Co-op of the Day: 401 8th Avenue, #53
This new listing at 401 8th Avenue in Park Slope should have no trouble attracting attention. After all, 1,422-square-foot three-bedrooms just a block from Prospect Park are few and far between. This particular one is located in an attractive prewar building. The apartment, which has been recently renovated, has lots of windows and original parquet…
This new listing at 401 8th Avenue in Park Slope should have no trouble attracting attention. After all, 1,422-square-foot three-bedrooms just a block from Prospect Park are few and far between. This particular one is located in an attractive prewar building. The apartment, which has been recently renovated, has lots of windows and original parquet floors. We’re not fans of recessed lighting in prewar pads and the lack of an elevator for a fifth-floor walk-up might turn some people off, but the maintenance of $1,137 is fair and the asking price of $1,150,000 comes out to about $800 a foot. That sound about right to you?
401 8th Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Any natural stine can be matte or “honed.” I had slate once but it stains too easily.
How about Caesar stone? I don’t like the gloss and sparkle of most granite. I prefer a more matte, solid look, but you’re right about Corian.
I think it will get ask or over. It is unusually nice.
What is better than granite?? Some fake man-made product???
Don’t tell me you want white marble in the kitchen because you will regret that in about 4-5 years after it starts staining. If you say marble, you haven’t done your homework on countertops.
Corian??? LOL
Soapstone, definitely but that’s for a different sort of look.
i actually like the big bedrooms. works nicely for a family, although the granite and the cabinets are ick. it’s so hard to find a decent 3 bed in PS, that i think this apartment will most likely move for just under a mil. it’s in a good school district. and as close to “affordable” as one can expect of a 3-bedroom in this neck of the woods. if we were widgeting, i’d put in the $998,000 the original buyers paid.
I don’t get the recessed-lighting-island haters either.
It’s quite silly actually.
Kitchen islands just make good sense in the right space and are great gathering spots. They make the most of a big room, and allow more cooks to gather and do cooking stuff together. They’re wonderful at parties, and everyone always gathers around ours.
Recessed lighting, when it is thoughtfully planned,(halogen, 5 inch or smaller, on dimmers) is great. And I HATE track lighting — talk about dated. For me, you just can’t have that many chandeliers in one space to make up for low light. It would look odd. And table lamps are great, but how many would one need to light up a space nicely?
Per this apartment, it seems very long and narrow and I’m not sure how yet, but It feels like the space could have been arranged differently so as to avoid the bowling alley of a hallway they’ve got (I too am amused at how hallways routinely get called ‘galleries’ nowadays. It isn’t a ‘gallery’ unless one can stand back far enough to study and appreciate art and photos)
Seems that just under 1 million would be the perfect price point and would bring in a whole new lot of potential buyers who put their cap at a million.
This is a GREAT apartment, I agree with 11217 that the long hallway could make an amazing library or picture gallery. I love these kinds of layouts. The elevator is also important. I love the many rooms, real rooms not closets or subterranean mausoleums labeled as rooms.
Well, for me, granite is part of the island hatred. Don’t know about track lighting. We have tin ceilings, so our options are limited anyway.
I am a 4th floor walk up ‘er also, this layout works for me. Love all the windows, even in the bathroom, yay !!…I would just reconfigure the kitchen as to have to have the cabinets all along the wall removing the island, as it takes up to much space, and I would rather a real table and 4 chairs…
other than that, I like it a lot a lot….