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
If the presidential candidates were a neighborhood in Brooklyn, they would be:
Brooklyn Heights = John McCain
Barack Obama = Park Slope
Hillary Clinton = Prospect Heights
upscale is for old people.
Once again no love by the regulars for the most upscale and beautiful neighborhood in brooklyn.
Then again, we know where they are all from.
Please…don’t use the “P” word.
3:12 (2:52, 3:04), I completely agree with you. I am looking in the Heights and Cobble Hill and have seen so many houses just sit or get taken off the market. 30 Orange is not only a 20×30 house, it’s also on a short 50′ lot. And it needs a total upgrade and renovation, including the staircase. Way overpriced. They need to keep chopping on that one. The Garden Place house is also a total fantasy at that price. It’s tiny.
Then again, many houses all over Brooklyn are overpriced and sit. Only a few are more reasonably priced and move quickly.
2:52/3:04 here – I know a lot more about brownstones in the Heights and Cobble Hill than any broker, I assure you. maybe I am obsessed, but this will be an awfully big purchase for me, so I am researching the hell out of it and tracking every listing.
2:52/3:04 here – I know a lot more about brownstones in the Heights and Cobble Hill than any broker, I assure you. maybe I am obsessed, but this will be an awfully big purchase for me, so I am researching the hell out of it and tracking every listing.
Unable to force down long rates, the fed has yet to come to the rescue of the jumbo mortgage seeker. So expect to pay a pretty penny to borrow any of this asking price. If you think a “mostly cash buyer” from “Manhattan” who “sold his UWS apartment” and whose “wife” is going to “fall in love with house” is going to open his “wallet” when he sees this, then you’ve never met an investment banker from Manhattan. Chop chop, get it down to the twos, and maybe you have a shot at a junior law partner; otherwise, sit with the two mangy dogs that live on the sidewalk across the street, and stare at a house that doesn’t sell.
3:04 = broker
2:52 here. no idea how anyone could think I am a broker, since I am saying that ALL prices for brownstones in Heights & Cobble Hill are overpriced & not moving & even ridiculous asks are coming down. but whatever. I assure you I am a wanna-be buyer but not at these prices. do you want me to trash a brown harris stevens listing? pick any one of them. how about 30 orange priced now (after lowering yesterday I notice) to $3.1. a 20 by 30 house that needs COMPLETE restoration. a year and a half ago someone I know bought a house on that strip that is slightly bigger, did not need complete restoration and they paid about a million less.
or should I start on the garden place listing recently lowered to a pathetically optimistic $3.9m, having been listed for MONTHS with no interest at $4.4m? I can go on and on….
the brokers are all smoking crack, but corcoran has the biggest pipe.