House of the Day: Lefferts Looker
We’re loving this brick beauty from the outside but are a little worried by a few things in the ad on Craigslist. First of all, there are no interior pics but there is extensive language about the extent of the highly customized reno that was performed over the last two years. Call us cynics, but…
We’re loving this brick beauty from the outside but are a little worried by a few things in the ad on Craigslist. First of all, there are no interior pics but there is extensive language about the extent of the highly customized reno that was performed over the last two years. Call us cynics, but we’d say the odds are that the purchasing public will not put such a high value on the sellers slate bathroom that took two years to renovate or the hand-crafted book case or the marble floors. As nice as this place is from the outside, $1.799 million is a TON of moolah for a house in the Lefferts Garden Area, as the ad describes it. (The implication being that it’s not actually in Lefferts Gardens.) That said, this is probably a little cheaper on a per square foot than the new Lefferts South condos we discussed earlier today. Can anyone speak to the interior of this place? How about its exact location? And don’t forget, there’s an open house on Sunday from 2 to 4. Update: The address is 385 Parkside Avenue. Check out links to Bob Marvin’s photos in the comments.
Beautiful 2 Family House in Lefferts Garden Area [Craigslist] GMAP
365 Parkside down the block was recently sold for somewhere around $879k earlier this year(I had a higher bid, but was not the winning bid). I walked the neighborhood over 2 weekends and didn’t think it was all that bad (I’m white). The broker and the owners gave me similar stories about how great the ‘nabe is (at seperate times). The broker lives in the ‘nabe (also white) and the owners had lived there for 19 years (also white). They both said PLG has a great sense of community and people care for each other in this area – and I got that sense from walking around and talking to people. That house was on the same block and BEEUtiful, it did need some work, (new bathroom and Kitchen), but the interior was fantastic and it was a legal 2 family. In fact, after looking at Brownstones in Brooklyn for 6 months, 365 was the most pristine, beautiful solid building I had seen. It was a “Arts and Crafts style” (and I still get bummed out everytime I think of it)
I can’t imagine 385 Parkside being worth the advertised price – no way, no how, not compared to what other properties sell for in that area. Seriously- $1.7M what the heck is she on?
ERA seems to be listing other stuff in the ‘hood a bit high (don’t get me wrong, I live in PLG and love it, but…). They’ve got a place on Lefferts Ave btw Nostrand & Rogers for $850K, while comparables on the same street are going for $700K or less…
Brownstoner,
If you really want to make some money, set up the first real Brooklyn MLS.
If the site worked, you could charge mad cash to advertisers and eventually charge the brokers to list like Craigslist is doing.
Gary,
Good job with the link site in PLG. It would be interesting if you added a section for you own personal comments of every house.
PLEASE maybe the house is nice but the neighborhood is the pits…I used to live on Hawthorne 2 blocks away. I always hated walking up Parkside young men and boys hanging out from The Q train stop to the corner of Flatbush/Parkside. The neighborhood is crowded with shoppers, constant activity..I left and don’t regret it at all…I don’t miss hearing the gunshots or the constant crowds or the bad attitude of the people in the neighborhood..I lived here for 16 years and it went from a decent place to crowded/crazy..and yes I’m black so flame away..I’ve found my slice of heaven in a much quieter/safer section of BKNY.
Ahh, I have fond memories of well-water in MN as a child out at our lakehouse. It tasted SO good. Alas we’ll never taste the likes of that anymore anywhere. Wow, I have a “back in the day” memory there, and I’m not even that old.
ERA is a franchise; ANYONE can open an ERA office, like Century 21 (or McDonald’s or Golden Krust or any other franchise). And like all of the above, some are good and some are not so (although MacDo seems to do the best job of ensuring homogeneity).
That’s a real shame about the city water and sewer on the house, however; I was hoping for a septic tank!
I just clicked on the ERA link for this house on Gary’s list, which is found on the Planet PLG website.
I learned that 385 Parkside has CITY WATER and CITY SEWER. I think it was very nice of the broker to point that out. The buyer will not have to drill a well or dig a septic tank. THAT must be why the house costs almost $2 million 🙂
The broker is from ERA – not exactly a small outfit. She reduced the price from a staggering $1,999,000 to the still unbelievable current asking. I bought my Lefferts Manor house through her about 15 months ago and it was priced a bit below the market so maybe she is trying a different tack.
You can find all of the PLG real estate offerings that I can glean from a variety of sources at:
http://www.planetplg.com/PLGForSaleIMPROVED2.htm
this is a list that I maintain as a hobby.
By the way, houses are selling pretty well in this nabe, especially those on nice streets for about $1,000,000. Those at the top and bottom of the range sell much slower.
Gary