JoralemonWe’re curious to know what people think about this brick for-sale-by-owner (though this owner has a real estate license) on 15th Street between 4th and 5th Avenues. There was open house last weekend (and another one coming up) so hopefully some of you have been inside. At the $1.4 million asking price, this 1880 Federal home comes in at around $400 a foot. Cheap for Upper Slope, not for Lower Slope (and this is somewhere in the middle, right?). Either way, it looks to us like there might be a development play here: It’s a wide lot (25′ x 100′) and the FAR is 2.43 which implies there a total of more than 6,000 square feet allowed as-of-right. The existing structure is only 3,600 square feet. If you back out even $100 a square foot for the remaining buildable, this starts to look pretty attractive, no?
188 15th Street [House on 15th Street.com]


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  1. David

    I just got a call from urban view realty on this house. Did you give up trying to sell it yourself, or figure that you just wanted the extra help? And how do you figure out commissions in such a situation?

    Tony

  2. I’m the managing partner at Orrichio Anderson Realty, Inc. My partner, Anna Anderson, and I have been brokers in Park Slope and vicinity for the past eighteen years. I think if you view our site you will see that we market unique (usually exclusive)listings.

    I didn’t see a way to contact the editors so I assume they will read this and consider linking our site to Brownstoner. Our web address is http://www.orrandrlty.com

    Anthony Orrichio
    Lic. Real Estate Broker

  3. My guess is, it’s similar to the kind of cushy jobs that allow the rest of us to read blogs all day long. It’s not like the guys washing dishes 10 hours a day have Internet at their sinks.

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