House of the Day: 1219 Bergen Street
Even if the listing for today’s HOTD on Bergen Street didn’t include a photo with an easel and frames in it, one might still be able to guess that an artist lived there. The house has a very pleasing (in our opinion) vibe that is at once minimalist and respectful of its architectural history. (Either…
Even if the listing for today’s HOTD on Bergen Street didn’t include a photo with an easel and frames in it, one might still be able to guess that an artist lived there. The house has a very pleasing (in our opinion) vibe that is at once minimalist and respectful of its architectural history. (Either that, or the owner is using a great stager!) The listing is a little skimpy on photos though so it’s impossible to know if the rest of the house has the same feel. The fact that the 16-footer is located between New York and Brooklyn Avenues in the footprint of first phase of Crown Heights North landmark district makes the $850,000 asking price a little easier to digest, no?
1219 Bergen Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
Faithful, I’m sorry you were not able to make it, I was looking forward to meeting you at last.
The meeting was good. We had reports on the landmarking – everything on schedule. We heard that the LPC and the Hebron School and SDA officials are meeting next week to discuss the calendaring of the Hebron School. Our House and Garden Tour committee is rolling right along. We are looking for volunteers to work the actual tour, as room sitters and guides,(you don’t have to live in CH, or be in CHNA to volunteer) and we are still looking for people to put their homes on the tour.
We had a local banking officer give us a lesson in all of the kinds of mortgages, refinaces and home loans currently on the market, and the advantages and disadvantages of each kind of loan. He also explained the new reverse mortgages that are available for people over 62, that enable you to take out equity on your house, and the loan is not paid in your lifetime. Your heirs would have to assume a mortgage for the amount borrowed, plus interest, or the house can be sold, with the bank getting first dibs on the amount borrowed. This kind of loan may be good for seniors who would like to enjoy some of the equity on their homes while they are still alive, and leave paying it back to those who follow. If no one follows, the bank sells the house, and gets the money back that way. All of the different loans are obviously not all for everybody, and the presenter did a very good job spelling out the pros and cons of each. I think everyone learned something they may not have known before.
I hope you can make the next meeting, which will be in April.
Bk4life-
Now that what bubble? gave you what for, I’d also like to add what does your “typical renter” comment mean? I rent. Plenty of people rent- and guess what. Plenty of them pay rent which you homeowners need to keep your houses. With all that education you claim to have, you couldn’t come up with a less ignorant comment than that?
The best thing about the C-I-L-L-my-landlord sketch was the reprise, when Murphy thoughtfully added of his poetic gem: “Still holds up.”
Gosh, that crime map is depressing–to think of the dozens of murders in 2005 alone, within walking distance of our house, and I don’t even know any of their names. Maybe I should’ve been a small-town girl, that just seems wrong somehow.
bk4life, w/ all due respect, what the f$%^ are you talking about? did you read anything i wrote? i never said the neighborhood was bad or dangerous or anything…in fact i said crime was down throughout the precinct and suspiciously only murders were up…that’s called a fact…look it up..if you don’t like the facts do something to change them. it is not true that murders are up in that precinct? it is… did i say dont buy? no. did i say it was too dangerous to live there? no
so again, what the f%^& are you talking about? don’t think you can put me down w/o me defending myself
i am not a renter…i own. but i guess you know me better than i do. i am not fanning any flames…go back and read all my posts on this site…oh i forgot you dont like to read what people actually write.
as a matter of fact i myself am attorney and dont’ need to back to school, but thanks for the offer.
i’m glad you live in FG, but this house is in CH…it’s a different neighborhood w/ different stats, but i guess you dont know how to read a map either.
what a schmuck!
and BTW, you are the one inserting race into this…i said nothing of race, but for some reason you put the term “dark people” into this…well i am a dark person and am entitled to state a fact about murders in a neighborhood. many great people live in great and bad neighborhoods…so what? does it change the fact there are more murders in some neighborhoods than others? if i were you i’d go ask that ivy league school for a refund b/c you need to be re-educated.
kill my landlord. c-i-l-l my landlord. hilarious. i had forgotten about that.
Thanks Kingston, it was funny to me too!
“Cill my landlord” is a reference to a sketch Eddie Murphy used to do on Saturday Night Live back when it was funny. The misspelling of “kill” was part of the sketch. The poster’s reference made me laugh, but I guess you had to be there.
What bubble?
“Given your answer, I don’t think that [you] can compare Mott Haven with CHN.”
When I wrote the word “you,” I didn’t mean you per se. I meant in general — comprende.
Dont worry I saw that and I dont plan on renewing his lease.