House of the Day: 204 Clermont Avenue
When 204 Clermont was listed with Roslyn Huebener last year, we were surprised at how it failed to attract any interest; based on the photos at the time, it looked like a great house. Now that Brooklyn Properties has the listing, however, and has posted some photos with some less flattering angles, it makes better…
When 204 Clermont was listed with Roslyn Huebener last year, we were surprised at how it failed to attract any interest; based on the photos at the time, it looked like a great house. Now that Brooklyn Properties has the listing, however, and has posted some photos with some less flattering angles, it makes better sense why the three-family house has had to drop its asking price from $2,500,000 to the current $1,650,000: It has nice bones but the layout is totally random. We’ve included a fairly flattering shot above, but click through to the listing and check out the placement of that kitchen island on the parlor floor. Can you say “value destruction”? Someone should buy this as a two-family and just rip that parlor kitchen out.
204 Clermont Avenue [Brooklyn Properties] GMAP P*Shark
House of the Day: 204 Clermont Avenue [Brownstoner]
The multiple paint colors and “towel staging” aren’t doing it any favors, either.
Am I crazy for saying location is an issue? When I checked google maps and saw that the closest subway was the G train it was a huge turn off.
Here’s what I said about this place in December’s price drop thread:
“We looked at the house on Clermont almost a year ago, and found it absolutely charming. A lot of work needed, and quite narrow, but charming. And the price now seems about right – though in today’s market, who the hell knows. It has no yard, but a nice parlor floor level deck and an honest-to-God garage. Heaven.”
I cannot figure why it has still not sold. Particularly with this new hair cut. It is a really cute house, very sunny, across from a church, very close to the park… it seemed solid too. Much cosmetic work to be done, but felt like it had been taken care of in terms of it’s innards.
Well can you say entropy on that floor plan? Whats with the splotchy facade and cheap bay window siding? Needs another $200K reduction for it to make sense and only because it is so well located. This will sit for a while longer.
Floorplan is available on Streeteasy from the previous listing:
http://img.streeteasy.com/nyc/image/65/3020565.png
2.5 to 1.6 Million???? At that time 1.6 would’ve sold in one day and now todays price is retarded. 750k should do it.
BTW Where are you going to get a mortgage on this puppy?
The What (Obama will loan us the money)
Someday this war is gonna end..
Eye candy:
http://www.brownharrisstevens.com/detail.aspx?id=958591
http://www.brownharrisstevens.com/detail.aspx?id=729018
http://www.brownharrisstevens.com/detail.aspx?id=796829
I remember seeing a floorplan for this somewhere, though it might have been with previous listing.
The interior does kind of look like it was assembled at random from pieces of other brownstones …