House of the Day: South Slope Mint? Flip?
This woodframe on 8th Street between 4th and 5th Avenues looked like a pretty sweet deal at $1.195 million. But as we looked a little more closely at the photos, we became a little less enthusiastic. While the exterior sure is charming, the interior has the feel of a flip job that, while perfectly competent,…
This woodframe on 8th Street between 4th and 5th Avenues looked like a pretty sweet deal at $1.195 million. But as we looked a little more closely at the photos, we became a little less enthusiastic. While the exterior sure is charming, the interior has the feel of a flip job that, while perfectly competent, feels like it lost some character in the process. Anyone know this place? The listing doesn’t give the street address so we’ve hit a dead end.
Mint One or Two Family [NYT Listings] GMAP
This for $1.2??? Oh my… if this were in queens (as it looks just like a queens house), it’d be worth no more than 400K. Ahhh… location, location, location…
you know its not expensive to put a brick fascade over a house, why dont these yucky vinyl/plank homes just invest in brick veneer?
Yep $850 ladys and gents… if they dont take that or near it, you’ll see this house on the market for another 6-10 months. Come on, sales have significantly slowed, homes continue to remain on the market with every new month, its $850K. A similar sized b-stone in the area will sell for 1.2M by winter.
Some one I use to know bought a wood frame in south slope with little detail. One day they were digging in the back yard and they found the detail. Someone had buried the mantel in the ground. True Story.
My south slope frame house was stripped of almost all detail before we bought it. But my next-door neighbor’s house is almost intact and they have beautiful detail — not nearly as ornate as some center-slope brownstones (that would look pretty silly in a frame house anyway) but still really nice. But most of the frame houses I’ve seen have lost their details, maybe around the same time they gained their aluminum siding.
C’mon, guys. They’re asking 1.2m. There’s no way it’ll come down to 850K. It’s close to the subway. I think it’s probably PS 39. It’ll go for a little over 1.1mm
RE “Lefferts Manor has houses for under a million if it’s one of the smaller 2-story houses.” 4:48
That description is very last year. There are plenty of good-size 3 story and large 2 stories in LM that are for sale or recently sold for mid 800’s to low 900’s. The last smaller 2 story sold for 849K. The only things selling over 1M in the area seem to be the super-triple-mint 3 stories and the 4 stories.
So if someone wants a house for under 1M, I’d say you can get a very nice 3 story in LM for well under that. And if you’re willing to cross flatbush and do Chester Court, you can get a renovated 3 story for 709K!
“While the Brownstones in Park Slope, Ft. Green and Brooklyn Hieghts might have a lot of detail,”
and bed-stuy
Many of the restored frame houses in Brooklyn have been redone with HardiPlank, a cement composite material that looks a lot like wood. It is much more durable than wood and doesn’t need to be repainted every few years.