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]
Having a terrace is nice, too – it is rare in this type of building, unless you are on the ground floor.
Sure, why not, if the rest of ’em did, it’ll sell. If it is cramped, it is a typical brownstone layout, with the advantage of enough depth for 2 baths, however small. Generally, the work is shoddy in these old brownstone renos. You fix it up to suit you as you go, if you want to. If you don’t want to, at least it has been renovated, and you don’t have to do anything (though you do never get used to looking at the cracks where counters don’t hit the wall – you just live with it, covering up what you can, if spending to renovate isn’t something you want to do …. that’s what I do.) If it is slow selling, seems to me like a good time to make a low offer – surely they want to be done with it.
I think it will sell at this price more or less
Went to this open house, too. It definitely looks good, but there are some things that would annoy me about it: the master bath is super cramped, though I suppose being able to brush your teeth while you sit on the crapper is very efficient. If the living room/dining room/kitchen were a bit more spacious, this would be perfect.
the chairs look perfectly reasonably sized to me.
sure you aren’t the one that’s too large??
923 sf is a fine size for a 2 bedroom apartment.
Saw this apartment at an open house two weeks ago. The apartment is bright and has a nice deck off the master bedroom with great Manhattan views. On the down side, while the finshes are very nice at first glance, when you look closely, it’s all very shoddy. The countertop in the bathroom doesn’t properly align with the wall, and while they installed a Viking stove and a SubZero refrigerator in the kitchen, the cabinets are incredibly cheap. Also, the bedrooms are particularly tiny and it’s quite a hike up the very narrow stairs to get to the apt. This would probably work well for a single person or a couple, but I can’t imagine shlepping a kid and some groceries up those stairs. Even with the price drop, it’s still overpriced…
I still can’t get over how tiny this place is. Those chairs look like they were made for elves.
I think the developer did a great job, I’m pretty impressed. Love the old floors too. Given what else is out there for 875K, I think it’s worthwhile since that the ASKING price.
I used Warren Lewis to sell my apartment last year. It took FOREVER to get them to put a floor plan up. And their photos were AWFUL, which is unusual they tend to have good photos. Warren Lewis was a bad experience all around for me though. Then again, most brokers are a bad experience all around, and a massive waste of money. Next time, “For Sale By Owner” Without A Doubt.