Co-op of the Day: 277 Washington Avenue, #3J
Apartment 3J at 277 Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill is a nice prewar apartment and is in a good location but we’re not sure it’s really a $399,000 apartment in this market. Judging from the listing photos, it’s a pretty tight squeeze to get both a couch and a small dining table into the living…
Apartment 3J at 277 Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill is a nice prewar apartment and is in a good location but we’re not sure it’s really a $399,000 apartment in this market. Judging from the listing photos, it’s a pretty tight squeeze to get both a couch and a small dining table into the living room; in addition, the kitchen is really just a recessed kitchenette. We like the plaster moldings, high ceilings and built-ins but we’ll be surprised if this sells for more than $350,000.
277 Washington Avenue, #3J [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
I’m scared of the open thread.
Nomi…I do. You should pop in to the Open Thread and see how we’ve truly mastered it!!!!
I used to own this apartment! Let’s clarify a few things:
-550 square feet is the size of the place
-this was considered a “junior 1-bedroom” in this building, as there are 900 sq ft 1BRs with a separate kitchen and 1200 sq ft 2BRs also in the building of 70ish units
-I MADE THE KITCHEN AND THE BUILT-INS! I made custom cabinets in a woodshop at the time (2002). The bookshelves are MDF with poplar detailing (typical materials for paint-grade), and I made each cabinet door. The countertop though is 1 5/8″ solid walnut. The kitchen is the same to match, and has the single F-P dishwasher as well as a Gaggenau cooktop. I can’t remember the fridge brand, but it wasn’t Sub-Zero! The microwave above the cooktop is also a convection oven. The Pullman-kitchen is only a 3’x6′ space and I chose to keep everything inside that space rather than have an ugly free-standing fridge somewhere.
-i also remade 3 doors and a french door (in front hall) identical to the doors original to the apartment. They are also poplar styles/rails with an MDF center panel.
-we never had a coffee table and he couch wasn’t as deep, so the LR looks small right now!
-the apartment is bright when the blinds are open. It fronts Hall St, faces East, and has a beautiful view of Pratt and the Library.
-the bedroom is identical in size to the LR but has no built-ins.
-the building is very solid and has a good board. the lobby and terrazzo floors are very nice but the paint colors aren’t coordinated well.
-we sold it for $265k in 2004, which at the time was a premium price for the apartment. I’ll let you all comment on what it’s worth now!
Dave, you clearly don’t know the art of going on and on and on about something that’s been talked about to death. (Not that this nearly has!)
Could there possibly be anything more to say about this place??
Yeah, rob, but that was a rental and you were a kid. It’s different when you’re buying a home.
some people dont care about fridges. lol i remember getting in mad trouble when i threw out my fridge in my first apartment cuz i thought it was a stupid waste of space. (it was a mini fridge tho so no biggie. plus it was filled with roaches ew)
*rob*
I may be the sole voice of dissent, but I like the kitchen. True, I liked it a little more when I thought it was that small in a separate dining room than the living room, but still.
Nomi hits the nail on the head here. No adult who has 399,000 to blow on an apartment wants a mini-fridge.
This is insultingly overpriced. Looks tiny and is really a studio. Shouldn’t sell for more than 300. But who knows. This seems to me to be yet another example of people valuing “prewar charm” above everything else (namely space, closets and basic adult functionality).