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
It may be one of the best blocks in Lefferts Manor, but it’s also one of very few blocks in Lefferts Manor.
The Manor is a neat little enclave in Prospect Lefferts Gardens and I sense that not every Sloper, for example, would feel comfortable there.
Me, I prefer LM because it’s much more diverse than the Slope. Walking along Flatbush Ave., for example, right off Rutland is like strolling along a bit of Kingston (which would be Kingston, Jamaica, mon, not Kingston Avenue).
Brooklyn Ron
Getting the most money from your house is one thing.
Pricing it well above what comps are right now and then keeping your place a pigsty is another.
GUEST 1:45-plese tell me that its a typo and you really meant to say back, you can’t possibly be that stupid.
Staging is for tv or for buyers that have no imagination.
And Josephine you need some taste or some self esteem if you have to list yourself as Jcondo resident.
I agree that the kitchen and bath don’t warrant this price. also, being a 1 family i would think hurts too. 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. doesn’t say anything about updated electric or plumbing either.
1:40, if you won’t buy a house from someone who’s trying to get the most money they can from the sale, then you’re never going to buy a house.
Yeah, that makes sense. Even if you otherwise could be interested in the house, you won’t be because the current owner’s couch is wrapped in saran wrap. I’m not sure, but rumor has it that the current owner is insisting that any purchaser not only keep the couch on the parlor floor, but keep it wrapped in saran wrap. It’s a condition of the sale. Not.
the seller obvioulsy needs some taste
josephine
-jcondo resident
isnt that the black side of the park?
The sofa (and other decor) IS horrendous, but that should not detract from the house itself. A coffin in the living room of a house on a prime street of PS, BH or CH would not equate a decrease in sale price.