House of the Day: 484 Macon Street
Although we suspect this two-family brick is a bit overpriced, the brokers are not doing anyone any good (including themselves) by not including photos of the exterior, kitchen and bathrooms. Although it’s on a land-marked block, 484 Macon Street is still about as far east as most Elliman clients are willing to go at this…
Although we suspect this two-family brick is a bit overpriced, the brokers are not doing anyone any good (including themselves) by not including photos of the exterior, kitchen and bathrooms. Although it’s on a land-marked block, 484 Macon Street is still about as far east as most Elliman clients are willing to go at this stage of the game. If you lure someone out there under false pretenses and then sucker-punch him with a dump of a kitchen, he’s going to be pissed and never look at another listing of yours again. In this case, as the photo from Property Shark shows, the exterior (except for the windows) is perfectly attractive, so we’re not sure why a broker wouldn’t include a photo. Although the listing claims there’s 2,295 square feet of living space, we’d guess that number’s really south of 2,000, given that the mechanicals room is on the garden level. Anyway, what do people think of the $650,000 asking price? We think the number’s more like $575,000 to $595,000 because we have no choice but to assume the worst about the parts of the house that aren’t shown in the photos.
484 Macon Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
Have any of you priced apartments recently? This seems a good buy to me. The block is lovely, and transportation access is good. I haven’t been in the house, but I’ve seen it from the outside. Three floors of living space, rental income and a garden are at that price represent a good value – no coop maintenance or condo fees to boot. There is a clear bias against bed-stuy on this site. Many posters just don’t seem to think bed-stuy deserves the prices some areas can command. You doubters should take the bed-stuy house tour. The brownstones rival the nicest homes in park slope and in most neigbhorhoods in Manhattan.
And no – the garage is not part of the lot.
I’ve been in it – pretty unappealing and small. Has been on the market since late Jan or Early Feb.
I don’t see how you could list this as 2200 sq ft
this has illegal conversion written all over it
what’s tha FAR? could someone add on to the top? also, what about the garages to the right in the picture? anyone know who owns those?
This house is very cute and has potential but not at that price. The layout is very awkward, why would someone put their living space on a different floor as their kitchen?
Cute little house, but the emphasis is on little.
The building is only 15.5′ wide, and the square footage only adds up if you include the garden. Actual gross square footage (multiply building footprint by 3) is well south of 2,000 (as Brownstoner said), closer to 1,700. Actual net square footage (adding up room dimensions) is more along the lines of 1,400 sf or less.
I live in the ‘far east’ and some folks would be surprised at the recent changes that have been taking place here. Some of the clients that Mr. B assumes have some trepidation at venturing out this way are doing themselve a disservice in terms of value for their $$$. As for the C train, it isn’t so bad. I’ll take a seat on a less frequent train over standing on a frequent sardine can. Although it is on the far east periphery of BS, it is actually one of the nicest parts of BS outside of the Heights. MacDonough, Macon, Decaur & Hancock are great streets all the way to Saratoga.
O.K Mr. B now your pissing me off with your slang. May I suggest that you not go there in the future.