House of the Day: 1407 Dorchester Road
When we first highlighted it as an Open House Pick back in May, the modest-sized house at 1407 Dorchester Road in Ditmas Park West was asking an ambitious $1,100,000. Almost five months later, the owners have lowered their sights and are now asking $950,000. We think the house has a nice vibe to it but…
When we first highlighted it as an Open House Pick back in May, the modest-sized house at 1407 Dorchester Road in Ditmas Park West was asking an ambitious $1,100,000. Almost five months later, the owners have lowered their sights and are now asking $950,000. We think the house has a nice vibe to it but don’t know this block well enough to hazard a guess whether this price will fly. (Okay, we’ll hazard a guess that the price is still too high.) There was an open house yesterday. Did anyone stop by?
1407 Dorchester Road [Mary Kay Gallagher] GMAP P*Shark
Open House Picks 5/4/07 [Brownstoner]
Still not sure exactly what sort of info/insight you’re coming here for… This site isn’t really aimed at tenant or landlord issues, for the most part. Are you originally from Brooklyn?
As for making it in Manhattan. Congratulations. But I’m sure you know, a lot of people in Brooklyn pay as much or more for their homes as they would for a co-op in Soho. Or have cashed out of Manhattan to buy a house here. Sometimes people really do choose Brooklyn.
Soho Coop here.
I own some rental properties in Brooklyn. I rent them to many losers like 9:24, who lack the metal to ‘make it’ in Manhattan but who spare no opportunity to berate the ‘less cool’ neighborhoods in Bklyn.
That’s my ‘stake’ here. It’s the reason (and most certainly the only reason) I read this pathetic excuse for a real estate blog.
Erin–
I think you’re a bit hard on SoHo co-op. S/He’s just killing time before picking up his Grande macchiotto skim latte at S’Bucks and heading around the corner for the big fall sale at J-Crew.
As for the house – I wouldn’t be surprised if it got ask or close to it, although it does lack some of the more appealing amenities of Victorian Flatbush (a driveway, a somewhat more tranquil location). It’s also smaller than most houses out here – but I don’t think that’s a disadvantage for the seller. Smaller homes tend to sell more quickly and for more per square foot. There’s just a larger pool of potential buyers in that price rang. Given the limited turnover in housing stock… who knows. I like the idea of placing bets, though.
Coop in Soho –
Just curious – what’s your interest in this blog? I wonder what’s in it for those without some stake here. What’s the attraction?
How mcuh do the brokers pay to get their listings touted on this website?
“Brooklyn is 100x cooler place to live than westchester or jersey.”
LOL. This may be the way things “seem” from your blighted perspective, 9:24pm, but I assure you it’s now how they seem from my coop in Soho.
I think Brownstoner should open up a betting line like the OTB.
um, 4:22. Brooklyn is 100x cooler place to live than westchester or jersey.