House of the Day: 69 Maujer Street
This attractive three-story brick townhouse at 69 Maujer Street has been on the market a loooonnnnggg time. It was originally listed for $1,350,000 last September; after languishing for five months, the price was cut to $1,200,000 where it has stayed for the past four months. Even though this is hardly prime Williamsburg, we’re a little…
This attractive three-story brick townhouse at 69 Maujer Street has been on the market a loooonnnnggg time. It was originally listed for $1,350,000 last September; after languishing for five months, the price was cut to $1,200,000 where it has stayed for the past four months. Even though this is hardly prime Williamsburg, we’re a little surprised this hasn’t found a buyer yet given the paucity of townhouses with any historic charm in the area. The fact that the house is only of moderate size (2,700 square feet) shouldn’t be a deterent either, since the lot is 25 feet wide and there’s lots of air rights to play with; for some reason this block has an FAR of 3.4, considerably more than your average residential block. We don’t know the immediate area that well, so we’re assuming that’s what’s holding this place back. Thoughts?
69 Maujer Street [Sotheby’s Int’l] GMAP P*Shark
Photo by Scott Bintner for Property Shark
This house is cute. I don’t even have $1,000 to pay this month’s rent, so I must be wrong.
Can anyone lend me $100?
Max: done.. A sellers market will do that to ya. I used to be so sweet. . . .
I know nothing about the area but me like that house – the floors and the details make old house lovers like me very happy.
Sotheby’s is an interesting choice of broker. I’ve certainly had my share of problems with the big Brooklyn brokers (Corcoran, Elliman et al.) but Sotheby’s gets, like, zero exposure and does less-than-zero marketing at this price point. Maybe that’s why so little interest?
And you need anger management classes.
I agree with what you are saying re:cost- but tone it down a notch please.
Older and Wiser, I wasn’t trying to hurt anyone’s feelings. Robert just sounded like an inexperienced person spouting off about how much his money should be able to buy him. Get real.
under what law? By whose edict? Where do people get their expectations?
If, as I have, you have been looking to buy something in that range, you would know what to expect. Robert doesn’t. Neither do you.
Don’t take any of this so personally, I’m not trying to make you or robert feel poor or hurt.
Then again, if THAT comment hurt, you need way more than an emotional bullet proof vest. you need a reality check.
I’m not really somebody who understands real estate all that well although I have bought and sold my share of properties. The one thing I do know, is that there will always be those who will try to make you feel small, and poor, no matter how much money you have or how much you are willing to spend.
A case in point is the person who posted at 3:30, who is berating somebody else for thinking 1.3 million dollars, or whatever, is not really a lot, and that therefore the other person is out of touch or a nerd or etc etc.
When dealing in real estate, it is important to put on your emotional bullet proof vest and ignore the people who get pleasure in putting other people down.
I’d just add that the property is zoned C-Commercial.
If it is a 2 family, it’s super overpriced. If it is a 3 family, it’s overpriced for the area. Very cute house, with excellent curb appeal…just viewing the outside, I’d place it more at about $1,079,000 asking. Then the owners should realistically look to GET about $990-$1,020,000. Too overpriced. That area is still SKETCH.
Robert, you sound oh-so-entitled with how much you expect to get with your 1.2m
Clearly you haven’t been shopping for a home lately.