House of the Day: 174 Clinton Avenue
Perhaps if the seller of 174 Clinton Avenue hadn’t spent so much time ripping open the facade of his historic brownstone and stealing a parking space from the public by cutting the curb, he might not be in his current situation. (Oh, it also would have helped if he’d priced the property reasonably back in…
Perhaps if the seller of 174 Clinton Avenue hadn’t spent so much time ripping open the facade of his historic brownstone and stealing a parking space from the public by cutting the curb, he might not be in his current situation. (Oh, it also would have helped if he’d priced the property reasonably back in the fall of 2007 back when he, quite astutely, subdivided the through lot into two pieces.) The listing debuted with Brown Harris Stevens in October 2007 at $2,500,000 and was subsequently cut to $1,990,000 in April of last year before being pulled off the market. Now it has re-emerged, post-renovation, with Halstead at the wheel and a new 2009-friendly price of $1,800,000. The interior has been cleaned up considerably and, while a lot of the original woodwork has been preserved, some of the renovation choices (like the exposed brick fireplaces and modern yard) don’t float our boat. That said, this price is back in reality land now. It remains to be seen whether buyers will like the in-house parking feature or lament the foregone rental income that came with that decision.
174 Clinton Avenue [Halstead] GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Ave. Curb Cutter Takes 20% Haircut [Brownstoner]
Cut and Run at 174 Clinton Avenue [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 175 Vanderbilt Avenue [Brownstoner]
Curb cut on this historic street? A travesty.
“I voted $1.1 million but I wouldn’t be surprised if it goes for lower. Unless that’s the best block in CH (I wouldn’t know), of course.”
“Gracias, that’s a pretty ignorant estimate. If you are clueless about the neighborhood, how can you even comment?
Posted by: brownstoner at May 11, 2009 1:54 PM”
I voted for 899K Brownstoner! Does that make me “Ignorant”? Maybe I don’t know the neighborhood?
“Perhaps if the seller of 174 Clinton Avenue hadn’t spent so much time ripping open the facade of his historic brownstone and stealing a parking space from the public by cutting the curb, he might not be in his current situation”
Whoa there you go again Brownstoner! Hater Much?
The What (The What tosses bags of Skittles out!)
Someday this war is gonna end…
Gracias, that’s a pretty ignorant estimate. If you are clueless about the neighborhood, how can you even comment?
So it has a garage now? I am wondering about the “H” for Halstead’s positioning on the broker photo. Is the garage door really ugly?
The main issue is that the same team who brought you the ugly curb cut and the questionable back yard is building a 7 story new building overlooking your backyard. So your large yet scarred brownstone could end up in a permanent dark spot between the coops and an ugly thing. That would strike fear in my heart. I can’t imagine buying into such a situation.
In the broker listing there’s no description.
One-family? two family? Three Family? How many bedrooms? How many bathrooms?
All I know is it’s one lazy broker.
i agree that the parlor window bars are horrendous! i am normally a fan of exposed brick but these fireplaces are really ugly – they should have stuck with a more traditonal mantel.
i wish they had a floor plan – i do like the curb cut.
1.4M
Note: I’m aware that those towers aren’t housing projects and that the people who live in them are perfectly nice working-class families and such. That’s fine. But the towers are still ugly. 🙂
Being near Myrtle’s nice tho, and I guess if you have a car the crappy subway access doesn’t matter.
I literally have no idea how to price this property. I know I wouldn’t pay 1.8mm for it … but I’m not sure what I think it “should” sell for.
“Unless that’s the best block in CH”
It’s not. You’re staring at a bunch of ugly apartment towers across the street.