House of the Day: 1809 Glenwood Road
It takes a little vision to look past some of the aesthetics of this listing at 1809 Glenwood Road, but if you look closely you can see the downers are mostly skin deep. Remove the tacky furniture and occasional strip of track lighting, and this three-bedroom house would show pretty nicely. It’s got some very…
It takes a little vision to look past some of the aesthetics of this listing at 1809 Glenwood Road, but if you look closely you can see the downers are mostly skin deep. Remove the tacky furniture and occasional strip of track lighting, and this three-bedroom house would show pretty nicely. It’s got some very nice bones in the form of front-hall columns, fireplaces and built-in cabinetry. Not so sure about the price though: It’s asking $1,275,000. Reactions?
1809 Glenwood Road [Ditmas Estates] GMAP P*Shark
To each its own, Chicken. Bring down your own comps, folks!
I think it’s nutz to pay so much dough to leave so far down in Brooklyn.
Much as I believe prices are still too high, that house is not even close to being comparable stringer.
This would be a better comp:
http://www.trulia.com/homes/New_York/Brooklyn/sold/20889852-490-E-24th-St-Brooklyn-NY-11210
LMAO! Good luck selling at that price, chump!
A few month ago, 4 blocks away, this charming little house colonial house sold for $481K:
http://bstoner.wpengine.com/brownstoner/archives/2009/02/2777_bedford_av.php
http://www.brooklynproperties.com/house136.htm
Some people never wake up!
Most of Victorian Flatbush was developed after Queen Victoria’s death in 1901. Maybe it should be renamed Edwardian Flatbush.
“Although the general public often incorrectly refers to a Victorian era house as a Victorian “style” house, Victorian era refers to a time period and not to a style. Although architectural historians generally agree that there are about eight primary architectural styles prominent in the United States and Canada during the Victorian era, Victorian-era residential architecture in the United States and Canada was a procession of styles borrowed from every country and every era in history.” Though I stand corrected, I still would want a @!%$^&# porch and whimsical tower!
Archi,
isn’t the requirement to keep it single-family then the issue?
I could take an entire block, turn it into one giant mansion and sell it for $10m. It would be relatively cheap on a per square foot basis but it would simply be unaffordable for most people.
Hate being the naysayer here, but this house looks more Borough Park than Ditmas Park.
Yes, the price is $200K to high in this market, considering the work that needs to be done, the lack of a front porch (that brick is not original) and the location (far from Cortelyou, even Newkirk, not to mention the Park).
However, some of the above posters are really out of touch. The columns are tacky only if you think original detail is tacky. Traditionally, houses in DP turn over every 30 years = when the family is through needing a family sized home. People are not going to sell out here unless they have to – i.e., hit hard times. I wouldn’t say owners are out of touch – I’d say they just don’t have to sell for the most part. Dp has pretty much always marched to the beat of its own drummer. Don’t see that changing now. Also – most of these families are single family – can’t chop it up into illegal multi-family dwellings.
Doesn’t a true Victorian require a tower-like corner? Not much in the way of any Victorian-style architectural details.