Open House Picks Six Months Later: Three Sold, One in Contract

Our Open House Picks from six months ago all need some meaningful attention, and are found in Crown Heights, Park Slope, Prospect Lefferts Gardens and South Midwood.

On Maple Street in PLG is a single-family, Axe Hedman–designed limestone with a lot of detail, which could be quite a looker with a little overhauling. Or perhaps a whole lot of overhauling. The condition is a little hard to get a handle on with this one — some of it doesn’t look that bad, but the floors are such a wreck that it begs the question of exactly how they got that way short of an assault team with crowbars.

The property sold in March for $1.32 million, $280,000 under its $1.6 million ask.

In Crown Heights on Lincoln Place is another restoration project, with reported details including coffered ceilings, wainscoting, pier mirrors and original woodwork. There are no photos, but the listing warns that the house — which has been in the same family for 50 years — needs a “complete renovation,” minus the year-old roof and new front windows.

The home sold in May for $925,000, $74,000 under its $999,000 ask.

Our next renovation special is on Degraw Street in Park Slope, where we find a four-story brownstone, set up as an owner’s lower duplex with a pair of one-bedroom apartments on the floors above. Photos and details are both scant. What little is depicted doesn’t look that bad, but the admonition to “bring your architect” suggests serious issues elsewhere.

The property sold for $2.05 million in April, $600,000 under its $2.65 million ask.

Last up is a fully detached one-family with a center staircase on Bedford Avenue in South Midwood. It’s in the best shape of the lot, but at the least it requires updated kitchen and bathrooms. It’s got original mantlepieces, wainscoting, stained glass and a two-car garage.

The home entered contract in May. It was last listed for $949,000, $151,000 under its $1.1 million ask.

139 Maple Street
Price: $1.6 million
Area: Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Broker: Corcoran (Daniel Cohen, Noemi Bitterman)
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Sold for $1.32 million in March

1167 Lincoln Place
Price: $999,000
Area: Crown Heights
Broker: Corcoran (Joseph Dima, Josiane Lysius)
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Sold in May for $925,000

657A Degraw Street in Park Slope
Price: $2.65 million
Broker: Halstead (Ban Leow)
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Sold for $2.05 million in April

2751 Bedford Avenue
Price: $1.1 million
Area: South Midwood
Broker: Compass (mTkalla Keaton, Matthew Scott)
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In contract

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