1304 Glenwood Road Sells 20% Below Original Ask
Eight months, two brokers and one price cut after it was first listed last May for $1,275, the charming, slightly-ramshackle Victorian house at 1304 Glenwood Road in Ditmas Park closed at the end of last month for a mansion-tax-avoiding price of $999,000. Elliman had the listing first, then it was off the market, then it…
Eight months, two brokers and one price cut after it was first listed last May for $1,275, the charming, slightly-ramshackle Victorian house at 1304 Glenwood Road in Ditmas Park closed at the end of last month for a mansion-tax-avoiding price of $999,000. Elliman had the listing first, then it was off the market, then it came back on with Fillmore again in November. The buyers were a couple from Sunset Park. GMAP
Here’s a comment from someone who actually knows this house: what are all of you talking about? I find most of these comments amazingly misguided and petty. My best friend grew up in this house so I spent a large portion of my childhood and teens there, not that long ago. I’m sure it is not in the condition it was then but this house was an enormous, 4 level rambling victorian gem. No matter how beat up it may have become, it had wonderful bones and a lovely spirit. Considering it is practically a mansion for NY standards and – seriously- a 2 minute walk from the train- today’s real estate shoppers can’t see a beauty when it’s right in front of them.
For all of you who posted positive comments, thank you. I grew up in that house. Moved in in 1976 as a toddler, one of my first memories is climbing up the steps. I watched my parents lovingly restore it, stripping the thick blue 1970’s paint from the lovely wooden beams, ripping the thick plush carpet off the floors to reveal gorgeous parquet. Placing marble fireplaces, landscaping the garden, carefully restoring the moulding and stained glass windows. The old iron radiators have a life of their own – groaning and calling – but they are friendly spirits, that work the creaking wood of the house with care. 😉
I have dreams every night, set in that house; I moved up to the third floor right before high school, and go there often in my imagination, visualizing the peace I would have, under the slanted roof, by the windows shaded by leaves from the lovely old trees looking out on the mormon church across the way. We sold it to the most recent sellers, not because we needed to, but because our family had moved on due to retirement and other personal reasons that shifted our center outside the city; the time was right to give it to another family. But it is a lovely home, with character; whoever received it is fortunate.
A friend alerted me to this link; I am glad to be informed about the next stage the old house is entering. May the new family live in it well, and find peace and happiness in it.
Anyone who thinks this house is too far from the subway is crazy. It’s about a three minute walk to Newkirk station. CIA is close by but not at the doorstep. That said, if the house is in bad shape(I have not seen the inside) then $999K seems a bit high. I bought a place nearby for considerably less that needs a ton of work.
The view towards CIA from Glenwood in South Midwood (even from Argyle) stinks. Just like the view down the side streets off Stratford in PPS. Brings down the asking price every time.
Thanks westminster.
There is a C-Town and a Key Foods near Newkirk Plaza, but I think standard grocery stores are, well, gross, so I would walk to Cortelyou for the Flatbush Food Coop or Natural Frontier Market. There are also many ethnic grocers around with good cheap fresh produce and other goodies.
Is there a decent (walkable) grocery store near Newkirk?
I saw this house, there is a reason it sat on the market for as long as it did. It was not a nice house and did not have that much going for it.
Photo’s can be very mis-leading
You can time the trains so that you just hop from your local Q to the arriving express B at Church? Wow, I wish I had that kind of power over the MTA’s schedule.
Based on what you describe, being a few blocks closer to the park is the main difference, and I’ll agree that’s a big one. Except that we have one fancy restaurant instead of four, and our coffee shops are Kabir’s and Dunkin Donuts, rather than Vox Pop and Conn. Muffins, the mix of services seems essentially identical to what we have on Foster and in Newkirk Plaza. I don’t know if we have a day care nearby, since my kids are way too old for that, but they like being able to walk to the movie theater at CIA and Avenue H. Of course Cortelyou has a library, and we have to decide whether to walk up to Cortelyou or down to the Avenue J branch (usually it’s Avenue J, since it’s better stocked).
I can’t wait for the new recreation building at Brooklyn College to finally open – it’s only about 18 months behind schedule. For my taste, a 25-meter indoor swimming pool will be worth at least a dozen bars and restaurants.