House of the Day: 664 Westminster Road
This three-story Victorian House at 664 Westminster Road in Ditmas Park was an Open House Pick back in early May when it hit the market asking $995,000; the price was reduced to $939,000 at the end of May and then again to its current price of $895,000 at the beginning of June. The house clearly…
This three-story Victorian House at 664 Westminster Road in Ditmas Park was an Open House Pick back in early May when it hit the market asking $995,000; the price was reduced to $939,000 at the end of May and then again to its current price of $895,000 at the beginning of June. The house clearly has a lot of charm so that means it should only be a matter of finding the right price. What do you think?
664 Westminster Road [Brooklyn Properties] GMAP P*Shark
Is that the difference… and I’m asking a real question here. The synagogues that seem to be the cause of the $3MM+ price tags, are they Sephardi communities? (thus, probably inappropriate to refer to them as shuls.)
The price required to own near a “desirable” synagogue is astonishing to me. I’m truly interested.
I think tybur6 means “Sephardic,” rather than desirable. The orthodox synagogues around Avenue H are Ashkenazi.
is this one of those Edwardian Victorians?
kinky = hinky
I don’t want to know if there’s anything kinky going on in the orthodox community.
Sparafucile… it was a bit tongue-and-cheek, but also somewhat telling about the “quality” of the shuls in walking distance. As we’ve seen from many previous posts, this same exact house would go for $4.5 million if it was near a “desirable” synagogue. It’s actually a fascinating socio-economic phenomenon to me.
(Of course, I’m still convinced there’s something kinky going on with those crazy priced houses, but, sadly, everyone has already dismissed by money laundering theory.)
This is a great price for what looks like a very nice house. It would be $200,000 more if closer to the Cortelyou strip…so this is an excellent deal. If we didn’t already have one of the big places on our hands, with perpetual renovations underway, we’d consider this one!
tybur6 – assuming you’re not just trolling, you may be interested to know that West Midwood’s population includes observant Jews who are able to walk to a number of shuls on and near Avenue H.
Maly… you’re asking a lot from these realtors aren’t you?! After all, the commission is only going to be like $30,000 or $40,000. Barely enough to do more than a handwritten note in their shop window really.
Hmmm… no shul for the purposes of social climbing in the close neighborhood.