House of the Day: 125 Willoughby Avenue
This two-family at 125 Willoughby Avenue in Clinton Hill just hit the market a couple of weeks ago with a price tag of $2,100,000. The current owners bought the place for $1,400,000 back in 2005 and have busied themselves with a top-to-bottom renovation since. Things we like: parlor floor moldings, original parquet floor, and the…
This two-family at 125 Willoughby Avenue in Clinton Hill just hit the market a couple of weeks ago with a price tag of $2,100,000. The current owners bought the place for $1,400,000 back in 2005 and have busied themselves with a top-to-bottom renovation since. Things we like: parlor floor moldings, original parquet floor, and the clean modern kitchen. Things we don’t: recessed lighting and exposed brick on the parlor floor, choice of tile in the master bath. It’ll be interesting to see if they get their price on this one.
125 Willoughby Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
I would be tempted to rejigger that master bed/bath layout. A big clawfoot tub for soaking right in front of that fireplace would be so fun… and if you opened up that bath area a bit you’d have more room for closets too. Yes, that existing bathroom should be the first thing to go.
I’m just hating on the bathroom.
this wouldn’t sell for 2.1 in park slope. remember the open house pick on 1st btw 5th and 6th? that one has been sitting for some time at around the same price. way nicer area and shorter commutes to midtown.
Guys:
This is a beautiful corner in New York. Considering it’s New York I’d say it’s not that close to the PJs, if that bothers you. It is close to Associated and the Korean market across the street, both pretty good for food shopping, again considering it’s New York (better than any Gristedes and most D’Agostinos I’ve been in in Manhattan).
I’ve been in Clinton Hill under 2 years, so I don’t have the clout most of the haters on this list claim. But I love the neighborhood. I’m on the edge of Fort Greene and I feel I get the best of both neighborhoods. I don’t stress about train access because I can still get to my office in midtown in 40 minutes (door-to-door) on the B or Q. I don’t stress about the crime because I feel there’s a real community of neighbors. And I really don’t stress about prices, brick, or lighting. I bought one of the houses people on this list hated on, and I couldn’t be happier. I’m changing the things I want to change, and enjoying the rest.
What’s the problem?
“If you don’t mind living near projects you’re better off buying in Crown heights or Bed Sty for less than 1/2 the price of this house.”
I live in Bed-Stuy and I am nowhere near the projects. In fact, there are many areas in Bed-Stuy that are safer than parts of Clinton Hill.
In 10 years it will be worth 100 million. All of the houses in Brooklyn will be. The government is secretly buying them all so they can sell them to people moving from the UWS of Manhattan and pay off the national debt by 2015. OR it might be possible that in 2-3 years prices will resemble Miami, where 3 short years ago houses that brought 750K are now listed for 180K and still not selling. Things that go up that fast can go down just as quickly when the buyer and lender pool totally dries up – which believe it or not it is even happening up here even as you hide your heads in the sand. Only idiots believe it can never happen. Never is one of those words than never fails to prove otherwise
THIS PROPERTY IS NOT ON 100FT. LOT. IT IS A SHORTY! TOO MUCH MONEY FOR WHAT?
Thanks, 9:50. Been here 21 years now, last mugged 14 ago, always use the G train (hey, the “G train sprint” is good exercise in my old age), and wouldn’t do it any different if you paid me. Tradeoffs: cheap brownstone, no mortgage, low property taxes, lots of space, good neighbors, lovely back yard, incoming amenities accompanying all you nice gentrifiers…but you know what? 21 years ago I was called a gentrifier too – and now someone on this thread thinks I’m an “original homeowner.” Well, I’d rather be original than UNoriginal. Plus ca change…
You couldn’t pay me to live here.