Condo of the Day: 661 Carroll Street
Maybe the difference was timing, but the developer of both 659 and 661 Carroll Street had an easy time selling out the former while the latter has been more of a struggle, culminating in a price cut for the last available unit (#3) from $949,000 to $875,000 two weeks ago. As we said last spring,…
Maybe the difference was timing, but the developer of both 659 and 661 Carroll Street had an easy time selling out the former while the latter has been more of a struggle, culminating in a price cut for the last available unit (#3) from $949,000 to $875,000 two weeks ago. As we said last spring, we really like the way the owner cleaned this place up with some modern flashes while maintaining the inherent charm. While the comments were generally positive about the listing last spring, evidently $1,000 a foot was too tough for the market to swallow. Think $875,000 for the 923-square-foot pad will get the deal done?
661 Carroll Street [Warren Lewis] GMAP P*Shark
661 Carroll Street, #3 [Corcoran]
Condos of the Day: 659/661 Carroll [Brownstoner]
i live in an identical building on the same block as this building, same floor even (3rd). i pay 2500 for rent for same amt of space and could not make the numbers work at 950k. that would be more than double my rent with ~$200k down. the new price is a little closer. with $175k down, would be around 4300 per month. getting closer, but too bad i don’t have the green yet. this is a very lovely area.
Hey–anyone know what happened with sales at the Vermeil? Haven’t heard much about it for a while.
I like that they left it open. Personally hate those counters with stools they build in – I’d want to rip it out – don’t like eating at counters at home.
Here, you can use your imagination – purchase a nice, not-cookie-cutter-looks-like-the-crappy-kitchen-cabinets island, with storage underneath, or put in a simple table as an extension, like a nice shaker one, or whatever you like. More options all around.
I even saw an apartment once that built in a very wide marble topped table in a similar location – with nice wooden legs – at a somewhat lower height than 30″ – so it made a great space for dining, for working on a computer, for sitting and chopping food – very versatile, and a great transition to the living room and entryway.
They should’ve added a partial wall to cut off from the dining/living room. It would have served as a nice partition without enclosing and shrinking the space too much. Everything else looks wonderful. I just don’t like being able to see every single thing in the kitchen from the couch.
That supposedly similar apartment, 2:49, is way too narrow for most people. I couldn’t handle a living room or dining room less than 10′ wide! And, unless you have need for windowless underground space, it is essentially useless (and expensive) storage space. Cheaper to rent a storage room…
It is actually 923 sf, 2:50.
No exaggeration.
Over priced by $100K at least. Try again.
I went to the open house at 659 Carrol (i.e the initial conversion next door) several times – the work they did is really by far the best and most tasteful I had ever seen at a brownstone conversion. We were very tempted but thought that the price was simply too high but I wasn’t really surprised that they sold all units at or close to asking – quality sells…having said that, the place did feel pretty cramped and 923 SF seems very flattering…obviously a gross SF number but in this case the net SF is probably only ~750SF which would still leave you at north of the magical 1000 PSSF. Again, given the lack of quality alternatives, I’m sure there will be takers at this price of close to it.
How can people buy these when there is similar apt – almost double its size, no transfer taxes, separate dining room, one block closer to the park – with private bkyard available for only 100K more?
http://www.brooklynproperties.com/condo205.htm