House of the Day: 100 Lefferts Place
Why anyone would even considering paying over $2 million for a three-story house on Classon when they could pick up a five-story place on Lefferts Place for $1.8 million is beyond us. Granted there are no interior pics and the Lefferts Hotel is just down the block, but we’re willing to take this BHS broker’s…

Why anyone would even considering paying over $2 million for a three-story house on Classon when they could pick up a five-story place on Lefferts Place for $1.8 million is beyond us. Granted there are no interior pics and the Lefferts Hotel is just down the block, but we’re willing to take this BHS broker’s word that the 6,100-square-foot house is chock-full of period details. Given that it’s been chopped up into five floor-through apartments, though, we also bet it’s far from in perfect shape. Nonetheless, this could be an interesting condo conversion play. Agree?
100 Lefferts Place [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
What Montrose just said reminds me, it does have side exposures at least on a couple of floors and more could be added depending on easement rights.
The building has a 5 family Cof0 but is currently occupied as a single family home. It was previously listed by Century 21 at 1.9 million. The building to the right of it looks abandoned to me, and then there is a big open yard that would probably have gotten developed if not for the downturn. Behind it is are buidlings from Atlantic Avenue which I think go right up to the property line. Nonetheless I think the people have planted the back garden, as they definitely planted the back one. You can see some gorgeous wood shutters in the windows that have not been painted over.
Maybe because it’s a new listing, they haven’t had the access or opportunity to take interior pix?
I’ve always thought this was one of the most beautiful rowhouses on Lefferts. It is very similar to the Washington Ave. Pfizer houses and the rest of that grouping between DeKalb and Willoughby. If the detail is as the broker describes, could be gorgeous, even chopped up.
For some reason, rowhouse condo conversions don’t make sense to me, especially floor throughs, but that’s just me, plenty of people have done them, and lots of people live happily in them. Although the condo market is saturated, a period detailed place like this appeals to a different buyer than a new construction condo buyer, so it’s not an absurd idea in the least.
It would be up to a potential building owner to decide if the price is too high, the block too “sketchy” (not fond of that word), and the conversion too pricy. Who knows?
Brownie how does this compare to the mansion being renovated just down the street at 161?
“That’s why we suggested it was most attractive as a condo conversion, not a one- or two-family.”
You know what Brownie? I was going to give you a pass on this statement. Then I thought he can’t be that stupid! All of the condos going up with no buyers, he cant be that stupid. America is going into a recession, he cant be that stupid. Bear Sterns employees and future condo buyers getting assraped, he cant be that stupid. I guess I was wrong you ARE that stupid!
BTW I noticed the traffic is falling after you blocked by IP address. How is that working out for you or you are running out of overpriced listings. Maybe there is no more Park Slope Vs. Anybody no more. I got you Brownie. Someday this war IS gonna end…
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You people are so off….Brownstoner is right. at 6100 sq ft it is twice size of most houses and quite likely a condo conversion property.
Not too many people looking for that amount of space for a 1 or 2 family.
in this market, i don’t think a condo conversion is feasible for this price. would need to be 1.2 or so.
as a single family residence, the price is absurd given the amount of work that needs to be done.
lovely house from the outside, but these clinton hill people really have very high opininions of their quite fringe-like neighborhood.
suck it BHS!
But Brownstoner (in response to your 1:33 post) even this is best suited for a condo conversion it still should not be priced at $1.8 million. Whether it’s a house or condo conversion the renovations are too expensive either way to make sense. Plus brownstones that stayed pristine one or two family are way better for doing an upscale browndo conversion. Crappy tenement apartments inside means you have to gut and strip the whole interior. People might as well buy at the Novo if they’re going to be all newly built interiors.