House of the Day: 206 208 Hancock Street
Unless Corcoran has the listing, it’s hard to unearth addresses for most of the houses on the market in Bed Stuy; brokers like Fillmore and, in this case, Weichert are loathe to include street addresses with the listings, so it’s only by using a little gumshoe that we can feature a lot of these places….
Unless Corcoran has the listing, it’s hard to unearth addresses for most of the houses on the market in Bed Stuy; brokers like Fillmore and, in this case, Weichert are loathe to include street addresses with the listings, so it’s only by using a little gumshoe that we can feature a lot of these places. One such house, which we happened to pass by this weekend, is 206 208 Hancock Street. The three-family house has an eye-catching turrett. Besides that, it’s hard to know what lies within, cuz there are no interior pics. Nice going, guys! Way to help your client out. Asking price for the 3,600-square-foot building? $799,000. Hancock Street is great, but unless there’s some well-preserved architectural detail and some nice kitchens and bathrooms in there, that’s a stretch in these trying times. Update: Looks like we eye-balled the address wrong and this is actually the same house we profiled last summer when it was asking $859,000.
206 Hancock Street [Weichert] GMAP P*Shark
House of the Day: 208 Hancock Street [Brownstoner]
I haven’t seen the inside of the house, but this is a spectacular block and great location–2.5 short blocks from the A and C trains, decent supermarket close by, easy parking, nice neighbors. And anyone who walks the block can see that it’s not that it has a long way to go–it’s never gone down. It’s a beautiful block and it’s been a beautiful block for a century or so.
I wish I was there to hear that line of crap Amzi. he probably wouldn’t allow me to see the house after I replied!!!
Bad Realtor is right… He tells you as you walk in that a offer has been made. Do they all really think we are that stupid. Seems like 80% of the Realtors in NYC are like this.
“This house has a funny layout. bad realtor and it needs some work and badly priced thats the only reason it hasn’t sold.”
That makes you sound about as intelligent as your login name would indicate..
I feel that there are few better houses for sale in Bed Stuy then this garbage for it to be posted twice as HOTD. Mr.B you have to get it together, the site has loss credibility with the recent listings you put up. Its a bad market and you’ve yet to list anything thats even worth considering.
And Dave what the hell you talking about, since when have you become the poster boy for Bed stuy. The house doesn’t need that much work or it would reflect the price. This house has a funny layout. bad realtor and it needs some work and badly priced thats the only reason it hasn’t sold.
We should form a team Dave… You know things are crazy today and I know I going to hear “I remember when houses on Hancock Street went for under 800K” but this is not 2011. Who ever buys this house will get a diamond and the ROUGH but the it should be priced right. This wonderful neighborhood has come a long way but we have not met the promise land yet.
And it needs new windows.
Given what I paid for my place (only 2,560 sq. ft.) at the top of the market, this place would be worth close to $900,000 or more in this market if all of its architectural details were restored, it had a new kitchen in each of the units, new elctrical, new plumbing, new baths, new windows. All of that is going to cost about another $300,000 or more.
No, I’m the biggest cheerleader!!!! 🙂
On the house though, you’re dead right. It most likely needs all new systems: electrical, plumbing and HVAC. New roof too? That said, it’s certainly one of the more beautiful homes in Bed Stuy and as much as I hate to disparage brownstones, it won’t require the typical facade re-do. In fact, from the outside it looks well preserved.
Anybody know if any electrical/plumbing/heating upgrades have been done?
Also I hate that Fillmore and others don’t put address to the properties. Sometimes can go without floor plans but interior photos would be very helpful.