House of the Day: 155 West 9th Street
You can’t blame him for trying, but the owner of this three-story brick house at 155 West 9th Street is dreaming if he thinks he’s going to turn his $422,000 investment from back in 2004 into the $1,200,000 pot o’ gold he’s asking on the place. The house is being pitched as an owner-occupied three-family…
You can’t blame him for trying, but the owner of this three-story brick house at 155 West 9th Street is dreaming if he thinks he’s going to turn his $422,000 investment from back in 2004 into the $1,200,000 pot o’ gold he’s asking on the place. The house is being pitched as an owner-occupied three-family house. There’s a tenant in place on the top floor (paying an undisclosed rent), an empty second floor apartment, and the owner is supposed to live on the ground floor and basement (and this is a real basement, as in totally below grade). As for the interiors, a generic renovation, complete with beaucoup de recessed lighting has been done. Not offensive but hardly the thing house hunters’ dreams are made of. What do you think the market-clearing price on this place is?
155 West 9th Street [Awaye Realty] GMAP P*Shark
Exterior photo by Kate Leonova for PropertyShark
The owner is showing the “garden apartment” now for $2700 as a three-bedroom apartment, which is most certainly is not. This is disgraceful.
OMG I remember this listing from months ago. He claimed it was “ten minutes from Manhattan” and when I emailed to ask precisely what drug he’d been taking while writing his ad he replied that the house had already sold, thank you very much. I LOVE the fact this is already on the market. Tho Harry, I lived directly under the Manhattan Bridge in Dumbo for eleven years: You don’t notice the bridge noise after the first few nights. The dirt and crud that descended from it, however, we never got used to. Ugh. Glad to be in Cobble Hill now.
Have you heard the noise in Dumbo of the Subway train going over the bridge its so damn loud you have to cover your ears, and they get a million for a studio. The Gowanus is quiet compared to Dumbo. So this guy isn’t asking for the world here but someone might snap it up for 900,000.00
to 11Pm who calls someone a liar.
If you looked you’d see that some smaller houses have sold recently at less than this one is offered. One on 1st St and 1 on Sackett. There maybe others too. Don’t fly off handle just ’cause you can’t find one.
if similar sized houses in the middle of red hook located a mile or more from the 9st train station are selling at 1M, then this house may go for abt the same even if all the other negatives. Besides, there are some nearby condos that have sold well.
well to the one who says she bought for less in carroll gardens you are a liar. there is nothing there for close to a million except condos. the place you bought must have been a wreck.
I went to see this building more as an investment than anything else. I tried to work down the price because it could work with the right rent roll, but they did not budge. They said they wanted 1.1 (which is what they brought it down to when it was being sold by Aguayo. Also, the owner is actually a pair of developers, not a homeowner. They are a few guys that seem a bit shady if you ask me.
I rented a storefront (used as an artist studio) around the corner from this dump for 5 years.
In addition to what 3:18 said, I’d add that there is a bus stop on the corner at Court St. when school is in session, the kids who change buses there (and there are hundreds of them) are obnoxious, rude and loud, at best.
The Marshall’s office is on the corner, and they are the world’s WORST neighbors, serving the Bklyn’s grouchiest customer – people who have had their cars towed because of unpaid tickets.
The abandoned building on W. 9th next to the Marshall’s office is about to collapse. Literally. And there are squatters who live there.
1/2 block away are the gas stations. The smell of gas can be overpowering, only to be stifled out by the exhaust fumes from standing traffic.
Another huge drawback is that W. 9th is the dividing line between red hook and carroll gardens. yes, it’s technically red hook, and therefore NOT included in CGNA business. And because it’s on the other side of hamilton ave, the few people who care about “that side” of red hook don’t care about this block. making it a no-man’s land.
On the other hand, you are walking distance from a botanica, a MickeyD’s, and Lowes.
Good luck with that.
Regarding one poster’s comment about Jersey City…. on the surface Brownstone Jersey City can look a lot like Brownstone Brooklyn but there are other things going on over there which make it hard to compare. Hudson County is a mess from a political standpoint and taxes are 4 times what they are in Brooklyn. Despite the huge corporate development activity along the river and the attractive residential development happening nearby, nasty Hudson county politics and attendant exhorbitant tax rates make JC a different animal. There is also a crime problem, although North Brooklyn has its issues there as well.