House of the Day: 58 Irving Place
Listed last week at $1,350,000, 58 Irving Place must be the cheapest house that hasn’t been ruined by a flipper in Clinton Hill right now. Is it a bargain? Who knows in this market. It is a cute place that, while not fancy (nor on the best block), appears to be have retained most of…
Listed last week at $1,350,000, 58 Irving Place must be the cheapest house that hasn’t been ruined by a flipper in Clinton Hill right now. Is it a bargain? Who knows in this market. It is a cute place that, while not fancy (nor on the best block), appears to be have retained most of its original character and to be in move-in condition. The two-family is configured currently as a double-duplex but can be delivered vacant, according to the listing. Think they’ll get their price?
58 Irving Place [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
The area is surrounded by housing projects. It is not safe at night. Most people stay off the street over there. In fact a housing project lafayette houses has pitbull dogs , blood gang members all over.
You can see prostitutes going at it at night on the street, especially during the summer when the trees grow over the lighting.
The air quality is a bit stiffling at times. fumes from atlantic avenue and the airborn asbestos dust in the air can be found on your car in the morning. There is alternate side parking, so if you hate the cold and the rain, sorry if you dont move your car, you will get a ticket at 8:02AM.
Your best bet, save your money, that neighborhood still has a long way to go, unless you carry a gun…..
I walked by it yesterday. The facade definitely needs work.
I talked to the broker. The rent is $2650/month for each duplex.
Wacky- my friend is renting in this house right now! I’ve only been in the garden/parlor duplex, but it’s pretty nice.
The street’s not 100% great, but it has potential. Asking does seem a little high, being that I hear there’s a lot of drug dealing right across the street.
Wasn’t there a house next door to this place listed on Craigslist about a year ago for half the price?
Some people will pay more to live in the city. Clearly, or the prices wouldn’t stay up.
There are lots of advantages – firstly, if you have been a happy urban dweller/walker, having to get in a car to go just about anywhere is a real drag, and hard to get used to. (I have gotten used to it in the past, but I still prefer the walking urban environment.)
Then there’s the shorter commute (it is generally faster to get to Manhattan on the subway than by most other means – PATH train a close second.)
There’s way cheaper property taxes. You are essentially paying for good public schools in the burbs with your taxes. But if you don’t have kids, prefer and can afford private schools, or like the NYC public schools for your kids, there’s no advantage to the burbs there.
While there is something to be said for more land, quiet, and green, (which is all the suburbs have to offer, other than the public schools, since everything else is less convenient to get to, even the grocery store, hardware store, etc.), it isn’t really much cheaper when you add in what you’d pay EVERY YEAR in property taxes.
Never lived in a burb yet…
Some people will pay more to live in the city. Clearly, or the prices wouldn’t stay up.
There are lots of advantages – firstly, if you have been a happy urban dweller/walker, having to get in a car to go just about anywhere is a real drag, and hard to get used to. (I have gotten used to it in the past, but I still prefer the walking urban environment.)
Then there’s the shorter commute (it is generally faster to get to Manhattan on the subway than by most other means – PATH train a close second.)
There’s way cheaper property taxes. You are essentially paying for good public schools in the burbs with your taxes. But if you don’t have kids, prefer and can afford private schools, or like the NYC public schools for your kids, there’s no advantage to the burbs there.
While there is something to be said for more land, quiet, and green, (which is all the suburbs have to offer, other than the public schools, since everything else is less convenient to get to, even the grocery store, hardware store, etc.), it isn’t really much cheaper when you add in what you’d pay EVERY YEAR in property taxes.
Never lived in a burb yet…
Nice house. Wish I could afford it. Monclair? Hastings? Huh?
While we wait for the next one… I think that this house will sell fairly quickly, the area is quiet, the street is established, it compares very well to other houses that have been on here lately and it compares well in price to some that are listed to the east of it. There is very little negative that you could say about this property, the rent roll appears it would stacks up, good solid purchase at around this price … It should also benefit from the Fulton Street renovation.
Slow day Brownstoner?