House of the Day: 177 MacDonough Street
The ubiquity of the word “luxury” in recent years is probably responsible for a great many renovation mistakes. Instead of doing tasteful, understated renovations of kitchens and bathrooms, many homeowners felt that they needed to go all glossy, which, unless you really spend a lot of money and nail it, tends to backfire in our…
The ubiquity of the word “luxury” in recent years is probably responsible for a great many renovation mistakes. Instead of doing tasteful, understated renovations of kitchens and bathrooms, many homeowners felt that they needed to go all glossy, which, unless you really spend a lot of money and nail it, tends to backfire in our opinion. Such is the case with this house at 177 MacDonough Street in Bed Stuy. The 18-foot-wide brownstone’s got nice bones and architectural details, for sure, but the kitchen and bathroom shown in the listing photos just don’t work (for us, at least). We could be mistaken, but we suspect that most potential buyers of a house like this would much rather pay $100,000 less and skip things like the “2 ultra luxury Master baths, one with a custom double shower and one with imported porcelain tile and built-in Jacuzzi.” Are we wrong? Regardless of our master thesis, we don’t think this place has a chance of fetching (or appraising at) its asking price of $899,000; after all, it sold for $680,000 in 2005.
177 MacDonough Street [Century 21] GMAP P*Shark
“The house is currently two apartments, with a potential rent roll of $5100.”
ROTFLMMFAO!!!! What the fuck?????!!!!!! Put down the crack pipe!
Why live there when you could be in Manhattan!!!! Oh that’s funny!
The What (Delusional Assheads)
Someday this war is gonna end…
“Look, the comps for this are going to $500K or less. It’s not even on the appraisal scale.”
Eh BHO 400….?
“This crash will end very badly.”
Worse than that!
Has any one seen Adam Dahill????? I keep paging him but no answer. I hope he’s alright with the rescinding Refi rate locks! Sad you have to tell the retards to bend over a little more. Go long KY!
BTW Call your Mortgage Broker or Bank and ask them for this week’s rate sheet then, wipe you ass with it! Say Buh Bye..
The What (Adam!!!! Where are you!)
Someday this war is gonna end…
‘MacDonough MacDonough MacDonough…They don’t knoooowwwww…who you beeeeeeee…’ Remember that DMX track? Can’t get that song out my head every time I drive down this street.
Look, the comps for this are going to $500K or less. It’s not even on the appraisal scale. This crash will end very badly. Nice block though.
***Bid half off peak comps***
That price? Certainly not! Especially with all those black people in that neighborhood… am I right, Mr. B? Huh? Wink wink? Right?
(Sorry, I couldn’t resist)
The house is currently two apartments, with a potential rent roll of $5100. I am guessing that they put in two luxury master baths to maximize the appeal (and rent) of the individual apartments.
We’ve seen this listing on Brownstoner before. The house is fine, many people like original details with updated baths and kitchens. It’s a little expensive.
Ugh I hate nothing more than a listing that has multiple grammatical errors. PROOFREAD you lazy brokers! – PROOFREAD!
The house is ok. What’s up with leaving the bad artwork/frames of nonsense up on the walls though?
The kitchen might be the nicest part of the house, but one can’t really tell if it is due to the lackluster job Century 21 did with their pictures!
Agreed the price is too high
How can you tell anything with these photos — dark and cropped…. bath certainly doesn’t look more than standard to me.
I’ve certainly seen worse (triangular shaped corner soaking tubs with gold fixtures on the outside edge flush against a gold framed “luxury” shower) but I am with you. The kitchen is a touch too Housewives of NJ. I would MUCH rather spend less and put in my own.
That said, I think this is a lovely house and I hope it gets close to ask.