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
1.55M for the lower duplex??? That is absolutely INSANE. That’s actually more expensive than the Heights, and is the price of recent sales of just about any three-story townhouse in a comparable neighborhood.
In this market? Good luck, kids. Hope you didn’t take out a big mortgage…
Who still thinks exposed brick is classy? Didn’t that go out in 1979?
Does anyone know who’s behind this scam?
BTW: It’s not 950 sq feet. How did they calculate that? I hope they’re not using the envelope of the house as their calculating criteria — that’s only done if you’re buying an entire building. When you buy a condo, the sq footage is based on the interior living space ONLY. Which, by my calculation, only comes to about 750 sq feet. So that brings the cost to over $1000 a sq foot. Brooklyn heights prices.
Now I’m the first to say that Ft Greene is way more appealing and attractive than brooklyn heights ever was or will be, but it can’t come close to BH prices.
Answer is 4, 1:40.
First the architect has to choose the light fixture and submit the plan to the DOB and LPC.
Then the contractor has to hire an electrician.
Then the electrician replaces the fixture.
Then everyone on Brownstoner has to comment on it and say it’s “out of context”.
How many newby yuppies does it take to change a light fixture?
Agreed, the renovation is really leaving me limp.
A light fixture is changed in 5 minutes.
Could be worse (except that limestone fireplace surround, which couldn’t), but it’s always sad to see what was a glorious brownstone reduced to white boxes with exposed brick. That light fixture on the ceiling pretty neatly sums up the developer’s tone-deafness on taste.
Still, amazing hood, amazing block, nice facade, steps from the park.
Kitchens are Ikea. And it should be criminal to charge thise prices for a pretty basic renovation.
Also, what’s with the crappy name of these condos? Either eliminate the name, or perhaps go to Landor or some other branding company to get a good name.
I personally would recommend:
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