House of the Day: 146 6th Avenue
Here’s a big ole brownstone on the nicest stretch of 6th Avenue that just hit the market—for the first time since 1979! The five-story house at 146 6th Avenue in Park Slope has 4,700 square feet of space according to the listing (Property Shark says 5,100) but “needs tlc.” The only photo provided, of an…
Here’s a big ole brownstone on the nicest stretch of 6th Avenue that just hit the market—for the first time since 1979! The five-story house at 146 6th Avenue in Park Slope has 4,700 square feet of space according to the listing (Property Shark says 5,100) but “needs tlc.” The only photo provided, of an antique marble sink, suggests that it needs a lot of tlc, as does the fact that it hasn’t changed owners in almost three decades. Still, could be a killer pad. How do you think the asking price of $2,750,000 will fly?
146 6th Avenue [NY Times] GMAP P*Shark
Photo by Kate Leonova for PropertyShark
I heard the place already had two offers.
3:53 – Charrette does a lot of local renovations – google them and you’ll find their other projects. They have fans, but many detractors too. I wonder what they would pay to restore this HOTD? Actually, I don’t think they’d touch it. Their strategy seems to be to buy very cheap places and fix them up, then jack up the price. Still, they are smart enough to know never to overpay for a total gut job. I think 4pm is just wrong saying this is “can’t lose” place to live. You can lose if you overpay by hundreds of thousands of dollars. It’s so ridiculous to say something is wonderful when it’s only wonderful at the right price!
I used to live a few blocks north of this place. Sixth Ave. is the undiscovered country of Park Slope, it seems. No matter what the house is like inside, this is a can’t-lose place to live.
3:17 thanks for the additional info. I’m not familiar with Charrette, are they a restoration company? I also saw that on Property Shark that they paid $1.295 in 2006, so yeah I find it hard to swallow a 20% jump in value especially in that location. Maybe I’ll check out the next open house anyway.
Unrenovated is one thing — half the units in Brooklyn Heights are still under rent regulation. What is really appalling is the proportion of tastelessly destructive renovations.
Apparently, it is quite difficult to make brownstones work for modern lifestyles: most owners do a bad job. The listings are consistently full of stunningly beautiful houses (outside) that (inside) have been chopped up in bizarre ways, given kitchens that are neither usable nor attractive or had all the bathrooms fully updated bathrooms in 1970.
The chicks in PH are more attractive than those in PS. Science proves this.
Bold type guest, you little imp, you. First you reprimand Nokilissa for provoking a recessed lighting debate and then you precede to talk like a longshoreman (I’m just glad Jerri isn’t hear to witness this). Speaking of longshoremen, maybe Mr. Steele wasn’t a ship captain, but I’m sure he would have been more than happy to dock his dinghy on that (kitchen) island! 🙂
I looked at the $1.4mil property at 215 Prospect Pl (in PH) this past weekend which is in similar “estate” condition — what a project that’d be.
Huge roof leak that drained all the way down to the parlor floor, basically nonexistant kitchen/bath (they had a coal/wood fired oven for god’s sake), major damage to the joists/peeling paint/BAD black mold, etc.
The folks I was on the top floor with were also EXTREMELY creeped out for some reason, just bad vibes for no apparent cause. Creepy.
At $1.4mil, it’s absurd. At 500-600k less, it becomes a restoration project.
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I agree with 3:12 that calling something a “heap of junk” makes sense when it’s overpriced. I love brownstones plenty but am realistic enough to know that most of them are “diamonds in the rough” but you have to have enough money left over to polish the diamond – otherwise, it will just remain looking like a junky rock. Asking price has a lot to do with that – asking for that much money makes it economically pretty crazy to polish the diamond so to speak. There are much better options out there for an individual who can afford to pay 3.5-3.7 for a house (which is min this would cost after renovation) and a developer would be crazy to pay this much since it’s nearly impossible to do the math to turn a profit. 2 million would *still* be a very high price for this house – 1.5-1.8 would be a lot more realistic. And jealously is not fueling these comments, just realism. I’m certainly not jealous of someone who throws money out the window.