Co-op of the Day: 101 Lafayette Avenue, #4D
This fourth-floor one-bedroom at 101 Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene looks great to us—except for that kitchen, which couldn’t be more characterless if it tried. Still, the co-op apartment has three exposures, generous proportions and nice layout. Given the new pricing down the street at the Forte, though, and that kitchen, the asking price of…
This fourth-floor one-bedroom at 101 Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene looks great to us—except for that kitchen, which couldn’t be more characterless if it tried. Still, the co-op apartment has three exposures, generous proportions and nice layout. Given the new pricing down the street at the Forte, though, and that kitchen, the asking price of $525,000 may be a bit aggressive but probably not by that much: After all, there’s not a lot of prewar apartment building product in Fort Greene and this one has a lot going for it.
101 Lafayette Avenue, #4D [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
“I also think the doorman needs to be fired ASAP, but maybe requiring a doorman to speak a smattering on English and be sober for most of the working day is being picky.”
That’d be your typical union job.
LOL, Nomi.
I saw an apartment over the weekend with an area they called the “foyer”, but it was really a windowless home office adjacent to the kitchen. The thing is, if they had pushed the kitchen back into the “foyer” space, it would’ve opened up a huge living room-dining room. I agree that a foyer can be nice (even had one in my studio, but there was nothing else you could do with the space), but with layouts like this, I’d personally prefer to expand the main living area.
FloatingWorld, you know/have experience with this particular doorman?
The commom charges for this building are insane given the lack of real services and quality interior finished in the common areas. I also think the doorman needs to be fired ASAP, but maybe requiring a doorman to speak a smattering on English and be sober for most of the working day is being picky.
Those windows, though beautiful, are a headache. They have no insulative value whatever and they make it very hard to install an a.c.
They are very impractical unless you can get them remade with insulated glass (like at some Manhattan buildings) and install central air.
I’d be wary of those casement windows. Look pretty, but I can’t imagine they are particularly energy efficient.
“And, is it just me, or would you prefer to see more interior pictures, rather than only 4 interior and 6 pictures of the outside of the building.”
Oh, that’s clearly just you, CGar. You freak!
About foyers, I guess they are “wasted space” in that usually they’re not very functional. But I love the sense of space they give and the transition between entering and being in a proper room.
My sister bought an apt. with a brand new kitchen almost exactly like this one. They ended up spending an extra $40,000 to redo it. They would have happily paid less for the apt to get an empty kitchen, or the old one.
The listing states “East and South exposures” quite explicitly.
I don’t think that inset on the right of the floorplan is actually a window.