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
pretty, but so narrow.
I did, in fact read Freakonomics.
Does that mean somehow my point was not valid in your mind?
The book was a factual one, you do realize.
I know it wasn’t Harry Potter, so you might not have grasped that fact.
“You really don’t know how real estate works…do you?
The difference in price may be significant, but the broker commission is insignificant.
He just wants to get it sold.”
ooh, sounds like someone read Freakonomics. Good for you!!!
Maybe because Minsky typically represents the finest homes in Clinton Hill…you know…where Mr. B lives.
It makes sense to me. These homes that Minsky gets are the creme de la creme of Clinton Hill’s architectural gems.
I see no one who has the kindof history for these upper end homes in this particular neighborhood.
All kidding aside, how do you explain the fact that Brownstoner never mentions any other agents by name other than Minsky. Doesn’t that seem like peculiar favoritism? Does brownstoner get paid to use Minsky’s name? If he does, should he disclose payments like this. Or perhaps this is just part of the larger bias that Brownstoner has for Fort Green and Clinton Hill.
For what it’s worth the royal tenenbaums house is in park slope. it’s on 8th ave. and i think carroll? not sure excatly which street, but that is definitely the house.
1:42, et al,
Having untouched dark woodwork, which is far more extensive than the photos show in this house, was a BIG factor in choosing my own house. Still, I realize that I’m from an earlier generation than most readers and there’s no accounting for taste.
I would like to point out that, once stripped [something we did on our ground floor where the varnish was black and alligatored] wood work like this is likely to be a warm honey color that might be more appealing. It can even be painted [a sacrilege, from my point of view, but far better IMO than ripping detail out].
Peter Saarsgaard is so incredibly hot.
Some poeple feel the same way about Aguayo, too.
There’s always a catch and they overprice everything, so life is too short to deal with them.
At least 4:13 is being smart and limiting his interaction with someone he doesn’t want to do business with.