House of the Day: 49 Dikeman Street
Given the timing of this listing at 49 Dikeman Street in Red Hook (the seller bought the two-family house in 2007 for $745,000), this has to either be a planned flip or a desperation sale. We’d bet the latter since the renovation looks nicer than your average contractor flip job; in particular, we’re impressed that…
Given the timing of this listing at 49 Dikeman Street in Red Hook (the seller bought the two-family house in 2007 for $745,000), this has to either be a planned flip or a desperation sale. We’d bet the latter since the renovation looks nicer than your average contractor flip job; in particular, we’re impressed that they’ve tried to preserve the original details. The kitchen, while hardly fancy, is also attractively done. Given the cost of the reno and the broker’s fee, no one’s getting rich on this deal even if they manage to get the asking price of $879,000, which they might, given the scarcity of attractive houses in Red Hook.
49 Dikeman Street [Betancourt] GMAP P*Shark
still for sale 8 months later.
Same list price despite the (continuing) downward trend.
Damn! Joint compound!!! Ha ha.
haha – sorry Nomi, didn’t mean to diss Red Hook!
I do like a bit of industrial (I’ve lived in a similar area in London for over a decade) but it is an acquired taste.
Looks like those photos were taken during the reno as you can see the floor is only partially laid in the last photo and the worktop is missing in the kitchen photo.
Yeah, so? The walls could be painted with joint compound.
That’s a can of JOINT COMPOUND!!!
Oh, everything looks depressing of Google streetview, chicken. Really, take a look at the nicest block you can think of.
A great block in Red Hook IS a little desolate, though. It’s true. One man’s desolate is another’s romantically wind swept. Of something.
I actually just drove by the house. And I still can’t say what’s going on with those ground level windows! The house looked occupied, so I didn’t want to stop and get out and gawk, so I only tried to figure out from the car. They are not boarded up. It looked like some kind of dark brown screen covering . . . something. There are definitely window frames, if no actual windows at the moment.
Mopar, you’re funny. Maybe with some forensic enhancement you can get the color off the can. I’m wondering now if those photos aren’t from a while ago since the house looked occupied as I said.
In fact, anyone have any idea what that paint is? I used a color from Benjamin Moore years ago that looked pale taupe-green like the front room here, but I don’t think they make it anymore.
There’s a can in the photo of the middle room, but I’m afraid it isn’t government satellite quality, and I can’t discern the brand and color.
This place is so cute. I love the paint job.
Some other even cuter place in Red Hook recently sold for just under $1 million.
Boerum Hill, it’s not that condos are valued over houses, but that in real estate, location is a huge part of the equation. Court St. lofts are in a decent location (if you don’t mind being near the BQE), zoned for a good public school, and near the subway. Red Hook just isn’t there yet.