House of the Day: 47 Willow Place
47 Willow Place (along with its three sister houses at 43, 45 and 49) is one of those houses that makes Brooklyn Heights such a special place. The 21-foot-wide Greek Revival structure is particularly notable for the colonnade that runs continuously along the facade of all four houses. The $3,450,000 asking price is on the…
47 Willow Place (along with its three sister houses at 43, 45 and 49) is one of those houses that makes Brooklyn Heights such a special place. The 21-foot-wide Greek Revival structure is particularly notable for the colonnade that runs continuously along the facade of all four houses. The $3,450,000 asking price is on the low end for a house in this neighborhood, but then again there’s only about 2,100 square feet of living space (not including the basement rec area) in this one. 49 Willow Place traded for $2,300,000 back in 2004, though we have no idea what kind of shape it was in. This house, though, has been recently renovated. So what do you think?
47 Willow Place [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Obama would live in the Upper East Side.
He went to elite schools in Jakarta, Princeton, and Cambridge. I don’t think he is moving into a Black neighborhood in Brooklyn at this stage in his life.
I never heard of price per sq ft until I came to brownstoner. For apartments, yes. For commercial leases, yes. For brownstones? Never. Especially since floors are valued differently. Parlor and 2nd are expensive, then third, then garden, then fourth, fifth. PPSQ overall? meaningless
Get over it, Slopers! Obama would live in PLG!
dollars per square foot is a meaningless, useless, self-serving and mendacious measure of commerical property. For residential property it is beyond meaningless unless you are buying a whorehouse.
8:48 – that is the most inane thing I’ve read on this board (and that’s saying something). Is dollars per square foot the ONLY measure by which to judge a property? No, of course not. But I don’t go around making million dollar decisions based on my gut either, and dollars per square foot IS in fact a decent way to draw a rough comparison between properties which are by their nature relatively unique. To say buying a house is like falling in love is only true to the extent you pour a large portion of your life savings into love. Oh, wait, is that you Eliot?
Brooklyn Heights is OK. It’s old money, so the rich people there do not make me angry like Park Slope, Carroll Gardens rich people.
real estate professionals always size things up by dollars per square feet. they do this for several reasons: 1)to seem smart; 2) to confuse people a little; 3) to manipulate things by overstating the square footage; 4) by breaking it down to the least common denominator for clients who don’t know anything about quality or finishes or even location.
When a realtor starts talking dollars per square feet about a home, I tune them out and write them off. they are either idiots or they are hiding something.
It’s all about price per sq ft here at Brownstoner.
I love how all the nay-saying and know-it-alls compare this building to one on Orange and says nothing is getting high prices. And then when someone posts come 3mm and beyong sales, everyone says that DIFFERENT someone. Location is different (altho it’s not and Orange is North Heights too), info is old (most recent), and it’s all abuot PRICE PER SQ FT!
Well no wonder you’re all still looking. Buying a house is like falling in love. Either you do, or you’re so busy checking out the girl’s dental records that you miss out.
These houses are not only heartbreakingly beautiful, they are famous. They are described in almost every book on NYC architecture. Many on this blog are all about quantity rather than quality. All about cost per square foot rather than the beauty and amenity of a building that is supposed to be a home. If I had the money I would buy this house tomorrow. It is exquisite.