House of the Day: Rugby Road Mansion
This lovely colonial revival house at 177 Rugby Road has been on the market for about a month at $2.5 million. Although it has some wonderful details (including one of the most amazing center staircases we’ve seen in a long while), the price tage is pretty dear for Victorian Flatbush (or Prospect Park South, to…
This lovely colonial revival house at 177 Rugby Road has been on the market for about a month at $2.5 million. Although it has some wonderful details (including one of the most amazing center staircases we’ve seen in a long while), the price tage is pretty dear for Victorian Flatbush (or Prospect Park South, to be exact). Property Shark says the house is only 3,400 square feet, though we suspect that doesn’t include the top “attic” floor. That said, the plot is 60 by 100 feet and includes a long driveway and garage. Basically, there’s nothing to quibble about in terms of quality (well, okay, kitchen could be a little nicer). The question is price. Are there any recent comps that would suggest that $2.5 is achievable for this place?
Colonial Revival Home [Mary Kay Gallagher] GMAP P*Shark
How lucky you were to grow up there! It is beautiful. That’s what I have heard – baths are clean and functional, but could do with a face-lift. Sigh, that’s the double edged sword of renovating. It always dates eventually, no matter how much work/effort is spent. I often wonder how the brand spankin’ new renos we see on this blog will far in 20 years or so….
Anonymous Oct 13, 8:35, that was my old house. The baths and kitchens are big and functional but just don’t look modern.
Anonymous Oct 13, 8:35, that was my old house. My parents fixed the whole house themselves.
church ave to times square on the Q takes 29 minutes…
Re: the porch. My point is not that the porch would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to replace… Just that the facade is missing a major architectural element and I would think that would reduce the house’s desirability amongst purists willing to pay big bucks in this nabe. It’s the period house nut with deep pockets who will buy this place… Also just so you know, I have heard from a reliable source that the place on Buckingham that MKG has for $2.3 has some serious interest… Intact facade, needs updated kitchens and baths.
But if some one didn’t shout: TROLL earlier, there would have never been so many responses, and 70+ posts to the thread.
It’s a shame that it takes snarky comments to generate any interest in a thread.
Agreed with 8:21pm, and can be said about any neighborhood people rant against – those rants never come from people who live in or have lived in those ‘hoods, or frankly, have even every BEEN to those ‘hoods most of the time.
This was a fun thread despite the nasty trolls. The George Jetson joke and the wood-house-hater joke make me guffaw out loud! Nice to see that for some, critique doesn’t have to equal bitterness. It can be fun and witty.
I think people just enjoy ranting and raving and have absolutely no clue about living in Victorian Flatbush. I don’t live there so I’m not an expert, but I have friends who grew up there and the houses are amazing. How nice it must be to have a garage. Sure there must be downsides too. But please people tell me where our Brooklyn Shangrila is? I think it’s a state of mind. And if your state of mind allows you to trash other people’s neighborhoods than I think you are still looking for something else in your life having nothing to do with real estate.
I live in PPS and, although the surrounding areas are lower income, I’ve had no more issues here than I had when I lived in the upper west side, the east village or park slope. My neighbors are musicians, lawyers, doctors, professors, artists, plumbers, taxi cab drivers, small business owners, investment bankers, etc… Most of us have families. I walk around all the time (although I agree – not usually past 20th on Church – just like I never used to pass 5th Ave in park slope or 98th St. on the upper west side). I agree that the house in question is probably over priced in this market, but it is an absolute beauty and to suggest, as someone above did, that over a million in this neighborhood is outrageous is a bit much. Some of these houses are 5,000 square feet and gorgeous. Pieces of garbage on 17th street in what is now being called park slope, next to aluminum sided houses with pink flamingos stuck to the cement in the front are going for over a million right now. I agree that people seem to have a weird issue with this neighborhood and I find it interesting. In any case, I am glad many of the posters above have no interest in my neighborhood. I like my neighbors and want to continue to.