Houses of the Day: Head-to-Head on Clinton Street
Two owners within two blocks of each other on Clinton Street in Cobble Hill have decided to put their houses on the market at the same time for almost exactly the same price. Number 274 (left), which is listed with Brown Harris Stevens for $2,900,000, is a 3,600-square-foot three-family that has been in the same…
Two owners within two blocks of each other on Clinton Street in Cobble Hill have decided to put their houses on the market at the same time for almost exactly the same price. Number 274 (left), which is listed with Brown Harris Stevens for $2,900,000, is a 3,600-square-foot three-family that has been in the same family for six decades. Number 299 (right), listed with Halstead for $2,895,000, is smaller at about 3,000 square feet but has a corner location with a parking garage taking up most of the rear yard. Both houses are brownstone and both houses have only 68-feet-deep lots. The corner property has been recently renovated and most likely has higher taxes. Tough call. Which would you buy if you had this kind of dough to drop?
274 Clinton Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
299 Clinton Street [Halstead] GMAP P*Shark
Are there really people out thre that think its a good thing that a property was in the same hands for 60 or more years? Why do brokers always use that as a selling point? My first thought when i read/hear that is ‘fixer upper’. Is there anyone out there that really thinks this is a positive? On that note i would say hands down the property that HAS NOT been in the same family for 60 years!!
Most people don’t use their yards as much as they could, anyway. A deck above the garage with container gardening would be lovely. If you need to own a car, parking is key. Having parking will be more and more important, the more and more Brooklyn gets developed. If you’re looking at a long term investment, I personally think a house with a garage will end up being worth hundreds of thousands more, in the future. Think this way – would you want the private parking spot if you lived in Manhattan? Of course. Well, traffic is already worse in Brooklyn than Manhattan.
who cares about the subway when you have your very own, very enviable GARAGE!
Lawn mowing is totally over rated ;-}
I have garages (yes, more than 1)and while I would love a backyard, the feeling passes when I deposit the rental income which helps pay my mortgage.
The right side house has done a little too much paint job for my taste. But the left side house only have one inside picture. I suspect it’ll need a lot of updating. I love the entrance doors though… If we have 3M cash, my husband would go for the right side house for the garage and the extra windows, I’d be probably seduced by the details of the left side house.
what’s wrong with the F? 25min to mid-town & regular…
A garage?….. plus side exposure?.
Deck out the garage roof. Build a friggin’ garden!
…… alas, it’s all a dream, a sad sad dream.
I meant a subway thats not the F.
Not that I am anywhere near this league on price, but 299 looks nicely reno’d and maintained (or at least well-photographed). Light and airy without giving up all of the old house feel. It would be a shame, however, to buy all that house and get no yard. For me it would depend upon how much work 274 needs. If mostly cosmetic, that would be my choice. But often, if the same family had it 50 years, that might mean nothing’s been done for 50 years in important parts of the house, if ever. Once you start opening up the walls, well . . .