House of the Day: 544 Washington Avenue
The two-family house at 544 Washington was recently renovated and appears to be in move-in condition. The only catch is that they have to find a brownstone buyer who doesn’t give a hoot about original details and is happy with a Home Depot-esque kitchen. Another negative is that this block of Washington has a lot…
The two-family house at 544 Washington was recently renovated and appears to be in move-in condition. The only catch is that they have to find a brownstone buyer who doesn’t give a hoot about original details and is happy with a Home Depot-esque kitchen. Another negative is that this block of Washington has a lot of traffic on it. On the plus side, the taxes are quite low at $1,800. What do you make of the asking price of $1,375,000?
544 Washington Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Yeah, breeders like dibs get every break.
His/hers excercise bikes. Awwwwww.
Is that recessed lighting?
***Bill Thompson for Mayor***
again tyburg, as always this city is highly discriminatory against people who dont breed and don’t want to live in ridiculously large brown rowhouses! something should be done about it, but like someone mentioned above, it’s status quo. and since i dont vote, maybe i SHOULD shut up, but i wont shut up cuz that aint my style
*rob*
DIBS — I’d love to buy a house… but I can’t.
But what I would like is funding for my public services!! Why is NYC looking to the federal government for stimulus money and cutting services left and right? It’s because someone is living in a $3 million house and paying $3500 in taxes. That’s fucking retarded.
Meanwhile, if I try to find a $250,000 apartment… I’m probably gonna get slapped with a tax bill of the same or similar amount.
Oh, unless there’s some retarded multi-decade tax abatement deal (something that makes NO FUCKING SENSE in my head) and makes me wonder how this city produces any revenue.
tybur6, buy a house.
Tybur, it’s not strictly a condo/coop vs houses. The taxes are determined by just how long ago did you get a COO times what income fo you derive from the property. It favors the old against the young, the locals vs. the transients and the residential vs. The commercial. Is this fair? Not really, when someone very rich can buy into a very old house’s advantageous property tax.
Politicians are pretty smart though, few people vote in NY, but the 60+ homeowner set does vote.
It is 16 and a half wide according to propshark not 15′. and 3500 sq ft’.
(remember all real estate dimensions are from outside footprint not interior but you all knew that cause u know realestate).
If hate the homedepot look of the kitch..order new cabinet doors to your liking. Should get good income from rental and nice size duplex (even has the required powder room on parlor level).
Completely agree with you Rob.
So… taxes on this are $1800 a year and the Coop of the Day with basically the same price tag is $7400 a year.
What the Fuck!?
The lawmakers in this little town have to get some balls and stand up to the House-owners and make them pay their fair share and stop raping the apartment/condo folks. (colorful language intentional)
Seriously… a $1 million property should have the same fucking taxes… no matter what shape it takes. I pay the same tax on a $50 bottle of perfume and a $50 Xbox game.
I know the argument — the homeowners have a strong voice. Well, there are a hell of a lot more condo/coop owners getting a broomstick in the bunghole. Just doesn’t make sense. And it needs to be fixed!!! If you spend millions of dollars on a property, it’s completely absurd to think you should only pay 0.18% annual taxes!!!
The widget doesn’t go low enough for this one.