House of the Day: 182 Clinton Street
How the mighty have fallen. 180 Clinton Street hit the market in a fit of optimism in November 2007 with a price tag of $4,200,000. Despite the buoyant market, it failed to sell. Since then, it’s been delisted twice and had its asking price reduced twelve times. We’re not in love with a few of…
How the mighty have fallen. 180 Clinton Street hit the market in a fit of optimism in November 2007 with a price tag of $4,200,000. Despite the buoyant market, it failed to sell. Since then, it’s been delisted twice and had its asking price reduced twelve times. We’re not in love with a few of the renovation touches but, heck, it’s still a great house. Unfortunately, it was always one step behind a falling market; if only it could have gotten out in front a long time ago, it probably would have sold for much higher than its current asking price of $2,995,000.
182 Clinton Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Open House Picks 11/28/09 [Brownstoner]
This house was on the BH tour a few years back and had an interesting history of the house and AA
The lack of toilet access for guests and the twin toilet setup tells me there is something very wrong with the latest remodel, more money than sense, or hidden S&M closet? Only a careful examination can tell. To keep with your Titanic analogy, it’s the tip of the iceberg.
We saw this house about a year and change ago. Was waaay over-priced at the time, and we thought they needed to come down about a half a million. I think however that there is a powder room on the garden floor. Not sure where (next to the kitchen?) but I recall there being a small powder room.
The home’s kitchen and baths were outdated and it had one of those “prison yard” gardens. We also weren’t too big on that particular street. While beautiful, a steady and relatively heavy stream of Manhattan bound traffic (hell, its what we always take coming home from Red Hook etc.) made it pretty much a deal breaker for us.
But it is a really beautiful and beautifully preserved home. Very elegant, well-proportioned rooms etc. And unfortunately, they were always chasing the market. I think they likely could have gotten 3.2 to 3.5 last year.
brickoven, I live on a quieter street. obv.
Amazing Franz. How the hell did you dig that up??? Reason enough to buy this place and have parties all the time.
I’d have a plaque made and put outside!!!!
I disagree that the “high end of the brownstone market is really in bad shape” but it’s certainly true that buyers are more fickle/demanding. Houses in the Heights, Cobble Hill, etc. have sold in recent months at higher prices so it just shows that idiosyncratic houses can sit in today’s market. I’ve wondered for a while why this house hasn’t moved; the layout isn’t typical but in the boom market that wouldn’t have mattered much. As the comments here show, it matters A LOT today.
Mssr. Lafever…here is the 10 course menu from the Titanic:
http://www.armchair.com/recipe/titanic1.html
After 3 hours of that you will be discussing where the powder room is.
Apparently, 182 Clinton Street is an important site in the creation of Alcoholics Anonymous. http://bk.ly/tV
To me it seems like the high-end brownstone market has hit an iceberg, and you all are talking about powder rooms.
Powder rooms? The ship is listing and taking in water, we should be discussing life preservers not powder rooms.