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
They should put in a little pneumatic elevator. I’ve lived on the fifth floor of a house, and unless you’re a mountain climber, it’s hell.
i agree, 4:16.
i moved to park slope last year…bought a place…not a whole house, but an apt. and i plan to stay…perhaps forever.
i absolutely love it.
i have witnessed the same among my newer neighbors. they are really setting up for the long haul, it seems.
all this talk about home prices depreciating, while fun to talk about…does not affect me one ounce.
i ain’t movin anytime soon.
This house sold at the common sense price. It’s not the price you might think is right, and honestly, none of us can call it, no matter how good we think we are at our armchair-appraising skills. The market has spoken. It might seem astonishing, but the fact is that as soon as a gorgeous area so near manhattan gets recognized as safe — ie. drug dealers no longer setting up shop each night at Dekalb and South Portland — and there’s two coffee shops with good brew, that’s all it takes for any successful young person with a budding family to want to move to Fort Greene. There is no competition in the city in terms of beauty/transportation/price.
So rage as you might against the craziness of these prices, but please try to see things in context, and understand why people might even go as far as getting together and buying a brownstone to share. Not much amazing real estate out there, and a lot of people willing to do whatever it takes to have a nice place to call home. Ain’t nothin wrong with that.
The only pet peeve I have with newcomers is the flippers and speculators out there. But the vibe I get from the newcomers in my neighborhood these days (perhaps because the prices are no longer bargains) is that they’re moving in for the long haul. And that’s what I want to see. People setting up homes and actually caring about where they live.
i’m sure a home inspection will uncover said issues.
stop being such a moron, 4:11.
DO YOU REALLLY WANT TO KNOW what is being referred to here as “ISSUES”? Truth *may* set you free…
The new buyers will probably figure it out eventually. If there are two families buying, they may be able to afford the upgrades and repairs needed…then again, dual ownership may make it harder to deal with these issues.
Granted, the place looks pretty good. The owner has a decent sense of generic style…
“apple blossom festival”?
“calibur”?
What a bunch on this site.
i’m guessing someone who just spent 3 million can afford to do whatever the hell they’d like to the facade.
probably even gild it in 24K gold leaf, if they so choose.
i said at least 100K. read please.
no one reading this website is hurting to pay their heating bills.
perhaps wondering whether they can afford the wife a second bmw for xmas, but not heat.
I hope the buyer put aside the bucks to restore the brownstone facade. It looks discolored and crackled. And it’s a landmark regulated district!