House of the Day: 13 South Elliott Place
This one caught our eye a couple of weeks ago but it took some time to figure out the address. The four-story brownsone at 13 South Elliott Place in Fort Greene is an estate sale on the market for an astonishing $949,000. It clearly needs some work, and from what we gather from folks on…
This one caught our eye a couple of weeks ago but it took some time to figure out the address. The four-story brownsone at 13 South Elliott Place in Fort Greene is an estate sale on the market for an astonishing $949,000. It clearly needs some work, and from what we gather from folks on the block, it has a strange history. But at that price, a lot can be forgiven. We hear that there’s been interest already but don’t know if it’s in contract yet. Can anyone shed more light onto the situation? Update: We’re hearing from the broker community that the house has an accepted offer but is not yet in contract.
13 South Elliott Place [Fillmore] GMAP P*Shark
Downinf2fam you may be right that place needs a ton of work and $500k may not be a realistic estimate. Also now that you mention it Ken was only happy to talk to me after I told him I wasn’t a broker or even had one. Hhm will remember that next time.
PS: which house are you referring to on Washington?
“I’m surprised it’s under contract…”
Did I miss something?
***Bid half off peak comps***
Wow. So I have to do with a gut reno (already in contract) and a hovel in Red Hook as my eye candy for the day. And I am in Texas. And there is an ice storm. Can it get any worse?
I’m still lurking, though.
Hi All,
I said it “seemed” like it would be a great deal from the listing but once I saw the inside I knew — I also had a contractor and know that it will definitely cost more than 500 k to make it nice– more like 750k.
This block is super nice, and for a 20 foot wide house, with new mechanicals, and original details, etc. I understand that the market last summer warranted prices around 2.3 million. But its terrible time to buy a shell for this price– no mortgages, etc. I’d rather buy a house that is done like the 2 family on washington for 1.4m (18 feet wide) instead of deal with renovations, contractors, carrying the house during the work period (1 year) etc.
As far as the broker goes, he listed it on NYTimes, then when my Agent called he said he wouldn’t show it to her, because he wasn’t co-brokering, then when she said she would send me alone he said he had 30 offers already but hadn\t shown it to anyone…
Yeah right.
I went to see it on the “first day” — there were 3-4 people but please, I’m sick of brokers acting like it’s 2006. I’m surprised it’s under contract and I can’t imagine it getting more than 600k.
So what, Ringo. I’m not a celebrity whore. I haven’t heard of a lot of people. And a lot of “pretty well-known” people could be standing right next to me and I still wouldn’t know, or care.
What you don’t seem to understand is that people who parade themselves and their trappings on a website are open for whatever anyone would like to say about them. It’s the internet and that’s what it’s all about.
A million bucks for a shell? Man – that’s awesome!! Better would be if it was a vacant lot!
she was trying to be funny. I get it, and I get that you don’t. Maybe you’d have to more familiar with her, her site, her work to get it. She’s pretty well-known. Clearly you’ve never heard of her — that much is clear.
We were really excited about this when it first came on the market and went to the first showing. This is a great location but we were instantly disappointed at how narrow the place was. Initially the place seemed really cheap but the house needs everything. A total gut renovation in the true sense. As mentioned earlier the massive roof leak caused major damage to all the floors and walls of the top 3 floors. There are no kitchens, bathrooms or details and all the mechanicals need to be replaced entirely. The facade plaster work is crumbling off as well and one will need to obviously rewire from zero. One buyer brought in a contractor @ the open house who estimated the work to cost around $500K but we had already given up…too narrow.
BTW Ken Macbride seemed like a perfect gentleman to us as far as RE agents go.
I didn’t say anything about the kids or her life really. I jusy commented that the line that she said she has “one husband and three children” sounded a bit odd, and icy.
Take a pill, Ringo. Full stop.