Condos of the Day: 10 South Oxford Street
We bet there will plenty of interest in the latest brownstone condo conversion in Fort Greene despite the fact that the finishes aren’t doing it for us. Why? The location. This one’s at 10 South Oxford Street, just steps from the park. The three upper floor-through units are all listed as having 950 square feet…
We bet there will plenty of interest in the latest brownstone condo conversion in Fort Greene despite the fact that the finishes aren’t doing it for us. Why? The location. This one’s at 10 South Oxford Street, just steps from the park. The three upper floor-through units are all listed as having 950 square feet (though we suspect that includes the public hallway) and are asking from $750,000 to $800,000; the lower duplex is asking $1,550,000. As for the finishes, we just don’t care for the “new traditional” look. Give us the old stuff, warts and all, or a modern reno that’s got some teeth. This stuff in the middle is just kinda blah.
10 South Oxford Condominiums [Brooklyn Properties] GMAP P*Shark
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it is so beige
It’s a classic case of someone who should’ve kept their day job and not ventured into a new career without at least a cursory knowledge of what they were doing.
Hubris is so destructive.
OMG did I really spell “hire” as “higher”? sorry people.
I suspect 10. So. Oxford is a classic case of someone getting in too far above their head in terms of the mortgage, and trying to make up the difference by overcharging for the post-renovation space.
Reminds me of those ghastly places on 3rd Street in Carroll Gardens that Corcoran recently took over after they’ve been languishing on the market for upwards of six months.
TheGrammarLady’s back!
These apartments, indeed, are rather unfortunate looking. They are not terrible as starter apartments but, yes, the asking prices are too high.
I wondered for years when this house would be sold and renovated. I think it had absolutely original windows on the parlor floor (maybe other floors…I never looked closely enough). It was quaint but the façade was really getting shabby.
There used to be an almost picturesque sheet metal valance over the ground floor entry that got very ramshackle. Rather amusing.
Well, yes, I was curious too so looked at the website. The interiors look too beige and to even approach their asking prices, they would have had to have put in top of the line bathrooms and kitchens, etc.
FG/TGL
“i disagree”: the kind of money these people are asking for, you’d think that they DID renovate it with “deep pockets”. This has nothing to do with money. This has to do with Knowing What You’re Doing. You know, basic professionalism. If you’re tasteless, higher a designer. If you’re not a contractor, don’t try to be one. (Like someone else said earlier, this isnt HGTV this is reality).
You wanted a suggestion, you got it. Just look at this Brooklyn Heights beauty:
http://corcoran.com/property/listing.aspx?Region=NYC&ListingID=1180830
That house was bought for 2.5m as a rundown shack and is back on the market looking terrific for just under 3m. That’s a slim profit margin (if any), and therefore proof of how much you can do on a very meager budget. It just takes brains.
Very tacky indeed. Sure, much of this can be changed/improved — but at these prices, why would you want to spend more redoing the ugliness? And the fireplaces are not only hideous, but one wonders if they are up to code? Unless they are only meant to be decorative.
the duplex would be better if you put the bedrooms downstairs and the living space on the parlour level. i live in a condo with this configuration, and it’s great. light on the main floor, cooler and darker on the bedroom floor. because of our construction, we were lucky to have significant windows and in the master, a patio door too, so that helps.
i think the psf is too high. if you were interested in this space, have it crazy inspected. if the guts pan out, offer close to $650 psf, and change the decorating as you go. paint, door handles and light fixtures don’t strike me as a big deal (or any wood work either).
i personally am not a fan of the area, so i would never pay this price. that to me is more of a turn off than the actual interiors.