House of the Day: Attractive Mid-Slope Miniature
Here’s a new listing in Park Slope from Prudential Douglas Elliman for $2.15 million. This is a charming house to be sure, with original moldings and wide floorboards among other details, but its small size (2,650 s.f.), sunken English basement and Sub-Sixth Avenue location make us question whether over $800 a foot is too much…
Here’s a new listing in Park Slope from Prudential Douglas Elliman for $2.15 million. This is a charming house to be sure, with original moldings and wide floorboards among other details, but its small size (2,650 s.f.), sunken English basement and Sub-Sixth Avenue location make us question whether over $800 a foot is too much for this puppy. The 2-family, 3-story brick house has an attractive garden as well, but that also looks on the small side. We’re not deeply entrenched enough in the Park Slope market, though, to completely write this off. What do others think? Anything on this block sold in recent memory?
Bergen Street [Prudential Douglas Elliman] GMAP
this price is insane. i know park slope and this doesn’t make any sense at all. not a special house, not a special location, not especially large- what’s the deal? perhaps there’s something very valuable hidden inside?
seems to me the 1st floor is actually well below grade – can you still call this a lower duplex? i’m new to this, but i read that code doesn’t allow bedrooms or kitchens 50% below the sidewalk
Waverly carriage house is looking a lot better by comparison!
What a nutty price. I could be wrong, but I didn’t notice anything unique or charming or anything that remotely justify this price range. Now does the Waverly Ave. 44×60 carriage house seem ‘reasonable’ for the same price?
It’s about as ridiculous as row houses in Red Hook going for over $1M, but some idiot will buy it. There’s always someone out there with too much money and not enought sense.
It does seem overpriced – Some 3 story Slope houses have gone for close to 2 million, but they tend to be on much more desirable blocks and feature more original detail than you can see from this listing. Also you can’t get as much rental income from an english basement as you can with a regular basement/garden apt. I think 1.6/1.7 is more realistic, still a lot of $$ though…
yeah, the price is a joke. $2 million can get you a decent 4-story brownstone on a prime block.
I’m posting again, still astounded by the price. For the sake of comparison, a 4-story brownstone in the center Slope, between 6th and 7th Avenues, went for around $450k in early 1995. I don’t know what that area costs now, but I’d guess this house on Bergen and 5th Avenue was worth $300k, max, in 1995. So in a decade, the value has jumped by $1.7 million? That just doesn’t make sense, clearly a bubble. Admittedly I’m not well-versed on current Slope real estate, but it seems like $1.3 million would be a more realistic price. Especially since it’s relatively close to the Net stadium future traffic nightmare.
the price is laughable