House of the Day: 165 6th Avenue
The asking price on the four-story, two-family brownstone at 165 6th Avenue in Park Slope was just reduced by $100,000 only a week after being listed for $2,599,000. (Tough timing, what with the whole sub-prime crisis and all.) While some people might prefer to be on a side street, this is a lovely stretch of…
The asking price on the four-story, two-family brownstone at 165 6th Avenue in Park Slope was just reduced by $100,000 only a week after being listed for $2,599,000. (Tough timing, what with the whole sub-prime crisis and all.) While some people might prefer to be on a side street, this is a lovely stretch of 6th Avenue and a beauty of a house. All the original molding and woodwork appears to be in good shape (though we’re not so sure those parlor floors are original) and the owners have done a good job of getting it into sales form. It’s hard to say what the market-clearing price is these days, but it looks like a better bang for the buck to us than yesterday’s house at 86 Garfield Place. Agree?
165 6th Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
People spend 2.5 million dollars to live in San Francisco, in Los Angeles, in London, Tokyo, Sydney, Dubai, in Chevy Chase, Maryland, in Maine, in Park City, Utah, in Aspen, Colorado and in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Can you tell me why someone wouldn’t spend that for New York City?
In one of the top 10 most eco friendly neighborhoods in the country, with one of the most beautiful parks in the country, a top notch school, a restaurant for every day of the month within walking distance, and a community that supports urban living mixed with an atmosphere of family within one of the world’s most culturally rich and ethnically diverse places on the planet?
I’m confused.
2:02 #1, I agree with you whole-heartedly, although I’m wondering what “very very few regular affluent people can afford” means.
Oi Jim Cramer at 1.31, you forgot to mention “Bloodbath on Wall Street! Bonuses slashed! Shaya Boymelgreen commits seppuku!”
2:02,
These Italianate brownstones were originally buit for/by upper-middle class folks–successful merchants, businessmen and the like. Not really “middle” class.
I doubt one gets to be an SVP at Corcoran without being a nasty, lying, sack of _ _ _ _
Just goes different things appeal to different folks. I think that kithen layout seems very efficient and would (if I could afford this kinda house) much prefer separate kitchen than all the open kitchens with islands we saw last couple weeks. (even though they were all very nice).
Only thing this parlor lacks is 1/2 bath.
Although I am not surprised that condos in the former Plaza Hotel sell for twenty million dollars (there are the Saudis and Oprah after all), I am surprised that there are folks willing to spend two and a half million on a house in Brooklyn, lovely as it may be, two and a half million dollars is the kind of money very very few regular affluent people can afford. Most of us could retire for life on that. And yet I know that these houses do sell for that. It is counter-intuitive and I think a shame that these nice, middle-class houses can only be afforded today by the very wealthy.
And most of these houses do not even have good plumbing or air conditioning, let alone parking. Amazing. Amazing.
Good point 1:32. I’m gonna have to bite off your idea. When you go to a resturant, you want the window to the street so you can catch all the action. When you relax in your living room, you want space and the serenity of your backyard. Kitchen in the middle (who cares what the view is when you’re trying not to overcook the pasta).
this one has been on the market since may 2nd at $2,699,000…the price was reduced to $2,599,000 on June 21st…it went off the market on August 1st…then back on on August 6th…the price was reduced to $2,499,000 on August 19th…