House of the Day: 202 Clermont Avenue
After selling in 2006 for $1,625,000, the brick house at 202 Clermont Avenue in Fort Greene came on the market again in March 2009 with Brooklyn Properties at a price of $1,725,000. In May of last year, the asking price was trimmed to $1,675,000, and in September the listing moved to Corcoran at a slightly…
After selling in 2006 for $1,625,000, the brick house at 202 Clermont Avenue in Fort Greene came on the market again in March 2009 with Brooklyn Properties at a price of $1,725,000. In May of last year, the asking price was trimmed to $1,675,000, and in September the listing moved to Corcoran at a slightly enhanced price of $1,695,000. Well, that didn’t work too well, and the price had a couple of small reductions last fall, followed by another increase (!) in February, bringing it back to $1,675,000. (You following?) Last week, the price was cut by 7 percent to $1,550,000. Exhausting! What’s the right number?
202 Clermont Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
House of the Day: 202 Clermont Avenue [Brownstoner]
I think a 15 minute walk is a long walk. Especially if it is at the end of a 35 minute ride from Rockefeller Center that includes a transfer at Jay or W 4th.
I’m been wondering why this hasn’t sold yet. My only beef would be no half bath on parlour floor. This is a easy deshlepp(credit to wasder) to dekalb and all the express trains. Better than the unhinged folks on the A any morning.
“Come on people. 15 minute walk is too much?”
30 minutes of walking before even sitting on a train..?
Yes, that’s too much if you have to do that for a daily commute. For me it would be an absolute no go.
And on a January or August day, sounds downright hellish.
The scaffodling on the school won’t stay there forever.
Looking at this some more, I think this house has 3 minor knocks — (1) the floor issue (if DIBS’ instinct is accurate), (2) being one off the corner means that the back view is just the cloistered back yard — personally I don’t mind it, but obviously I think most people would rather look at a whole city block of open space, and (3) the rental studio is probably less than an equivalent sized one bedroom.
None of these should be dealbreakers, but combined they might explain why there is some hesitance. An interesting comparison is the house next door (204) that is still listed with Brooklyn Properties. No yard (just a deck off the parlor level), strange layout, but it has the garage off Willoughby.
An even nicer comparison is the house that sold at 190. UNfortunately, BHS doesn’t keep their sold listings on the website, but IIRC it was very nicely laid out but a narrower footprint.
At some point you start looking at your bids. Or swim away. Or live rent-free for 12 to 18 months ’til county steps.
***Bid half off peak comps***
“In re C train, the stop at Greene and Fulton is less than 10 mins walk from this location.”
I agree with DH. How much closer to the train do you want to be? I wouldn’t want to live on top of a subway station. Takes me 10 minutes to walk to Borough Hall, and I live 6 blocks away. (Granted, I’m short so it takes me longer than normal people.)
“Man, that is a very long walk to a decent train.
If you live on that street, what do you do?”
Check out the map, C train not very far away…
9 min walk to G train
11 min walk to C train
16 min walk to Atlantic Terminal
14 min walk to LIU B,M,Q,R. 10 minutes w/bus.
Come on people. 15 minute walk is too much?
I like real wood.