House of the Day: 185 St. James Place
We were poking around for houses on the market in Clinton Hill yesterday and realized that there are hardly any for sale right now. Strange. One that is, and that has flown beneath our radar despite being only a block away from our place, is 185 St. James Place. From what we can, the four-story…
We were poking around for houses on the market in Clinton Hill yesterday and realized that there are hardly any for sale right now. Strange. One that is, and that has flown beneath our radar despite being only a block away from our place, is 185 St. James Place. From what we can, the four-story brick is quite attractively priced at $1,200,000. We haven’t seen anything of this size and charm for sale in the area at this price for a long, long time. Are we missing something or is this actually a good deal?
185 St. James Place [Location Location Location] GMAP P*Shark
I love the shutters, love the color.
I think shutters are original on these types of houses. The house looks more balanced with the shutters. If there were wood shutters on these houses 100 years ago, the wood on an exterior would not survive. So just because maybe they were torn off in the 1930’s or something doesn’t mean they were never there. There are plenty of these style buildings in Manhattan, older ones than this one in fact, WITH shutters on them. Brooklyn shouldn’t only be looking at what Brooklyn buildings look like when determining which details might be original or not. Brooklyn underwent tacky renos in the 20th century and things torn off. So we should be looking at parts of Manhattan that were left more pristine and maintained better, to see what the houses may have looked like originally.
I hope Mr. What stops down at the Brooklyn Flea and spends some of that money he has socked away. Those vendors will need it. As for the high real estate prices, it goes further than that. Parents are paying hundreds of dollars for Hahanna Montana tickets, super bowl seats, etc. If they got it and want to spend it then that’s fine. It’s the people who are on the edge that got caught up in the RE market that really lost out on the “American Dream.” Feel for them, not someone who bought a brownstone and couldn’t make back their 2 mil and had to settle for breaking even on the sale.
The What Not
I love Mr. the What.
8:36–speaking of grammar and spelling…
“he’s pretty good at explaining his arguments”
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The What is an idiot.
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The good grammer on his posts are just copied and pasted.
He’s a bitter ex-broker.
Think about that, good brokers in this city make TONS of money, tons!
Why would you be an “ex” broker.
1. You sucked at your job and had to move on.
2. You we’re fired.
3. Maternity leave.
3. Greener pastures.
Buy his angey rants, I really dont think its the later, do you?
“So what he do? He post overpriced shit on this blog and don’t write about where he lives”
I’m guessing from these sort of sentences that English is not the What’s first language. If that’s so, he’s pretty good at explaining his arguments. I surely couldn’t rant in a second language.
People are retarded for paying these high ass sale prices OR rents to live in Clinton Hill or whatever. What, everybody works for Goldman Sachs? That’s why America has a negative savings rate and needs to be bailed out. NYC (especially Brooklyn) is overrated. Not saying it shouldn’t be rated at all, just OVERrated. When the shit REALLY hits the fan with the economy, there will be a mass exodus of middle class peeps to the burbs or hometowns. The population is large only because of the poor who stay here because of the social services. This RE/rental bubble pyramid scheme will soon come crashing down to earth. High rents are a byproduct of high RE prices and will be tied to their downfall.
Apologies for repeating self– snafu on this end.
Question about the house (which is what–vaguely Italianate, neo-grec, or some kinda mix): I like those shutters, but they can’t be original, right?