House of the Day: 145 Bergen Street
From what we hear, the market for nice houses in Boerum Hill is still pretty tight. And compared to some houses in the area that have been on the market recently, the $2,000,000 asking price for 145 Bergen is not particularly high. That said, there are too many question marks with this place to feel…
From what we hear, the market for nice houses in Boerum Hill is still pretty tight. And compared to some houses in the area that have been on the market recently, the $2,000,000 asking price for 145 Bergen is not particularly high. That said, there are too many question marks with this place to feel optimistic about its chances of selling at this price. The house had its last major makeover back in 1968 and, given the fact that it’s a four-family rental, it’s unlikely that the interiors are in great shape. (The lack of photos lends credence to that theory.) Has anyone been inside this place?
145 Bergen Street [Craigslist] GMAP P*Shark
30 years ago when I first moved to CH, it still felt a little adventurous — not very, but clearly the mainstream hadn’t read Jane Jacobs yet and still yearned for the silence of the ‘burbs.
If I were starting out now, I’d look for a beautiful, undervalued, suburb with a walkable center and a train station, and a fashion problem — much like Brooklyn c. 1970.
“The second kid is still phenomenally expensive in Brooklyn, and the suburban schools and cheap bedrooms look more attractive with each $1m increase in the price of a brownstone.”
Bye Bye. have fun in Montclair!! Their new slogan…Buy now! Next year your home will be worth half!
“They are ones with less desirable housing stock and/or lousy commutes, and lousy schools.”
So basically 70% of them.
Ok.
The second kid is still phenomenally expensive in Brooklyn, and the suburban schools and cheap bedrooms look more attractive with each $1m increase in the price of a brownstone.
Maybe, but they aren’t the suburbs with beautiful old homes, conveniently located on train lines with short commutes into the city. They are ones with less desirable housing stock and/or lousy commutes, and lousy schools.
Thanks 4:12
Then ass backwards means you and your tribe and Kuroko is your prime minster.
My advice to you and your people…
Next time buy a home that you can handle so you’re not forced to sell prematurely, then rent for 3 years.
Now you’re damned to forever surf RE blogs spreading crap with numbers sprinkled on top, and all you’re bascially saying is that you firgured out it’s safer to help someone else pay their mortgage off. Wuss
Oops sorry about the wuss comment.. hey did I tell you that I have a lovely 2 bedroom apt avialable. Are you interested?
There are suburbs that are suffering bigtime right now. We just don’t hear about it.
There is inventory on parts of Long Island right now which even in the best of markets will not sell for over 2 years.
Same with parts of New Jersey.
They say prices still have another 20% to go in the burbs.
I’d be TERRIFIED if I lived there.
Thank god I don’t.
Oh come one, 5:20. There’s a big difference between new suburbs of cheap houses outside other cities, and the old suburbs with beautiful homes surrounding NYC (Westchester, lots of NJ, some on LI, though its not my favorite place) that will remain healthy places to live, due to the housing values, the easy commute by train to NYC jobs, the schools, etc. Even if there are a few foreclosures here and there, these suburbs aren’t turning into ghost towns.
Property values also go up when you improve said property with sweat equity. Just like the good ole days.
Or have you all forgotten that?