House of the Day: 177 Maple Street
This three-story limestone house at 177 Maple Street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens was an Open House Pick back in September when it was an FSBO listed at $950,000; now Brooklyn Properties has the listing for $929,000. The house appears to be in good shape and, if you can look past some of the furnishings, has…
This three-story limestone house at 177 Maple Street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens was an Open House Pick back in September when it was an FSBO listed at $950,000; now Brooklyn Properties has the listing for $929,000. The house appears to be in good shape and, if you can look past some of the furnishings, has quite a bit of original charm; the kitchen, bathroom and yard aren’t going to help its chances. Seems to us it’ll take a little more price-cutting to get this one done. What do you think?
177 Maple Street [Brooklyn Properties] GMAP P*Shark
“This place is pretty close to the park, but is there an entrance to it close to there”
The Lincoln Road entrance to PP is at Lincoln and Ocean Ave., 3-1/2 blocks from this house. It’s one block closer to the park than my house(from which it’s a 7–8 minute walk).
The house is nice, but defintely not nearly as nice as most LM houses. I’ve been in plenty of the two story homes and they usually have more original details, woodwork, floors, etc. Not to mention the low cost kitchen. So I tend to agree with Pierre on the price(around 800K), which hardly seems “bearish” in this market–but who knows these days.
Isn’t anyone going to comment on the floors? Those downstairs have clearly been replaced. I’ve been on the block and when you have the original floors the inlay makes it clear there was once a wall on the parlor level. The carpeting upstairs may be protecting the old wood or indicate that it’s gone there too. I’d never buy a “vintage” house without the original floors in decent shape. There are a lot of things you can replace/restore, but I’ve never seen proper parlor floors redone well enough for my taste. I’m loving the old doors upstairs though.
This place is pretty close to the park, but is there an entrance to it close to there.
Greenery and a wood fence is what this back yard needs, that looks like a pool fence.
No I just meant away from work, but the outback would fix the problem too.
You know Dave I looked into buying an eco tours business in Noosa, Australia. It’s definitely time for a change and a more simple life.
we really like this area of PLG i.e Lefferts Manor. This limestone exterior is almost pristine and there are plenty of remaining details.
We agree Bob, Brooklyn Properties has done a great job with the pictures but that kitchen needs a lot of help.
MM we see what you are saying about personal taste but for the kind asking price the kitchen and bathrooms are cheap looking and diminish the craftsmanship of the other details.
We are bearish here and think this is an $800K house at the max especially with that single family covenant thing.
“Bob, do all the two-story limestones in LM have full-width parlors like this?”
No, I think there was a wall removed here. However many late 1890s–1910s houses (such as those in PLG) have floor plans that are more open than older row houses.
You mean back to the outback???
The neighbours houses look nice but for some reason the back yard sends me into a fit of depression… what the hell is it?
I think I’m going to have to go home.