House of the Day: 445 Warren Street
This row of three-story townhouses on Warren Street between Bond and Nevins in Boerum Hill has a lot of charm despite its proximity to the Gowanus Houses. Unfortunately for this particular listing at 445 Warren Street, though, the interior appears to have no charm at all. (It also doesn’t appear to have a broker who’s…
This row of three-story townhouses on Warren Street between Bond and Nevins in Boerum Hill has a lot of charm despite its proximity to the Gowanus Houses. Unfortunately for this particular listing at 445 Warren Street, though, the interior appears to have no charm at all. (It also doesn’t appear to have a broker who’s making much of an effort. Horrendous photos!) That combo is going to make it hard to fetch the asking price of (cue Doctor Evil) $1,000,000.
445 Warren Street [Century21] GMAP P*Shark
Oh, this block! In 2001, there was an equally tiny townhouse selling for about $400,000. It was a one family.
Well, say what you will, it’s an inexpensive block in an expensive area. You can change the Home Depot kitchens and baths. Don’t townhouses in this area that aren’t sandwiched between two projects generally go for $2 million, whatever the province of their kitchens?
On the bright side, you won’t have to go far to buy some weed.
Why would anyone put pics like that up? (And this happens ALL the time on Craigslist.’
It is true that this poor little section of Warren Street is cut off by projects on BOTH ends! Wow, that’s a pretty undesirable location. Who knows what this is worth? My former estimate of 800,000 is on the high side actually.
i have to agree with lechacal and asdf. even if the safety issue is debatable, it would be a dismal and depressing experience just walking to and from your house. especially during the summer when the kids have nothing to do except get into trouble. no matter how well you renovate, and how comfy it feels inside, and how nice the neighbors might be, i’m not interested in feeling penned in on my block.
So… tell me if I’m getting this… Century 21 is trying to earn $30,000 or more by selling this house. This large sum of money is, I thought, meant to be payment for some sort of EFFORT on the part of the realtor.
This is what they think is effort?!! COME ON!
If it means spending $200 on a cleaning service to clean up the tenants apartment, isn’t that the cost of doing business if you are going to earn THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS or more in commission?!?!?! Seriously.
If nothing else, this is thoroughly disrespectful to prospective buyers. While it is crazy to me that someone could pay $1 million for this property, what is just plain disgusting is to think someone lets their Realtor operate this way. Just sell it yourself with a lawyer — judging by how much effort they put into “staging” the property, the realtor probably isn’t bringing any other “value add” to the transaction….
Rare is a location as bad as this. The street is one block long here and dead ends into projects at both ends. No through traffic to at least discourage bad things. Worst block from the BQE to Prospect Park.
The 433 Warren condo is on the same block.
This is a crummy house in a crummy location. Before this ridiculous bubble, it would have been valued at around $300-400K. Today, it should not cost more than $500K. The widget should record my appraisal!
No matter what your supposed experience was or where we could pay you to live if we even cared if you live – appraising is based on what others have paid and are willing to pay.
Don’t be so self-involved.