House of the Day: 78 3rd Place
When did average-sized houses in Carroll Gardens start being worth over $3 million? Whenever it was, we didn’t get the memo. Last month, it was 44 1st Place, a generally attractive but inconsistent four-story house asking $3,842,500. (One reader wrote us a particularly nasty email about our stance on that post.) Now it’s 78 3rd…
When did average-sized houses in Carroll Gardens start being worth over $3 million? Whenever it was, we didn’t get the memo. Last month, it was 44 1st Place, a generally attractive but inconsistent four-story house asking $3,842,500. (One reader wrote us a particularly nasty email about our stance on that post.) Now it’s 78 3rd Place, a 3,100-square-foot, three-story brick that, while 23-feet-wide and full of charm, doesn’t feel like it’s worth quite $3,495,000. Are we just out of touch with the Carroll Gardens market or sellers overreaching?
78 3rd Place [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
WELL HOW MUCH DID THE OTHER ONE SELL FOR?
44 1ST PLACE?
According to the floor plan it’s built 23 x 25 with a 210 sq ft extension giving a total square footage of 2,355 which is $1,484 psf. Plus it looks like it hasn’t seen any work in 50 years.
I seriously hope the Corcoran webmaster made a typo as $1,495,000 might be about right.
Why is it, when a house is absurdly overpriced, it Corcoran’s.
The listing does state that there is FAR that could double the size of the house. So basically, they’re selling air.
I don’t care what the brokers say about customers being greedy. For this kind of price the broker is at least half to blame.
They could refuse to take the listing, after all. Or explain more clearly to the owner that their effort to win the lottery will backfire as the house gets a rep for being on the market for way too long and new buyers skip noticing any price reductions in future because they’ve seen the listing over and over.
^^^ please–you are so transparent.
i really don’t see how it’s that overpriced.
it’s a terrific house on a gorgeous block.
they’ll get over 3 for sure….
3.5 million and a 550 dollar refigerator. wow seller and broker must have some big balls..
Oh brother. You all know WHAT’s coming….
Since when is Carrol Gardens the most expensive neighborhood in Brooklyn?????