30 So. Portland In Contract 'Significantly Over' Asking
The headline says it all. According to a broker familiar with the situation, 30 South Portland Avenue, a four-story brownstone on Fort Greene’s most desired block, is in contract for “significantly over” the asking price of $2,600,000. Another data point suggesting that there’s still strong demand for quality properties in areas like Fort Greene and…
The headline says it all. According to a broker familiar with the situation, 30 South Portland Avenue, a four-story brownstone on Fort Greene’s most desired block, is in contract for “significantly over” the asking price of $2,600,000. Another data point suggesting that there’s still strong demand for quality properties in areas like Fort Greene and Park Slope where there’s little perceived risk of the neighborhood going downhill? Maybe. Of course, the fact that 224 Washington Avenue was just just reduced by another $110,000 to $1,685,000 flies in the face of that theory. That one’s looking cheap now, don’t you think?
House of the Day: 30 South Portland Avenue [Brownstoner] GMAP P*Shark
FYI: the 5th story is a hidden fifth floor, the kind that slants down and is shorter than other floors. It is actually just a little balcony overlooking the 4th floor. It is not a true 5th floor, at all. I saw this place when it was on the market.
This is a big 5 story house on a prime block. What do you think it would fetch if you moved it to center Park Slope on a park block? How about Brooklyn Heights a block or two off the promenade. This isn’t a rhetorical question. I have oftened wondered what the markdown is, if any, for Fort Greene especially as compared to the Heights. What do you all think? I’m thinking $3,750,000 or more in Park Slope (they don’t really have 5 story houses there do they, housing stock is newer by I’d guess a couple of decades so a bit less grand in general architecturally.) And for Brooklyn Heights I’d guess north of $5,000,000. What do brokers on here think?
5:15
Hysterical!
Write up a treatment and we’ll talk next week!
my info is that the house has closed already and the price as $3 million or just a bit over.
So now two families are doubling up to buy a 3 million dollar brownstone in Fort Greene.
There’s a mini series there.
A murder mystery because someone is bound to kill someone else in that scenario.
4:15…so much you know about home inspections! Talk about “moron”…please don’t bother using epithets.
Now, there are things, in fact, an inspection, even a really good one, would NOT find but wait until it storms!
The house never got a full reno or any kind of full update. It’s been a cobbling together of work over the years, much of it cosmetic or DIY. I would NOT guarantee the mechs which will probably lead to real expenses for new owners who don’t feel comfortable living with them the way they are. The contractor-built extension has some issues as well.
This is not a gut reno and not even an “all new mechanicals” type of house like L’s house on the park.
I would want the entire elec. system redone.
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4:46 pm, your definition of “discuss” sounds like Castro’s definition of democracy.
Also, your definition of “anything” is kinda vague.
What would YOU pay? Where? For what? And how long would you consider your price “relevant” in your home-shopping endeavor? Until your dream house came along for your dream price?
I didn’t realize you were the one to decide what is allowed and now allowed to be discussed on this forum, 4:46.
You suck!
How’s that for specifics on the market?
4:16 and 4:22. Totally irrelevant. I’m looking for a house in which to make my home, long-term, in Brooklyn. That does not mean I’ll pay ANYTHING. So, this is a forum in which to discuss the market and specific properties in the market.