House of the Day: 168 Midwood Street
This three-story limestone house at 168 Midwood Street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens is chock full of old-school details and has been recently renovated to bring the kitchen and baths up to date. It’s got a nice feel to it, which is good because the owner (who’s selling it herself) is trying to sell it for…
This three-story limestone house at 168 Midwood Street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens is chock full of old-school details and has been recently renovated to bring the kitchen and baths up to date. It’s got a nice feel to it, which is good because the owner (who’s selling it herself) is trying to sell it for almost double what she paid in 2004. The asking price now is $1,350,000, versus $730,000 four years ago. Of course, prices in the nabe have gone up dramatically in that time and she put some dough into the reno. There was an open house yesterday. Did anyone stop by?
168 Midwood Street [FSBO] GMAP P*Shark
I’ll bet my left nut that the seller ends up dropping the price to 1 million and hiring a broker, or at a minimum offering some broker compensation.
This sellers is making two huge mistakes:
1) House is overpriced by at least 25%
2) Reducing pool of potential buyers by not offering compensation to brokers.
What are the elementary school options in PLG?
Hopefully nothing like a Cleveland Steamer!
2:04 what’s a dutch staircase?
can we as a community come together and stop using the word ‘nabe’? Please?
While the owner did a good job of de-cluttering for the most part, there are still photos were your first thought is:
Is that red chair a child’s booster seat?
Hey is that a sheep on that pillow?
Guess it is a sheep, ‘cuz that looks like a monkey on that other pillow.
I can sort of understand having the winter exterior photos, when the leaves are on the tree, it will block much of the exterior, but still would include both the winter and spring exterior shot in the photos.
Looks like quite a bit of money went into this reno based on the layout of bathroom and kitchen.
How much she paid isn’t as relevant as how much its worth. Don’t know if its worth this price but it seems like a nice house. Its sad to say but $1.3M is reasonable for a fringe area…if this house were in a more prime spot then it would be worth a lot more.
I love PLG and this place is definitely nice.
But I think the price is too high.
Why would you buy this, when there are 4 other places on the same block that have not sold for less?
It seems like the market is especially harsh on the smaller 2 and 3 story houses in the nabe.
73 Rutland is the same price and it’s a lot bigger. Check out 82 Rutland too. It’s just on the market.
Btw, I’m sure she did some work, but I doubt if she spent $300K. More like $100-150K.
The special thing about many of the houses on this block, including this one, is that they have dutch staircases. This makes the entire parlor floor seem much wider than 20 feet. These houses are great for entertaining.