House of the Day: 304 Union Street
Today’s House of the Day at 304 Union Street in Carroll Gardens is particularly interesting in light of yesterday’s GMAP P*Shark Open House Picks 11/4/2005 [Brownstoner]
Today’s House of the Day at 304 Union Street in Carroll Gardens is particularly interesting in light of yesterday’s discussion about declining prices. We had it as an Open House Pick in November 2005 when it was listed for $1,850,000; it ultimately sold for $1,700,000 in May 2006, and the new owner clearly went to town on the renovation. It’s charmingly done (love those slightly rough original floorboards in the parlor) but the big question is whether it merits the marked-up price of $4,150,000.
304 Union Street [Stribling] GMAP P*Shark
Open House Picks 11/4/2005 [Brownstoner]
My 5:30 is a response to DIBS at 5:07. Sorry if I confused anyone else.
***”Bitter renter” is the automated reply to anyone who claims that houses are overpriced.
this simply isn’t true, or at least hasn’t been true in the time that I have been participating in this board (last four months or so). Most everybody on this thread has talked about what a ridiculous price this is and most of the HOTD have been judged to be overpriced recently so I don’t know what you are judging by.
In re October 16th, for me the significance of this date is that we will all be alive and reasonably well, and not mauled or otherwise maimed as the What wishes. It is not so much that he wasn’t “right” about economic conditions and the banking system, but how he extrapolated this to our death and destruction. So no matter what happens in the market I will toast a toast on October 16th to being alive and well no matter which internet trolls wish me ill. I hope to raise a glass with a few of you guys.
Re: Post bklyn11231 at 3:47…
> Isnt that mini-Martha Stewart Katie Brown’s house?
Yes, it is! Amazing – beautiful renovation but she obviously has some lofty (can we say filled with air) thoughts on price here.
DIBS…I don’t think you can use PVC in NYC.
If you do a cheap renovation, don’t expect such a high return.
Also, regarding the diffusers, a concealed slot diffuser is the way to go in high end renovations. You don’t see them. It looks like a reveal in the ceiling.
Sure.
We went with a Unico system, 2 zones covering three floors. We had all our walls open at the time we opted for this. Contractor was L&K, based in Queens. Everyone will tell you mini-duct systems make a whistling sound. L&K represented that UNICO certified installers know how to put enough vents and bends in the system to avoid the sound. They did it right and it doesn’t whistle, although the air handler is right behind our bedroom wall and we hear it whoosh a bit.
The good news is we have no soffets that are not in closets. One air handler is in the cellar; the other in a dropped closet ceiling. They snake the ducts around all kinds of places inside the walls. They did gobble up more space in the closets than they had originally represented and they, and we, made some bad aesthetic decisions about where to place the vents, plus they failed to deliver on a few promises with respect to placing vents. Also, people see the holes and ask “what’s that?” Definitely a bit out of character in an old house, but less so than a huge soffet breaking up the crown molding.
My advice — go on the Unico website and look at what it looks like. Then get some references for UNICO certified installers. I wouldn’t heartily recommend L&K, but I wouldn’t exactly steer you away. You are a more experienced renovator than I was when we did our house, so you might do a better job pinning down your results.
Houseinprogress on houseblogs.com did a huge blog entry comparing conventional, mini, and ductless A/C a few years back.
Sorry for the long post. If I could shut up about all this house stuff, I wouldn’t be on this site anymore. Good luck.
Unfolding
Ha, Dave, you really are a wonder. I hope you’re buying stocks with both hands. If you don’t understand what is unfloding every night on the news programs, you ought to pay someone to explain it to you.
October 16th –deal; I’ll see you here, Dave. Deal?
wow dibs – if you don’t think this current situation is the big crash, I’m not sure what you imagine it to be.
Wasde”Bitter renter” is the automated reply to anyone who claims that houses are overpriced. A fair reply to that is that the supposedly bitterest renter of all turned out to be dead right about the state of American finance. Try as you might –because you’re a broker; because you own dubiously priced real estate in crap Brooklyn –you won’t push doubters off this board.
Someone should buy this for $4 million; I hope they do. It’ll be worth $50 million in twenty years.
You’re a pathetic crew, really.