House of the Day: 392 Waverly Avenue
Flip-o-rama! This attractive three-story brick house on Waverly between Gates and Greene was picked up by the current owner last summer for $985,000. After, presumably, some cosmetic (and possibly more) improvements, it’s back on the market at $1,595,000. Hey, why not? The parlor floor of this two-family house is just a few steps up from…
Flip-o-rama! This attractive three-story brick house on Waverly between Gates and Greene was picked up by the current owner last summer for $985,000. After, presumably, some cosmetic (and possibly more) improvements, it’s back on the market at $1,595,000. Hey, why not? The parlor floor of this two-family house is just a few steps up from street-level, making the “English basement” a bit of a stretch. As for the interiors, there are some nice old details and floors intact; we also can’t get our heads around why a flipper would put in such weird sinks when a classic porcelain pedestal would have done the trick. And the asking price of $1,595,000? Possible, but we think probably overshooting by a hundred grand or so.
392 Waverly Avenue [Brooklyn Properties] GMAP P*Shark
Frankly, out of all the “House of the Day”s I’ve seen here, this one is really nice aesthetically, although some things seems impractical but fixable (like putting in more storage).
Sure the sink is a little weird and sinks aren’t cheap but does it really warrant this much discussion? Let’s hope it’s not a red herring for other problems in the house.
The comments about decor choices for a flipper are interesting. Probably the safest route but likely to yield a house that is harder to fall in love with? The decor choices in our last place were very personal, it being our home, after all. When we put it on the market our addition of modern elements to a traditional brownstone undoubtedly turned some prospective buyers off. But we ended up with a bidding war between two buyers, both of whom told us our place was exactly what they were looking for. We sold for 15% over ask.
The ad says owner’s triplex. It is a 2 family and a 3 story house. What is this English basement? Is this a 2 family used as one or is there some space that is being used as an apartment downstairs? It is not a very good picture to reveal the English basement windows. I think the bathrooms are OK and that they wasted money on the sink but that doesn’t matter really. You could sell it at Brownstoners salvage fair. My question is about the English basement.
The lot is shallow (75 feet). The rest of it is OK, (I’d spend money instead on a nice lightfixtures for the parlor). I really don’t know about the price. It might be about right. There is something wrong with this kitchen – can’t tell where you are…. The outside is attractive. The black trim looks really nice with the brick which either has lots of mortar or somethng – very pink looking – why? Doesn’t matter really, looks nice.
Do we know about the English basement?
re anon 1:10
if the photographer is standing in front of the kitchen window, that would mean there is no access between the kitchen and the rest of the house (as 3 other walls are visible in the pic.). now THAT would be a bold design move: a kitchen you can only access through an outside window. but I think, more likely, the photographer is standing at the entrance point between another room and the kitchen which means no window.
The renovation seems like a somewhat less upscale version, by the same owner, perhaps, of the house at 351 Adelphi Street, http://www.corcoran.com/property/listing.aspx?Region=NYC&ListingID=917503. Same waterworks baths, similar kitchen, though no wood sink. That one hung on the market for a while – but had an 11th hr price boost and sold high.
well excuuuse me. Not clearly wood to me. So just asking. Have never seen such a thing in wood ( yes, I have seen wood sinks but not like this).
Maybe you have some huge monitor with some incredible resolution…but on mine I wouldn’t make any assumption.
I like the staircase. Very bold move. I would paint it with black chalkboard paint and then let my kids loose on it with white chalk… Like a big Cy Twombly painting.
It’s plainly wood. Some Asian hardwoods withstand water well. I don’t think there’s a problem with the material – it’s the fact that you can’t keep anything on top of the counter (toothpaste, toothbrush, etc etc etc) nor anyplace underneath either. I really really don’t get it when people design bathrooms this way. No storage is nothing but torture for me. As far as I’m concerned, a house or apartment can never have too much storage.
I went to this house a month and a half ago. It is overpriced by 300k. THe bathrooms are so overdone it is laughable. I mean, is tony soprano going to live there! Very jersey!