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They didn’t cut any corners on this one. After a lengthy renovation, the brick-and-limestone mansion at 24 Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights has re-emerged as a four-unit condominium that, from the looks of it, aimed to preserve as much architectural detail while giving the 1896 residence a lighter, slightly more modern feel. It looks very well done to us. Another sweetener: The building is also a stone’s throw from the promenade. Quality has a price though: All four units are priced well north of $1,000 a foot. The third-floor floor-through, for example, clocks in at 1,441 square feet and has a maintenance of $1,103 and an asking price of $1,745,000. The development’s web site is here and there’s an open house by appointment on Sunday.
24 Remsen Street, #3 [Brennan RE/NYT]


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  1. Anyway…the maintenance isn’t bad on this place. The key is how much of a reserve is there assuming all the mechanicals, roof, etc are all new. Get it down to $1,000 psf and that’s 17% off of ask, not unheard of certainly in this environment. That is if you’re all OK with $1,000 psf for this place!!!

  2. i once had a friend who was a bit on the promiscuous side and i always used to ask him, arent you kind of embarrassed cuz you have a doorman and being that way!?

    how does one become a doorman? i heard they make a ton of money, especially during the holidays.. but i remember reading somewhere a while back that it’s really hard to get a job doing it and that like butlers are they born into it?! i know for a fact doormen in commercial buildings are definitely not born into it, but they are more security guards than anything else.. how does one become a ritzy (or not so much ritzy doorman)? c’mon! tell me, this might be the only way ill ever become a non bitter rent !:)

    *Rob*

  3. A really good super is an incredible plus…as long as you tip him. Then, the small annoying rules of a condo association seem to disappear!!!

    No need for an elevator operator for the regular elevator…i agreee that’d be annoying…although our service elevator always had one. He’d make sure the takeout food delivery guys only came and went where they were supposed to.

    Lots of people to tip at Christmas.

  4. I’ve lived in buildings with and without a doorman, and I would NEVER live in a doorman building again.

    Hated it.

    I much prefer the anonymous nature of living without one.

    I find the added expense on the maintenance to be a real waste too. I can open my own door and have any large packages delivered to my office and save the extra 500 bucks a month.

  5. Trust me, doormen know evey little detail about your personal life. You’ve all seen this on Law & Order episodes. I din’t care about that…we even joked about it alot. You treat your doormen right at Christmas and they will be your best friend and even run interference for you when they sense they might need to!!!!

    The building is a lot safer with a doorman and its great to have someone to collect your mail when you’re away and sign for packages whenever they arrive. They’re also great to leave keys with for arriving guests, letting cable, etc people in.

    One of the things I miss the most in my brownstone.

  6. Hey, but you could live in the Edge for that money!

    (I am joking… I mean, yes, you could, but…)

    It’s beautiful. It’s in what used to be the best neighborhood in Brooklyn and what will become the best neighborhood again, I suspect. It does kind of throw a bunch of the other million-plus-a-lot condos in other neighborhoods though slightly out of whack.

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