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
love the pink, but ive found that that specific area is park slope is very cheap when it comes to putting free stuff out on their stoops. i dont think ive ever seen anything out on stoops for free. so just for that’s a big minus for me.
*rob*
property shark has a handy comp search tool…
Looking for 1,2 & 3 family houses would result in some higher comps, but narrowing to nearby recent 3 family sales:
Number of properties found: 1 Median price: $2,200,000
Low price: $2,200,000 Median Price per SF: $524
High price: $2,200,000 Median Gross SF: 4,196
Value of subject property at Median Price per SF: $1,710,336
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Address Zip code Distance Borough Date closed Sale price Gross SF Price/SF
213 Berkeley Pl 11217 0.23 Brooklyn 8/28/2009 $2,200,000 4,196 $524
Because it was “grandfathered in” as pink does not mean that it has to stay that way. It can be returned to the original brownstone.
I seriously hope the new owners don’t tone down the color… if they don’t like pink, they should go with something else. It’s seriously awesome.
Oh, but crap… Slopefarm said above that it has to be pink or something boring. Damn.
You should see some of the monster show stuff that was grandfathered into the Greenpoint historic district (yes, beleive or not, there is one).
And per LPC, it now must remain pink in perpetuity.
🙂
LPC didn’t go soft here. House was grandfathered because it was pink before landmarks law was enacted. LPC can’t order a grandfathered brownstone to be unpainted. Re fsrq, I see no inconsistency in loving this house while objecting to new construction that pays no respect to the size, shape, design, and setback of surrounding houses. This one is contextual in every way except the color. Not everyone loves the pink, but novelty and context can coexist. It’s also been that way forever.
i seriously doubt it nomi, but that’s a funny thought.
just guessing, but you don’t seem the type to fall for someone who likes to publicize how big their savings account is….
No fan of the pink and while the wood work is amazing doesn’t anyone else think it makes the place look a bit dark. Perhaps just crap photos. Great location and could easily go for near ask although in truth if I was looking to lay down that sort of money I’d be looking far more closely at comps to really back that comment up…..