Co-op of the Day: 32 South Oxford Street
We wish the original crown moldings were still there and the bathroom’s a little too trendy for our tastes, but otherwise this studio at 32 South Oxford Street in Fort Greene is cute. (Some folks probably won’t like the fact that it’s on the ground floor facing the street either.) Maintenance is $375 and asking…
We wish the original crown moldings were still there and the bathroom’s a little too trendy for our tastes, but otherwise this studio at 32 South Oxford Street in Fort Greene is cute. (Some folks probably won’t like the fact that it’s on the ground floor facing the street either.) Maintenance is $375 and asking price is $249,000. Realistic?
32 South Oxford Street [Brooklyn Properties] GMAP P*Shark
Yes, the lower price points attract the riffraff like myself.
Is the amount of trolling and stupidity on a COTD thread inversely proportional to the price????
Back to the ad for the apartment. I think it would look great with some wall colour. Maybe, a warm colour as a low wainscotting? Not sure if a feng shui consultant suggested the artwork up into the corner by the window but I find it rather distracting. Wouldn’t mind all the artwork to be on one sightline around the room on level with the picture that is hung between the windows.
I think I’d try to do away altogether with the central light in the middle of the ceiling so there would be nothing to visually break up the ceiling. I would rather see some nice mod table lamps around the room.
That dressing room is intriguing but I’d dare to suggest to the owner to neaten it up and retake the photo for the website if that’s possible. It should be catalogue-ready for any open house! I’d even reduce down the bulk of the clothes and send them upstairs in a suitcase to a willing neighbor for the afternoon. If it looks less cluttered, that little room could be more easily imagined as a multi-use space: dressing room, home office, sewing/hobby room.
And depending on the room measurements, for a little (okay, a lot) there’s some very clever furniture out there with wall beds that fold down, twist, turn, etc. so you can have a work table for example, but if you have a guest, the table folds flat against the wall and then the whole thing pivots in very little space to reveal a bed on the other side. Very clever.
I have a dressing room but it’s only a dressing room with heavy furniture and dressers (no built in). It’s a little bit of a catch-all It really could be a small bedroom since it has a large window. I’ve often dreamed of having the whole thing done as a built-in with a velvet settee set into cabinets and a little shabby chic chandelier…but then I wake up.
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Hey Easy New York I have been watching for you.
Just to give you a heads charging for an additional occupant is very not legal and not only can the Leasee sue youre ass but you can be fined by the state on NY. Also the Rider makes the entire lease void and the renter can really fu%$&* you. You had better pray you make it when the next lease will start without the renter realizing it. SLUMLORD
“By the way, re: restaurants in FG. Try Fulton Avenue too…and there’s No. 7 on Greene at Fulton…which is apparently being dubbed one of the top 10 new restaurants in the US. “Who knew?””
It is indeed!
http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2009/07/fort_greenes_no_7_makes_top_te.html
“Step 1: Shut your mouth.
Step 2: Open your eyes.
Step 3: Repeat as needed until the stupidity pill wears off.”
I think you’ve ventured into areas that are far, far beyond brickoven’s capabilities.
M4L:
In looking at his comments about Ft. Greene being fringe and the “super ghetto supermarket” comment, me thinks Brickoven likes his Brooklyn lily white.
It really doesn’t sound like he ventures more than a couple blocks away from his perfect little Brooklyn Heights rental.
The whitest of BK neighborhoods…
For someone who claims to be a Brooklyn expert and to live in Brooklyn Heights, to not even know Dekalb exists seems rather suspicious to me.
I can see Fort Greene from my front porch.
And by the way, a lot of people wouldn’t mind a studio. You can do a lot with a small space–although I’ve never really lived in one so what am I talking about? 😉 …and if you’re not living in it full-time, it can kind of serve more like one of those long-term business stay hotels. If it’s beautifully furnished with furniture that serves multiple purposes (murphy bed, sleeper couch, tables that fold down or fold away, stacking chairs, clever storage), it can be very serviceable.
My fear is I’d junk it up in no time at all with too much bric-a-brac (a personal demon), but a smaller space might really force me to think twice. I really DO like the stuff I’m reading: “bring a thing/object into the home and another item has to leave the home.” I’m not sure I could live by that artificial rule but I seems like a good idea.
Has anyone checked out the tiny house blogs? Very intriguing. I don’t see myself being able to live in the smallest of them (or hoise myself into a sleeping loft!!! hahahaha!) but the small houses designed by Jay Schafer, or Ross Chapin or the various mod small houses available such as WeeHouse are kind of cute. Might be perfect for (really) old age!
By the way, re: restaurants in FG. Try Fulton Avenue too…and there’s No. 7 on Greene at Fulton…which is apparently being dubbed one of the top 10 new restaurants in the US. “Who knew?”
Speaking of which, has anyone noticed the Bridgeport, CT ad campaign? Rather ridiculous but it has made me laugh when traveling I-95: billboards with “Bridgeport! Who knew?!” on them. Hahahahaha! If you know CT, you get how funny that one is.
Back to Fort Greene, unlike other fringe areas like the Heights, Park Slope and Dumbo, we have our own New York TIMES blog! Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
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