Co-op of the Day: 30 Monroe Place, #5A
This one-bedroom at 30 Monroe Place in Brooklyn Heights is described in the listing as “magnificent” but we think “mediocre” might be a better adjective. The fifth-floor unit is perfectly nice but it’s a postwar apartment to start with (so low ceilings and no moldings) and a recent renovation didn’t help the aesthetic cause too…
This one-bedroom at 30 Monroe Place in Brooklyn Heights is described in the listing as “magnificent” but we think “mediocre” might be a better adjective. The fifth-floor unit is perfectly nice but it’s a postwar apartment to start with (so low ceilings and no moldings) and a recent renovation didn’t help the aesthetic cause too much in our opinion. Still, it’s a very nice location and the building has a new roof deck. The monthly maintenance is $680 and the asking price is $495,000. Seems at least 20 percent overpriced to us.
30 Monroe Place, #5A [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
Sam, your boosterism of Brooklyn Heights rivals 11217’s of Park Slope.
and I should learn to spell
I don’t think the layout is great at all. Bathroom by entrance way, not convinient, Berdoom right of the entrance way. Looks like an oversized converted studio to me.
Meh.
I just looked at the photos again, and I think it is a lovely apartment. Really nice. the layout is great and it looks like it has lots of closets and cross ventilation and a really nice kitchen. What the hell is not to like except that it is not in some sketchy block near a methodone clinic near the G train?
Biff, I know that is why I’m a retard asshat.
“It would be overpriced if it were in Clinton Hill”
sam, thems is fightin’ words!
It would be overpriced if it were in Clinton Hill but it is on one of the nicest streets in Brooklyn Heights, so I think it priced right.
They call it a “chamber” because pre-war buildings generally called bedroom – [sleeping] Chambers.
Layout is weird. Looks like a barely converted studio. Offer $375k.