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
(The lower duplex has four bedrooms,)
I only see two. Am I missing something.
Love the Michelin man sofas.
Also the listing is riddled with inaccuracies (I’m being polite.)
The property tax is $2,600. You may note that the square footage is not in the listing, but from the floor plan looks to be about 3,000 gross sf- I am not counting the basement rec room, but I am including the 600 sf extension, which may be illegal. The property has a very wonky title history, it seems to be passed back and forth every other year. *alarm bells ring*
Also, is that a legitimate bathroom in the cellar?
Given that the narrower house on South Oxford (only _10 seconds_ to the Atlantic Mall) could bring in only $1.1M, there is very little reason to think this house (even with the cramped rental) should go above 900K.
Dark dark dark. Why would yo put your office in the front and cut off that light to the living room/dining room? And the rental- may as well be a mole tunnel.
I doubt if they can get a million for this. It has nothing going for it. Not location, not size, not beauty, OK low taxes. Actually, it looks kind of dumpy to me. Our housing expectations are so low in NYC. A million dollars! Forget it. A roomy apartment in one of the vintage bland-brick highrises in Clinton Hill would be a better value than this.
“10 minutes from Atlantic Mall” is NOT A SELLING POINT
Oh, and to add some snark… the current residents have horrible taste in home furnishings. Jaysus.
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On the plus side, the taxes are quite low at $1,800.
and you people WONDER why brooklyn public schools SUCK SO BAD? ridiculous. taxes on home prices need to INCREASE 10 fold if you actually want the little monsters of brooklyn to get a decent education. ridiculous! im so tired of having to pay like 1/3 of my salary to pay for crappy city schools that I will never have a need for while people in this pay pittance on taxes on their homes. BARF! sorry for the rant, but this has been bothering me for quite some time now.
*rob*