20 Grace Court Alley Sells for $2,995,000
The 2,550-square-foot brick house at 20 Grace Court Alley closed on Friday for $2,995,000, about 9 percent less than the original asking price but about 9 percent more than the average widget appraisal of $2,758,887. It doesn’t get much more charming than this. House of the Day: 20 Grace Court Alley [Brownstoner] GMAP
The 2,550-square-foot brick house at 20 Grace Court Alley closed on Friday for $2,995,000, about 9 percent less than the original asking price but about 9 percent more than the average widget appraisal of $2,758,887. It doesn’t get much more charming than this.
House of the Day: 20 Grace Court Alley [Brownstoner] GMAP
This “conversation” is asinine. If you don’t see the difference between a small city where nearly everyone has a garage and a huge one where nearly no one does, I can’t continue.
Yes, trash sucks. But to talk for hours and hours about these couple of trash bags in front of this stunning home (yes it’s STILL stunning to be even with those bags) just seems really stupid to me.
Rob — that why people walk out of a bodega, unwrap their purchase and throw the wrapper and bag on the sidewalk… they are waaaaaay too busy.
Oh yeah… you’re right. I forgot. Seattle has just as many garbage trucks as NYC. The garbage collection isn’t scaled at all. It’s basically one truck per house there. How absurd.
Also — how would trash bins in, say, Park Slope or Brooklyn Heights make trash collection less manageable?
Tybur6;
As a 52-year old native of NYC, let me give you my perspective. One of the casualties of NYC’s long decline in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s was any sense of civic pride. You were even considered weird if you tried to instill any modicum of such pride.
Slowly we are regaining such a sense, but there are still some habits that take a long time to change.
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I think with people as busy as they are in NYC, hauling trash cans out to the curb would prove even more obtrusive and annoying.
i always love when people who live in nyc say that. people are SO not busy they just like to pretend they are. otherwise they wouldnt be flapping their gums all day on the internet, like you do, 11217. and im still laughing so hard at you of all people calling something the a b-tch
*rob*
BHS — fair enough about the garages (though my neighborhood didn’t have a lot of off-street parking, we did have detached houses so there was a spot on the side)
However, my real reaction to 11217 is the underlying “This is the way we do it in NYC and it will always be that way” attitude. Sure, the relatively big bins in Seattle may not be appropriate for NYC… BUT, I have to say that oozing heaps of plastic bags is far from awesome. NYC should try to learn better practices from other cities. That’s all I’m saying.
Oh, and if you have a fancy house, it looks like crap when you pile garbage in front of it. If you think spending $3 million on a house is worth it, shouldn’t you think the added 1 min, twice a week to take an empty garbage bin inside would also be worth it?!
You know what…
Things are a lot more manageable in a city of 602,000 (Seattle) than they are in in city of 8,363,710 (NYC).
And yes, most people in Seattle have a garage.
Talk about a terrible comparison.
okay, in seattle, nearly everyone has a garage, thus the big plastic garbage cans and yard waste cans. You open the garage door as you get in your car, see the trash has been picked up and wheel the thing inside. No mystery. Here, I use old milk crates for recycling with one of those free recycling stickers slapped on it so that I dont use any unnecessary clear plastic bags unless it’s raining. I loved the decor in this house. Felt very cosy but modern at the same time.
If this did close at last asking then $1,175 psf. That is strong.
Brownstoner – one of the brokers involved give you this info as it is not in the public records yet?