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]
Yeah, I didn’t even get the ‘Stoner Party Organizer of The Day Award on October 16. I’m the Susan Lucci of this blog! By the way, can everyone please check out BRG’s quote of the day from yesterday? She just needs 150 or so more hits until she equals my last Forum post comments number.
‘BRG…I did notice that MM was absent all day yesterday. No doubt the reason for the lower standards in selection of the QOTD ;)’
Thanks, DIBS…for the love.
But, I WAS QUOTE OF THE DAY!!!!
Unlike, some of the regular long time, most posts, posters..cough, cough, BIFF and YOU!!!
“I hope what comes out of all this is for developers / architects / planners / designers / builders / contractors to realize that people aren’t going to settle for this kind of architecture; and that there is a more concentrated effort in pre-planning aesthetically viable structures that create a positive visual impact on a neighborhood.”
Are you joking??? People will more then happily “settle” for this architecture – our city is filled with such utilitarian designs dating back to the 60’s (have you been to Quees, So Brooklyn, and NE Bronx???) and even some older housing sock has been refurbished in a similar manner (Vinyl siding Williamsburg).
Besides sell me the two on the left for 300K (about 5x the potential RR) I’ll put in another 50K (bigger windows on the one and some creative landscaping and woodwork on the other) and in 10 years they’ll blend in so much no one will even have an opinion.
These properties arent selling (like all RE) because they are priced above the market (a market which puts little premium on aesthetics on a sq ft basis).
I’d also like to add that inexpensive construction doesn’t need to be ugly. With a skillful architect / designer that has some creativity, there are inventive ways to achieve a balance between budget and appealing design.
Yeah, I know I was nitpicking and figured that BRG was implicitly excluding landmarked areas, but these QOTD honorees must be held to a higher standard!
“I did notice that MM was absent all day yesterday. No doubt the reason for the lower standards in selection of the QOTD ;)”
Priceless! I also didn’t see Nostalgic on Park or Bob Marvin around too much either. Do you think BRG hacked into and froze their computers to increase her odds?
daveinbedstuy,
No question (unfortunately) that the Parkside house is in Brooklyn–it’s a blight on my neighborhood. It’s the “nearby” golf course, cited in the Craigslist ad, that appears to be in Buffalo.
BRG…I did notice that MM was absent all day yesterday. No doubt the reason for the lower standards in selection of the QOTD 😉
Yep, DIBS…that’s what I’m aiming for now. QOTD, everyday. Now that, I’ve tasting sweet success, I’ll no longer be posting half-backed, mundane or tasteless comments.
You’re right Biff, I should have said that. Landmarked areas are protected against such injustice. My bad. That’s going to ruin my chances now for QOTD, that and if Montrose shows up.
Yes Biff but any neighborhood or street that was NOT landmarked was susceptible to this blight and many were actually subjected to it.
Bob…I think the pic of the bus stop enclosure, the 646 area code phone numbers and the adjacent “Chinese Food” sign eliminates Buffalo.