House of the Day: 233 Garfield Place
We absolutely love this house at 233 Garfield Place that just hit the market. In fact, we’d rather buy a place like this that has all of its architectural details in place but is a little rough around the edges than a similar place that’s been too fancied up. Assuming the former was priced at…
We absolutely love this house at 233 Garfield Place that just hit the market. In fact, we’d rather buy a place like this that has all of its architectural details in place but is a little rough around the edges than a similar place that’s been too fancied up. Assuming the former was priced at a sufficient discount to the former, of course. And that’s the question here: This three-family place is beautiful but it’s been in the same family for 60 years and so may not appeal to people who need brand new kitchens and bathrooms. Given all that, is the asking price of $2,500,000 realistic?
233 Garfield Place [Heights Berkeley] GMAP P*Shark
Nothing has been done to this house’s mechanicals for years and you’d need to redo absolutelt everything (as well as removing that pepto bismol paint all over the place). Not going to happen for over $1.8 million, and even that’s stretching it.
Looks like a fun project, and a place where one could live while fixing up to your own personal taste as you go. I’ll guess 2.2 million.
Floor plan please? One of my pet peeves. Ahem.
Given that we know not the width of the place, nor the total square footage, nor the shape it is in, beyond that it has a “fairly” new boiler and has been in the same family for 60 years (another big *ahem*), nor the situation with the current tenants in place, I am hard pressed to comment.
But I will 🙂
For 2.5 million bucks: It is about as far from a subway stop as one can get in the slope, and is not on a park block. The room pics appear fairly narrow, leading me to think this might be under 19 ft. wide, no pics of kitchen or baths, meaning they are probably complete re-do’s, wall-to-wall carpet all over the place which might mean the hardwood floors are complete re-do’s, no working fireplaces or even descriptions of mantels, and finally, no description of or image of a garden. I think the asking price may be semi-delusional.
Funny how b-stoner dont object to this house being “out of context”
hypocrites
The ask? Ehhh…don’t know.
The house? I’d take it in a heartbeat if I had the funds.
This is so gorgeous. I like it when the don’t touch the kitchens and baths. I’d much rather make the design choices myself instead of settling for someone else’s ideal.
Needs more floorplan though.
Someone switched to decaf? Lots of typos and transposed links and numbers today.
I really like this house just the way it is, old style. Even the pinkish facade is kind of cheerful.
PINK HOUSE!
I’ll miss the pinkness once the new owner inevitably tones this place down.
I suspect that with a new heating system, this house has up-to-code bx wiring and probably copper plumbing as well. If so, this will sell very close to ask.