House of the Day: 213 Congress Street
Finally some fresh blood! It’s been slim pickings in the new listings department this year so far but this immaculate single-family brick at 213 Congress changes that. The 25-foot-wide house has had the same owner for four decades but appears to have recently undergone a pretty serious (and traditional) renovation, from the massive kitchen to…
Finally some fresh blood! It’s been slim pickings in the new listings department this year so far but this immaculate single-family brick at 213 Congress changes that. The 25-foot-wide house has had the same owner for four decades but appears to have recently undergone a pretty serious (and traditional) renovation, from the massive kitchen to the landscaped backyard. Whether the buyers out there are ready to pay up for it remains to be seen: The asking price is $4,400,000, or more than $1,000 a foot. Possible?
213 Congress Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
3.5 million, as a guess. And to jump in here, the buildings across the street are set back, well-maintained, and not that tall or ugly. The park being so close is a selling point, “the view” likely not a big deal to most potential buyers. It’s not the friggin’ BQE!
11217, with all due respect, you don’t know what you are talking about. This block is an A-1 location. Whether or not you fancy the design of other buildings on the block is not location, it’s whim.
Amity house was nicest house to sell in CH in a long time, maybe ever. Perfect bones, perfect reno, perfect location. It did sit for a bit, but no surprise it sold, and probably in the mid fours.
The BHS listing linked to above by cetus was taken down–what house was it?
DIBS, I’ve seen it many times, and I swear it’s not unsightly. And I’m very, very fussy. Swear.
Sam, you’ve said it before yourself haven’t you…? Location, location, location is the mantra for real estate.
In this housing bubble, people’s ideas of location were skewed in some cases in the pursuit of high profits which clouded their judgment, but I think we’re going back to a more “normal” state where people are a lot more picky.
3 years ago, people would have bought this sight unseen because they thought it would be gone in a day or sell for 5 million 6 months later.
Now for 4.4 million, people can stand to be a little more picky with regard to location. The buyers have the upper hand again. They can afford to have qualms about 3 bland, but well kept monstrosities across the street from them, if they please.
This stuff matters again more than it once did. It’s just a natural progression in the deflation of the housing bubble, it would seem, and reflects the changing nature of the real world as well as the threads on this blog.
Yeah dare I say, I almost prefer the Amity street house to the Warren Street complex — certainly the brownstone itself. Man I want one…
this was a weird thread, more discussion about the co-op across the street than about the house. you would think there was some sort of hideous crackhouse or detention facility there instead of just a non-descript and well maintained apartment house. nutty.
Cetus, that house looks absolutely amazing!