House of the Day: 171 North 8th Street
This house at 171 North 8th Street is going to need a complete makeover, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have potential. While the house itself is a time capsule of low-end 1970s design, the location is about as central as you can get in Williamsburg and the large front yard (with private garage) has…
This house at 171 North 8th Street is going to need a complete makeover, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have potential. While the house itself is a time capsule of low-end 1970s design, the location is about as central as you can get in Williamsburg and the large front yard (with private garage) has its charms. The real question is how much dough you’ll have to put in on top of the $835,000 asking price. In the right hands, this could end up being pretty cool.
171 North 8th Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
God is this depressing. I calculate $6,000 to $8,000 per floor in skim coating costs.
no offense to the Brancato family or anything, but I could never.
this is the place they shot that calvin klein porno-inspired campaign, right?
this is not about the house, it’s about the location + garage. it’s a very good development site or, a family + 2 rentals, and then the family has a garage.
add $500K even for work, end up at 1.3 which is about right.
Slopenick, I agree. I am glad they did the full-view picture treatment. I’m still looking for a Last Supper paint-by-number, and then my happiness will be complete.
you need whatever money it takes to raze the entire site and start anew.
There is no way this works at this price. There is just not enough living space to justify the cost of a total makeover.
that dining room is a gift that keeps on giving. Extending the linoleum from the kitchen was a flash of brilliance, as was matching it to the paneling. Not sure why they didn’t just keep it going into the living room. Is that a singing bass next to Jesus?
The building next door is also for sale, by the same team, for $998,000. Maybe they’re hoping for a developer to pick up both lots. This place really has a time-capsule quality, with the easy chair, the linoleum floors, the asbestos shingles, the dropped ceilings, the laminate paneling. It’s perfect.