House of the Day: 65 Prospect Park West
Why oh why do some brokers persist in putting up a listing with no interior photos?Especially when you are asking close to $3 million, it’s an insult to potential buyers not to include at least four or five views of the inside of the house. It wastes everyone’s time and only creates suspicion in the…
Why oh why do some brokers persist in putting up a listing with no interior photos?Especially when you are asking close to $3 million, it’s an insult to potential buyers not to include at least four or five views of the inside of the house. It wastes everyone’s time and only creates suspicion in the minds of buyers. In the case of this house at 65 Prospect Park West (in this case, the broker also doesn’t disclose the address either), we hope there’s some original detail that’s intact but given that the house hasn’t changed hands in decades (and without any photographic evidence to the contrary) it’s a reasonable assumption that the interior’s not in tip-top shape. The house is asking $2,899,000. Has anyone been inside this place?
65 Prospect Park West [Awaye Realty] GMAP P*Shark
Like gemini10, I also have a soft spot for these weird little houses! I’m not sure why, to tell you the truth. They’re twins BTW, and it seems to me they share the driveway. But I don’t know for sure.
I’m pretty sure this is landmarked, so no high rise, IMBY.
I walked by this the other day…very “dark lot” because of the looming apt. building next door, casts shadows over the front recessed area. That explains the photoshopping “over exposed” look. Anyways, I’m sure it’s rather run down inside…but I’d offer 1.95 mill…parking would be awesome.
wasn’t this a HOTD about 6 months ago?
Serpentor, point taken wrt the interior photos, but they do at least give you somewhat of a clue as to what’s going on in there. In a situation like this where the broker is admitting that a gut may be needed, the photos are all the more important. For me though, lack of a floorplan is the real killer. Layout is so important. It’s one thing to look at photos and say, ‘yeah, I need to replace the cabinets, etc.’ and another to have a floorplan available and know if you are going to want to be moving walls, adding new bathrooms where there once was none, etc.
If I were to live on PPW, I’d much prefer an apartment on a nice high floor with a great view. This house has all the disadvantages of being on PPW, and none of the advantages.
Christopher
let’s just hope either A. that driveway is grandfathered or B. it has enough space to be a legal driveway – am curious b/c of the bustop that sits right in front of the house might be an issue if that driveway was never legalized.
The listing does say “… waiting for a buyer to gut it and create a dream home”
So at least the broker is somewhat honest about the interior, brokers don’t often use the “gut” word unless absolutely necessary.
I love the “driveway” and “garage”. Technically they are those things, but from those photos it looks like you’d have a tough time wedging a Honda Civic down the driveway into the garage.
But hell, the curb cut alone is worth $ 1 mil.
Is this on a landmarked lot? Otherwise at 26′ wide and a generous zoning FAR of 4 one could imagine a quick tear down and a 9 story glass finger building over looking Prospect Park…
Okay, so this is a sincere question: do interior photos really matter?
I mean, I love to look at them but they rarely tell the whole story — sure the floors look shiny, but is that linoleum or some high end parquet work? Can’t tell from the photos.
No one is posting photos of janky wiring, water damage or sinks dangling by a thread, which are the things you really want to know about before you bother to look at a place. So if you’re in the market for a 5 bedroom townhouse in the general vicinity, aren’t you just going to call Awaye and take a look at the place?
I’d be generally curious to know whether brokers have a take on this, like that at some price points, interior photos don’t seem to make a difference.