House of the Day: 202 15th Street
This ole South Slope woodframe is very cute and looks to have been lovingly maintained. It last changed hands back in August 2004 for $920,000 and is on the market for $1.2 million. We’ve got no idea if the current owner made any significant improvements but at $600 a foot, this has to be pushing…
This ole South Slope woodframe is very cute and looks to have been lovingly maintained. It last changed hands back in August 2004 for $920,000 and is on the market for $1.2 million. We’ve got no idea if the current owner made any significant improvements but at $600 a foot, this has to be pushing the upper bounds for the area. That said, we all know the square foot metric isn’t always the more useful when looking at smaller houses, where layout can play such a crucial role. What do the South Slopers think of this price?
202 15th Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
enduro is sooo good- and I go to KDog every sat and sun for non folgers coffee (which I buy from my bodega every m-f). It is the beginning of the end. or the beginning of the beginning, depending on how you look at it. I live on the south end of the plg historic distric, let me tell you, the influx of yuppies (white, black and green) and obvious hipsters is unreal. Where 6 months ago I counted 2 of us, the other morning I was shocked to count 6 yuppies (not all white-I don’t go there) in a row. git while the gittin’s good over here….
and that house is way too small for that kind of money. People I know live in a huge mansion over here for around the same price….if you can afford over a mil for house- shouldn’t you be able to afford private school?
I must note with some satisfaction that this time it was a Lefferts *booster* who started the which-hood-is-better throwdown. Best defense is a good offense, Babs!
About the house: where’s the kitchen in the rental? IS there one? Not in the Corcoran floorplan.
NOT worth fighting over. No one says that LM has the same amenities as PS (where I certainly shop, more than once a week). A “scene” IS starting to develop here, but most people who buy houses here do so because of the high quality of the homes and the low (for a brownstone neighborhood) population density, due to the single family covenant and zoning. All of life is a tradeoff. The fact that I chose LM doesn’t mean that I think it’s inherently “better” in any absolute sense–just that it better suites ME. YRMV–that’s fine.
To get back on topic, I think the 15th St. house in question seems absolutely charming.
3:48. You mean the stop & shop down by Abermarle road? That is sub par and requires driving to. One can buy all of one’s basics in most neighborhoods without a major car trip.
Enduro is still in the honeymoon phase, but I’m sure it’ll do well. But my point stands that stores won’t venture onto Flatbush. I bet that the area’s scene does not expand for at least a decade.
You want a decent grocery store?! Darling, my socks were knocked off when I first stepped into the Super Stop and Shop just off Bedford (next to an Old Navy outlet) last week. A HUGE, spotless, well stocked grocery store the likes of which you can only find in the suburbs is right there convenient to Lefferts Manor. My organic milk and eggs were waiting for me! And there is a PARKING LOT! I will never step foot in the disgusting Key Food on Seventh Avenue in the Slope again!
I will continue to drive to Fairway for meats, but hey, so does everyone in Park Slope!
And as for the scene, you haven’t tried to get a table at Enduro on a Friday night. First there was one place, now there are two. My bet is that the wild success of Enduro will entice more places to open in the Manor.
This block is just ok, not as nice as say, 11th or 12th between 4th & 5th. That said, I think the house is priced within $50,000 of where the market is right now. I really don’t see it going for less than 1.15 to 1.175mm.
I like Lefferts Manor and certianly don’t want to get into a big thing here, but a coffee house and a restaurant do not amenities make. And two stores do not make a “scene.” The area is still lacking ALL of the basics, like decent grocery stores. Everyone I know who lives there makes weekly car trips to the slope to shop. Which is fine if you’re okay with it. As for future development, the two stores have opened on Lincoln, which is relatively tame, but there is only one (or two?) other storefronts on that block. So future places would have to be on Flatbush, and I’d bet that it will be a really long time before any store owner is willing to risk being on that stretch of Flatbush. So, if you like Lefferts Manor, that’s cool. But I certainly wouldn’t argue that it has amenities or a developing “scene.”
Come on people, lets focus on the house for a few minutes. Here are some reasons why I think that the house is priced too high:
1. In current 1 family layout with the living areas in the middle floor may be problematic for some families. While I would love to be 2 floor away from my husband watch TV, not so sure I want to be that far away from my sleeping children.
2. Converting back to 2 family also seems difficult. Here would you put the kitchen on the ground floor? In the “square” not now houses the bath? Then where would the bath go.
3. Lack of closets in one bedroom on the third floor.
Seems to me that this “move in condition” house will need a little reconfiguration for it to make sense.
With those factors in mind, I think $1.2 million is a bit much, IMHO.
I have to agree with Bob Marvin, especially since the amenities have started coming to Lefferts Manor. With the recent opening of Enduro, following K-dog, a nice scene is developing in the Manor.