House of the Day: 601 6th Street
While the intense colors and period vibe might be a little much for some people, the house at 601 6th Street in Park Slope is undeniably top-notch. Located just off the park, the 4,400-square-foot turn-of-the-century house is configured as a three family, so there’s lots of extra income to help cover the mortgage you’ll have…
While the intense colors and period vibe might be a little much for some people, the house at 601 6th Street in Park Slope is undeniably top-notch. Located just off the park, the 4,400-square-foot turn-of-the-century house is configured as a three family, so there’s lots of extra income to help cover the mortgage you’ll have to take out to cover the asking price of $2,695,000. While that’s a lot of money these days, it doesn’t seem crazy given the size, quality and location of this place. After all, a year ago this would have been priced somewhere north of $3 million.
601 6th Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
they use this house as a b&b now (as well as their residence) and as I understand it, it does very well.
Miss Muffett…you coming tonight????
I don’t see an interior stairwell in what looks like the lower duplex, in which case, whoever lives in that space is sharing their private space with someone else – very weird, to say the least. The only way to fix that, it seems, is creating an interior stairwell in the lower duplex which I think often ruins the character of the space.
Love the house. Hate the colors (no big deal). Kitchen is great.
Don’t understand how someone can rent out that top story apt. Maybe you stick an in-law or adult child up there. Someone that you don’t mind walking through your home. Or, keep it as a master suite and have a small kitchenette for coffee, drinks, etc.?
For the amount of house you’re getting and the quality of the home I don’t think the asking price is too crazy.
shillstoner…exactly (your first paragraph)! that’s what kept me from buying a 4 storey building…I didn’t need three floors to myself and only wanted a tenant in the basement (ground floor or garden level for those of you asshats who just flew here from Ohio). 🙂
Thanks Schultz!
the kitchen is GREAT – I love it
the colors – you can repaint if you don’t dig it
I kinda like the bedroom inthat purple, the living room or parlor not so much…
I din’t ssee the other pics at first either. The kitchen is VERY nice…a bit cluttered but really well done. that grrenish parlour is nice.
In the end, paint colors are the easiest things to change. You almost always change most of them anyway. In this place it would be because of a lack of anything else to do!!!!
Unless I’m mistreading the flooplan, the only way to use this as a three-family is to have the top floor tennants walk through your “private” part of the house.
Regardless of what this house is currently worth, the argument that the price is reasonable because last summer some idiot would have paid a lot more for it is pretty lame.
Umm… so, let’s say you rented out the place and didn’t live there. You’d have to average at least $18k a month just to break even.
And if you decided to live there, you’re going to tell me the $4000 (if you’re lucky) for the basement and “penthouse” apartments is gonna make a difference?! Not to mention being sandwiched between two tenants.
This is absurd. Simple as that.