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
beacoup de unimaginative
Yes, the recessed lighting is just repulsive, and a pain in the ass to rip out.
how very unimaginative to use “beaucoup de recessed lighting” TWICE in a two sentence post.
How about the beaucoup de recessed lighting? Is that true to period too. How unbrownstonery–so very modern–to have beaucoup de recessed lighting.
Finally a voice of reason
I think that one of these days Mr. Brownstoner is going to peel the mask off his face to reveal that he a Jerry Minsky are in fact the same person.
You ever notice that Minsky is the only agent he mentions by name on the site.
I don’t think the “sicko sexual” posts are coming from the real The What.
I think Jerry should lower the prices on his properties and do his clients a disservice to make the anonymous readers on Brownstoner happier.
Minsky definitely benefits more than the average broker from a higher price in FG/CH because he control more market share in that nabe.
If this one sells for 2.2 instead of 1.7, he gets 6% of that, plus 6% of the next 2.2, and so on.
He’s going to get a slice of the higher comps all over the nabe.
Doesn’t necessarily make him a piranha — or a pleasant person, either.
A broker with no base in FG/CH might feel they should just take a lower price on this one house and move on to the next house in some other nabe.
It’s up to sellers and buyers to decide if that’s what they want.
If you don’t like him, just say no to his listings.