House of the Day: 219 Washington Avenue
The owner of 219 Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill has been trying to sell for over a year now, tweaking the price a number of times in the process to no avail. It started at $2,275,000 at the beginning of May 2007, getting bumped to $2,375,000 and then $2,395,000 within the first week; by the…
The owner of 219 Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill has been trying to sell for over a year now, tweaking the price a number of times in the process to no avail. It started at $2,275,000 at the beginning of May 2007, getting bumped to $2,375,000 and then $2,395,000 within the first week; by the end of the month, the listing had been pulled, according to StreetEasy. It reemerged with Corcoran again in February at a pie-in-the-sky $2,835,000 in February of this year, before getting knocked back down to $2,495,000 in March. Later in the spring, it was pulled again. Brown Harris Stevens brought it back to market last week at $2,495,000. Seems to us that you gotta have a fifth story to get this price on Washington Avenue in this market, but we could be wrong.
219 Washington Avenue [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP
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Garden level is 1-2 steps below grade. This building also has a basement. Not sure why they didn’t include it but the garden level floorplan shows an access door to the basement and the “break” in the staircase indicates such as well.
This house was on the Clinton Hill Tour a few years ago, one of the best ones on it. The master BR on the top floor was gorgeous but w/o enough storage (an easy fix though). The den off the BR had spectacular views of lower Manhattan from the large plate glass window there. Definitely worth a looksee now that it has its own parking (that was not done yet at the time of the tour IIRC) which must add quite a bit to the worth of the house.
can someone explain the rules about turning the garden-level apt into a rental? When is it a “basement” and when is it a “garden apartment?” I’m assuming it has something to do with light, acess, etc.
anything near murdle should not go for anywhere near 2 million. i continue to believe we won’t hit bottom until we correct to 2000 prices…
They have done up the interior beautifully and in classic high-WASP taste although oddly there is no formal dining room. The dining table is in the kitchen, which is fine but a little inconsistent with the formal decor. A powder room would have been nice too. The garden looks terrific.
The lower level apartment can help bring in some income although if you want to buy a 2.4 million dollar house, I don’t know how much you should rely on rental income.
I like Washington Street for the most part. A nice mix of houses and vintage apartment buildings. The sellers have prepped the place well to sell. Let’s hope they get a good price and that banks keep writing mortgages.
Way overpriced, but very sweet.
The house is between Willoughby and Myrtle–not the nicest stretch of Washington, but not bad, and a bit of a walk to the C train (the G is a little closer).
It’s a heck of a lot of money for only two full baths in the triplex, and my pet peeve, no powder room on the parlor floor.
From the photos those are nice windows that they used in the front.
That house to the right with the crappy fence isn’t a great addition!! Again, I’d like to see this whole street. Don’t want to own the nicest house on the block in a real estate environment where nothing else is selling!!!
Why would they go back to the original listing price and work down from that. That would make TOO MUCH sense!!!!