Closings Begin at the Heritage
The Heritage, that new condo building in the Slope that sells itself as old school Brooklyn, is seeing its first set of closings. According to Halstead Properties, the building is 70% sold, with six one- and two-bedroom units left in the 21-unit Karl Fisher-designed building, ranging from 940 square feet to 1,330 square feet and…
The Heritage, that new condo building in the Slope that sells itself as old school Brooklyn, is seeing its first set of closings. According to Halstead Properties, the building is 70% sold, with six one- and two-bedroom units left in the 21-unit Karl Fisher-designed building, ranging from 940 square feet to 1,330 square feet and $775,000 to $975,000. For that price, you also get a private balcony, garden, or rooftop cabana. Have any readers closed yet?
Heritage at Park Slope Listings [Halstead] GMAP
Development Watch: The Heritage at Park Slope [Brownstoner]
The unit we were looking at is “unlisted”, whatever that means. Common charges were in excess of $1000k a month, which, I’m sorry, is HIGH on a unit around $900k. The amenities are not that great. No doorman as i said, plus you can’t include the garage because you pay EXTRA common charges for that of $67 per month. The kid’s playroom is tiny and the outdoor part of it is all concrete! Maybe I have sour grapes, but if someone tells me a number that they would accept, and I then raise to that number and they say they won’t accept it anymore, that is pretty obnoxious negotiating. The unit is still available, so I know they didn’t have a higher offer. They were just trying to squeeze us for every last penny. Sorry, I’m not playing that game in this market.
Personally I don’t think that apartment you just linked, Benson is anywhere near as nice looking as the Heritage.
I also don’t see how it has more amenities. Garage? Kids playrooms? Virtual doorman (whatever that is?).
The Heritage is leaps and bounds ahead of any other new construction I’ve seen in Park Slope vicinity.
Are folks doing their math here?
The top listing on the Heritage broker’s site shows an (in-contract) apartment of approximately 1200 square feet with common charges of more than $900/month.
Here is a listing for a larger apartment (1350 square feet of interior space) right across the street. This condo development is 3 years old, and has more amentities than the Heritage:
http://www.warrenlewis.com/cgi-bin/re/re_show.pl?re_command=show&ID=6455
As you can see, the common charges are less than $500/month.
It’s nice, but not that nice, but you made an offer and then raised your offer 40K?
Sounds like a case of sour grapes, if you ask me.
Sorry, I got to agree, common charges are high on this one compared to others. No doorman, the garage is deeded parking so it is extra, plus the spot incurs an EXTRA common charge, so that should not be factored into the regular common charges. Plus taxes are high as well, even with the abatement. Personally I think the broker here was an a**hole. I saw him turn away two older couples who asked about one bedrooms. He told them they didn’t have any one bedrooms available with no explanation, even though they clearly did and he was showing them to us! We made an offer here and were completely jerked around, first told they wouldn’t accept it but if we raised $40k they would, so we raised $40k and then they said they wouldn’t accept anything short of asking. The place is nice, but it’s not THAT nice, and it’s still far from the subway and the park and the units are SMALL! They definitely play some games with the square footage in this one.
since I’m such a bitter renter, can someone tell me what makes the common charges vary so much among the units? Do they base the cc on square footage?
Beautiful building. I love living in an old limestone but i confess to a large smidge of condo envy here.
I agree…the common charges are definitely not high for the square footage and amenities offered…garage, playrooms, decks, etc…
Those common charges are definitely not high.
The common charges shown on the broker’s web page seem incredibly high. They can’t be right.