Co-op of the Day: 39 Remsen Street, #1E
This ground-floor two-bedroom at 39 Remsen Street first hit the market in March 2008 with an asking price of $749,000. Since then it’s undergone five price cuts and is currently asking $610,000. The layout’s nice, as are the high ceilings. Obviously the big drag on this place is the lack of light and views, but…
This ground-floor two-bedroom at 39 Remsen Street first hit the market in March 2008 with an asking price of $749,000. Since then it’s undergone five price cuts and is currently asking $610,000. The layout’s nice, as are the high ceilings. Obviously the big drag on this place is the lack of light and views, but we don’t think the Ikea kitchen and white appliances are helping the cause either. Lack of a second bathroom may also be a turn-off to some buyers. Where will it end?
39 Remsen Street, #1E [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
ita with bxgrl about the bedroom floor. this is an apartment building.
Some in the market for a place like this can get over the lack of light, or the small living space (I will never understand how people deal with small living spaces in apartments like these?), but not the high maintenance. Good location, but price will have to come down.
“brooklyn heights = highest maintenance in BK. If you’re looking there, don’t be surprise by high maintenance – ie be surprised if it was LOW.”
more4less, thank you!
Maintenance is in line with the neighborhood. Not crazy about the layout, but a 2BR 1.5 bath with W/D for under 600K in BH is cheaper than comps.
if there’s utilities paid in the $450, then not so bad. living space is tiny for a family.
Unless I’m mistaken (and Montrose is really the person who knows), this was a building designed as flats, not a one family residence. Hi-end flats, to be sure- my apartment on Schermerhorn was such a building too. Also Pre-war.
The apartment is ground floor, according to the posting- so this was neve a bedroom floor anyway.
what’s a bedroom floor?
The color of the appliances isn’t what bothers me- I really don’t like how the kitchen is laid out and it looks like they didn’t get the best quality cabinets. But the street is great- I lived on Remsen for 2 years before going to Schermerhorn- and its lovely. I wonder when they took out all the building detail? Years ago, probably but it must have been beautiful once.
No way. The floor plan is appalling. Turning a bedroom floor into a two bedroom, two bath apt should be illegal.