Co-op of the Day: 195 Garfield Place, #3M
This new studio listing at 195 Garfield Place in Park Slope. While it is a studio and therefore lacks a separate bedroom, it does appear like the orientation of the kitchen (layout here) provides at least some division of space. The third-floor pad is in a prewar building (albeit a walk-up one) and has the…
This new studio listing at 195 Garfield Place in Park Slope. While it is a studio and therefore lacks a separate bedroom, it does appear like the orientation of the kitchen (layout here) provides at least some division of space. The third-floor pad is in a prewar building (albeit a walk-up one) and has the kind of charm to it that you’d expect. What do you think of the $285,000 asking price?
195 Garfield Place, #3M [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
sometimes i feel like tybur is the ONLY sane person on this blog.
*rob*
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says the person in their mid-30s with a roommate.
oh shut up. is having a roommate any different than sharing living expenses with a bofo/gofo or spouse? um no, stop it. some of us can’t afford the ridiculous prices of studios. and studios these days are priced for two people! grrrr
*rob*
This one is pretty decent:
http://streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/595043-coop-111-hicks-street-brooklyn-heights-brooklyn
monthlies would be the same.
i remember people saying that bldg was a nightmare tho.
I stand corrected. that unit with the big ass windows on the ground flr sold somewhere around 250k.
do stand by that there’s better deals at 285k.
“Places around this price in BH tend to have higher maintenance.”
Yep, significantly higher in most cases. And at this budget the difference between $400 here and $600-700 for maintenance on a Bk heights studio makes all the difference. Studios in this part of the Slope sell for around 300K. Some a tad lower, some a bit higher. This is a terrific location.
It’s priced about right vs comps (speaking as the owner of a comp!).
If people want to argue about the value of NYC real estate from first principles, we can have that debate about any property as Rob pointed out. Don’t think this is an outlier in any way. In fact, somewhat the opposite.
Places around this price in BH tend to have higher maintenance.
“i like studios, but i find having a bed in a studio is just gross and looks stupid. sleep on a couch or get a pull out couch or a murphy bed. a big ass bed in a tiny studio is kinda tacky”
says the person in their mid-30s with a roommate.
i think NYC’s cost of living is more jejune then puerile, but still.
i like studios, but i find having a bed in a studio is just gross and looks stupid. sleep on a couch or get a pull out couch or a murphy bed. a big ass bed in a tiny studio is kinda tacky
*rp
Yes, the kitchen is decent size. And I like the fact that it is in the back, for quiet sleeping.
Wouldn’t know what I think of it unless I could see how much light came in the 3 side windows – can’t tell from the picture.
The desirability of buying a studio apartment aside (better an an investment rental or pied a terre than anything I’d want to live in myself full-time), IF I were going to buy a studio (or rent one), I’d get one that was designed as a studio, and not a cut-up brownstone. Then you often get a foyer (critical, I think, and the bigger the better, for making the place feel like an apartment one could live in), more closets, and a better layout in general.
I wouldn’t like walking right into the kitchen as here, even if the kitchen is good sized for a studio.