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It’ll be interesting to see what 396 Vanderbilt Avenue ultimately sells for. A pristine brownstone in this location could probably fetch the asking price of $1,995,000, but this place falls a little short of that description. The four-story, two-family house has the requisite old moldings and marble fireplaces but some details have been lost and the house as a whole will definitely need some renovation. Given all that, we think this is off the mark in the current market by at least 10 percent. If not more.
396 Vanderbilt Avenue [RJ Chappell] GMAP P*Shark


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  1. In case you haven’t noticed, 2:34 bashing a neighborhood only makes it hotter. So far, anyway.

    Ever heard of a little place called Park Slope?

    Houses selling for 250k over ask, no inventory, studios selling for 375K.

    My cousin is a broker at Brown Harris in Park Slope and she said the past 2 months have been incredibly fruitful for her. She said she does not see a slowdown in that neighborhood at all.

    And this despite all the bashing of the neighborhood, prices continue to climb…

  2. Wow, the owners are taking down the links as soon as brownstoner fixes them. They really don’t want the attention.

    This is going to turn into a funny situation down the road.

    “Hey neighbor, I see your house is the HOTD on B’Stoner. Why’d you price it so high? Your’re killing our home values by having people bashing our neighborhood, bashing the price,etc…”.

    Homeowner: “Sh&%, you’re right. I better call the realtor and tell them it is no longer for sale.”

  3. You’ve clearly never been on this stretch of Vanderbilt then 2:28.

    Nothing about it screams inner city dump.

    It’s a fantastic location and not quite sure how you can tell so much from one picture.

    I’ve decided that people who comment on Brownstoner are the most closed-minded people lacking ANY sortof vision at all.

    Guess that’s why they like brownstones so much. Not too much to work with. Leave them alone because my mind could not possibly imagine anything else.

    Don’t get me wrong…I love them too…but I also love lots of other things and don’t see ONE picture and say something is an inner city dump.

    Yikes.

  4. I don’t know why this house seems so unattractive. The plywood front door doesn’t help and the bars on the parlor floor winows.
    It can be restored and brought back to prime condition. But right now it telegraphs “Inner City Dump”.

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