House of the Day: 181 Midwood Street
The three-story (well, two and a half, really) limestone house at 181 Midwood Street just hit the market this week for $925,000. While it may not look like a bargain on a per square foot basis, this four-bedroom place feels pretty realistically priced to us, given that it’s on a great street and in excellent…
The three-story (well, two and a half, really) limestone house at 181 Midwood Street just hit the market this week for $925,000. While it may not look like a bargain on a per square foot basis, this four-bedroom place feels pretty realistically priced to us, given that it’s on a great street and in excellent shape. We’re kinda curious about the open layout in the front of the parlor floor. Is it typical of houses on this street to have not have a wall separating the entry hall from the front sitting room? For the curious, there’s an open house on Sunday from 3 to 5.
181 Midwood Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
Photo by Nicholas Strini for Property Shark
The biggest noise issues living close to Rogers are the traffic, the blaring car radios, and the churches on Sundays. It can get anoying sometimes, but it is a lot better than being close to Flatbush!
In live on this block–the firehouse is not really a problem. If anything, my end of the block, near Bedford, is noisier–fire trucks sound their horn as theu approach the intersection with Bedford, but you quickly get used to it. It was more of a problem years ago, when many cars had alarms with motion detectors that were set off by the heavy fire trucks passing.
I can’t recall anyone on my block complaining about this firehouse.
One factor potentially dragging on this house’s attractiveness is its proximity to the very busy and very loud firehouse around the corner. Does anyone live a similar distance from the firehouse that can weigh in on this issue?
178 definitely did NOT have the all-new kitchen. As I recall there were also some problems with the roof.
If you saw a lot of houses your memory might not be 100% it’s true, 1:44pm. Sometimes, and this happened to us, after seeing a ton of houses priced under a million, most of which are in horrible shape, you walk into any halfway decent, liveable house and it’ll all seem brand new.
I am pretty positive that 178 did have all of the above, but I can’t find any evidence of it. My recollection is that we felt we could move right in without doing anything, which is why we considered making an offer. But we did see 7000 houses, so perhaps I’m confusing it with another one.
As I recall, 178 Maple had new appliances in the kitchen BUT didn’t have new cabinets, counters, etc, just fresh paint. It was move in but not a total reno. I also think this is a good comp, IF the kitchen and baths are move in acceptable on this Midwood house. I also like the open floor plan on 1st floor, which 178 didn’t have.
178 Maple Street did not have a renovated kitchen, nor bath. I think you must be thinking of the wrong house. What it did have was fresh paint. That is not enough to say that it was pristine. It is the perfect comp. for this house.
11:09pm, I said 178 was a lot nicer because it was completely renovated. New mechanicals, new wring, new kitchen, new bath. The place shined. Based on the photos and decription, this house needs a good deal of work (and money) to get to that pristine state.