Co-op of the Day: 415 Argyle Road
We’ll be honest: The reason this listing at 415 Argyle Road grabbed our attention was the interior decoration. That living room. Wow. Then we started to take a look at the numbers: Two beds, two baths, 1,250 square feet, $1,155 maintenance, $485,000 asking price. Then we realized that we’d recently tapped another unit in this…
We’ll be honest: The reason this listing at 415 Argyle Road grabbed our attention was the interior decoration. That living room. Wow. Then we started to take a look at the numbers: Two beds, two baths, 1,250 square feet, $1,155 maintenance, $485,000 asking price. Then we realized that we’d recently tapped another unit in this building: Apartment 3J which was 1,000 square feet and asking $379,000. So how do you think this one stacks up? It would be helpful to have a floorplan.
415 Argyle Road [Abacus] GMAP P*Shark
>”Toss the furniture and this apt still has all the charm of an IRS audit.”
Ha. That is funny. And timely. And pretty much true. I agree. Certainly the drabness could be disguised by more pleasing furnishing, but, yeah, this is not an uplifting apartment. Nothing offensive about it, but for the price and maintenance — no.
If I can keep the lamps with the shades (still wrapped in the plastic) than I just might buy it; full asking! Seriously this place is what keeps stagers in business, but regardless seems overpriced for what is underneath the obvious decorative distraction.
The magic staircase has to be worth something, no?
I understand furniture moves out too
the apt to me still stinks
it’s just a vanilla ugly box built in the 60’s with no detail or points of interest
there are no pics of the kitchen and bathroom which mean they need updating, so that means more of my money
The maintenance is insanely high and the bedrooms are really tiny
I would never pay $480K for a place like this
Toss the furniture and this apt still has all the charm of an IRS audit.
>”When do people start realizing that the furniture, etc. goes away when the seller moves out…”
I think most people realize it . . .. sort of. That is, that most of know it, but find it hard to imagine the place without the furniture. Really hard. This is why staging, as obvious as it can sometimes be, works.
FYI, an almost identical apartment sold in this building in March for $480K. Yep, post-Lehman.
When do people start realizing that the furniture, etc. goes away when the seller moves out…
Wow – for that much maintenance somebody better do my cooking and cleaning for me.
The living room is almost ugly beautiful.