House of the Day: 293 8th Street
When Two Trees opened a real estate brokerage arm a few weeks ago, we assumed it was to primarily sell its own properties in Dumbo. As today’s House of the Day demonstrates, though, they’ve branched out to selling brownstones in other parts of the borough. The three-story house at 293 8th Street between 5th and…
When Two Trees opened a real estate brokerage arm a few weeks ago, we assumed it was to primarily sell its own properties in Dumbo. As today’s House of the Day demonstrates, though, they’ve branched out to selling brownstones in other parts of the borough. The three-story house at 293 8th Street between 5th and 6th Avenue in Park Slope is just up the hill from yesterday’s HOTD. The house only has a little over 2,000 square feet of living space so the asking price of $1,599,000, though low on an absolute basis for the neighborhood, isn’t particularly cheap. And although the listing claims that there are plenty of original details, it frustratingly withholds any photos to back it up. Has anyone gotten a look at the interior yet?
293 8th Street [Two Trees] GMAP P*Shark
Photo by Kate Leonova for Property Shark
I heard two trees was starting their own residential brokerage arm, mostly to market their own stuff, but the agents they’ve hired will have brought some of their own listings as well. Doesn’t seem like any more of a conflict than any other brokerage operation with multiple listings deals with.
I walked through the place about a week ago. There is indeed a parking lot across the street, but it’s the backside to a 9th street parking lot (if I remember correctly). It’s not a perfectly idyllic street, but it’s definitely liveable.
As for the house, it’s alright. It’s in poor enough shape to not feel bad about ripping stuff out, but good enough shape to not have to rip everything out. It all depends on how much customization you want to do. There are certainly original details but some of them would require some serious work to bring back to their original luster. It’s got good potential. Also, from what the realtor indicated there was about 1,500 sq. feet of FAR left to build. There’s an enormous oak tree in the back yard (near the house) so it would be tricky to build around that, but if done right you could have a nice little addition.
The big problem with this place is its price. $1.6 is a lot of money for a place that still needs more than a paint job.
I’d rate this block a 6 out of 10, where garfield etc, is 10 out of 10 and a treeless slope block is 5 out of 10.
It has the ass of the ymca parking lot taking up a good chunk, dog shit problems, and some fugly random stuff breaking up the row house feel. If you walk up from 4th ave (the F/R) then you pass up another mixed block below 5th, with ganga smoking stoop sitting kids etc.
It better be pretty nice inside to command 1.5m.
Wondering if the developer puts pressure on his buyer’s to list their property with him? Why else would somebody list with this firm? Smells like a kickback to me.
there website is really bad – and has very little information (let alone photos) of the other listings- like, what neighborhood they are in…
why would you put up a site that users cant even use?!
there website is really bad – and has very little information (let alone photos) of the other listings- like, what neighborhood they are in…
why would you put up a site that users cant even use?!
there website is really bad – and has very little information (let alone photos) of the other listings- like, what neighborhood they are in…
why would you put up a site that users cant even use?!
3:04, what are you talking about? according to the pshark map there are brownstones across the street, not a parking lot.
I live around the corner and that particular block is not really that nice. There is a big parking lot across the street from this building. I used to know someone who lived on that block too and she was harrassed literaly every day by the young men who lived on that block. Around the corner on 7th is much nicer.