House of the Day: 735 Decatur Street
Don’t let the vinyl siding fool you: This three-story, two-family house at 735 Decatur Street in Bedford Stuyvesant has lots of original detail that’s in surprisingly good shape. We can probably debate all day long about whether or not the asking price of $630,000 (according to the NYT listing) should be $20,000 or $30,000 less….
Don’t let the vinyl siding fool you: This three-story, two-family house at 735 Decatur Street in Bedford Stuyvesant has lots of original detail that’s in surprisingly good shape. We can probably debate all day long about whether or not the asking price of $630,000 (according to the NYT listing) should be $20,000 or $30,000 less. The bottom line is that this is by far the most charming house for the money on the market right now. Granted, it’s pretty far east—a block further and you’d be in Bushwick—but, whatever, we like it.
735 Decatur Street [Brooklyn Properties] GMAP P*Shark
735 Decatur Street [NY Times]
what about Free? Would you live there for free 3:19?
Not so great…enough…very quotidian.
All that can be said for it is that it has benefitted from benign neglect and has apparently not had rain come in.
a place like this won’t resonate with this crowd, but for those of us who just wanted a house in decent structural shape with few frills, this is pretty much our last hope. if price drops below 600, jump on it!
The house is a shitcan in any neighborhood. The fact that it is in Bed-Stuy/Bushwick makes it that much more undesirable.
If it were in South Slope it would also be tagged as crap…and the ask would be $1.45 million.
Brownstoner says “a block further and you’d be in Bushwick—but, whatever” and there you have the big divide. Clearly some people have that “whatever” attitude about location, but many (most?) do not. That “whatever” is a huge deal-breaker for me. Is it a good price for the house? I have no idea–I would never even consider living there so no price is a good price for that house.
Mr B next time tell them the house is in South Slope and see what the comments are, or play guess where this house is and what would you pay for it. This house on Huntington would be 3x as much and it wouldn’t be called a dump. Grabbing my raincoat… okay begin.
How is it that every house on that block has what appears to be identical aluminum siding? How much would cost to pay all your neighbors to rip that ugly stuff off?
So easy to take off siding – I’m sure there is nice brick underneath. Putting in a lovely new kitchen can cost less than $5000, thanks to ikea. House really doesn’t need a much work, but most of you posting here are, unfortunately for you, unable to see beyond superficial and easily remedied aesthetic issues.
On the other hand, location is location. I have never been to this are, but the border btw bushwick and bed stuy doesn’t sound promising.
This house is worth the money. Just try to live through a renovation and you will know that just buying in to a done house is worth the money if you can afford it. $2m would get you a gut reno on your hands 5 yrs ago in the W. Villlage. $1m would have gotten you the same in Ft. Greene. Most properties on the market throughout Brooklyn are tired at best. To find a done house is really rare. Somebody will understand this. p.s. I’m not the broker, but live in the area and love the house.