House of the Day: 72 Rutland Road
This four-story limestone house at 72 Rutland Road is on one of the best blocks in Lefferts Manor and has plenty of nice original detail (“6 Fireplaces with Mantels, Built-in Shutters, Pocket Doors, Parquet Floors & Beautiful Mirrors with Amazing Wood Work,” says the listing) going for it. The kitchen’s a tough sell, though, and…
This four-story limestone house at 72 Rutland Road is on one of the best blocks in Lefferts Manor and has plenty of nice original detail (“6 Fireplaces with Mantels, Built-in Shutters, Pocket Doors, Parquet Floors & Beautiful Mirrors with Amazing Wood Work,” says the listing) going for it. The kitchen’s a tough sell, though, and the bathroom decor’s not going to be for everyone. Seems to us that any house in this area asking $1,525,000 should be close to perfect on every account. Think they’ve got a shot at that price?
72 Rutland Road [NY Times] GMAP P*Shark
6:38PM you have a good head on your shoulders, and more important, a good and warm heart… bless you!
1:51,
You wrote:
“most people need added income from rental apt which could be added in the garden, but that means more money. i say $1.2m and you convert the garden, add a nice kitchen on the parlor. ”
Not in Lefferts Manor–single family covenant plus R-2 zoning along with residents who want to keep it that way (represented by the Lefferts Manor Association,which has existed to inforce the covenant since 1919–when the Lefferts family finished selling off their land and left the scene).
I can afford to live in Park Slope, but I choose not to because it is overpriced and filled with ignorant, racist white people would are stupid enough to say “black side of the park.” What planet are you from?
That said, the price is too high regardless of the decor.
Hey, The What, the war is over. You can retire now. Have you found a job yet?
Let’s hope this house can sell for this price. Let’s hope the real estate broker will not cause the sellers to sit around waiting and wating their time for ages.
Sad.
FG/GL
yes, you might pay half for a house in bed stuy or plg.
and you get half as good a neighborhood.
and that’s being generous.
ever heard the saying..you get what you pay for??
What I think a lot of my fellow bloggers are not realizing is this house is probably owned by the same hard working couple who purchased it 50 years ago. Half of our parents were not even dating when this family had a home fully furnished with the latest furniture of their time (blessed their hearts)and now like most elderly are leaving to make room for a new, insensitive, spoiled generation of misfits like us. If the furniture is any indication of their materialism, they probably would be happy with $500k, but brokers are not in the happiness business, Besides this is a capitalist society and they should get the most for the house. If you cant afford to buy it, just move on. But nobody deserves to win more than these people who has weathered the storm of these promising neighborhoods while our parents ran us to the suburbs surrounded by power plants.
THANK YOU 6:04!!!!! Everyone dose not want to live in a 3 million dollar house in PS when you can get the same house in a Fringe area for less than half. This PLG is the same house style as this one on http://www.townsleyandg.com/ North Slope 4 Story, 2 Family Brownstone! (property number 98). I have the same house minus the plastic couch that I brought last year for 700K in prime Stuyvesant Heights with tons of detail.
I have a buyer that is willing, ready and qualified to pay asking, but alas, they do not co-broke. Come on guys share that $91,500!
If the market is slowing, and people can’t afford Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Bklyn Hts, etc, plus not everyone is interested in Park Slope, etc, no matter what the prices, then it stands to reason that so-called fringe neighborhoods would thrive. I would be bullish on Bed Stuy, Crown Heights, PLG, because this is where people will be looking to buy, n’est ce pas?