House of the Day: 93 2nd Street
We’re surprised the listing for 93 2nd Street didn’t include something along the lines of “Own your own house for the price of a condo!” The 1,620-square-foot mini-house is a charmer for sure and for a couple or small family this really could be a nice alternative to a condo. The house, which traded for…
We’re surprised the listing for 93 2nd Street didn’t include something along the lines of “Own your own house for the price of a condo!” The 1,620-square-foot mini-house is a charmer for sure and for a couple or small family this really could be a nice alternative to a condo. The house, which traded for $975,000 three years ago, is now asking $1,125,000. We could see it getting pretty close to that. What do you think?
93 2nd Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
Ed: We’re taking a new price voting feature for a test run on this post. The idea is to get the group to predict what the house will sell for. In a few months, we’ll be able to start to look back and see how close we came as a group! It will also provide some pretty immediate feedback to sellers on whether they’re in the right ballpark.
11217, you took the words right out of my mouth. Bigger is not always better. As a single person who currently lives in a smallish 1 bedroom apartment would I love to go cartwheeling around 5k sq feet? You bet your sweet bippy! But realistically, what would I do with all that space? I think in terms of ‘how many rooms do I *really* need’ and ‘do I want to pay to heat and cool rooms that would be unnecessary for me?’ The answer is a resounding NO.
is it just me, or isn’t it clear to everyone that the person now posting as “return of the what” is not the same individual as the original poster “the what?” you don’t need to be an FBI forensics scientist to see from comparing posts that they are not the same person.
and the widget is fun, although not all that reliable in that it’s impossible to determine which posters have the incentive to suggest low prices and which have the incentive to suggest high prices. one house might elicit more of one type of poster, etc. by forcing participants to log in, we can at least see for ourselves which participants tend to suggest high prices, and which suggest low prices.
So Sam….just to be clear moving forward…you believe each human being needs 1600 sf to live comfortably?
Sam, I’ve never owned a home, but I am aware of the challenges it brings vs. co-op or condo ownership. Even still, I’d choose a home. Communal living is not my style. Even if the ceiling falls and the foundation cracks, I’d rather have a single family home over a co-op or condo.
I agree that this is a perfect house for a single person. Unfortunately the asking price requires two incomes.
“One of the beauties of a condo or coop, for most single New Yorkers, is a super on call. With a house, you are your own super, handyman and management company. It is a challenge to tackle on one’s own. Just fyi.”
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I live in a brownstone co-op (we have no super) and I’ve come to absolutely revel in the fix it projects around, and have become quite handy in the past 2 years I’ve lived here. I’ve been able to fix quite a few things in lieu of having our management company come in and do the work, in fact.
I’d love to own a house like this one day.
Not all single New Yorkers are alike.
Agree completely, Snappy. I’d NEVER want a house larger than this. I don’t want or plan to have children, so a house this size would be more than adequate for me and a possible mate.
I actually think the house would work fine for a couple with one child also.
I believe in making the most of the space you have, and do not subscribe to the bigger is better theory.
in order for stoner’s widget to work you have to just enter numbers, no comas or anything else.
in other words: 700000 just like that. Then it will work.
Snappy, I totally understand where you are coming from. Have you ever owned a house? Are you aware what you’re in for? One of the beauties of a condo or coop, for most single New Yorkers, is a super on call. With a house, you are your own super, handyman and management company. It is a challenge to tackle on one’s own. Just fyi.
I can’t enter my estimate because it just says “enter a number” in a popup though I did enter a number.
I agree with Insertnsnappynamehere. There are enthused buyers for small houses. Not absolutely every single person who buys a house in Brooklyn is a married hetero couple with children. Plenty gay singles and couples buy historic houses. Sure it limits the pool of buyers to a smaller group but I don’t think that necessarily drives the price below a million for this particular house. I have never been inside one single condo in Brooklyn that I myself would choose over a beautifully renovated small house. I just don’t think anybody is building any condos here that are all that amazing.