House of the Day: 386 State Street
Holy Fried Green Tomatoes! A certain actress (hint: not Kathy Bates) has decided to bail on the Boerum Hill townhouse she picked up only last year. What the 12.5-footer lacks in width it makes up for in exposed wood beams and marble fireplaces. The asking price of $1,465,000 looks low on an absolute basis for…
Holy Fried Green Tomatoes! A certain actress (hint: not Kathy Bates) has decided to bail on the Boerum Hill townhouse she picked up only last year. What the 12.5-footer lacks in width it makes up for in exposed wood beams and marble fireplaces. The asking price of $1,465,000 looks low on an absolute basis for the neighborhood but when you consider the four-story house is only 1,680 square feet, they’re hardly giving it away. Especially when last year’s market-clearing price was $1,275,000. It also looks to us like the house is completely devoid of its crown moldings. Mon dieu!
386 State Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
you morons with nothing to do should keep your moronic opinions to yourselves,you have no idea about the value of property and most of you live in a one bedroom apt and will never own a house.
According to Acris, this place sold for $755,000 in 2003, then $1,275,000 in 2007. The run up in BK prices over the last five years never ceases to amaze me.
Sam, interesting. I guess it depends what the seller is willing to get rid of it for before deciding to rent it.
“I think its all very Freudian to be so focused on width.”
Ha! Good one, Mrs. Limestone. So true. It’s just that suburban sensibility and taste around here again that dictates everything must be oversized and large.
Biff, I think it will not sell.
It may end up being rented.
So what, exactly, justifies the $125k price increase from last year? Was any work done? (Doesn’t sound like it.) Is the market heading up? (Umm, nope.) Simple movie-star cachet? (I’ll pass.)
Plus, if she’s selling after a year, she clearly wants out of the place. Can you say “motivated seller?”
I’d pay $1.15M
Sam you could be right. It would definitely have a better chance in prime PS or BH, where there’s no doubt it would go for close to ask. What do you think it’ll go for.
I think its all very Freudian to be so focused on width. It seems like a nice house with plenty of space for a small family. Certainly wide enough to have a nice living arrangement. 13 feet wide is about the width of many brownstone living rooms too – you just don’t have the hallways here. Of course its nice to have more space but there seems to be a lot of positives to this home to offset its width.
I had no clue MSM lived in Bklyn!
I’m with Slick. Not even crown moldings!