House of the Day: 190 Lincoln Road
Here’s some classic PLG-y goodness for ya. The one-family house at 190 Lincoln Road is an estate sale asking $995,000. We’re loving what we see—parquet floors, pier mirror, original paneling—but, given the work that’s going to have to go into the bathrooms and kitchen alone (and the fact that it’s only three stories, including the…
Here’s some classic PLG-y goodness for ya. The one-family house at 190 Lincoln Road is an estate sale asking $995,000. We’re loving what we see—parquet floors, pier mirror, original paneling—but, given the work that’s going to have to go into the bathrooms and kitchen alone (and the fact that it’s only three stories, including the basement), we’re a little skeptical about the price. Six months ago, maybe. Now, seems like a stretch. What do the locals think?
190 Lincoln Road [NY Times] GMAP P*Shark
The house is great. The question is, “Is it nice enough to take a bullet for?” We each have to answer this question for ourselves, but I haven’t seen a piece of real estate yet that’s work dying for. I have a family…I can’t risk moving to a place like PLG and perhaps leaving my wife and children to fend for themselves. No freaking way.
I grew up on this block, a couple houses away, and these houses have a full floor more than those on Fenimore, I believe. Three full floors, plus a true basement.
Great houses, all built circa 1910. This house was probably never renovated in the last twenty years, as it was occupied by a elderly woman who I believe died a few years ago.
Maybe 20 years ago there was an electrical fire on the top floor, so some detail up there may have been lost. Looks like it was kept up pretty nicely on the parlor floor but expect to have to redo the kitchen and bathrooms.
Oops, should be “you know another neighborhood..”
Kensington is very cute. Small houses with small rooms generally, though. Just an FYI, if you’re looking for more space.
You another neighborhood in which people never sell? Those homeowners in the huge, high-end freestanding houses on or near Shore Road in the nicer part of Bay Ridge. They must be handing down the houses to their kids, because nobody gets those houses out of the owners’ clutches.
1:32:
I agree with you 100%. Ditmas Park is already out of hand due to the small supply of quality homes on the market. Most of the homes are in need of a major renovation. A few houses in DP and Midwood are on the market right now that are not great deals (need a lot of work or located in less than ideal locations – near Foster.)
If you are price sensitive, I would look at the other side of Ocean Parkway in Kensington.
Our friends just bought a similar house – 1700 square feet with only 1.5 baths for $637k a few months ago. It sounds like it is in far better shape than the Dorchester house, but still needs $25k work with new boiler, roof and wall. The “problem” in Kensington is that the demographics are not as yuppie as DP since it has a lot of religious people (Orthodox Jews) and immigrants (Russian and Bangladeshi) so the amenities are two steps below Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, etc. Many of the houses have also been poorly upgraded over the years. Good luck..
I am pretty sure this house was on the market in spring of 2006, when I was actively looking. 190 and 192 were on the market then, as I recall. One house had the crazy price of 1.4, but went way down to around 900+, changed brokers etc. Could this be the same house?
200K to be on Lincoln rather than Fenimore? HA! I’ll give you 100K. 889K for this would reasonable at the moment, though it will probably be very high in a month.
201 Lincoln, also a 3 story, has been for sale through BHS at 1.095 million for four months. I’ve seen 201, needs a lot of work. No price cuts and no takers. And 190 is on the Lefferts Manor side of the street. It’ll be interesting to see if this goes at that price point. Clearly the other one is overpriced.
84 Fenimore (the south side of the street) is neither in Lefferts Manor nor (unlike the N.–none LM– side of Lincoln) in the PLG HD, but I don’t know that it’s not “prime PLG.” Still, the lack of the Historic District protection must effect the prict at least a little.