House of the Day: 790 Rugby Road
This one-family Tudor at 790 Rugby Road just hit the market with an asking price of $875,000. While the exterior doesn’t look all that, the interior (except for the kitchen!) is pretty spiffy in an old-school kinda way. Plus, the house comes with a two-car garage. Doesn’t seem like a bad deal to us. 790…
This one-family Tudor at 790 Rugby Road just hit the market with an asking price of $875,000. While the exterior doesn’t look all that, the interior (except for the kitchen!) is pretty spiffy in an old-school kinda way. Plus, the house comes with a two-car garage. Doesn’t seem like a bad deal to us.
790 Rugby Road [Brooklyn Properties] GMAP P*Shark
A beamed ceiling does not a Tudor make.
By what stretch of the imagination is this house a Tudor?
A house in this condition would fetch around $650k six years ago, so we’re not quite at 2003 levels in DP yet.
re: house on Argyle
Purchased for $1.4MM 5/4/2007
Lis Pendens filed 1/15/2008
Word is the guy who overpaid and started the the questionable renovation was in the sub-prime mortgage biz. He used to come by in a giant black SUV. Had a girlfriend that looked like a playboy bunny. I’m guessing his story is like a bad country song, and his job, house, & girlfriend are all gone.
http://propertyshark.com/mason/nyc/Reports2/showsection.html?propkey=246908
The cost of painting such a house is down according to the painters who did mine a few years ago. It seems that there are more painters than there used to be a far fewer customers. There’s plenty of room to negotiate.
The Argyle house is in forclosure. It seems that there was a huge mortgage on the house and after a pipe burst causing many thousands in damage the owner walked away. I know it looks good outside, but I’m told it needs gutting due to the severe water damage.
Painting three colors on the siding on this house will run about 3-5K. Priming and painting clapboard shingles that have minimal damage is about 5K-10K. You will need to re-paint at about ten year intervals with small touch ups here and there every couple of years. I have neighbors who have spent as much as 40K to remove siding and replace with all new shingles and clapboards. That included insulation and paint.
As far as the schools are concerned, P.S. 217 and 139 are both good. Lots of community involvement at both but I’d give 217 the edge over 139. If you live in 139’s zone it is not hard to get your kid into 217 if that’s what you prefer.
The house on Argyle is a foreclosure.
You just paint it yourself… it would cost about $1500. Though the 3rd floor bits would be really scary to me.
Does anyone know about the boarded up place on Argyle? (btw Coretelyou and Beverley) Place looks fairly well renovated except for the plywood over all of the windows… been like that for at least a year, I think. probably longer?
I agree, 15K minimun. 30K for a good job.
I think it is more like $15-30K to paint (depending on the number of colors).
This is PS217, which isn’t bad. When we moved out here our kids were already established and comfortable in their elementary school in the old neighborhood, so they finished up there.
Cost of painting really depends on how much prep work is needed. If you have rotted siding underneath, it can get pricey. This house has asbestos shingle siding which appears to be in pretty good shape, so just the cost of the paint job should be I think in the $3,000 range if you use three colors, which seems pretty common – one for the siding, and another two for the porch, windows, and trim. We did ours many years ago and since then we’ve only had to do a little touch up on spots that were peeling. It’s kinda fun to pick new colors and totally change the look of your house.
Fresh paint with new colors, and a little pruning and landscaping, will really improve this house’s curb appeal for not a lot of money.