House of the Day: 160 Maple Street
Since when is Citi Habitats in the Brooklyn brownstone game? We’re not sure, but they can hold their heads high with this listing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. This bay-front limestone two blocks from the park from under a million bucks is the kind of listing that makes PLG one of the few interesting plays left…
Since when is Citi Habitats in the Brooklyn brownstone game? We’re not sure, but they can hold their heads high with this listing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. This bay-front limestone two blocks from the park from under a million bucks is the kind of listing that makes PLG one of the few interesting plays left out there in the market. If you can look beyond some of the chintzy interior decoration, you’ll see original parquet floors in perfect shape, pristine wood paneling and some lovely plaster moldings. The kitchen may not be a keeper, but it’s certainly is in move-in condition from a functional standpoint. Sidestepping the same old PLG neighborhood debate, we’ll be interested to hear how locals think this place stacks up to the rest of the nabe.
160 Maple Street [Citi Habitats] GMAP P*Shark
Anon 02:36 PM, the safest bet is to thoroughly research the area that you’re buying in (i.e., the neighbors, the block, noisy churches nearby, etc). Then be prepared to batten down the hatches and stay put (‘holding’ is your exit strategy) during the downturn. This is a prime block in PLG/LM. I get the same ‘feel’ walking down this block that I get when I walk down prime blocks in Prospect Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Park Slope, etc. There is a lot of ‘pride of owership’ on this block, and the next two or three over. Plus, it’s proximity to Prospect Park can’t be beat.
no one ever said that this had anything to do with BS, it was an observation. you’re well within your rights to disagree maybe bickering is different from fighting or arguing to you, maybe you can spend time digging through the semantics of how they all differ but as far as I’m concerned its a fight (figuratively). even brownstoner said its nothing to argue about and specifically said “Sidestepping the same old PLG neighborhood debate” because there’s always a debate about this area thats just the way it is but maybe you missed that when you were all into the bedroom ratios.
I must be used to it already, but what fight are you refering to? The bickering about the ratio of bedroom size to a child’s happiness is hardly a fight–and not at all related to PLG or BS.
I think its safe to now assume that any thread having to do with Bedstuy or PLG is a guaranteed fight.
I think this house would be fine with one or two little kids, but I agree that you’d probably want to move when they’re older. My concern would be with investing this much in the area with the market in some state of flux and some signs of a decline already in these so-called “fringe” areas. I’d be worried that prices would drop in areas like this if the market does soften much more–and then you’d be stuck.
Come on, this ain’t worth arguing over…
brownies and cookies anyone. They’re fresh from the oven,
Joker #1
“But there is nothing smug about saying that if your money can buy a bigger bedroom for your growing child”
Come on. There is everything smug about saying that someone who chose differently from you is “imprisoning” their child.
Anyone with more than two children, even one, I would argue, would feel cramped in one of these houses. These bedrooms might be fine as nurseries or for toddlers, but it is not smug to say that I chose to spend my money on something (I consider to be) better for my childrenm and I am just passing on my experience to others who may be house shopping. Small children grow into large, often loud teenagers (and if you want to get into the whole how safe is PLG issue, that’s a whole other thread when it comes to giving your teenagers a little freedom). Furthermore, on the house tour last year, there were several of these homes featured and more than one had given over one of these postage stamp bedrooms to make a large bathroom. I did not get the impression that the owners of any of the I believe three homes of this type on the tour were homes to families with children. If I was childless, or committed to having only one child, I would love one of these houses. But there is nothing smug about saying that if your money can buy a bigger bedroom for your growing child, perhaps that’s something you should take into consideration before plunking down almost $1 million.