House of the Day: 282 DeKalb Avenue
Jerry Minsky’s got another gem of a listing in Clinton Hill. This Montrose Morris-designed Romanesque Revival house has tons of original charm as well as some newer touches like an island kitchen and recessed lighting. It’s hard to dispute the charm factor on this one, but it’s the price that’s going to be tougher for…
Jerry Minsky’s got another gem of a listing in Clinton Hill. This Montrose Morris-designed Romanesque Revival house has tons of original charm as well as some newer touches like an island kitchen and recessed lighting. It’s hard to dispute the charm factor on this one, but it’s the price that’s going to be tougher for some people to take: At the asking price of $2,200,000, the 2,200-square-foot house is priced at $1,000 a foot. It’s fair to say that this is rather aggressive for the neighborhood. How much of a premium should the architectural lineage command?
282 DeKalb Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Well, in light of the fact that there are really only TWO out of hundreds of Brooklyn brokers that are ever harshly criticized on this site, I’d say there’s something to the comments. I for one think it’s fine to hear about clients’ experiences with certain brokers. Why the hell not? There are websites that rate and review pretty much every profession out there, including doctors, lawyers, college professors, etc. Suck it up. If you’re a good professional and do a good job, you shouldn’t be affected by this.
And 10:16, get a life. If you are so offended by The What, don’t read the blog. You people are so whiny, it’s amazing. Did you run to the teacher every time you were picked on in school?
I’m with 8:33 – have had great dealings with Minsky and continue to be impressed with how hard he works for his clients. Power to him! But it seems like the negativity that used to only be in small doses on this blog have begun to be all over it – what is up with that??
Also agree with the poster who asked Mr. B for some protection/restrictions on the What. Enough is enough Henny Penny.
Sometimes the truth hurts 8:33. Many people including me have had unpleasant experiences dealing with J. Minsky and we have the right to post our experiences. I was discriminated against by Minsky while looking to purchase a home, so I question his professional ethics. However, I do think that we can enlighten others of our experiences both positive and negative without making assinine personal attacks against him or other brokers that are sometimes the subject of such posts.
I am so tired of everyone saying such negative things about Jerry Minsky! I know Jerry and he is NOT like you all have made him out to be. He is a person too and all of these negative comments are really just, gross, crass, insensitive and unfair! I understand that our society always wants to make people out to be “demons” and “bad” but if you don’t kmow the person, then can we just stop all of the ridicule.
After a while, it gets to be too too much. Reading this blog begins to sound the same, negative, negative, negative and that’s really unfortunate, for brownstoner, his readers and society as a whole.
Please just stop it.
I work with Jerry, and feel free to call me a “slimy broker” also, I know what I am and what I have accomplished in this life. I do know, however, how to treat people and this really isn’t the way….
yes, the financial markets are turbulent right now, but that’s a related effect of recent housing downturns, not a cause of it.
nyc prices on solid properties in non fringe areas are still doing well, and prime rates on jumbo mortgages are back down well below 7, and again approaching 6.5. granted, it sucks to be an instituion right now, but not an individual necessarily.
so maybe new construction slows up for a bit while the credit market gets its feet back under it – not bad thing b/c keeps the supply-demand equilibrium in better check over the long term.
I didn’t get to post much but, Here is something for the pole smokers!
Fitch Downgrades $37.2 Billion of CDOs
Monday November 12, 2:45 pm ET
Fitch Cuts Ratings on $37.2 Billion of Collateralized Debt Obligations, Affirms $6.9 Billion
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071112/fitch_cdo_ratings.html?.v=2
Allow me to translate! Credit conditions are getting bad by the second. Soon you will see the sell-off in this junk. Also commodities got hammered today due to margin calls. I don’t see where housing gets better.
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…
6:06 you have a point. besides other brownstones in other neighborhoods (for instance, is Greenpoint really ever mentioned? lots of really nice old houses there), there’s clearly lots of other kind of development too, and since curbed isn’t just brooklyn, many people are probably wanting to talk about what else is going on in brooklyn specifically. it is brownstoner’s blog tho i guess.
What an ugly house. The “details” are minimal and nothing to speak of.
I don’t know this row of houses, but, from the picture it’s pretty obvious that the house on the left, and possibly others in the row, were designed to work as a unified whole,. I’d think they were always separate houses. I wish the photo showed more of the row.