Condo of the Day: Ansonia Clock Loft
This 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom loft in the old Ansonia Clock Factory has a clean, modern (if not particularly characterful) look. The broker does not provide square footage info for the $1,050,000 listing but we’d guess it’s about 1,200 or so. Does anyone have any comps for recent sales in this building? What do people think of…
This 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom loft in the old Ansonia Clock Factory has a clean, modern (if not particularly characterful) look. The broker does not provide square footage info for the $1,050,000 listing but we’d guess it’s about 1,200 or so. Does anyone have any comps for recent sales in this building? What do people think of the building itself? The doorman and common garden sound like a plus and the location on 12th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues is certainly nice.
Property Number 93 [Townsley & Gay] GMAP
Bottom photo from NYC-Architecture.com
Whoops. Was asking $600,000. Never mind the between.
My girlfriend and I looked at a 1-br in this building this May or thereabouts. Was 1,000 sq. ft. and was asking between $600,000 although I think it came down before it stopped being listed (sold or taken off the market, I don’t know).
I looked at similar apartments here four years ago and they were going for between $500k and $600k. One reason I passed is because the bedrooms were generally small, and there seemed to be entirely too much turnover to make me comfortable. Now I kinda wish I’d bought there after all, if these apartments have really appreciated so much…. Of course, some of those huge Victorian mansions in Ditmas Park were selling in the same range in 2002 as well. It’s always easy in hindsight to think that a price that seemed too high before was actually a good deal.
I used to live in that building and sold a few years ago. That is a nice apartment and approximately 1200 square feet. It looks out over the courtyard which can sometimes be noisy. Overall, the building condition is good and many improvements have been made over the years. They have a solid board in place and the building has many nice families. The apartments are very nice and though the construction could’ve been better, overall the apartments are nice and feel quite large due to the high ceilings. The location is also great. Its not a dump. The other two bedrooms are not tiny and are certainly sutable bedroom sizes. Larger than most brownstone bedrooms. I can say that with certainty that the 350K price was seven to eight years ago when it was first developed..
Gee– I feel rich. It looks kind of dumpy and no photos of the bathrooms (maintenance must be low). My 1600 sq ft with eat-in remodeled kitchen and 2-1/2 new baths plus 2 large beds ( 2 walk-in closets in master) plus den must be worth $2 MM (ha ha). This is worth $1 MM? the end is near…
Ten years ago we looked at a duplex in the original clocktower factory building but passed. I think they were asking $155k (negotiable) We passed for two reasons. One, we heard that the courtyard was for “show and not for go” as kids playing produced unconfortable sound levels for the other owners and was thus forbidden, and two, you could hear the family next door right through the walls. We bought a nice row brick row house on the next block for $211k instead.
We have friends who bought there a little over 3 years ago (can’t believe it has appreciated so much. Good for them, boo hoo for us.) It’s a decent space but all I can say is I didn’t have apartment envy when I saw it. I would never pay over $1mil for one. Then again, it’s that attitude that has kept me a renter. Sniff.
hey anon at 12:19 – I’m not sure where you get your stats for prices in park slope but I can assure you that prices in this area have certainly gone up over the last 18 months.
no offense hillbilly…not all new construction/conversion has serious HVAC issues, only those new construction/conversions that are done poorly and cheaply.