House of the Day: 250 Lefferts Avenue
While in some ways it doesn’t really matter, it’s hard not to get hung up on the fact that this house at 250 Lefferts Avenue changed hands 18 months ago for just $495,000 and is now asking $879,000. We’re not sure how much (if any) work was done in the interim, but if it involved…
While in some ways it doesn’t really matter, it’s hard not to get hung up on the fact that this house at 250 Lefferts Avenue changed hands 18 months ago for just $495,000 and is now asking $879,000. We’re not sure how much (if any) work was done in the interim, but if it involved those kitchens, they should have saved their money; the house would show better with old run-down appliances than with these Home Depot specials. When you compare it to last Thursday’s HOTD, 181 Midwood Street, this place looks a bit overpriced, in our opinion, despite being a bit larger. While the Lefferts Avenue house was probably at one point on a par with the Midwood house, it appears to have had a tougher life. Luckily, some redeeming original elements survived and with some renovation CPR this could still be a very nice place. But it deserves a discount to the Midwood house of more than $46,000, we suspect. Agree? It would be helpful to know what the contract price was for 242 Lefferts Avenue just down the block.
250 Lefferts Avenue [Aguayo & Huebener] GMAP P*Shark
re:12:49
i’m always so amazed by people who obsessively read a site that they hate and/or disrespect. just such a really really weird side-effect of the internet.
Brownstoner, your site is awesome & your work commendable. even when i don’t agree with you, i’m incredibly grateful the site exists.
(oh, and i DO agree the kitchen in this house sucks. some friends of mine just did a gorgeous rehab of their kitchen on the cheap. i don’t know why, for flippers, it’s so hard…)
This thread reminds me of how someone once referred to many of Brownstoner’s blind followers as a “claque of kooks”!
I thought Anon 12:49 liked this site.
It’s a shame some people feel so comfortable lashing out like that from the safety of an anonymous comment. Brownstoner provides, imo, the best online forum for discussing Brooklyn real estate. I, for one, find that valuable. If his opinions, and the discussions in the comments, are so useless to you, why read? Why take the time to comment, 12:49?
I hope the kitchen in the photo is not in the owner’s unit. Black tile backsplash?? How cheery.
Anon 12:49, is this your listing, sweetie, or is it your house? Either way, you were fricking *crazy* to get mixed up with Aguayo and Heubner… but that’s yer call. BTW, hundreds of thousands of people find it interesting and helpful to have conversations about Brooklyn real estate here, so if you don’t, why don’t you step away from the computer and re-do that ugly kitchen of yours? 🙂
Sounds like bad Monday for someone or forgot to take his meds.
I read this site all time and never remember Brownstoner predicting any crash or whatever. Has voiced opinion on AY (and disagree with on this point) but never hysterical/doomsday like some AY folks.
And he is native NYer- didn’t just arrive from California or someplace and doesn’t claim to be expert in much of anything.
Looks like someone forget to take her happy pills today!
I appreciate the information on this site. I don’t think that the owner of this site has ever hid the fact that he has been in Brooklyn for 4 years. It is good information for context- but not exactly worthy of contempt. It gets tiring having to skip past all of the mean spirited pointless posts.
Maybe it’s time to start brownmoaner for those who just want to bitch.