Co-op of the Day: 39 Remsen Street, #2A
It’s gonna be hard to find a more charming one-bedroom than this second-floor co-op at 39 Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights. And if it weren’t for the Ikea kitchen (whichwe don’t generally have a problem with but doesn’t really work with this space), we wouldn’t think the price of $549,000 was out of line. With…
It’s gonna be hard to find a more charming one-bedroom than this second-floor co-op at 39 Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights. And if it weren’t for the Ikea kitchen (whichwe don’t generally have a problem with but doesn’t really work with this space), we wouldn’t think the price of $549,000 was out of line. With the kitchen, though not so sure. What do you think?
39 Remsen Street, #2A [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
How’s this for a comparison: The FSBO is asking $10K more than the co-op at the corner of Eastern Parkway and Washington featured in today’s (yesterday’s?) recent sales. Yeah, it’s samml and the kitchen is a galley in the living room, but it is in Brooklyn Heights and the maintenance is 64% tax deductable. Not your thing, fine, but I think the puzzle pieces all interlock.
I have an idea for that kitchen. What if you put a really beautiful piece of furniture there, a kind of buffet dish cupboard type thing? Then you could look at that, instead of a blank wall. If it would fit.
i hate co-ops. 3 windows & $909 maintanence. no thank you.
Re the tiny FSBO in the bldg vs this beautiful (actual) one-bedroom? The much cheaper FSBO is seriously crappy, with a studenty kitchen and photos of … bookshelves to sell its charm. Its cheap for a reason, why the love?
very cute place, ringo. if i had the down payment i’d snatch it in a second. maybe i’ll get lucky and it will be on the market in 2 years when i’ve saved up enough.
does the kitchen floor go from hardwood in one photo to cork in the next?
We all have to play to our strengths. You can be the straight man, and I’ll be the angry loon in aisle 3, now that I have gone shillstoner on that poor 4th street house.
Oh, got it. The batteries in my snark-o-meter are toast.
It’s a 500 sq ft 1-bedroom vs an almost-700 sq ft place. I’d say it’s comparable bcs the shares are comparable (bcs the maintenance is comparable). I’d take the 340k place.