House of the Day: 365 Parkside Avenue
Shortly after 365 Parkside Avenue (one of several Doctor’s Rows in the area) was an Open House Pick in 2006, it sold for the asking price of $879,000. The buyers in that transaction have now put the impressive 1901 brick house on the market for $1,150,000. We’re particularly liking the original wood floors and coffered…
Shortly after 365 Parkside Avenue (one of several Doctor’s Rows in the area) was an Open House Pick in 2006, it sold for the asking price of $879,000. The buyers in that transaction have now put the impressive 1901 brick house on the market for $1,150,000. We’re particularly liking the original wood floors and coffered ceilings, though we’re not so sure about the price in this market.
365 Parkside Avenue [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
As an aside, brownstoner summarized that report dead wrong.
Median sales prices for Brooklyn townhouses are NOT up. Median sales prices for brooklyn brownstones are down, with 2 families showing a 9% median price decline.
I’m not a raging bear, but fallacious reporting really irks me.
I am almost potive the front doors are original and very attractive.
The house looks lovely, though I agree the kitchen is obviously in need of some updating. the price looks very August to me, as they say. But we’ll see.
new2- How do you figure they couldn’t afford to do it but the new owners will be able to? All I’m saying is- you have a house that you want OVER A MILLION DOLLARS FOR and you can’t just thrown in matching appliances for continuity?
Regarding the door- It looks like a set of metal(?) doors that you put in a storefront or rental building. The interior door looks like a screen door. It’s not appealing. Yes, it can be redone, but it’s just more money out of the buyers pocket. I speak from experience, the house I bought someone had taken the double doors off of and installed single doors with a screen door out front and yes, they are fugly. We have it on our to-do list to replace them but it’s costly and they’re not the easiest to source. Thusly, I’m having to live with the fug-door for a while.
I really like the interior – that living room and den work nicely – I do wish they had done something to give the kitchen a bit more of a rustic appeal and not have it with mismatched appliances
I don’t know the pricing in that nabe so I don’t know if they can get 1.15, but certainly a little over 1 mill
Beautiful property (tacky parking idea). Why are they selling? Nabe not quite working out for them?
***Bid half off peak comps***
It will not sell at that price. Sale prices for townhouses may have been up as of the last reporting quarter (Q408) but the market has deteriorated so much in the last month that nothing is selling now without a 10% drop below asking price, at least. Prospective buyers will not make an offer now until they smell blood in the water.
I agree with Townhouse Lady…I was disappointed with the kitchen…mismatched appliances, lack of cabinet space, wood countertops, etc.
overall the place is impressive though.
Townhouse lady:
What is so “super fugly” about the entrance? Looks like an elegant design to me. A few details and it could be pretty grand.
Regarding the kitchen, maybe they didn’t have the cash to redo it, and didn’t want to borrow. We need more of that. Plus, anyone wants to buy the house can surely spend $25-$50k to redo the kitchen.
I like the details inside but the front entrance is super fugly. It looks like a generic apt. building door on the front (please tell me it’s just reading wrong in the picture!).
I also don’t understand not having redone the kitchen. I’m not saying the kitchen is horrible it’s just not what I would expect in a house over a million. Doesn’t jive in my book.