House of the Day: 501 Montgomery Street
This detached townhouse at 501 Montgomery Street in Crown Heights just hit the market asking—brace yourself—$1,485,000. The house is quite large (23 by 70 feet) and has a whopping nine bedrooms. It’s also been recently renovated with results that make for interesting viewing. 501 Montgomery Place [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
This detached townhouse at 501 Montgomery Street in Crown Heights just hit the market asking—brace yourself—$1,485,000. The house is quite large (23 by 70 feet) and has a whopping nine bedrooms. It’s also been recently renovated with results that make for interesting viewing.
501 Montgomery Place [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
BHS, and most ethical brokerages, operate on “when in doubt, leave it out.” Much safer that way – I’m sure this person’s manager didn’t see it before it was posted.
Thanks, mopar – I try!
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If they really wanted to be discriminatory, it would only be listed in media exclusive the the Orthodox community.
ah. like all the apartments in chinatown, manhattan
*rob*
This brings us an interesting discussion on what language is discriminatory, and what is targeting, and is there a difference?
A house near Prospect Park could be written up as “near Prospect Park Zoo, the Public Library, Museum and Botanic Gardens” or “near Prospect Park Bandshell, home of summer pop concerts, the baseball diamond and basketball courts, and area nightclubs.”
Both are true, (stretching it w/ the nightclubs, I know) but they are targeted to two different buyers. Neither discriminatory, in of themselves, but is it “code” to say the first is after a “cultured” buyer, the second, a younger, more swinging buyer?
Obviously, no one is that blatent nowadays, but what’s the line between informing potential buyers of things they may find attractive, such as a second kitchen, and coded language that says, non-Orthodox need not come look?
I agree with K Lite. If they really wanted to be discriminatory, it would only be listed in media exclusive the the Orthodox community.
I don’t think this is steering, unless there is some type of guidance out there that wordplays on the current decor of the property (I assumer that this house is either owned a psychiatrist/psychologist maybe working out of the house or (less likely) a rabbi) can lead to steering. I doubt it, but am happy to be conviced otherwise.
Babs, I love your posts. So well informed.
I’m sorry to hear there was a fire. Hope nobody was hurt.
Harrow?!?!
Speaking of alleys – this is right up Plural marriage alley.
I love posts like this – how else would we see inside these places.
It’s not that they are unwilling to sell it outside their community, it’s just unlikely that anyone else would be interested in it. And those in the community who would be interested would be turned off by the price.