House of the Day: 31 Prospect Park West
While this one-family brick house at 31 Prospect Park West doesn’t have the same spectacular interiors that some other Park Slope houses on the market in its price range have, it’s got an unusual design, a grand address and a driveway to boot. As a result, the owner’s trying to get over $1,000 a foot,…
While this one-family brick house at 31 Prospect Park West doesn’t have the same spectacular interiors that some other Park Slope houses on the market in its price range have, it’s got an unusual design, a grand address and a driveway to boot. As a result, the owner’s trying to get over $1,000 a foot, asking $3,250,000 for the 2,890-square-foot pad. While this is a special one for the reasons stated above, we think the owner may have blown it with the recent kitchen renovation: This ain’t a kitchen befitting a $3 million house. Then again, you could always adjourn to the roofdeck.
31 Prospect Park West [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Not a 3 million dollar kitchen, or bathroom, but that bed.
Polemicist: they’re a really unusual example of later Colonial Revival in Park Slope. For what they are, they’re great, but I agree: they aren’t what you think of when you think “Park Slope”. I’ve always been curious about them.
That isn’t a $3 million kitchen, and that ain’t no $3 million bathroom, either.
it’s a SHARED driveway, right? So it’s not yours exclusively. You have to coordinate with the neighbors to get you car in and out. It’s a pain in the ass and not worth the extra premium.
Are these buildings actually landmarked?
I’ve always thought these two houses are rather ugly. They would be perfect to demo and replace with higher density housing more in line with the other high rises on PPW.
Having a driveway in this location would be worth 3 million if the house was spectacular but the house is very ordinary. Not worth the money.
I’m all doom and gloom in the long term, 2:03, but people still seem to be paying these prices in these prime locations.
Not sure I get it. Nice location and nice to have garage on site instead of around the corner, but still, after the mortgage tax subsidy and all, it’s still over $24k/month. That would get you a pretty nice apartment in Manhattan or early retirement in Aspen or Crete. And is at least double the cost of renting a house in PS or BH, even assuming that NYC escapes the real estate slowdown entirely.
For whom is it worth double to have the privilege of ownership?
Yes, taxes very high ($10K/year). The Park Slope listing above (on a corcoran search) is much nicer in the same locale with only $6K annual taxes. What gives, the driveway?
I’d pay that much to live next to Jennifer Connolley