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
On the OTHER side of the BQE is NOT a schlep. It is a very nice walk and everyone could use the exercise. Everyone should live on the other side of the BQE!
Henry street is to me the most beautiful Block all the way from the start to the end in Carroll Gardens. No problem with the asking price with this street you could not ask for a nicer block.
Nothing like the beautiful houses in Park Slope.
Walking down Degraw to Court then Smith, right past Sackett, Union, to F entrance at President. 5 block or you can count it as 6 because Court to Smith is a long one. It’s about the same as my walk, which takes maybe 10 minute. On the OTHER side of the BQE is a schlep.
This is just a few houses in from caroll gardens.
And the duplex is 2 bedrooms.
The walk to the subway sucks.
Speaking of subways, I loved that article on commutes in the NY Times. The most unhappy commuters are those who take the subway! If you read the aticles online, the commuters who take metro north for 45 minutes are all happy and love the down time. goes to show you…
No fireplaces. No central air. TWO bedrooms in the owner’s duplex. Subpar rentals. 3,520 square feet on two floors (with presumably quite a bit less actual living space once you subtract hallways, etc.). A garden the owners haven’t bothered to landscape. No deck. Doesn’t look like the pick of the bunch to me, no siree. And I HATE those distorting photos that make it impossible to gauge what those rooms really look like….
I absolutely love my 10 minute walk to the subway. It is often some of the only exercise I get during the day and it is a lovely walk which gives me a chance to clear my head. A short walk to the subway would mean very little to me when buying a house. But that may not be true for everyone.
“I live across the steet (not the mentioned comp) and the walk is a very pleasant 8 minutes, about 4 blocks, to the subway”
You cannot live across the street and get to the subway in 4 blocks. Look on the map.
Interesting note on the new home sales data released today:
“Regionally, the northeast is the least important part of the country for new home sales, but it is also the strongest. There were 65,000 new homes sold in that region last year, up 3 percent from 2006. But the other three regions were all down at least 26 percent, with the west (California, there you go) off the most at 32%.”