House of the Day: 40 2nd Place
Optimism knows no bounds in Carroll Gardens. Already in this young year we’ve chronicled two listings that have come out of the box at over $3 million. (One of them, 78 3rd Place appears to have been yanked reduced to $2,950,000 in the wake of 250+ comments mocking the ridiculousness of asking $3,495,000 for the…
Optimism knows no bounds in Carroll Gardens. Already in this young year we’ve chronicled two listings that have come out of the box at over $3 million. (One of them, 78 3rd Place appears to have been yanked reduced to $2,950,000 in the wake of 250+ comments mocking the ridiculousness of asking $3,495,000 for the 3,100-square-foot pad.) Today’s house of the day at 40 2nd Place is slightly less ambitious at $2,800,000. Still, at less than 16 feet wide and sporting a renovation that feels too “new” looking in that suburban kind of way, we’re not holding our breath about this one getting anywhere close to ask either. For what it’s worth, the 2,300-square-foot house last sold in 2004 for $1,700,000.
40 2nd Place [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
“everyone came on these boards and said that it was ridiculous. And what do you know, it sold.”
Good for them that it sold. Knocking the prices of listings is standard on this blog–it happens to houses in EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD. Sometimes things sell, sometimes they don’t, sometimes prices are reduced, sometimes they’re even raised.
“But there have been just as many egregiously overpriced houses in the Slope.”
And they are trashed and mocked EVERY SINGLE TIME. Check the archives!! Come on. What’s your point? This is really ridiculous. Slope residents coming on the board to knock other neighborhoods? Are you serious? Sounds like an inferiority complex on your part. And no, I don’t live in Park Slope.
To this person who claims he is in Manhattan looking to buy in brooklyn, you sure do seem quite intense about your opinions.
Listen when the 13 ft. wide sackett street house was the house of the day for 2 million, everyone came on these boards and said that it was ridiculous. And what do you know, it sold.
This place is larger and on a nicer block so should get more. $800,000 more? Probably not. But there have been just as many egregiously overpriced houses in the Slope.
I was not arbitrarily throwing the Slope in. I have learned over time that it is always people from the Slope knocking places in Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights.
I’m shocked at the intensity with which the brokers and seller are posting on this thread. Shocked.
“there is a double standard at work on this site.”
Nope–no double standard at work. Every HOTD is pretty much received the same way, as most are overpriced. The Slope houses are especially skewered. So stop whining and check the previous HOTDs. I still recall the total trashing that another narrow house in Park Slope received for asking…. $2.195!!! So there you go! Stop crying conspiracy theory. Grow up.
Maybe Abe Vigoda will buy this joint. With those residuals from Barney Miller re runs he’s got to be FLUSH.
“Dumpy POS on streets I have never even heard of, much less set foot on”
Interesting, because that describes my opinion of Carroll Gardens–never even heard of the majority of these streets. I’m a Manhattan buyer, by the way. The type of buyer you’re all looking to cash out from. For almost $3 million, I’d much rather have that house on South Portland that recently sold–5 stories, over 5000 sq ft, dripping with details. I’d never spend that dough on this house.
6:44–don’t opportunistically and arbitrarily throw Park Slope into everything. I don’t even live in Brooklyn and I find this place way overpriced. Never in a million years would I throw almost $3 million on a 16″ wide unremarkable house, no matter how nice the neighborhood. If I really wanted a narrow house, I’d buy the one on President Street, which is a newly renovated house and $1 million LESS. The only reason people buy narrow houses is because they are supposed to be a value in terms of price.
230 Degraw is NOT A COMP. It was 25″ wide, over 5000 sq ft AND and was more than 3000 under FAR. No comparison–probably scooped up for condo conversion. Also, many people consider that Cobble Hill.
The other “comps” you mention are still $1 million less than this place. $1 MILLION LESS!
I agree with you very much 6:52 something is going on here