House of the Day: 1265 President Street
It was just a month ago that we were remarking on the fact that two adjacent houses at 1269 and 1271 President Street in Crown Heights were on the market at the same time (for $1,400,000 and $1,500,000, respectively). So imagine our surprise to find that Number 1265 is now also on the market at…
It was just a month ago that we were remarking on the fact that two adjacent houses at 1269 and 1271 President Street in Crown Heights were on the market at the same time (for $1,400,000 and $1,500,000, respectively). So imagine our surprise to find that Number 1265 is now also on the market at $1,450,000. There are no interior pics but the Craigslist ad boasts that there is “exquisite detail throughout.” Add in the fact that this is a 125-foot-deep lot and part of a lovely row of original houses and you’ve got something pretty interesting. Does anyone know how these prices are flying though? Seems a bit aggressive to us despite how lovely they look from the outside.
1265 President Street [Craigslist] GMAP P*Shark
Houses of the Day: 1269 and 1271 President Street [Craigslist]
Is it walking distance to temple?
That’ll do it.
Here’s what I want to know about all these adjacent houses going up for sale at the same time: Are they on a friggin fault line or something? Did somebody just discover drums full of uranium in the backyard?
at the very least, anon 2:35, use proper grammar. If you know any.
2:36, i enjoy discussions about asking prices (nice strawman, though). it’s fair to criticize a price as too high. what’s unhelpful is to ascribe ridiculous sky-is-falling consequences (offer price “creates a false rise in real estate values that cannot be supported by the state of the economy of the surrounding neighborhood” and bad motives (“It’s just greed”) to what is nothing more than an OFFER to sell a home.
Heh, yes, “veritas” is just about the least appropriate word it could have chosen.
Hey, z, that’s what people write about on this site. Home values, prices, renovations, etc. Of course it’s an asking price. It’s always an asking price, until it’s a contract price or a sale price. If you don’t like to read anything into asking prices, you must find this site really, really boring, in which case, why are you posting?
Brower Park Veritas, i think you are reading too much into this. it’s an ASKING PRICE, for pete’s sake. if it’s too high, the house will go unsold. big whoop.
Hey, Brower Park doppelganger, guess what – I agree they are too expensive, although I doubt you’ve been anywhere near them in person.
You try to write like I do, but I don’t think I’ve ever used the word “bland” on this site, although in reference to you, “bland and unremarkable” certainly do apply. Well, enough of you – go away now and find someone else to impersonate. I’m done with you today.
Regarding the house, pricing like that is in fantasyland. This is one the other side of Eastern Parkway, Crown Heights South, and although on a great block, not worth that kind of money. Maybe someone in the surrounding Lubabvicher community with deep pockets will bite, but not at that price. I don’t think overpricing like this does anything for the community at large, and creates a false rise in real estate values that cannot be supported by the state of the economy of the surrounding neighborhood. It’s just greed.
Who’s paying that much to live in Crown Heights? I’m not knocking the neighborhood, but I don’t believe homes there should be selling for anything like this much. The pricing seems more than “a bit aggressive” to me. Where’s the precedent?