSBO listing is asking #399,00, not a give-away for this area but not bad considering that the place has been immaculately renovated recently. In addition to the kitchen and bathrooms, the modern make-over included some nice-looking built-ins in the living room….
This one-bedroom co-op at 786 Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights is a charmer. The FSBO listing is asking #399,00, not a give-away for this area but not bad considering that the place has been immaculately renovated recently. In addition to the kitchen and bathrooms, the modern make-over included some nice-looking built-ins in the living room. And while we’re usually not big fans of exposed brick, we think it works nicely in this space, providing some warmth to the otherwise cool, clean lines. Some folks probably won’t dig the fact that the 16-unit building is a walk-up though.
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I’ve been in many STUDIOS this size (and smaller) with 5 or 6 people at a time, and we manage to have a great time socializing.
You are too picky, 12:53. My kitchen is half this size, and I love to cook and do it every night, in fact.
Not everyone needs a gourmet kitchen to cook.
You need to get out more. Take a trip to Buenos Aires or London or Berlin or Amsterdam and see that people live really fulfulling lives in small spaces.
This would be FANTASTIC for a single or couple. Even ones that like to cook AND have people over!
You’re right, there is a dishwasher, my mistake. Although it’s obviously very small since they say it holds more than one day’s worth of dishes. And I sure didn’t say anything about a “fancy private dining room”. I’ve certainly never had a separate dining room in any of the many nyc apartments I’ve lived in. I had in mind something as extravagant as, oh, I don’t know, a table of some kind. Sure, one can eat in the livingroom or however you want to describe the common area, but eating on one’s lap isn’t that appealing to me. Anyway, my conclusion was exactly the same as yours: that it would work well for a single person or maybe couple but I still think it wouldn’t work great for either if they liked to cook and have people over. And I think 2.5 people is pushing it.
Just a comment about the drug dealing. I live in the City -Murry Hill close to Second Ave and you see drug dealing on the corner. I think no matter where you go it will happen at some point close to where you live just because the “good” areas are so close to the “bad” areas in and around NYC. However, this area in Prospect Heights will only be getting safer and cleaner. From what I see new developments/bars/rest are coming.
It DOES have a dishwasher, I just re-read the kitchen info. I like the bar stools.. If I was entertaining I’d use the narrow counter where the bar stools are as a buffet.. then have everyone sit around the front room. It’s not a fancy private dining room, but this is obviously an apartment for a young single, or a young couple.. and I can’t speak for everyone, but that’s usually how my friends and I entertain.
It’s nicely finished. This will be the perfect place for somebody.
One has to get used to where the kitchen is located, but it’s an interesting solution that I like the more I look at it. However if bar chairs face a wall so closely, people avoid using them. It’s psychological. Most young singles or young couples eat in front of the TV anyway, and that’s who would buy this place. So the narrow counter and bar stools become wasted space.
A freestanding steel kitchen utility cart would have worked better there. The cook can work on the countertop of the cart while cooking. Either in that same spot, or move it over further, boxing the cook in creating an L-shape work area. Then roll the cart back out into the room and put stools around it for dining. Sorry, I know this is not a parlor-kitchen thread!
i do not believe sterling at washington is a quite, charming, leafy, brownstone block.
i think it’s mostly larger apartment buildings with still quite a bit of drug dealing on the corners, if i’m not mistaken.
i looked at a place at lincoln and washington which seemed ok, but i wouldn’t have walked around much at night.
As someone with an infant, I can say this apartment is not at all good for “2 1/2” people. I can see why they begin their listing by saying they’ve outgrown the place; there’s a stroller in the bedroom so they have a baby. Of course, there’s no sign of a crib in the bedroom. Either the kid sleeps in the stroller, the bed or they removed it for the photos. Even a tiny second bedroom is way way better than sharing a bedroom with a baby. Walk-ups also not terrific with a baby.
Apart from that, the apartment is very nice looking but I think would only work for one person or possibly a couple as long as no one likes to cook or be able to have a couple of people over for dinner. I don’t think too many people would love to have only under the counter fridge, especially when it’s so close to the wall that you’d practically bump up against it everytime you got something out (same goes with the oven). And there’s no dishwasher.
Of course, loads of people don’t cook and I think for those people, it’s a really good option. But I think it can only appeal to a pretty narrow group of people. I have no idea about the price.
I think they made some very intelligent choices on space – which admittedly there isn’t much of. The galley kitchen is the best of a bunch of not-optimal ideas. The wraparound breakfast. . . thingy is a nice feature. And aestheticallly, it’s clean, modern and tasteful. Not saying that it’s worth the money but we’ve seen a lot of crappily finished places equally as agressively priced.
They didn’t post the square footage because it’s too small to justify the price. Sorry, but there is no way it’s appropriately priced.