House of the Day: 126 Pioneer Street
At less than 17 feet wide and 2,000 square feet of space, the house at 126 Pioneer Street isn’t going sell itself on size alone. It is on one of the more charming blocks in a neighborhood that can be very hit-or-miss when it comes to streetscapes. The interior is pretty straightforward and unadorned but…
At less than 17 feet wide and 2,000 square feet of space, the house at 126 Pioneer Street isn’t going sell itself on size alone. It is on one of the more charming blocks in a neighborhood that can be very hit-or-miss when it comes to streetscapes. The interior is pretty straightforward and unadorned but not in a cheap way. There’s something about the place that has sort of a California vibe. Regardless, there aren’t a ton of nice houses in the area so we suspect there will be plenty of people who’d be happy to make this their own. The real question is whether they’ll be willing to drop $1,150,000 to do it.
126 Pioneer Street [Brooklyn Properties] GMAP P*Shark
i owned a 2 story + english basement house in the slope. never once referred to it as 3 stories. that is a joke. also, flooding in brooklyn in these old homes is a HUGE problem. you have to totally waterproof. this is costly and time consuming. do not ever think that you can use these english basements for anything without a major overhaul.
houses are so much more work than most assume (unless you’ve already owned one). most people have no idea what it means to be dealing with a 100+ old property. stay away unless you have extra cash.
the price for this is ridiculous. you can get a terrific new apartment for that price in a great neighborhood! And, without the scary upkeep / renovation bills.
As someone who first looked at a house on Pioneer in 1999, and eventaully bought on a different block – Pioneer houses flood. Terribly. Everyime it rains.
The house is quaint. There was a friendly dog and a TON of cats roaming around. The reno work was really home-made looking. There was one touch on the second floor where there was purposeful swiss cheese style holes in the sheetrock.
The yard is nice, and plenty big even when using the back for parking.
The basement an explosion of jerryrigged ikea cabinetry. It smelled like mold, cats and hospital cleaner.
We were still really thinking it was a cool place. But then we remembered they wanted over a million, and that you could get this kind of house in the south south slope (read gowanus or greenwood) for less and those houses have basements and better blocks and there are real subways that serve those areas.
The whole point of red hook was always that it’s charm was based on also how cheap the place was. It was always a tradeoff/choice to live in an area with absolutely no infrastructure for the cheapness and that feeling that the turn of the century forgot about you. That house has less space than many cheaper condos or houses in much more desirable areas. The poster who predicted that the house will be worth 5Mill someday may be right. But other places will be worth more than 5mill when that happens. It’s too bad. Why wouldn anyone want red hook to become overpriced anyway? It was such a nice place when it was quiet and cheap.
That house was on the market for 400K
are you kidding me.I wouldn’t live in that
thing if you gave it to me for free.
Where is Pioneer Street?
Sorry, that is cheap looking in the extreme. I wouldn’t let my housekeeper live there.
According to PShark:
It looks like one person took out a mortgage for $243k in 2000.
A different person took out a mortgage for $335 in 2005.
Make of it what you will.
No way three stories – two stories plus basement (really more like a cellar). If it was a brownstone type configuration with a taller basement story, you could get away with calling this three stories. If you only have to walk up three or four steps, uh uh.
“According to Property Shark, this looks like it was bought in Oct 2005 for about $400k. $1.1 million now? Hahahahah”
if this person DID buy it for $400K, i think the jokes on you, even if it sells for $.95-1.0M