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
“Sounds like Jerry works hard to get the highest price for his customers.”
yes, which is his job, afterall.
no one who bought for 200K and sold for 2 million seem to be complaining.
only those that never bought at all.
Yes, Mr. B’stoner. Protect us from Mr. The What.
That house in Harlem you mention is gone. Bought by a developer. But, it was not the Royal Tenenbaum’s house–that one was indeed in the Bronx.
Sounds like Jerry works hard to get the highest price for his customers.
Pretty sure the Royal Tenenbaum’s house was in the Bronx. I remember seeing the street signs in the 200s, they were brown, so it was a landmarked area in the Bronx I think… hmmm.
I always liked this house, since my Pratt days in the late 70’s. (I stayed with my Pratt-attending friend when I first came to NY) I always wondered how it was laid out. I had no idea Montrose Morris (great name!) designed it. Cool. That said, he did what he could with an odd shaped lot. One’s choice of furnishings, wall color, area rugs, and lighting, could disperse some of the woodwork’s dreariness, and it could just be also bad photography and lighting.
Since pricing in CH/FG is all over the place, who knows? If someone loves it, and can afford it, it will sell.
2:43 – I fail to see the “good” in donald trump – and I’m not talking on a personal level. Business-wise, he has built nothing but hideous, tacky, atrocious eyesores across our beloved city.
Brownstoner – as much as I admire everyone for so assiduously ignoring The What – do we really now have to read his sicko sexual posts on top of his hysterical rants about the end of the world as he sees it. It’s just too much.
Do you honestly believe that Jerry wouldn’t rather take 6% on 1.8 than struggle to sell something for 2.2?
Come on. It’s about getting as many deals closed in as short amount of time as possible here.
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.
You are delusional if you don’t realize that it’s oftentimes the sellers that won’t BUDGE on the price.
You really think anyone who is aware that anything he does is reported about on Brownstoner wants to do anything but sell homes quickly and for a price that makes the seller happy.
That is his job.
It isn’t to make you fools happy.
The Royal Tenenbaums house is in Harlem — southwest corner of Convent & 144th Street. It’s actually for sale right now also.