Condo of the Day: 280 Carlton Avenue, #3
The brick townhouse at 280 Carlton Avenue in Fort Greene was converted into condos back in 2005 and Unit #3 sold in early 2006 for somewhere under $600,000. The 750-square-foot floor-through has just gone back on the market asking $679,000. The interiors look perfectly nice but the kicker is definitely the 400-square-foot terrace at the…
The brick townhouse at 280 Carlton Avenue in Fort Greene was converted into condos back in 2005 and Unit #3 sold in early 2006 for somewhere under $600,000. The 750-square-foot floor-through has just gone back on the market asking $679,000. The interiors look perfectly nice but the kicker is definitely the 400-square-foot terrace at the rear. The combined monthly charges are also low at $381. Like it?
280 Carlton Avenue, #3 [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
I don’t see any photos of the bedroom. That is the living room. Notice that the front windows are “two-over-two” sash. the windows in the interior photo are one-over-ones so its a garden view.
Right? And the view out of the windows in that middle living room pic seem to show a street view, not a backyard/back porch view…
plus, the doorways and such don’t line up with the floor plan.
Given the huge price drop at Forte and elsewhere in the nabe this price seems way out of wack. $100,000 less will get you a brand new 2 bed, 2 bath. The street might be nice, but I’m not buying it.
“It is odd though that the photo of what I now realize is the living room …doesn’t seem to show the open end of the kitchen which should be on the right.” (kvnbklyn)
Well, no, the kitchen would be around the corner to the right, not visible from this point of view.
But this definitely calls for a visit .. . .
Oops. I just realized I was all turned around. It is odd though that the photo of what I now realize is the living room (with the baseboard heating and squiggly ceiling fixture) doesn’t seem to show the open end of the kitchen which should be on the right.
I just might stop by this open house just to see what’s going on.
@Nokilissa: I agree. It seems like the photo shows the back bedroom as one big room, not the two small rooms on the floorplan. It’s also a bit odd it’s furnished as a sitting room rather than a bedroom. Also odd there’s no photo of the living room/kitchen.
Another weird listing irregularity: the streeteasy listing gives a much higher CC of $682 and taxes of $159.
And finally, why would I buy a place and pay about $3500 (assuming BHS listing is correct on the CCs) in mortgage, CCs and taxes when I could rent the same place for about $2000?
“I can’t make sense of the pictures and that floor plan. They don’t match up. Did the middle picture at one time represent the two bedrooms as one?” (Nokilissa)
I figured that that photo is looking into the living room at some earlier time when the furnishing and paint were different. The doors — closet and entrance — match with a view into the living room. Confusing tho. You’d think they would want a corresponding photo, not one that makes you wonder if it’s even the same apartment.
Speaking of conservatory, Minard…I just came across this listing and thought it looked like a nice opportunity for someone with the desire to finish the renovation…
http://www.corcoran.com/property/listing.aspx?Region=NYC&ListingID=1905391
What I can see in the pictures looks absolutely lovely to me.
What would be great here would be to add an eight-foot deep conservatory or greenhouse addition that would enlarge the year-round living space of the unit while still maintaining a nice ten-foot open deck. I would guess that improvement would cost about $90,000 or so but it would be worth it. The you would have a really special one-bedroom apt.