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
It’s not that far east in absolute sense…The comment about it being far east was in the context of the general area served by Douglas Elliman and the area that most of its clients are probably considering buying, not a diss of this part of the Stuy. Compared to Clinton Hill or Fort Greene, it is pretty far east.
hmm yes, is it legally a two-family? there is no CofO on the DOB website. interesting that there is a window into the mechanical room. the rear extension looks like steps up to ground-level. i bet this enhanced egress was required to legally consider the Garden Floor a Basement as opposed to a Cellar. sounds like you would have an uphill CofO battle trying to take the top-two floors and rent the garden floor http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/owners/illegal-conversions.shtml
Mr. B, I don’t really understand the comment that it’s so far east. The house is an easy walk to the Utica Ave. stop of the A train (which has an entrance at Stuyvesant), therefore maybe 3-5 minutes further than Nostrand. Much better than living between the two express stops and being stuck waiting for the C train.
We moved from Clinton Hill, near the C, to Bed-Stuy, near the Nostrand stop on the A/C, and it takes a lot less time for us to get to Manhattan and back since there is an A train every few minutes, not like the 10-15-minute interval between C trains.
Also, the park at Fulton St. on the way to the subway is really lovely. It’s not shown on the Google Maps site, but it’s definitely there.
How the heck does the present layout work? Does the owner have to go out to the common stair to get downstairs to the kitchen? The layout plan implies that the ground floor is open to the whole house, except for the mechanical room. Is this really a legal two? Or was it setup as a mother/daughter arrangement?
At least Elliman posts floor plans, which puts them ahead of many brokers. Cute house. Would make a great 1-family. As a 2-family it would blow – unless perhaps you duplexed the top 2 floors, then reclaimed some space from the mechanical room and made the ground floor an eccentric studio (could work!). Present layout is not great. I like the area – close to Lewis Ave., Bread Stuy, etc.
While very narrow, this is a cute house. It’s great to have the extra windows on the top floor, although it cuts down on wall space. I’d have to have the whole house to myself in order to not feel squeezed into the duplex, but this would be a great starter house for a single person or couple.
I don’t get what’s going on in the extension, is it a closet, have stairs, or what?
As configured now, the top floor apt is very cramped. That hall bedroom is narrower than I am tall. I see they don’t call any room a living room up there. I guess it would be just fine for one person, however.
As to the neighborhood, I’m not familiar with this block per se, but the neighborhood is very nice. Price seems ok, $595 would be better, of course. Unless unseen things are dreadfully wrong, I think it will sell.
Take your own advice, 2:09. Nobody said he didn’t get the exterior photo from Property Shark. But if you go to the realtor’s website, and click on View All Photos, there are 2 shots of the exterior, as well as a close up of a ceiling medallion. Whether they were there when Mr.B. initially posted, who knows, but they are there now, so the above comments are correct.
If you are going to get exasperated, find a good reason. Chill.
ok sorry, my bad. i apologize 1:58.
although i’m guessing (perhaps incorrectly) that the agent put the pics up after hearing about bstoner’s profile.
or maybe i’ve become too skeptical.
READ BEFORE YOU POST!
browstoner found the exterior pic from property shark. the agent has no such picture on their site.
please, please read before you post. it is the reason many of the comment threads turn so exhausting.