Co-op of the Day: 40 Prospect Park West, #6K
The weaker market has not deterred some owners from trying to sell their apartments themselves. In the case of Apartment 6K at 40 Prospect Park West in Park Slope, the sellers appear to be taking the strategy of pricing the unit fairly upfront rather than going fishing for an unrealistic offer. While the two-bedroom, one-bathroom…
The weaker market has not deterred some owners from trying to sell their apartments themselves. In the case of Apartment 6K at 40 Prospect Park West in Park Slope, the sellers appear to be taking the strategy of pricing the unit fairly upfront rather than going fishing for an unrealistic offer. While the two-bedroom, one-bathroom pad isn’t going to wind up on the pages of Architectural Digest any time soon, it does offer 1,000 square feet of space and great views of the park for $769,000. Think they’ll get their price?
40 Prospect Park West, #6K [FSBO] GMAP P*Shark
oohala: Good for you. I grew up in a house with 7 people and one bathroom. That is of course once we got indoor plumbing (when I was 3 or so). Before that we had an outhouse. Have you ever had to sit on an outhouse toilet seat in the middle when it’s negative 5 degrees fahrenheit out and it’s the middle of the frigging night? I have. For heat we had a wood stove. I didn’t know what an air conditioner was until I was a teenager. And I literally walked almost a mile to catch the school bus.
I’m not making any of this up.
But I went to school, I work my ass of, I make lots of money and now I CAN GODDAMN WELL DEMAND TO LIVE IN A GODDAMN APARTMENT WITH MORE THAN ONE GODDAMN TOILET TO I DON’T HAVE TO SHARE WITH ANYONE AT ALL IF I DON’T GODDAMN WANT TO. So step off and don’t you even dare pull the “you yuppies” bullshit with me. You’re messing with the wrong dude on this one.
It is difficult to turn one soil pipe into two. The soil pipe is the large drain pipe beneath a toilet. I’m not even sure you could get a permit for that. Has anyone ever tried it?
You could place a w/d in the pantry and vent up and out across the bathroom ceiling. That would be easy and work well as long as the building allows w/d’s in apartments. Many older buildings do not as the drains are not sufficient to take the discharge of a lot of washing machines. Old plumbing is what it is. Don’t buy an old apartment and think you have too much lee way in terms of the infrastructure.
one thing i see over and over again that i really don’t like is the kid’s bedroom next to the living room. what about TV/stereo/talking noise?
it’s tougher than you’d think to find an apartment where the kid’s room is in an area that’s quiet and away from the living room.
Jim Cramer says buy two houses.
http://www.westchesterrealestateblog.com/2008/07/jim-cramer-toda.html
Also, closet next the the bathroom perhaps could have a non-vent W/D – again, the plumbing is right there.
the one bathroom is big enough that it would be easy to turn it into 1 and 1/2 – the 1/2 could have a door in from the kitchen. Plumbing is all there so would be a cheap and easy fix.
i have to laugh cuase you guys are all joking, right??? i grew up in a HOUSE with 5 people and we only had ONE bathroom. granted after dad was done you didn’t want to use it but damn, it was NOT a big deal. you yuppies are spoiled and making this such an issue. bedroom too small? not at all. think about your first apartments!!!
Biff, great idea!
Partial views of the park…hhmmm. Still a good price and will sell.
“great views of the park “? The seller claims only partial views from living room….So I suspect that this apt. does not face PPW.