Co-op of the Day: 450 Clinton Street
This 1,400-square-foot co-op on Clinton Street looks like a very nice apartment for a family with a couple of kids. While the interiors are fairly unremarkable, the rooms look large and the rounded windows are a nice touch. We don’t know the building off the top of our head, but it’s got lots of nice…
This 1,400-square-foot co-op on Clinton Street looks like a very nice apartment for a family with a couple of kids. While the interiors are fairly unremarkable, the rooms look large and the rounded windows are a nice touch. We don’t know the building off the top of our head, but it’s got lots of nice stuff like parking, bike storage and a common garden. What about the price of $925,000? Hard to say in this market but it can’t be too far off the mark. What do people who are looking in this range think?
450 Clinton Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP
This is the silliest website I have ever been too. Good idea, but not if you are giving incomplete and inaccurate info. We are friends with the owners and have been to this apartment many times. Firstly, there is a large window in the second bedroom and the bedroom is even larger than the master bedroom. Secondly, they have 3 children and are quite comfortable in the apartment. The floorplan is open and the garden is wonderfull. Plus parking without stepping foot outside, plus personal, locked storgage space in basement, many closets, updated bathrooms, … And yes 1400 is not too far off. And yes, they got 2 offers for their asking price. Only a week on the market. One from someone living in the building. The building can’t be that bad!
Hey Anon 8:26, it’s 12:07 here saying that I hope you’re right, because that would mean my 1200 sq ft apt a few blocks away is worth a lot more than I thought. And regarding “a couple of kids”. Do you have kids? Do you think it is comfortable to have 5 people living in 1000 sq ft? And pay almost a million dollars for the privelage? Sounds a bit desperate to me. Just because it’s physically possible, doesn’t mean it is worth doing. Like the family in the NY Times this past week, who has a newborn baby in a 270 sq ft apartment in Manhattan. And they’re not leaving. What a plan!
Not having laundry inside a unit that’s asking for over $900K is a stretch for me. But that’s just me, I have a laundry thing! Having parking is fantastic, I bet that’s the thing that seals the deal each time a unit sells in that building. As for shoddy conversions, those are all over Cobble Hill and Park Slope in old buildings. It’s hard to avoid unless you’re buying a recent gut-reno condo, and for those you pay a pretty penny.
Anon 12:07 is totally off about price. I think they probably got close to asking, mabye 899. Also how big does an apartment have to be to have “a couple of kids” in? I know people with two or three kids who live in a lot smaller apartments or small buildings. These bedrooms seem huge compared to the most and the study can be a playroom.
We just bought in that building (different apartment). It didn’t seem too shoddy, but then we are planning to upgrade some parts of the apartment (kitchen, bath). I have to say, the building is immaculate and the neighborhood is great.
I looked at a place in this building about 6-7 years ago. the renovation was so/so. I think the buidling must have been renovated some time ago, before there was a strong market for higher end renovation.
I used to rent in this very building. While I loved many things about it, the details and finishes always bugged me a little. The conversion was just done a little shoddy. The walls and floor/ceilings are paper thin. But it won’t suprise me if it gets it’s price. Lovely building in a fantastic location.
I used to rent in this very building. While I loved many things about it, the details and finishes always bugged me a little. The conversion was just done a little shoddy. The walls and floor/ceilings are paper thin. But it won’t suprise me if it gets it’s price. Lovely building in a fantastic location.
This building used to be the Norwegian Seamen’s Church. As I recall, Buscarello Bros did the conversion to apartments, and the work was deemed to be quite shoddy, numerous complaints, etc. Don’t know if this apt or any others bothered to upgrade.