House of the Day: 177 Rugby Road
This house at 177 Rugby Road in Prospect House South is a beauty (we’re sold on the basis of that staircase alone!) but it’s been on the market longer than just about any house in the borough that we can think of. We featured it has a House of the Day way back in 2006…
This house at 177 Rugby Road in Prospect House South is a beauty (we’re sold on the basis of that staircase alone!) but it’s been on the market longer than just about any house in the borough that we can think of. We featured it has a House of the Day way back in 2006 when it was listed for $2,500,000; after a year off the market, the house just came back on again with an asking price of $1,800,000, but obviously they started too high and didn’t cut fast enough. Now what? Where does it end?
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House of the Day: Rugby Road Mansion [Brownstoner]
In person, it seemed kind of unappealing because the center stair seems closed up, the rooms appear very separated, and the ceilings don’t seem very high! But I could be mixing this one up with another house, and also better staging could help, as Wasder points out.
I saw this house on the vic flatbush house tour as well and these photos definitely don’t do it justice! I dunno. Maybe they had help with staging for the tour that is not evident in these photos. But, there is way more to like/love about this place than what you see here. Given size, location, details, etc., I would think that a selling price of 1.5M is likely in the ballpark.
wasder – exactly!
tybur6, I would bid 420k on you then.
remove the leading “1” on the price please
Very nice, but they should remove the shag rug in the dining room, and the kitchen needs updating (by the buyers). As for the price, don’t houses of this size in Victorian Flatbush go for, say, $1.2 or $1.3? Or am I out of date?
Also, I think this was the one where the parlor seemed cut off from the rest of the house, but maybe you could fix that by opening the pocket doors I think they closed up. (Or is this the one with the neat-o original sink in marble between the two front bedrooms?)
gemini10–your point above is exactly what I am talking about. People are getting bogged down in the interior decor and missing the bones.
This is one of those houses that could benefit from some staging. It looks way fuddy-duddier than it has to and I feel like that is a sales killer. If it was photographed empty or at least massively stripped of the owners belongings (super minimalist) the space would show a lot better. Its a pretty sweet house. Now, do I think they are still over priced. OF course. But I do think that photos that didn’t look like grandmas house would help. 1.3 and better photos and away she goes says I.
If they can get it down to the $400k range, I’ll take a look! Maybe even $410k — since it would be an easy move up the road a bit.
Still overpriced by half a million clams.