Co-op of the Day: 11 Monroe Place
Despite a blue-chip location and a charming exterior, this two-bedroom, garden-level co-op at 11 Monroe Place in Brooklyn Heights is leaving us a little limp. Maybe we’re nitpicking, but when renovating an apartment in this price range (asking price is $1,175,000), why not spring for some nicer doors? These look a little cheap to us…
Despite a blue-chip location and a charming exterior, this two-bedroom, garden-level co-op at 11 Monroe Place in Brooklyn Heights is leaving us a little limp. Maybe we’re nitpicking, but when renovating an apartment in this price range (asking price is $1,175,000), why not spring for some nicer doors? These look a little cheap to us and only underline the suburban “new traditional” vibe that seems like a waste in a place where a more characterful renovation would likely be appreciated and rewarded by buyers. Did we just get up on the wrong side of bed or do others have a similar reaction?
11 Monroe Place [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
The person commenting on the doors is an absolute genius. Genius I tell you.
“this feels like a 850-900k apt. to me.”
That’s how much most of the Park Slope 2 bedrooms are going for these days of this size and quality.
You think prime Brooklyn Heights should be on par with those?
I personally prefer Park Slope, but I’ve always assumed BH commanded a premium for most others…
2:01. Perfect, another copy-editor-in-training. Yes, great catch on fumming, 2:01 (or GHB if you prefer). You are now #2 in that line. Have a seat. Meanwhile, can I remind you about a little problem that we seem to have? It’s not simply a problem about how to transport one’s body from one contained space into another, or how to prevent it with a barrier that swings open and close on a set of hinges? It’s more metaphysical than that. I speak about those doors. You people are missing the boat here. Who cares if I can spell or not. What has that got to do with anything. I need your help with something. 2:01/GHB, and hot-and-bothered. I need you two to sober up and get it together. Because we can’t solve this problem if you guys don’t get your acts together. How can you complain about my spelling when those doors are in that apartment! Enough already. Let’s get on the job.
Does this seem kinda high for the square footage? That back bedroom (18×8) would make me feel like i was in Sing Sing. i do, however, like the fp and the built ins. Microwave on the counter, not so much. Plus the maint. is highish.
this feels like a 850-900k apt. to me.
You don’t know what fumming is? How old are you?
1:10, you waste all that time and space and it turns out you’re “fumming”? WTH is “fumming”?
well, I suspect someone bought this apartment and fixed it to their liking and then lived there for 10 or 20 years. and now they’re selling it. so it may not be renovated FOR sale or for this price range, but for themselves. when you buy it, you can fix it up to your liking and live in it and when you sell, post it here and we’ll tell you how crappy it is.
meanwhile, I’m not paying more than 995 for this.
1:48. I’m glad to hear that you are all hot and bothered. That’s great news. But you are missing the point. The point is not me, or whether I’m a dude or a gal, or anything else. It’s the doors. It’s all about the doors. Boilers, maybe. But really, it’s the doors. Keep your eyes focused on what matters. See what doors of perception can do to one’s faculties, one’s reasoning? Keep sharp, 1:48. Take a cold shower and get back on the door-detail. We need good people like you. It ain’t gonna be easy. But we can do it. Everyone, up and at it. Let’s move. Nothings gonna change if we don’t start moving on this.
I’m serious, 1:43. Yesterday’s condo of the day had me thinking about Peter Sarsgaard all day, and then today’s boiler post, featuring hotties Mr. B and tattooed Master Plumber, just about did it. So I’m all hot + bothered. Are you a dude or a gal?