House of the Day: 82 Sterling Place
The house at 82 Sterling Place in Park Slope has been in the same hands since the early 70s and, from the sound of the listing, it shows. The four-story, four-family brownstone “needs renovation,” perhaps so much so that the broker opted not to include any interior photos. They’re asking $2,200,000, which seems like a…
The house at 82 Sterling Place in Park Slope has been in the same hands since the early 70s and, from the sound of the listing, it shows. The four-story, four-family brownstone “needs renovation,” perhaps so much so that the broker opted not to include any interior photos. They’re asking $2,200,000, which seems like a lot for a property that’s being positioned as blank slate for a developer, even in this part of town. There was an open house yesterday so we’re hoping someone out there can fill in the blanks about the interior.
82 Sterling Place [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
yeah, referencing the horrors that lie within usually is a term of endearment, haven’t you heard?
4:46 – you’re a little prickly, no? Did I ever say I hate old homes? No, I just said that this one has had some unfortunate things happen to it over the years. I also said that perhaps the broker should work a little harder for that $100k payoff.
While this is true, 4:42…the fact remains that so few brownstones come for sale in the North Slope, that they don’t HAVE to do too much to sell these places. They sell on their own. Look around…there’s maybe a dozen brownstones for sale in all of the North Slope right now. And that’s probably overestimating.
Of course there are some travesties. It’s 100 years old. People buy these places to fix them up, and restore them to their former glory. You know…the whole reason this blog is in existence.
To say you hate this place goes against everything this site once stood for.
I don’t get it.
Go read curbed if you are into the new development stuff and want to bad mouth these great old homes.
I think that based on the travesties wrought upon the exterior of the building, the lack of interior photos might suggest that more horrors await within.
Or maybe the broker is just not trying very hard to sell this place. I mean, c’mon, you’re asking over two million clams for this place, would it kill you to snap a couple of pictures?
with no pictures, i’m wondering how you KNOW it’s so bad, 4:26?
you just naturally hate everything before you know anything about it??
or perhaps you’re one of the few psychos we have on here that hate historic architecture and comment and read brownstoner religiously…?
which is it?
4:04 here, and I’m sorry for my previous remark. I’m just consumed with avarice and sleep better at night thinking that a craptacular pile like this house is going to make the owner a millionaire twice over, as it keeps the fantasy of the unearned income on my own place alive.
keep dreaming 4:03.
few listings because the opportunists are being told not to list yet as the market isn’t “smoking”. Brokers work for sellers only, and their madly running around the herd nipping at heels to keep the lid on any stampede. Perhaps the fat spring lunch of chickens is still warming their bellies? But divorces, relocations, ARM resets, and rising tax and expenses wait for no man. Autumn listing period is also a window that has started to shut.
I think the rental market isn’t as tough as it was, and with UBS and citigroup reporting acres of red ink, we (buyers) can afford a wait and see attitude. You can rent a damn nice place for the interest only nut on a $1m mortgage.
A broker told me that people are keeping things off the market (coops/condos mostly), or not promoting them, so they don’t have to deal with people looking for bargains. They are waiting for prices to move up/stabilize (I think they will have a long wait).