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
The gardens and landscaping ARE beautiful.
But for 4.4 million, you can find a house that looks out onto a much less depressing looking grouping of buildings.
No one is arguing that Cobble Hill and the block are nice, but for this price, I would prefer a house on a park block, or one with at least all townhouses.
You do realize that the reason WHY they spend so much time on the flowers and landscaping is precisely BECAUSE they know the buildings are unattractive.
Same goes for the Clinton Hill co-ops. Lovely landscaping and grounds to make up for less than beautiful buildings.
this is a fantastic location. convenient to atlantic ave, smith street, trains, etc…
DIBS, go walk down that block one day, in spring, or any other time of year and tell me it’s crap. It’s a beautiful block, near Court, near Cobble Hill Park. The landscaping on the apt./coop building is really nice even if the buildings are just ok.
Come see – really.
Sorry DIBS, but location location location is important-
and can’t get much better than this block or neighborhood.
(although anything in CobbleHill is really short walk to projects . Just because they call the neighborhood around projects by different name doesn’t make it any farther away – and you use same subway stop ,etc)
The 6-story apartment building on Congress Street actually has a beautifully maintained garden. They must have a full-time landscaper. I really enjoy walking by and looking at the perfect lawn and flower beds. It is the opposite of “not pleasant to look at”.
I think those buildings 200, 210 and 220 are very unpleasant to look at. Especially for 4.4 million dollars. I’m sure someone will be fine with it, but for that much money, I agree that the location outside the door should be more beautiful.
The view out your front window and down your street is as important as the amenities inside.
Location, location, location. The view out your front window and down your street is as important as the amenities inside.
– Um, a well overlooking a well maintained building with community minded residents and board, with a historic church to the left of your street view and a park to the right of your street view?
And may I add that every Spring the shareholders get together and plant flowers in fron of that “some sort of project” and tend to the through to Fall.
Among the residents when I left in 2005 included a few people who lived in the building since it was brand new, several lawyers, a judge, banking execs, two artists, teachers, and newer young professionals.
On the other intersection across from the “project” is Cobble Hill Park.
Look on NY Times a few apartments may be up for sale in 200, 210, or 220 Congress for an idea of interiors.
I guess it isn’t a project. My apologies. But it looks like a project and I wouldn’t spend even $700-800,000 with a view like that. The view out your front window and down your street is as important as the amenities inside.
Location, location, location.
This one will be on the market for a very, very, very long time.