House of the Day: 135 Lafayette Avenue
This five-story, 5,810-square-foot townhouse at 135 Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene hit the market a couple of weeks ago with a price tag of $2,875,000, unusually expensive for house not on a park block. The house has been updated in a tasteful way and looks particularly spacious in the new Corcoran full-screen photo viewer. On…
This five-story, 5,810-square-foot townhouse at 135 Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene hit the market a couple of weeks ago with a price tag of $2,875,000, unusually expensive for house not on a park block. The house has been updated in a tasteful way and looks particularly spacious in the new Corcoran full-screen photo viewer. On the downside, it’s right next door to a less-than-scenic deli and doesn’t have much of a backyard to speak of. Reactions?
135 Lafayette Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
MoneyForNothing, you’re consistently bitter and unpleasant.
At least you’re consistent.
“….plus the carriage house — and 3 rentals can really cover a lot of mortgage.”
Which of course anyone looking to purchase 3 million dollars of house is looking for, 4 tenants to deal with.
And to live in a non-prime fort greene block.
Hope these wealthy die-hard landlords don’t have kids in school, because you’re gonna have to shell out another extra 25+K per year each. Cuz Fort Greene’s schools are generally unusable.
Oh wait, they’re looking at 3 million dollar homes, of course they’re private schooling.
Never mind.
It’s hardly a “small walk-up”. It’s actually a pretty huge house AND has a really huge separate building.
I’m sure this will appeal to someone. The man who renovated this from the SOR it was up through the 80s is an architect…and a nice guy.
A small walk-up multiple dwelling for 2.9 million.
How could this make sense financially? As a tax shelter? A place to keep your four wives? I think I’ll pass.
“What’s not generic about it? The can lights? The engineered floors? That kitchen?”
Well, you still have the flow and proportions of a large brownstone. The windows are brownstone windows. And I even spy remnants of detail — the baseboards, the doorway leading out of the kitchen. The floors, if they are engineered (I can’t tell) could be of OK quality; they vary. And the kitchen does not look nearly as sterile to me as most of the new condo kitchens.
I’m not saying this is a lovely restoration job — obviously not. It can’t be. Neither is it an attempt at recreating the feel of the original grandeur of this house. I’m just saying it doesn’t seem to me nearly as generic as the mind-numbing condo construction we see.
THe net comes down after tax deduction on the first $1M of the mortgage.
I actually has a separate two story carriage house in the back as well, and the building is 23 * 45 feet, so it’s a ton of space, hence the high asking price. Looks like it is priced just under $500/sq. foot. Not outrageous for the location.
“Oh, it doesn’t look like any generic condo inside. That’s unfair.”
What’s not generic about it? The can lights? The engineered floors? That kitchen?
I’m not trying to be mean but the only wow factor is the facade.
“So are you saying that you don’t think that an almost 6,000 sf “condo” is worth 2.8 million in this area of NYC?”
You need to remember it’s not one continuous 6,000 sf space. It’s chopped up into smaller units. So no, not at this price and not in this area. If you buy it you’re basically living in a condo building and acting as a landlord. That’s not palatable to me in the least.
So nope.