Co-op of the Day: 19 7th Avenue, #4
This brownstone one-bedroom at 19 7th Avenue just hit the market and, while it’s a little untraditional, there’s something quite cute about it. The top-floor pad is described in the listing as a “garret,” an apt term given the sloping mansard ceilings that result in a portion of the apartment being uninhabitable by an upright…
This brownstone one-bedroom at 19 7th Avenue just hit the market and, while it’s a little untraditional, there’s something quite cute about it. The top-floor pad is described in the listing as a “garret,” an apt term given the sloping mansard ceilings that result in a portion of the apartment being uninhabitable by an upright grownup human being. Still, the current resident appears to have used this space wisely in what appears to be a recent renovation. You like how it looks? Think it’s worth the $469,000 asking price?
19 7th Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
The market isn’t going to decline another 37% no matter how much you wish it would.
cj11238, agree totally recessed lighting works in this space.
It looks wrong in a traditional brownstone. And people have to alter and lower the ceiling to put it in. It’s also overdone. And tends to go along with a lot of other insensitive, terrible remodeling ideas such as trying to turn a brownstone into a downtown loft (or an airplane hanger).
I am shocked and horrified. This should not be a legal apartment.
It’s like the 8 and a half floor in that movie.
“At less than $2500 a month mortgage and maintenance, I really think this is cheaper than a comparable rental in this part of the Slope.”
Risk of busting-at-the-seams, relocation, divorce or job loss five years later into a -37.5% decline…
(93.8K down + 375K principal – 293K resale)/60 + 2,500 = $5,430/mo (after cash at closing or deficiency judgement)
Wow! The rental market in Park Slope is caliente!
***Bid half off peak comps***
i think recessed lighting is totally necessary in some spaces, i.e., spaces with lower ceiling that don’t get much natural light. They make a huge difference. No other lighting can rid you of the cave feeling.
I like this apartment. I think a couple could manage here, with a baby, until the baby was 2 at the most. But then again, those wide-angle photos always mess with my head.
how come everyone here hates exposed brick walls and recessed lighting? I really don’t understand!
This place has zero original detail left, so it was customized and remodeled to have a clean and modernish feel (except the floors, which seem original).
the ceilings seem low. now tell me how the heck would you light this place? chandelier? i dont think so.
i still dont get all this animosity towards recessed lighting, anyone able to explain? is it a faux-pas in a brownstone?
“Why is an entire floor of a brownstone overpriced at 479K, but the entire 4 story brownstone for over 2 million is not…?”
Because the rest of the floors are fully useable, plus you get a basement, plus a backyard.
And like most things in life, the sum of parts costs more than the whole.
Doesn’t seem as it’s set up to capitalize on all the windows for cross breezes. Would hope whoever lives there works outside city for June-August. All that creeping about would get old.
this is a mahvalous studio with some of the best storage around.
flat ceilinged sq footage is what maybe 200-250 (16×11.5 + bath)?
500k in a typical brownstone floorthrough would get you circa 700 real sq ft. not this height-challenged pad. of course it wouldn’t have such beautiful storage space.
if i were looking at this i’d pay market price per sq ft for a studio and add 50% of sqft price for the nice storage. what does that work out to?