House of the Day: 1123 Glenwood Road
Flip time! This amazing-looking Victorian at 1123 Glenwood Road (at Westminster) just sold for $1,185,000 last February. While the exterior is lovely, the interior looks like a mixed bag to us. The living room, above, looks lovely with tons of original detail; some of the other (tiny) photos on the listing show some questionable attempts…
Flip time! This amazing-looking Victorian at 1123 Glenwood Road (at Westminster) just sold for $1,185,000 last February. While the exterior is lovely, the interior looks like a mixed bag to us. The living room, above, looks lovely with tons of original detail; some of the other (tiny) photos on the listing show some questionable attempts at modernization. Still, cool pad. The question is why the seller thinks he can get $1,359,000, an increase of 15%, in a much worse market. Theories?
1123 Glenwood Road [Century21] GMAP P*Shark
Brenda, your house is huge and would probably benefit from updating mechanicals, insulation, new windows, etc… which would bring down the fuel bills you’re always going on about. If you’re going to live in Victorian Flatbush and refuse to renovate, you’re going to pay for it. Deal.
Sam:
We have one of these. We have no super. We ARE worn out. Our gas “budget plan” is over $600/month. Not money pit, money * furnace.* Word to the wise. (On the other hand, we have a rental unit plus so many extra rooms that we have to give them names, “Tool room,” “sewing room,” etc….and we get lots of exercise running for the doorbell when UPS or the meter guys come.)
Has the house had new mechanicals, wiring, plumbing,etc… Hard to get your money back, but I bet this house needed/needs it.
“The question is why the seller thinks he can get $1,359,000, an increase of 15%, in a much worse market. Theories?”
Memento from blunt force trauma to the head suffered in 2006. He keeps losing his notes.
***Bid half off peak comps***
“And what is going on with that bathroom? The walls look like they’re covered in ectoplasm.”
Maybe I need new contacts but I can’t see anything in that picture beyond bad colors and spots on the wall. You whippersnappers have sharp eyes.
needs to get out, hoping for the best, this screams desperation, offer low.
A good house if you are looking to open a Bed & Breakfast, or if you have eight or nine kids. People still do have large families in Brooklyn. I would say for 1.1 million you will be getting lot of room for your buck.
But I would only buy it if it came with a live-in super.
Just the idea of maintaining a house like that wears me out.
To it’s credit, I will add that this house is opposite a truly beautiful church.
That sort of woodwork is original to many of these houses, which you must remember, are mostly transitional (1900-1915), rather than hardcore Victorian.
Bathroom is very scary.