House of the Day: 212 8th Avenue
The four-story brownstone at 212 8th Avenue in Park Slope is a beautiful house, to be sure, and is extra-large too because of the two-floor extension, but we don’t think it’s a $3 million house in this market, which is a pity because the asking price is way up there at $3,495,000. Love the woodwork…
The four-story brownstone at 212 8th Avenue in Park Slope is a beautiful house, to be sure, and is extra-large too because of the two-floor extension, but we don’t think it’s a $3 million house in this market, which is a pity because the asking price is way up there at $3,495,000. Love the woodwork and other architectural details, though, and are sure it’ll make some new owner very happy when a market-clearing price is reached.
212 8th Avenue [Betancourt] GMAP P*Shark
Man, fatigue setting in.
Only 16 comments for a porn-worthy $3M+ brownstone.
Capitulation on a voyeuristic real estate forum is so sad.
Brooklyn Greene:
Hello.
Actually, I broached the topic of consolidating households in a Brooklyn brownstone with my relatives a couple of days ago, but they’re nicely fixed and not looking to move. (Because I’m busy traveling most of the year, I’d want a place that’s well-occupied.)
Their counter-suggestion: Let’s consolidate our country places in Maine or Vermont as a family compound.
Not convenient for me. (Who needs a fourth place to live?) But the seeds have been planted and I see a new family project on the horizon. (This always happens. I drop an idea and everyone runs with it in an entirely different direction.)
Brooklyn looked wonderful, though. The rain’s really made the streets green and leafy. And the air, after weeks of city grit in Europe and Asia, seemed unusually fresh.
The food on Fifth Avenue was good, too — and a fraction of what it costs abroad (or Manhattan, for that matter).
Will meet you again on Brownstoner.
NOP
There’s no garden picture because there probably is only a pocket garden — if this is 70 feet deep then the garden can’t be more than 30 feet deep.
Mr. NOP! It’s been ages!
When are you moving back to Brooklyn (already)?
Everyone, I could see this house going for well over $2 million. I know that BHO is all about maths, finance, and all that jazz, but can anyone tell me how this will be worth $1.5 million (“in 2009 dollars”)…and what snapshot in time would that be? He doesn’t give a date. I can see that if we end up having high inflation, but seriously…hhh…
This is a very nice house. And who cares if it’s a couple extra minutes walk to a subway station?…
“this place will never go for $1.5 mil, keep dreaming”
Did in ’03 (comps that is). That wasn’t too long ago and during much better economic times (Bankrupte’). Keep dreaming it won’t. Alarm clock will go off in a few years. Eeee eeee eeee eeee eeee…
***Bid half off peak comps***
Nice house BUT:
1) This is not even a $3 million house, let alone $3.5.
2) I don’t see central A/C BUT I do see old two-pipe steam heat system and radiators … deal breaker at this price point (welcome to my $3.5 mil house, can you help me with my window AC unit?!)
3) Deck screams crappy rental
4) Fugly bathrooms
5) No garden pic = it’s probably lame
6) No pic of “renovated†kitchen is inexcusable (broker should be fired on that alone)
7) That said, this place will never go for $1.5 mil, keep dreaming.
Critics on this thread must live in extraordinary luxury.
Who wouldn’t be happy in this house?
And if you can afford it, you can fine tune it to just what you want.
Still, with the commercial real-estate market about to melt down, better bide time before taking on such a big-ticket item.
(By the way, walked on Eighth Avenue the other day while visiting family in the Slope. Still one of the most beautiful streets anywhere in the country.)
Thanks Nomi! I was developing some serious eye strain trying to read that!
Now that I’ve managed to get it open, why the hell is there a walkin closet off the kitchen??? Is that a mislabled pantry?
“How can you read the floorplan without a magnifying glass? Is there a way to enlarge it?”
Snappy, if you click on the “Floorplan” heading under the photos, you’ll get it to open.
I hope we have a protracted discussion about how long it takes to walk to the subway. I love those. (I am slow, by the way. So yes, 10 or 11 minutes, dammit!)