Co-op of the Day: 111 Hicks Railroad Loft
$500 a foot in prime Brooklyn Heights? You betcha. There is one catch with well-located and well-appointed pad: A distinct shortage of windows. The railroad-style apartment has just two windows at the front; for a space that’s roughly 70-feet deep, that’s not a lot of natural light. On the other hand, it’s been nicely renovated…
$500 a foot in prime Brooklyn Heights? You betcha. There is one catch with well-located and well-appointed pad: A distinct shortage of windows. The railroad-style apartment has just two windows at the front; for a space that’s roughly 70-feet deep, that’s not a lot of natural light. On the other hand, it’s been nicely renovated and, at $699,000, is a heckuva a lot cheaper because of the lack of natural light. How do you think this will fare on the open market?
111 Hicks Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
Nicely done. Love the kitchen.
There’s sound isolation padding on the walls in the bedroom…hhhmmmm…..interesting!!
Not bad, but the asking price is way too high given the ridiculous maintenance.
They need to cut at least 150,000 from the price -or cut the maintenance in half.
One may be able to cope without a lot of natural light, but a $2075 monthly maintenance is truly insane.
And if this were in Soho or Nolita or Tribeca, it’d be sold, in cash in 3 minutes. No one would complain about light, guaranteed.
Wow, nice apartment. They really worked well with what they had. The asking price seems realistic to me, given the whopping maintenance.
I agree with Biff that a duplex ain’t gonna happen with 14 feet total ceiling space. Minus the thickness of the new ceiling, no one taller than 5’4″ is going to want to live there. You end up with one OK-height level and one mezzanine/duck-your-head level, or two levels each with claustrophobically low ceilings, like 6’6″. Much better to stay at 14′ and keep it loftlike.
Guess you have to price relatively low to off-set the staggering 2K a month maintenance. Not what I’d call a bargain, all things considered.
I find myself filled with the inexplicable urge to go bowling.
Nice space, good price, but that maintenance is INSANE!
$2,075 maintenance for such a small space?? I don’t think so.
Also, the only two windows you do have apparently face an alley–see how close the other building appears in the photo.