House of the Day: 280 Washington Avenue
As close watchers of the market will remember, this mansion at 280 Washington Avenue, one of a pair built by the Pfizers in 1888, was listed at $3.595 million in January 2005 before disappearing a couple months later. Now it has resurfaced, again with Corcoran, at the asking price of $3.995 million, which is a…
As close watchers of the market will remember, this mansion at 280 Washington Avenue, one of a pair built by the Pfizers in 1888, was listed at $3.595 million in January 2005 before disappearing a couple months later. Now it has resurfaced, again with Corcoran, at the asking price of $3.995 million, which is a smaller percentage increase than the overall Clinton Hill market in the past year. The house is mind-blowing in its detail, grandeur and condition. The real constraining factor is whether there are any people wealthy enough to buy it who are cool enough to be down with Clinton Hill!
280 Washington Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Pfizer Mansion Hitting Market [Brownstoner]
Us CTs (Creative Types) are the sole (soul?) reason why properties in Soho, Tribeca, Brooklyn have the inflated worth that you YESers are getting for them today.
Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate what a yuppie contributes to this world. Oh wait, remind me what that is again?
Rule 1 in appraisal class is “never buy the best house on the best block,you will never get your money back. Buy the worst house on the best block and let the higher values lift the value of your house.”
As a proud member of YES! (yuppie elitist scum) I’m happy to point out that most of Brownstone Brooklyn has already been socially cleansed. You creative types earning less than $300,000 a year are being relocated to Philadelphia, Peekskill, Beacon and other outposts. The sooner you accept it and get on the train, the better for everyone.
..who would do us all a great service by moving to Scarsdale or some other cookie cutter suburb Now…
“elite suburb”
god, some of you people are vile. i guess for some reason i have always thought of this site as being populated by a more down to earth crowd but i can see that it is mostly yuppie elitist scum.
BB, the one thing I really do envy about the house is the storage. I would love to have even one room totally dedicated to storage. The way my house is set up, there just isn’t any. No closets to speak of either. I’ve figured out ways of carving some space for closets, but I’m losing footage in the rooms to do it.
Regarding what you said about the configuration of the rooms in grand houses, I guess if you can afford to buy it, changing the use of the rooms, and/or knocking down a couple of walls isn’t the worst thing in the world, considering you are getting one spectacular house in the bargain.
I think, overall, I’d probably be happier in the sister house next door from what I can see, and the whole idea of owning either one is somewhat akin to my chances of marrying George Clooney, but I can’t help but fantasize what it would be like to have such a magnificent place. I confess to printing out the floor plan, and totally figured out a plan to live well, and have the place pay for itself too. (Not a busy day at work, yesterday). Damn it, didn’t win MegaMillions. Guess I have to return to reality.
Hal, funny. You forgot to mention the Neverland Petting Zoo. But seriously, for $4m in Clinton Hill, shouldn’t it already have these luxury features? :-\
At this price point in CH wouldn’t a buyer expect a fabulous library, grand master bedroom suite with his and her bathrooms and walk-in closets, wine room/cellar, a large beautiful Clive Christian caliber kitchen, etc. Who expect to pay the nabe high for a single family by over $2mm then have to turn around and throw in another $600k plus simply to make the finished home justify the price paid?
If this is the future, then you’ll find me in Bernardsville, Colts Neck, Mendham, Saddle River, Rye, Brookville, New Canaan or any other elite suburb far removed from Brooklyn and its sub par school system….
… 10 unit apartment building
.. . children’s hospital
…Portrait gallery
Zoo
Theater…