House of the Day: 272 Berry Street
As far as we knew, the days of doubling your money in less than a year were behind us. Apparently, the owner of this South Side brick house was told otherwise. After ponying up $820,000 last August, the current owner went to town on this place, making a number of strange aesthetic choices along the…
As far as we knew, the days of doubling your money in less than a year were behind us. Apparently, the owner of this South Side brick house was told otherwise. After ponying up $820,000 last August, the current owner went to town on this place, making a number of strange aesthetic choices along the way, especially for a flipper. Okay, this seems like a good place to reiterate the most broken rule of flipping: KEEP IT SIMPLE! So, in the case of the bathroom, do white subway tiles and traditional basic fixtures. Why do some people think that they are going to get more money for their “creative” bathroom stylings when in fact they will be alienating a huge portion of the potential buyers? (To be fair, the kitchen looks okay.) Even if this place weren’t 16 feet wide, even if the house weren’t only 35 feet deep and even if the lot weren’t a measly 50 feet deep, this house just feels like it’s trying too hard and not worth close to the $1.5 million asking price. Next.
272 Berry Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
No we’re talking about the late 80’s harvest green, or forest green. But the combo of harvest gold and avocado green is another color palette that is very dated to a specific time.
Not to be technical, but those groovy sixties colors were Harvest Gold and Avocado Green…
the spectre of speculation looms high over New York… Repent, oh greedy flippers and over-valuating agents! Your Sodom and Gommorah on stiletto heels has purged this land of the very thing that makes it special… but reciprocity shall come soon enough! (cackles)
Any clue what a “Zen bathroom” is?
I really like the blue tiled bath, especially considering that this is the top floor bath and for many folks would be used by kids. I think it’s totally fun and very kid-proof.
As for two sinks, barring the option of my own separate bath, this is non-negotiable for me! I’m always surprised by the number of “master baths” that have just one sink.
Yes, I want the hair and toothpaste in my sink to be mine and mine alone…
Oh and when I say Architect’s comparison is much better than the other comparison, I’m critiquing myself! I’m the one who initially said bowl sinks would become like piano ties from the 80’s.
Architect in Brooklyn’s “harvest green appliances” made me scream. That’s a much more appropriate comparison for what bowl sinks will become.
I was actually just ranting about the color Harvest Green this past weekend. We were in DC visiting family, and walked by what now tops my list as most hideous building ever constructed. It’s on the waterfront in Georgetown. All curving lines of tan stucco, with heinous Harvest Green and brass trim on all the windows and doors and other edges. That building must have looked dated even just one year after it was built. Horrible.
I love the chandeliers in every room, how bizarre! I mean, in the bathroom? Awesome. And by “awesome” I mean crazy. And by “crazy” I mean fabulous.
I think they’re aiming for the kind of person who would want to live in Williamsburg in the first place: young, artsy-ish couple with more money than sense and no time to do their own decorating. The chandeliers are perfect for this demographic, a nice ironic touch that says “this is a real house with real light fixtures, hahahahaha”.
A little insane, but I think it works. The price, on the other hand. Well, you never know. MTV might need a new place to host the Real World.
Bathroom gray:
Side by side pedestal sinks? That looks like a public restroom or something.
And the toilet looks too closet to that huge tub.
Where the heck is the storage in that bathroom?
Bathroom blue:
Oh, my eyes, that cobalt blue is mighty bright. I don’t think I could deal with
that in the morning.
Glass Sinks, they look so out of place in this style/age of house.