House of the Day: 357 Dean Street
What’s the story with 357 Dean Street? Despite having fallen into disrepair, there’s something quite charming about this ramshackle one-family house between 3rd and 4th Avenues. According to Property Shark, the courts had to step in back in 1996 and the property was sold shortly thereafter for an undisclosed sum. We just noticed the For…
What’s the story with 357 Dean Street? Despite having fallen into disrepair, there’s something quite charming about this ramshackle one-family house between 3rd and 4th Avenues. According to Property Shark, the courts had to step in back in 1996 and the property was sold shortly thereafter for an undisclosed sum. We just noticed the For Sale by Owner sign in the window but there’s no phone number and for all we know it’s been there for years. Can any neighbors shed some light on this one? GMAP P*Shark
Yes sorry to participate in all the confusion. Dean st is what it is – an expensive empty lot.
Greene ave auction is 4 units of unknown quality hiding unknown details. Can someone who saw it give a little more background on what they saw (if they want this particular buyer to enter a bid against the evil developers intent on taking it and trashing it on wednesday). Basement state? did it have any kitchens and bathrooms or just old ones? wrecked turning it into 4 units? any sign of weather entering?
thanks.
the amazing find is the home in the link. being sold by the city on wednesday. bidding begins at $720K. the poster had nowhere else to put it, wants to get the word out.
How can you tear down with a tenant that can’t leave.
Curious to know what it costs to demolish a building. 6,900 buildable square feet for $1.2 million = $174 per buildable square foot.
“this home is an amazing find”.
It is? at a minimum bid of 1.5m with a tenant in the garden floor who can’t leave?
I mean, it may be, but some justification as to how the math works out on this one would be nice. Unless I misunderstand the auction bidding starts at 1.5m and goes up.
I just called the broker for 357 Dean — apparently it is so dilapidated that the broker didn’t object to the word dilapidated and acknowledged that “most of the people looking at it would tear it down.” $1.2m for a teardown between 4th and 3rd! Crazy. I guess it’s only good for a developer who can squeeze multiple units into a small apartment building — adding to the housing stock already being developed in the neighborhood (thanks for the info on that this morning, Brownstoner!). It’s only a few short blocks from Flatbush/Atlantic Yards.
http://www.newyorkbidco.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.auctionDetails&AuctionID=359
this home is an amazing find, being auctioned on wednesday. we want to see the right people buy it, who won’t destroy it. amazing details, and layout. great bones. 4 units. needs kitchens and bathrooms. the electrical and plumbing are question marks, expect the worst, though someone was living there until very recently. an old woman who lived there for decades, and the city took it over when she died several mos ago. a real gem, hopefully it won’t slip away to a soulless developer.
Please remember these laws wouldn’t have been written if there hadn’t been a need for them.
Please remember these laws wouldn’t have been written if there hadn’t been a need for them.