House of the Day: 216 Maple Street
This three-story limestone at 216 Maple Street at Rogers Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens is, like many houses in the area, a real beauty. In addition to the impressive wood paneling, we’re quite taken with the separate side entrance on the ground floor. The asking price of $985,000 isn’t nuts but we suspect the market-clearing…
This three-story limestone at 216 Maple Street at Rogers Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens is, like many houses in the area, a real beauty. In addition to the impressive wood paneling, we’re quite taken with the separate side entrance on the ground floor. The asking price of $985,000 isn’t nuts but we suspect the market-clearing price will end up being more like $900,000. What do you think?
216 Maple Street [Brooklyn Bridge Realty] GMAP P*Shark
Corner location is a mixed bag. Yes, it gives more windows and makes the bottom level into a real floor with windows. But the noise from Rogers is a major negative. Given the condition this should be at least 100K under the house that just sold for 995K, which was mint condition with a high-end kitchen and baths. So I’d say 895K.
gemini: I may be remembering wrong, but at the peak of the market weren’t three-story limestones in Lefferts Manor asking something like $1.2M? (Asking at least, dunno what they were getting.) If so, $900k or a little under would seem to be consistent with the general direction of the market. Though I would guess it’ll be under $900k if a lot of updating is called for.
I love this place!
We got confused on our way to 316 Maple and stood outside for a few minutes saying “this? they’re asking $500,000 for this? I feel lightheaded.”
316 Maple is a few blocks away. I don’t remember if $500,000 was the actual number but the place is a genuine fixer upper.
216 Maple is gorgeous.
This house is under-priced at $985,000. A two story on Midwood just closed for slightly under 1mil. This house may need some freshening up, but it also has garages that could be rented out and useable, light filled garden level space that could be rented out as office space or lived in. It is on a great block and it has original detail.
The problem with the corner brownstones is the lack of the garden and the noise from Roger’s avenue – although you get the benefit of a garage. This is the last building in the manor district, so you can’t rent out the bottom apartment legally – I think the ground floor is originally a Dr.’s office (although not when it was built, like the row houses on Parkside). I would say 900K if someone falls in love with it and it sells in the next month or so, and 750K if it’s still on the market in 4 months.
Its too bad about the 3ft of garden on the avenue side – it would be a much more impressive house if it were really 23′ ft wide instead of 20.
shoot, my 915k is too high cause I’m usually always lower than Wasder but this time I’m 15k higher than him. Revise guess – 875k
Nice house, corner lot, garage, this place has a lot going for it. Location is quiet and pretty if a bit lacking in amenities. I would think that 900 would fly for this house.
Not sure why this house should sell at 900K as Mr. B states???
I’m guessing the kitchen is really outdated and the bathrooms might be as well
Don’t get me wrong, The facade is gorgeous and the interior has been very well kept. But I feel like if houses in Park Slope are selling for hundreds of thousands less why shouldn’t a house in PLG – why is that area so immune?
Very pretty. Too bad about the small garden.