Horror Show Friday
From Bed Stuy (left) to PLG (middle) to Bushwick (right), the building boom’s bottom-of-the-barrel are looking like particularly tough sells now. Who’s going to buy one of these places now? Hard to imagine. $549000 2 fm, Short Sale [Craigslist] $729000 / 7br Parkside Ave [Craigslist] $729000 / 8br PRIME Bushwick [Craigslist]
From Bed Stuy (left) to PLG (middle) to Bushwick (right), the building boom’s bottom-of-the-barrel are looking like particularly tough sells now. Who’s going to buy one of these places now? Hard to imagine.
$549000 2 fm, Short Sale [Craigslist]
$729000 / 7br Parkside Ave [Craigslist]
$729000 / 8br PRIME Bushwick [Craigslist]
can we just demo all these ugly places.. They just sit empty making the value of my home come down. I rather have the empty lot with a burned out car in it.
There are some gorgeous low-income houses in San Francisco. They are simple with bay windows, fit into the landscape, have pretty details. Never been inside.
A new place needs two things to be nice: High ceilings in the living/dining/kitchen area and decent size windows.
There are some early ’90s, inexpensive market-rate condos in the Raleigh Triangle area that offer this. It’s really not that hard.
Ooh, you are relentless today BRG! ; )
fsrg,
Here ya go
http://bstoner.wpengine.com/brownstoner/archives/2005/04/decent_townhous_1.php
MM-.”I will continue to insist that it is possible, I’ve seen it, to build new homes that are contextural, attractive, and affordable. Those criteria shouldn’t have to be mutually exclusive.”
Please cite where – I’m curious what you consider attractive and how you determined it to be well built.
This one is for you Cobblehiller
I’m asking again.
Tell me Benson, how much?? to build this shit???????
How Much?? Back up some numbers.
I didn’t read the article, but I will. What’s it going to tell me construction costs have gone up in NYC? Material costs have gone up? I know they have, I deal with it every day.
How big is one of these houses…say 3000sq. ft. (I’m too lazy to look at the numbers) 3 floors at 1000 sq. ft a floor.
I still say $125 sq. ft. (if that)
At $150 sq. ft = 450K to build!!!!! No way!! No Way!!
I met a realtor the other day who used to work for a big developer (United?) that is now out of business in chapter 11, and they are short-selling all of these unsalable properties. He said that the city was buying them up and turning them into low-income or section 8 housing. Don’t know how true it is.
BRG;
Wow!! Lighten up!!!
If you want the answer, I suggest you read chapet 4 of this report:
http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/rdr_04.htm
Note that this whole article deals with the challenges of producing housing that is affordable.
Please go out this weekend and get some fresh air.
MM, it’s always considered good practice to wear a helmet when at the Death Star (not to mention when cycling, when playing hockey, when getting intimate with one’s Real Doll, etc.)
Ok, everyone please get back to discussing the lifespan of poorly constructed buildings…I’ll be over here. >