House of the Day: FSBO at 178 Maple
The owners of this house must have a lot of friends! Within the space of about two hours on Friday, four people emailed this listing to us having recently received an email about it. Everyone who had an opinion said the same thing: Gorgeous, pristine house but perhaps a little pricey. If you include the…
The owners of this house must have a lot of friends! Within the space of about two hours on Friday, four people emailed this listing to us having recently received an email about it. Everyone who had an opinion said the same thing: Gorgeous, pristine house but perhaps a little pricey. If you include the finished basement, the house is 3,000 square feet (actually, more like 2,700 according to Property Shark); if you don’t, well, you can do the math. We’d have to agree with the emailers, but you can’t blame the sellers for trying. And you never know–this brownstone is so beautiful you can’t rule out the possibility that someone who’s been looking at absolute crap in this price range in other nabes will walk in and feel like they’ve found a bargain. And if they love, then maybe they have. It only takes one.
FSBO $950,000 [178 Maple] GMAP P*Shark
South for me! If you garden, definitely more options for more colorful plants in a south facing garden. Shade gardens can be really beautiful, but there are many more plants that require too much sun for the north facing garden. You can always add a pergola or deck to provide shade, but you can’t often add sun. Not without a demo crew or a chainsaw. I’m kind of a sucker for a sunny kitchen, anyway.
I vote for the South facing garden…
just as i suspected — an even split on north vs. south!!
‘Stoner can argue over anything!
i saw one building on sixth ave that faced west and i definitely thought that was better because both back and front yards got sun. . ..
Re: south v. north side of street.
I’ve lived on the north side for over 30 years. Easier snow shoveling is great, but I’d love a south garden. Most of my back yard is in shade after Labor Day–I gave up growing tomatoes long ago.
All academic though because I’m never moving.
Property Shark says 1,800 square feet. That seems right.
Personally, a south-facing garden is nice but I’d rather have the good light pouring into my living room.
3,000 square feet is obviously a stretch.
Looks to be about 1,600 if you don’t count the basement.
change that..it was bought 4 months ago…definitely a flipper..thus the higher asking price
it was just sold a year ago for $480K less than they are asking…so obviously it’s a flipper who bought it run-down
The front of my house faces north. I do like having the extra sunshine in the garden.