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
Even for a 6 bedroom, the lack of rental income versatility in a one-family stand-alone like this combined with a so-so neighborhood makes asking for anything over a mil too much.
If your quality of life is largely determined by your proximity to places to eat and shop, you might not be happy here. If you want or need six decent-sized bedrooms, though, it makes sense. I really like the streets with landscaped medians, like Glenwood and East 17th. That said, I don’t think they’ll get much over $1 million, if that.
Minor point – it’s not Ditmas Park, or ‘Ditmas,’ whatever that is. This is Midwood Park, which despite the name is part of Flatbush. Kind of like how Kansas City is in Missouri.
My hood and have to agree, too much $$$ for this house. It’s a great little nook that’s more of Midwood than Ditmas Park and very quiet and convinient location to the B&Q trains and stores but still too much for what is it.
“Iowans would think we were all high!”
Lol! Yep.
This price is insane! I understand that Brooklyn is not Iowa, Jersey or Pennsylvania but could you imagine showing someone from one of those places a picture of this house and telling them what is was selling for, then describing the neighborhood of Ditmas as an oasis just a couple blocks from bustling Coney Island Ave. The Iowans would think we were all high!
I’m with you tonewlots – definitely prefer the one that you posted. Note that one also has a double lot so much larger garden than most others in the area.
Still, that one has been on the market for well over a year with no action so maybe there’s something wrong with that one as well?
Nice touches on the staging for the photos. In addition to the trampoline, there are the rags and file folders strewn around the kitchen counter. In the 2nd floor bedroom the kid’s guitar and clothes are laying around.
Not sure who’s more of a lazy idiot – the seller or the broker – for not doing 5 minutes of tidying up before taking the photos.
one listing says 3 bedrooms, another says 6 bedrooms? either way the price is way to high. that PPS house a few months back sold for this price and was in much better condition.
If I had a million bucks to spend and was willing to fix skin-deep aesthetics, I’d head a few blocks east:
http://corcoran.com/property/listing.aspx?ListingID=1280225&Region=NYC&OhDat=;