Co-op of the Day: 200 Hicks Street
This three-bedroom co-op at 200 Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights is gorgeous. The recent renovation managed to inject a modern, light feel to the place without stripping it of its prewar character. (For some reason, we don’t even mind the recessed light–perhaps because it’s embedded in the soffit.) While the listing doesn’t say so explicitly,…
This three-bedroom co-op at 200 Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights is gorgeous. The recent renovation managed to inject a modern, light feel to the place without stripping it of its prewar character. (For some reason, we don’t even mind the recessed light–perhaps because it’s embedded in the soffit.) While the listing doesn’t say so explicitly, we’re guessing that this is the ground floor unit, based upon the shape and size of the windows. This is the only negative we can find with this place, but it may prove to be a meaningful one given the asking price of $1,995,000. Thoughts?
200 Hicks Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
based on the floor plan, it looks like between 1,200 and 1,400 square feet.
I LOVE ground floor apartments. Wouldn’t want to live in anything else…
And I’m being serious. What you lose in privacy from the street (although simple bottom up blinds like those seen in these pictures solve that problem) are made up for with the privacy of not having to see neighbors in the hallyways/elevators when you choose not to.
Not for everyone, but I love it.
Have to say, when I clicked on the floor plan to take a looksy, I nearly sprayed vitamin water (energy, citrus) all over my screen. It looks TEENY. Doesn’t even have a den or family space apart from the living/dining room.
The price is weird. Will be weirder still if someone pays it.
Can’t believe no one has bitten even the tiniest piece out of Mister B’s subtle dropping of the *gasp* recessed light issue. Brrrrr.
According to my calculations from the website’s floorplan, this apartment is approximately 1500 square feet.
Why does everyone assume that EVERYONE wants a house?
Homes in this neck of the woods are money pits.
People who buy here also have a house in Bermuda and one in Aspen. They simply don’t want the maintenence issues. So they pay for them…
To suggest someone to buy a house instead as if they’ve never thought of that just proves that some of you really have no idea of the kind of buyer that a place like this attracts…
Why don’t they just list the damn square footage? How would a bank appraise? Or are they figuring the person who buys this needs to mortgage? But again, why would they deal with such a small space if they have that much money?
The city is full of ground-floor apartments, and some of them, the ones in the nicer neighborhoods, can be quite pricey. It is not as if ground floors are radioactive as some here seem to think. Plus, there is a deep and fenced areaway between the facade and the sidewalk. Maintenance charges do not matter to someone buying an expensive co-op like this. And some people like ground floor units. I think it is priced about right. It is not comperable to a 3-bedroom apartment in an ordinary brownstone.
I am having a hard time finding the justification for this apartment’s price and outrageously high maintenance costs. A smart buyer would find a renovated townhouse for this money—ok, not in Brooklyn Heights—in a nice nabe, with a good school (if they have children). And 50% down? Jeez.
well 2:04, you are wrong, wrong wrong—it is much larger than what you “imagine” it to be!