House of the Day: 37 Wolcott Street
This four-story house at 37 Wolcott Street has some old-school charm on the outside but, man, is it hurting on the inside. Currently configured as a lower owner’s duplex topped by two floor-through rentals, the house’s interiors are a mix of vinyl floors, dropped ceilings and baseboard heating, not exactly value enhancers in this or…
This four-story house at 37 Wolcott Street has some old-school charm on the outside but, man, is it hurting on the inside. Currently configured as a lower owner’s duplex topped by two floor-through rentals, the house’s interiors are a mix of vinyl floors, dropped ceilings and baseboard heating, not exactly value enhancers in this or any market. The house is also located across the street from the Red Hook Houses and these two beauties next door at 41 and 43 Wolcott Street. On the more positive side, there aren’t that many brick and brownstone houses in the area that have their original facades intact. Given the rough shape it’s in and the less-than-stellar location, the asking price of $969,000 seems unrealistic right now. What do you think?
37 Wolcott Street [Fillmore] GMAP P*Shark
“BEST OFFER OVER $700,000” at fillmore.com
The capital letters make it ENTICING.
LOL! This place is next door to another joint that is for sale at about $200K less, iirc.
It is also on the track between the two 24hr deli WINDOWS (no one would dare stay open 24hrs on that block – or in red hook in general). Nice foot traffic out front at 2am…
I don’t want to beat a dead horse but there is no way this building was built as a single-family house. Houses did not have that pop-up piece in the center of the cornice. That is a commercial device used to advertise the building’s name or builder. A large house would have had a grander entrance. There is not a single fragment of the interior that looks like it could have ever been a house. The private houses built in the area looked like the ones next door. This building was probably built as a walk-up tenement with two apartments per floor with a shared bath. later, it was changed to one apartment per floor and later someone decided to combine the lower two apartments to make an owner’s unit.
fillmore has always been the realtor of last resort…but this is surprising even for them
Was I the only one who noticed their use of “boosting”?
“This is the tallest building on the block boosting 4 levels of living space”
I suppose they mean “boasting”…
Ahh delusions of grandeur combined with a hefty dose of visual hallucinations are well represented in this listing. Wonder if the broker / owner is off of his thorazine or is it Zyprexa?
Laughable is another accurate description on the pricing and Wasder we agree the only thing going for this place is the facade. House is in a terrible location, interior is horrendous, no subway, school district sucks, etc.
Paying $500K for this is being generous today.
THL that Q-tip video was classic, thanks.
no inigo – tenement buildings have staircases up the middle with two windows on each side of the door.
…It ain’t necessarily so….
How much did Babs Corcoran buy that house on Van Brunt for? As I recall that one was in pretty good shape and had retail space.
no inigo – tenement buildings have staircases up the middle with two windows on each side of the door.