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
Despite the inaccurate description as this place being a walkip, I’m under the impression that walk-ups beyond the 4th floor can be difficult to finance. I’m a happy 4th-floorer, but I was warned by my real estate attorney not to go higher in a non-elevator building…
Anyone have the dope on that?
In any case, nice place – nice looking building, close to park & at the southern end of where 8th Ave becomes swanky! With an elevator, this sounds like a good deal.
I want the widget back. It was fun, and it kept the comments on the qualitative side.
“I know people like them for entertaining, but for day-to-day life, a place where you could pull up a high chair and eat as a family where you discuss what happened in your day would be nice.”
You actually came from a functional family that did these things???
Besdides, it really isn’t that far from that kitchen to a more formal table in the LR/DR area.
Ringo,
Seems like you may not be seeing in the photo but there is a dining table in the living/dining room behind the sofa (you can see the chairs sticking up over the couch).
28 by 13 is certainly large enough for living AND dining areas.
If you’re buying a 3-bedroom in Park Slope, don’t you suppose you have two, three kids? Where do you think they eat their cereal and read the paper? Or eat lunch or dinner? Drag it all into the living room? And then bring the dirty plates back again? And then bring a sponge from the sink out to wipe off the table, and then.. ugh. Yuck.
I know people like them for entertaining, but for day-to-day life, a place where you could pull up a high chair and eat as a family where you discuss what happened in your day would be nice.
with elevator, it gets this price more or less
It’s NOT a walk up.
The information, as Montrose pointed out is incorrect in the Brownstoner write up.
The listing clearly says there is an elevator.
Because I don’t have a big family, Ringo. Unless you’ve got servants for a dinner party, a lot of people will hang out in the kitchen.
I find that if you have the space, an island with seats is really convenient. It’s far more useful than an island that doesn’t have seating. And it takes up an additional 1 1/2′ along the length of the island.
And washer/dryer