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
As someone who would not be comfotable living in Lefferts Manor, I don’t have a problem with the implicit self-rightousness of those who are. It’s true, I don’t want to live in a mostly West Indian area with stores that cater to West Indians and with people hanging out on the street at all hours. It’s true. Does that make me a racist? Perhaps. So what. If you’re comfortable with that, good for you. Does that make you a better person than me? Perhaps. So what. We are what we are.
Yo Fucktards. The Fed cut .25 basis points. Say hello to 4.00 gas and other high shit.
1.5 million in Lefferts Manor, yeah that shit will fly. The American way of life is being fucked right in front of your eyes.
Read this
Buffett Testifies That He Saw Early Signs of Freddie Mac’s Woes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/30/AR2007103002292.html
Very soon no one is going to fund this shit!
Flame on bitches!
The What
Someday this war will end……………
Brooklyn Ron:
You like strolling in LM because it’s diverse and reminds you of Kingston, Jamaica. And you just happen to note that “not every Sloper, for example, would feel comfortable there.”
Because people who live in Park Slope instead of Lefferts, we all know, are a bunch of racists.
How self-congratulatory and obnoxious.
I am in agreement with most of the comments here regarding the unkempt and thrift-store aspect of this house (i.e., “Saran wrapped couch, outmoded kitchen, clutter, etc..), however, the onus lies on the broker to better present and price the house. I would hope that the broker is a church buddy of the seller and is doing this gratis. Coming from a broker, I was eagerly tempted to point this listing out so as to illustrate the cardinal errors of an untutored FSBO seller.
This is not to cast aspersions on Lanixter Realty, but really…
If this is the standard fare in Mom-and-Pop brokerage, I now see why most on this site so vehemently rail against brokers their exorbitant fees.
liberal white guilt strikes again!
so its ok to say that park slope is white but not ok to say PLG is black?
Is that 1960’s wood paneling in the dining room? Aroud the real wood cabinet???
Agree with all of the above. Good potential. Needs major work. For Leffert Manor I’d say 1.1M tops. As far as I know the highest price ever in the area was the super duper triple mint much nicer townhouse on Midwood (which is a much much nicer block) for 1.6M. So in this market this houe might get the asking price after a massive renovation. As it is now, it really shouldn’t be more than 1M to leave room for all the needed work. Will be interesting to watch.
this is the black side of the park.
someone even said it was like being in kingston.
whys everyone getting all pissed.
house looks great but why not just buy in crown heights
Posted by: guest at October 31, 2007 2:36 PM
You know why, jerk. Quit trying to be cute, hiding behind your anonymity. You wouldn’t say that in a neighborhood meeting in PLG, so don’t say it here.
i would have to say that Kingston, Jamaica is about as diverse as Bozeman, MT.