Co-op of the Day: 692 President Street
This top-floor duplex at 692 President Street has a couple of things going for it: It’s cute and it has exclusive roof rights. (The listing describes a slick new kitchen but fails to include a photo.) On the flip side, at 650 square feet, this one-bedroom is on the small side. Luckily, the monthly maintenance…
This top-floor duplex at 692 President Street has a couple of things going for it: It’s cute and it has exclusive roof rights. (The listing describes a slick new kitchen but fails to include a photo.) On the flip side, at 650 square feet, this one-bedroom is on the small side. Luckily, the monthly maintenance is only $536. The asking price, however, is $499,000, which is high on a per-square-foot basis, unless you place a lot of value on the undeveloped roof.
692 President Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
That was a great comment, Nomi! I liked it 🙂
Please leave my comment about the spiral staircase as head trauma. I’m proud of that.
Please note that the thread was a great one (I thought) and 100% on topic, until Biff’s comment at 1:27 derailed the whole darn thing.
I should not have taken the bait.
I apologize.
I lived in a duplex apt. in Chelsea. A spiral staircase in a detahtrap. I can’t recall how many times wither I or one of my guests slid and ended up with one leg on each side of an iron rail (uh, ow!).
Besides the staircase, if you’re going to have a two room apt. it’s not such a bad thing to have them on separate floors. It is kinda nice to have two levels.
Also, since when do we complain about roof access? Fix it up the way you’d like it.
I’ve seen worse.
And now I’ll make an on topic comment…I know nothing of prices, but I’m not a fan of President Street and the spiral staircase is silly – as is the cook top abutting the wall.
If some people feel the need to carry on like this, please do so in the Open Thread. Believe it or not, there are some readers who like to follow the discussion about the co-op without having to wade through all this crap. We’re going to purge this thread.
Thanks
ParkedSlope did a fine job of explaining why I used the term “killer” in my assessment of the location. It’s got tons of transportation, shopping, dining, bars, the park, etc within a very short walk, but the street itself is quiet and pretty. Unsure what would be much more killer than that.
well, I guess that settles it nicely. Park Slopers are douchebags.
Can I get QOTD now?
Great location for sure. But the living space is diminshed because of the spiral staircase, and the staircase itself will start to drive you insane (having lived with one). If there was a half bath on the main level that would do wonders. The bedroom looks great though.
Lousy closet space, and cramped first floor makes this less of a great choice for a couple. The roof is nice, but the steep ladder climb to get up there forecloses any real roof entertaining/hanging potential (tried that one too…). Some single will pick this up – but not at ask (at least I hope not).