House of the Day: 401 Prospect Avenue
Here’s an interesting one…Behind the traditional exterior at 401 Prospect Avenue between 7th and 8th in the South Slope, someone’s done a very modern makeover that looks pretty successful to us. The layout is very open, the finishes clean and the windows large. We suspect there’s a subset of house hunters who this will appeal…
Here’s an interesting one…Behind the traditional exterior at 401 Prospect Avenue between 7th and 8th in the South Slope, someone’s done a very modern makeover that looks pretty successful to us. The layout is very open, the finishes clean and the windows large. We suspect there’s a subset of house hunters who this will appeal to, especially because it’s priced at $1,250,000. Of course, the house is a smallish (as far as houses go) 2,000 square feet. But that’s certainly plenty of room for a one-family. Think it’ll fly? Update: A reader pointed us to the old listing for this place. Go to townsleyandgay.com and scroll down to property 83. Or check out the screen capture on the jump.
401 Prospect Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Facade photo by Kate Leonova for Property Shark
cool find, sbx — thanks!
If you go to townsleyandg.com and scroll all the way down, you’ll see this house in its former glory–property number 83. I looked at it about 18 months ago and it sold very quickly to a developer. It does back on to the planned garden area of the development known as Lake Windsor. They have done an incredible reno as the place had terrible sloping floors–it felt like being on a boat with the narrowness and the listing feeling plus the water in the background!
I went to the open house.
It was cancelled for some reason.
Anyone know why?
This house is across the street from a school – PS 10. The street can be noisy since the school yard attracts lots of kids play basketball, etc during evening and weekends.
I think this house is far enough down Prospect that Lake Windsor isn’t an issue.
Wow – good to see south slope is catching up to the rest of the SLOPE.
doesn’t this property back onto “lake windsor,” a seemingly abandoned construction site that is filled with sitting water? the houses on windsor place and prospect ave have had their property values driven down wildly for the past two years (at least) by the big mess in their backyards–the scuttle is that people’s gardens are collapsing into the big sinkhole and very little attention has been paid to this very real hazard–and it is ugly! price seems high given the many unknowns surrounding that construction hole.
I’m admittedly not too creative. Modern interiors seems to me like something I could pull off without screwing up. Is it so shameful to not decorate like you have an interior design degree???? I guess for me i just want my house to bring me comfort, it doesn’t have to win design awards.
(i’ll go try to put slip covers or something on the couches i still have from college now…)
it’s only a matter of time before all of brooklyn is described by realtors as “south slope.”