House of the Day: 266 Berkeley Place
The four-story brownstone at 266 Berkeley Place is a prime property, don’t get us wrong, but the $3,250,000 asking price strikes us as rather out-of-sync with the current market, especially gi. First of all, it appears to not be configured for the most likely family buyer in the this location: The listing calls the house…
The four-story brownstone at 266 Berkeley Place is a prime property, don’t get us wrong, but the $3,250,000 asking price strikes us as rather out-of-sync with the current market, especially gi. First of all, it appears to not be configured for the most likely family buyer in the this location: The listing calls the house “multi-family” while PropertyShark says it’s a two-family. Secondly, the kitchen and bathroom renovations don’t, in our opinion, rise to the level of the rest of the house. (And there’s also the issue of the recessed lighting on the parlor floor—just say no!) While these may seem like nits, most people gearing up to pay the estimated $27,000 a month (that’s per the listing not us) in carrying costs will care about every last detail.
266 Berkeley Place [Bellmarc] GMAP P*Shark
Hard to tell from the floorplans, but it looks like your upper floor tenants are traipsing thought your apartment to get to theirs. Ick.
Location is great. Price is a farce.
recessed lighting is great if you have a 1980’s Staten Island hair salon. otherwise, not so.
Recessed lighting does not belong in a house like that. Yuck.
the whole thing is pretty darn bad. bathrooms are straight out of a cheesy mid-level hotel. Way overpriced.
I live on this block (bittersweet renter). For a moment I thought this listing would be the townhouse for sale by Walanne Steele – anyone know anything about that place? Based on its exteriors, I would imagine it will be a lot cheaper than $3+ million.
Is it supposed to be an oddly configured double duplex or a top floor rental with the teantns wlaking through the house?
I’m not getting the math on this one. $27k/mo to live on two floors while you collect $5-6k from renting the other two?
this is literally steps away from the park, the greenmarket and grand army plaza. between 8th and plaza street west. terrific location. 30 seconds to 2/3 grand army plaza stop and 1 minute walk to Q at 7th avenue. doesn’t get much better locale than this for park slope.
I don’t know, I dig it, for the most part. I only dislike the bathrooms, which are done a la Marriott suite, and the paved-over backyard. I especially dig the kitchen area and the see-through top cabinets.
The recessed lighting phobia is amusing.
The price is hysterical.