House of the Day: 708 President Street
It’s always a difficult task to discuss a listing which fails to include a single interior photo, a strategy that only makes potential buyers assume the worst. In the case of 708 President Street in Park Slope, we’d really like to know what “unfinished” looks like. Is it beautiful original wordwork that just has a…
It’s always a difficult task to discuss a listing which fails to include a single interior photo, a strategy that only makes potential buyers assume the worst. In the case of 708 President Street in Park Slope, we’d really like to know what “unfinished” looks like. Is it beautiful original wordwork that just has a few layers of paint on it, or is it charmless mess? Since the asking price is $1,950,000, we’re going to assume the two-family house needs some work in either event. Can anyone speak to the condition of the interiors? Think this is priced right?
708 President Street [Edward Tully/NYT] GMAP P*Shark
Listing Broker: “The upper triplex has been left unfinished – you could easily keep the unfinished look or re-do your own dream house.”
yeah, the “unfinished look” … (also known as no floors!) is all the rage these days.
Maybe they can find a rich pirate who wants to walk the planks in his triplex?
Would someone buying this house also have to worry about whether or not the project had plans filed with DoB and a valid building permit in place? Clearing up someone else’s permit problems could become a huge and expensive headache, right?
Back to the Obama/McCain discussion but more on topic about the “unreasonable seller”… hope they realize that capital gains taxes are currently the lowest ever and likely to go up!!!
evidently, it’s a dump with a decent garden apartment with disillusioned owners.
“The selling broker has said the sellers turned down a $1,825,000 offer.”
That sounds like a very unwise move.
I don’t understand some of these people. If this is an older couple who’s lived here a while, they probably got this place for a song. 1.825 million is an incredible offer for a home in this condition in Park Slope. They were very, very foolish to not take that, in my opinion.
Can we stay on topic folks and talk about the house?
This place is a wreck inside — currently configured as a nicely-renovated garden rental with an upper triplex that is just a disaster area. The entire floor has been ripped out on the upper level, so you have to walk on the beams to see the rooms. It’s also a very narrow house (as are many in Park Slope).
It was previously listed with a Manhattan agent, who obviously over-priced it. The sellers are just unreasonable, and apparently are refusing to take below $1.9, because that’s what they were told they could get.
Supposedly the mechanicals are all sound and recent, but I would agree with at least $500,000 more needing to be done. At $1.3 or even $1.5 it would a good deal.
I’m guessing that there are a lot of people that consider anyone who has SJ’s email a winner….
And Obama was emailing Scarlett Johansson, so he wins!