Co-op of the Day: 21 South Portland Avenue
How psyched was the owner of this dripping-with-details floor-through brownstone co-op when Time Out NY named South Portland the Best Block in New York City the same week he put his place on the market! His parlor floor apartment in a 25-foot-wide brownstone has some extra juice in the form of a rear extension making…
How psyched was the owner of this dripping-with-details floor-through brownstone co-op when Time Out NY named South Portland the Best Block in New York City the same week he put his place on the market! His parlor floor apartment in a 25-foot-wide brownstone has some extra juice in the form of a rear extension making it a larger-than-normal 1,170 square feet and allowing for two bedrooms. The woodwork and mirrors are to die for. It’s unclear to us from the photo how nice the kitchen is. The asking price of $829,000 is definitely on the high side for the area but may not be completely crazy given the apartment’s pedigree. Did anyone make it to the open house on Sunday?
21 South Portland Ave FSBO [NY Times] GMAP
Stunning Parlor Floorthru in 25′ Brownstone [Brooklynian]
Agreed … you seen one granite counter, you’ve seen them all.. I would rather get a hoosier cabinet and some free standing interesting furniture any time. But those details are amazing! Grace and charm win everytime! And space don’t hurt either…
I totally agree with you, 2:09. You are so…logical! I do like this kitchen alot better than your usual granite countertop/poggenpuhl cabinets/viking/subzero appliances. ZZZZ, I’m so tired of looking at those. Their pot rack here is a ladder! Gotta love them for having some imagination! I prefer to buy antique pieces and convert them for use as functional cabinets, vanities and such. Mass produced stuff freaks me out…I don’t care how “high end” it is. I also think that changing a layout isn’t such a huge deal. Pain in the butt, but can be done.
Funny, I actually love that kitchen. I guess it’s kinda fashionable to have everything matching and built-in like a Martha Stewart set, but I actually prefer these European style kitchens, where everything is a separate object or piece of furniture. I’d just get some gorgeous free-staninding cabinets. (They have some nice ones in the dining room!)
As far those of you who are logical, don’t let your logic miss the point of real estate: to love your home. It’s easy these days to make convenience and comfort out of anything; it’s hard to find natural, inherent grace and charm. Layout is STILL not as important as width of home, height of ceiling and location — because though you can change floor plan, you can’t change any of the other elements of a home, and those are the elements that really make the difference. “Logic” can be very short-sighted and is often a number-crunching cop out. Wisdom is better. My friends bought a small house in Dumbo ten years ago because they fell in love with it, put all their money into it. Their decision wasn’t logical then. It is now.
This is gorgeous. Just gorgeous. If I had the money, I would just rent out my skinny brownstone completely and buy this. A 25 foot brownstone is a 25 foot brownstone. It is dripping with details, highish maintenance but so beautiful. As for cabinets, just buy some more cabinets…
For $700 per square foot, $900 per month common charges, and a kitchen from the old west – it looks a bit pricey to me. Though the opportunity to buy a parlor floor on a very nice block doesn’t come along very often and may open up the market for those who can’t buy the whole brownstone. Time will tell.
some of us (those who are logical) make buying decisions based on more than the height of the pier mirror or the color of the wood finishes. The layout matters, especially in brownstone conversions. I for one would not want a place where i have to walk through the kitchen to the bath to the bedroom. i think sellers do themselves a disservice by not including floor plans. I tend to look at then ever more i look at the pictures. Paint color and finishes a easy to change, but a bad layout????
What do you want to see for layout? It’s a 25′ wide brownstone. Holy jesus.
Below is the other coop that sold recently. Not nearly as nice by any means, and high charges, but still sold ok:
FORT GREENE $651,799 6 South Portland Avenue 1-bedroom, 1-bath, 900-sq.-ft. co-op in a brownstone; private deck; maintenance $895, 40% tax-deductible
Can comment on the price w/o seeing a floorplan or the actual apartment, plus kitchen looks to be devoid of cabinets.
you must all be smoking someothing good. no way it trades anywhere close – i like it but 800k+big ass monthly charges?!