House of the Day: 44 Strong Place
Oh, ye brokers of limited transparency, stop the madness! It took all of five minutes to figure out that the address of the house in this Craigslist ad is 44 Strong Place, a four-story, 4,000-square-foot charmer between Kane and Degraw. Here’s what we can’t figure out: Who gives a $2.95 million listing in Cobble Hill…
Oh, ye brokers of limited transparency, stop the madness! It took all of five minutes to figure out that the address of the house in this Craigslist ad is 44 Strong Place, a four-story, 4,000-square-foot charmer between Kane and Degraw. Here’s what we can’t figure out: Who gives a $2.95 million listing in Cobble Hill to a brokerage firm that doesn’t even have a web site? Back to the house. Nice 22-foot-wide brownstone facade. The listing says to “bring your architect,” though, so it’s fair to assume the interior needs some work. It’s a safe bet that some readers have already seen this place so we’re looking forward to getting the real scoop on it. And what’s the story with the broker, Vespa Properties?
44 Strong Place [Craigslist] GMAP P*Shark
Photo by Kate Leonova for Property Shark
We’re in wonderland. I don’t know what is going on price wise, don’t understand it anymore – at all. What’s nice is the width, the front is very attractive (except for the crappy white and vinyl windows) and the neighborhood.
As for transparency in advertising, Mr. B’s exasperation with cryptic advertising is understandable. What kills me is that so many of these ads don’t list anything about the C of O, which is essential in figuring out the pricing and whether or not you want to deal with a place at all, not to mention that we don’t have one interior shot. We can assume that it is a total reno.
click on the “about us” section on their website and tell me that aren’t trying to connect to the vespa scooter name and image…please.
and if you are one of the brokers there (which it sounds like you are), you should talk to your lawyer.
Isn’t “vespa” Italian for wasp or bee and a popular last name in Italy? I saw the scooter but it hardly seems to be exploiting a corporate image or “infringing” — could just be another neighborhood shot. There are a lot of scooters in Brooklyn. The website is a lot of fun, too, compared to stodgy Corcoran or Brown Harris Stevens. Does anybody know if these guys are real — have you read their backgrounds? One is a sculptor and the other is a poet but they’ve done tens of millions of dollars worth of real estate in the past few years? And they’re still doing their artwork? Wow.
mr b, forget about their website…they are lucky vespa (the scooter people) don’t sue them for infringement and use of their product on their website.
I heard 230 Degraw is in contract right now for over $3.4 million. It is a 25-footer, but it ain’t Strong Place.
And, I took a look at VESPA’s website. These guys are new and obviously need more listings, but they’re doing a lot right, too — interesting photos, easy-to-use website, neighorhood links, and they’re artists, too. They seem like their smart, funny, and good at what they do. How many real estate firms have those three qualities in their brokers and agents?
Are they having an Open House at 44 Strong Place anytime soon?
Dudes gotta work on their Google search ranking and get up on that first page of search results. They’re buried right now. They should also include a link to their web page from their Craigslist ads.
Do they have a “wierd” storefront or a weird one? I happen to walk past it everyday and am impressed by VESPA’s quirky and unusual listing photos, the art work inside (they had a real art opening when they opened their offices back in February or March), and the beauty of the office itself. AND, they do have several exclusives — this brownstone, a bunch of condos in the neighborhood, and more exclusive rentals than any other firm on that realtor-saturated stretch of Court Street. I’d give ’em my brownstone if I had one to sell . . .
A perfect Brooklyn brownstone.
Chances are someone who spends 3 million on a home would redo everything anyway. I used to work for an architect and was stunned to see how incredibly wasteful the very rich are. Beautiful new kitchens and baths, ripped out, perfect wood floors removed and replaced with marble. Fireplace mantles trashed and replaced with wine safes, I mean you have no idea. So I do not think it matters if the place is raw inside, it probably saves on demolition costs. And this is a lovely, quiet block. Primo.
nothing makes sense anymore. . .
how much would this place be worth post renovation?
how does this compare to that other 3 million dollar Cobble Hill place that recently sold?
The other place was in excellent condition already, wasn’t it? And wasn’t it even wider?