Co-op of the Day: 8 Sidney Place, #5
This top-floor co-op at 8 Sidney Place has a nice open, light feel to it that you don’t usually see in smaller townhouse apartments. That has a lot to do lofty-layout and multiple skylights; the private roof deck is an added bonus. The asking price is $525,000 and the monthly maintenance is $615. Sound reasonable?…
This top-floor co-op at 8 Sidney Place has a nice open, light feel to it that you don’t usually see in smaller townhouse apartments. That has a lot to do lofty-layout and multiple skylights; the private roof deck is an added bonus. The asking price is $525,000 and the monthly maintenance is $615. Sound reasonable?
8 Sidney Place, #5 [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
I think it looks really nice and has great amenities — very quaint street, good location, roof terrace, skylights, etc. However, if you add up the dimensions on the floorplan, it’s pretty small — under 700 sq. ft. — unless my math is wrong — and it is lacking an actual bedroom. You can build the walls, but that’s at least another $10K, so all said, I think it worth about $450,000 max.
The “bedroom” pictures look deceiving. The kitchen tiles go almost all the way to the foot of the bed, and the dresser is pretty much in the kitchen. Can’t tell what is to the left of the bed.
They might get close to ask given the location, but it still seems crazy to me. Great block, though.
Nitpicking, but based on where the foyer tile ends in the bedroom, I’m not sure you could put a door to the room and still fit a bed. Of course it’s hard to tell because the pictures are all skewed to make everything look as spacious as possible. Also, the bathroom only being accessible through the bedroom is annoying, as is the lack of closet space.
I don’t see a ladder in the pictures… so I bet you access the roof from the hallway stairs, which would be good… no?
Maint seems pretty reasonable for a BH co-op too.
wasder, it looks from the floorplan like it would be pretty easy to put up a wall and turn the “bedroom area” into a real 1 bedroom.
I know I might sound like a broken record, but this is yet again another delusional listing. The apartment one floor down that’s the same size and with a small terrace sold last September for $499,000. And it went into contract BEFORE the Lehman collapse. Why would I pay MORE to walk an extra flight up to an apartment that’s likely to be extremely hot in summer and cold in winter thanks to the skylights? And the listing isn’t clear how you access your private roof terrace. I’m guessing it’s by ladder considering the size of the building. So that severely reduces the usefulness (no doggy on the deck).
And again, my upstairs neighbors rent an apartment that’s very similar although slightly larger than this one, but without a so called roof deck (although there is a ladder to the unfinished roof), and they pay $2,000 per month. And this is on a good block in Boerum Hill. Why again would I want to spend $3,100 a month on this place?
spara, I know what you mean. This might indeed be the place. Top floor is a great place to live too. Oh, and the place looks like exactly how I imagine myself living.
IF it had a real bedroom it would be a steal. I used to live on this block and it is drop dead gorgeous and super mellow. Nice deck too. Price sounds pretty good all things considered.