House of the Day: 41 Howard Place
While this house at 41 Howard Place in Windsor Terrace is far from a steal on a per square foot basis, we suspect its charm and (relatively) unimposing price tag of $1,350,000 will lure a buyer fairly quickly. (That, and the bragging rights of your block having been featured in a Jack Nicholson movie.) Another…
While this house at 41 Howard Place in Windsor Terrace is far from a steal on a per square foot basis, we suspect its charm and (relatively) unimposing price tag of $1,350,000 will lure a buyer fairly quickly. (That, and the bragging rights of your block having been featured in a Jack Nicholson movie.) Another reason for optimism: the almost identical 19 Howard Place sold for $1,370,000 last September.
41 Howard Place [Brooklyn Properties] GMAP P*Shark
3:55 – you took the words right out of my mouth. We are looking to buy but have basically stopped considering WT because the asking prices are so out of line with the quality of the neighborhood and quality and size of the houses. A lot of people appear to be listing their houses for silly prices and nothing is selling.
This is a cute house but very small – I have been in these. You also have a direct view out the front of the imposing (and 4 stories high) yellow brick side of the Holy Name School building, so no charming view of the lovely houses of Howard Place unfortunately. I would potentially be interested in this house at $1.1 or below – at $1.3 it makes no sense to us and we won’t even be looking at it. Agree with whoever said if you have that kind of money, ditmas/kensington/PPS area gets you a real house which may need work but is going to feel far more comfortable and be on a better train line.
The block was in the movie, NOT this house–Helen Hunt’s character lived at #1, and I doubt #41 got any screen time.
though I would, of course, break up that cement and plant in dirt. but a container can bring some greenery ’til one gets around to that.
don’t be so mean, 10:05 – there ARE nice and tasteful container gardens in the city. And the simpler the container, the better.
“Container gardens are great, though, if the containers are high-end and well chosen and are the larger stone and ceramic kind.”
–a tacky yuppie, proud of his “Tuscan” lion’s head stone planters that he overpaid for at Smith + Hawken, filled with ugly evergreens
Is that a closet or a bedroom? It looks like they put a bed in a closet. Cute house but the rooms are too small. I think price needs to come down.
We live in WT and our 2 kids go to 154. They’re very happy – so are we. The school benefits from a very active parent body and PTA – which we appreciate since we don’t have much time to give ourselves. We had a hard time moving out of 321, but no regrets (seriously)! More affordable and bigger house, less stress about finances, smaller classes, and more representative of larger society (at least w.r.t. social class).
But if it’s a private school, anybody can go there and they do. It’s not just for WT homeowners.
I’ve been told public schools in area are not bad; my daughter goes to the Catholic school right across the street, Holy Name, and it’s a great bargain ($4K/year)if you don’t want the roughness and bureaucracy of public school but can’t afford private. No luxuries but a good basic education, very caring staff, safety, values and diversity (racial and economic)–I call it “The Bells of St. Mary’s” meets “United Colors of Benetton.” And before anyone flames about the abuse crisis, Catholic schools now have an abuse prevention and background check program in place more rigorous than just about any other (and, for the record, this school was untouched by the nastiness). About 20% of the kids aren’t even Catholic, the parents choose it for the warmth and the discipline (not a paradox at all).