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
A listing for a small and homely $3 million dollar should not contain the phrase “gut it and create a dream home.”
I always liked this wacky little house.
Love the fact it has a driveway and garage and love those windows
I can’t see this going for anywhere close to 3 million if we are assuming it needs major work inside
I always quite liked this little pair of buildings. Sort of reminds me of Leon Krier drawings. Great little balconies on the front! It would be a shame for someone maximize the FAR on a single.
I think I saw one of these house listed under another broker. From those pics it looked to be in pretty sad shape inside. I also remember walking by several times last summer seeing folks having a yard sale of stuff that looked like it hadn’t ever been cleaned and then went through a flood. That may have more to do with the condition of the garage than anything else.
I think if you buy a $3M house you’re going to want to redo everything to your personal taste, no?
i think it would be amazing to live on this block with a driveway. if i had the money and means of renovating this house i would buy it. location is worth plenty here – how much, i’m not sure.
I vote that you (Mr. B.) no longer give press and publicity to the properties for sale that don’t bother to give interior photos and/or a floor plan. Lazy ass brokers don’t deserve the views and clicks generated by this site.
Sometimes it seems like it is just a time lag between a listing appearing on a broker’s website and the floorplans and interior photos being added.
I have no interest in defending brokers, and but in some cases I think it’s just a time lag while they sort out the staging.
That said sometimes it’s just a bad attempt to hide something, and this one looks suspicious.
I’ve walked by this place and it looks very run down. Also, anyone remember that Corco listing very similar to this (another house like this on PPW) which started above 3 (pre-crash) and had many price cuts before selling way way below (low 2’s, I think?) and again, pre-Lehman. I can’t believe the broker/seller is serious about selling – kind of reminds me of yesterday’s HOTD in that respect, verging on a joke.
This is such a letdown after the COTD porn.
a driveway on PPW – has to worth at least 1M alone 😉