House of the Day: 207 Berkeley Place
It’s amazing that in this day and age a brownstone in prime Park Slope would still be listed the old-fashioned way—with a hand-made picket sign in the front yard—but such is the case with 207 Berkeley Place. (Cementing the broker’s old-school cred is the accompanying ad in the Village Voice—remember when that was the starting…
It’s amazing that in this day and age a brownstone in prime Park Slope would still be listed the old-fashioned way—with a hand-made picket sign in the front yard—but such is the case with 207 Berkeley Place. (Cementing the broker’s old-school cred is the accompanying ad in the Village Voice—remember when that was the starting point for any apartment hunt?) The 4-story, 2-family house is being offered through Roy Manganelli (at 718-768-8888) for $2,900,000 $2,700,000. The house is divided into two duplexes and looks like the original details are very much intact, albeit in some need of a spruce-up. We’re guessing that, even though the sign just went up a few days ago, one of you has already checked it out. So cough up the goods!
4-Story, 2-Family Brownstone [Village Voice] GMAP P*Shark
Maybe Roy Manganelli ain’t so dumb. Doesn’t anyone see the irony? All this talk of “not a brownstone broker” and “Oh Gosh, the Village Voice”….well, the guy is getting some kick ass free advertising right here. Look how big his name and number is in the photo! Go, Roy.
i’m gonna say 2.5 million would be an OK price, perhaps. give it some tlc and you’ve got a place you can stay in for a while and enjoy. i wouldn’t say that’s a bargain, per se…but an ok price. these houses are special and they aren’t making more. something like this would be twice this on the upper west side, and in my opinion park slope is a preferable place to live. and i realize not everyone would agree, but those that do would likely be interested in this house.
to the brooklyn isn’t that nice stuff…oakland california isn’t that nice, parts of d.c. aren’t that nice, lots of la certainly isn’t that nice…but they are all extremely expensive. this isn’t a brooklyn phenomenon. this is a case of our cities making a huge comeback from 40 plus years of primarily suburban living.
it has been studied. quite extensively.
although i do happen to think brooklyn is quite nice. wouldn’t want to live many other places, in fact.
Okay, everything is worth something. Knowing what you know about the place how much will you buy it for. Give your best offer taking consideration of location, econony, etc.
8:55–wow, every sentence of your post is ridiculous.
“does someone with that kind of dough . . .” you obviously think that everyone with money inherited it or something. hate to break it to you but a lot of people work damn hard for their money–they even do something as crazy as commute to downtown from brooklyn!!!
“brooklyn is not that nice”–i can’t begin to address this.
8:55pm – yes, a phenomenon that should extend to Bed-Stuy where I am currently in contract to buy – let’s keep it going, please!!!!!
Oh my gosh, i made a mistake, the house is actually listed at 2.7 million so after half million dollar repairs, it is a 3.2 million dollar house.
Geez!
Does someone with that kind of dough really care that it is close to the subway? Is the guy or gal in this house goin to hop on the number 2 to get to Manhattan? I think this market is crazy, Brooklyn is not that nice.
In fact it has a lot of rough edges.
I think the current market in brooklyn is a peculiar phenomenon that people will study for generations.
The state of the economy is still good. Doesn’t make too much sense to list with a broker who has sold virtually no brownstones?? Does this guy have any experience. For what the family is saving by giving the listing to a friend who has little to know experience, they should have hired Brown Harris or some other high-end broker to market the property to obtain wider exposure and end up with top dollar.
In the current climate, it would take a special kind of buyer to shell out 2.3 million dollars to buy a house that needs half a million dollars worth of repairs.
I agree that it is a lovely house in a great location, but does that translate to 2.8 million dollars?
I think the answer three months ago was yes. Today I think it is maybe, maybe not. there is a housing meltdown affecting the economy right now that could improve tomorrow or drag down the entire US economy, it is no small thing, i think anyone that could afford this sort of investment would be saavy enough to be cautious, not saying i don’t love the house, or Brooklyn, or pretty victorian woodwork, I’m just talking the state of the economy.
oops — I meant “unrealistic” in the above post.