House of the Day: 344 Carlton Avenue
Today’s listing at 344 Carlton Avenue in Fort Greene is a good example of how to do a listing right: Plenty of well-photographed photos, a floorplan and a comprehensive description. Pretty simple but some brokers still are too lazy or incompetent to do it. Of course, it helps when you have a good product to…
Today’s listing at 344 Carlton Avenue in Fort Greene is a good example of how to do a listing right: Plenty of well-photographed photos, a floorplan and a comprehensive description. Pretty simple but some brokers still are too lazy or incompetent to do it. Of course, it helps when you have a good product to pitch, which is certainly the case with this five-story, two-family brownstone at the epicenter of Fort Greene. Will it fetch the asking price of $2,500,000? Hard to say, but it’ll certainly get close to that. It’s in beautiful shape with tons of historic character with tasteful touches of modern convenience. (We like the kitchen, for example.) There’ve been no takers since it hit the market a couple of weeks ago. Have any readers checked it out?
344 Carlton Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
No. AY = money for developers
ATLANTIC YARDS = $$$ FOR HOMEOWNERS
Once Atlantic Yards construction starts, does anyone think Clinton Hill, which is just outside of the AY footprint, will become increasingly desirable relative to Fort Greene? Not trying to start a flame war. I live in CH and these things are fun to speculate about.
Stove/Range are over what looks like a lot line window. There are other windows there. I don’t think that is the way out in a fire. But this house needs some general updating. It is pretty rough in terms of the condition of the walls. I’m sure if it sells for its asking price that the new owners will want to do a really serious paintjob.
The stove/range is over the window. Now that is illegal. What if there is a kichen fire and the only way out is THAT window?
Anyone else seen then house, other than 9:57 who thinks it feels like an SRO and considers Carlton a highway?
It looks high-quality, but does it need a face lift or mechanical/electrical/plumbing updates?
11:18pm: Houses in Jersey City are even cheaper than in Queens.
I wonder if it has central air and if any of the fireplaces work. I didn’t notice that info in the description. If it has both of those things, I would expect asking or above…
Gotta say that my one and only experience buying a house was with BP and the broker selling it (who may not be representative of the entire company, of course) was a dream to work with. Not only was he laid back about showing us the house several times in a very short period of time (as there were multiple bids immediately), crawling around the dark cellar with our engineer, etc., for hours, he actually helped us through a complicated negotiation, was incredibly informed and emotionally supportive, and had a great sense of humor. Most importantly, he really didnt’ have to “sell” this house to us, or anyone, it was selling itself. But he was never for a second smug or complacent; he really did everything and some to make us feel completely informed, secure and confident in the purchase, and when he didnt’ know something, he apologized, went back, did his homework, and delivered.
The website needs a sprucing up, but it seems pretty easy to navigate. The writing is not good, I agree. But I gotta say, they are holding their own against Corcoran in my neighb (FG) and if I ever put anything on the market, it will be through them. Corcoran is CREEPY.
Jeez Louise, you can’t make a comment on this board without some nutjob trying to tear you down! To clarify….I am giving BP a compliment (look that word up if you don’t know what it means) because they have professional photos. I wasn’t commenting on their website or business practices. Just the photography. And as if you even deserve a response, 6:59am….I’ve had a pretty successful photography business for over 20 years. I HOLD a real estate license (I believe that’s what I wrote) so I can buy and sell my own properties. I don’t really do sales for others (only friends). Does that clear things up for you?