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
Danny…the new Senator comes from my side of the Noonan family that we were speaking of a few weeks ago. She’s my mother’s cousin’s daughter.
Well, it was my quote so I assumed it was pointed at me.
Most people understand a different meaning to the word “entitlement” and within a discussion like this about real estate, housing and what one can or cannot afford it has a very negative connotation.
Even when I was spending well under $1MM in Bed Stuy I felt I was entitled not to have to look across the street at anything I considered unsightly; and, I passed on a number of properties for that very reason. That’s my only point here.
This is one of the nicest corners in the area. I used to take walks there all the time. The park is very pretty as are the brownstones and the mews on the other side of the park.
The apartment building is not an eyesore, though it would have been better if they had kept the original black iron windows throughout. Oh, window replacement! What a mistake!
So Warren Street was asking 8 million and closed for 5.4 million?
I think this one needs to be discounted on that same level.
If I remember correctly, Warren is a much more beautiful street and that house was FAR more beautiful inside as well.
Here’s Warren St…$5.4 MM with 7,000 sq. ft….compare psf and the Streetviews and get back to me.
http://bstoner.wpengine.com/brownstoner/
archives/2009/01/155_warren_sell.php
dave – warren street 1 block away. 5.4 mil. talked about on this site several times (was asking a ridiculous 8+ at one point).
i wouldn’t trust streetview as the definitive “view” here. this is a beautiful tree lined street in a fantastic location.
Was a joke, not pointed at you.
BUT If you are going to shout and start using language because others may have a different opinion and then make sweeping statments about getting “whatever I want” if I shelling out $4.4 million for a house – then quod erat demonstratum!
dibs is correct, if you are shelling out 4 million bucks, especially in this climate, you can feel more or less entitled to anything you want.
Now is the time to buy.
I think the Warren Street house went for 5.4 MM sam. But that had the Verandah Place carriage house.