House of the Day: 462 Henry Street
The brownstone at 462 Henry Street in Cobble Hill, which was shown for the first time yesterday, changed hands in late 2004 for $1,500,000. Since then, the owners have done a very high-end renovation of the lower owner’s duplex; there are three rental apartments on the top two floors. So, nice house, nice location, but…
The brownstone at 462 Henry Street in Cobble Hill, which was shown for the first time yesterday, changed hands in late 2004 for $1,500,000. Since then, the owners have done a very high-end renovation of the lower owner’s duplex; there are three rental apartments on the top two floors. So, nice house, nice location, but is it gonna fetch the full asking price of $2,500,000 in this market? The closest comp is 459 Henry Street across the street, a house in much worse shape which sold last year for $1,730,000. Did anyone go to the open house?
462 Henry Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
I always find it interesting that the people who are kitchen appliance snobs often eat out and order in. Many don’t even know how to boil pasta, or are so busy working for the dough to buy Sub Zero that they don’t have time to cook.
Nice owner’s duplex (although those Prudential Elliman photos — wow do they make things look much larger than they actually are). The rental apartments are almost completely devoid of detail. They’ve turned the third floor apartment into a weird white box with a bizarre stage-like platform that makes no sense at all. They’ve effectively lowered the ceiling. And that top floor apartment is half white box, half pre-war brownstone. And what’s up with that recessed ceiling on the top floor? Does the roof slope, or is there a higher ceiling up there somewhere? But the area is prime, prime, prime. And how bad is this market, really? I think it’ll fetch the price.
I went for the open house. There were droves of people all over the house, never been to such a well attended open house. The owners duplex is nice though not as high end as it looks in the photos. The rental units were quite awful.
The house at 259 Henry is larger on a larger lot too.
is it zoned for PS29? if so, they’ll get something around this
the answer to this, is YES. cobble hill is a landmarked nabe with very little for sale and an excellent school.
expect rents to rise, so will income from apts.
yes, this will sell at this price or above. even I think it’s a good deal, and I never think anything is a good deal
10 blocks to that crappy subway line and they want that much money? Crazy
I’d live in the duplex – but I’d never rent that wierd apartment with the curved step-up flooring between the kitchen and the living room – what is that all about?
I’m boggled by the fact that people on this site can identify the brands of kitchen appliances from those tiny little photos…