Last Week's Biggest Sales
1. PARK SLOPE $3,150,000 615 Third Street GMAP (left) When this 4,552-square-foot brick and limestone two-family was a House of the Day in February, it was asking $3.8 million; the price was cut to $3.4 mil the next month. The house, which was built by an architect for himself in 1899, last sold for $2,850,000…
1. PARK SLOPE $3,150,000
615 Third Street GMAP (left)
When this 4,552-square-foot brick and limestone two-family was a House of the Day in February, it was asking $3.8 million; the price was cut to $3.4 mil the next month. The house, which was built by an architect for himself in 1899, last sold for $2,850,000 in mid-2006. Entered into contract on 4/21/09; closed on 5/28/09; deed recorded on 6/10/09.
2. FORT GREENE $2,250,000
316 Cumberland Street GMAP (right)
House o’ the Day writeup on this in April, when it was listed for $2,295,000, went as follows: “316 Cumberland Street has a huge parlor floor to die for, with intricate plaster ceilings and an extension that houses the modern kitchen. The house has also been upgraded recently with all new systems and windows as well. It’s being used as a one-family but the ground-floor can easily be converted to a rentable apartment. All this sounds great but it will be interesting to see if it can pull off a price that’s similar to some of the nicer homes currently on the market in Park Slope.” Question answered. Entered into contract on 5/7/09; closed on 6/1/09; deed recorded on 6/12/09.
3. GRAVESEND $1,890,500
1927 East 1st Street GMAP
This is a 1,440-sf, two-family house, according to Property Shark. Entered into contract on 5/19/09; closed on 6/1/09; deed recorded on 6/10/09.
4. BAY RIDGE $1,300,000
135 86th Street GMAP
A 4,923-sf, three-family, according to PropShark. Entered into contract on 3/10/09; closed on 6/4/09; deed recorded on 6/10/09.
5. MIDWOOD $1,200,000
462 East 27th Street GMAP
A 2,385-square-foot, two-family house, says Property Shark. Entered into contract on 4/24/09; closed on 5/27/09; deed recorded on 6/10/09.
Photos from Property Shark.
DIBS, but he’s still H O T. (pant pant pant pant droool pant)
Noki, this is exactly what you DONT want but I still think its a pretty cool house.
http://www.brownharrisstevens.com/detail.aspx?id=1016904
brickoven. i think you’re a “faux” brick oven, natural gas fired, not like the oak stoked wood brickoven at Saraghina. You make a second rate pie and a third rate argument.
Good to know Nokilissa and totally understandable. I’m with you on the block, seeing as I can see this house from my apartment. 😉
It’s a shame it needs so much work. There is a house right next to it (or maybe 2 away) which sold for around 2.7 million or so last year and has been undergoing a total (and what looks like a very expensive) renovation. I’m frankly surprised they are sinking so much into it, but as you say the block is near perfection, not only in its beauty but also convenience to trains, greenmarket, park, etc.
“But you mentioned the whitman houses. Is it just me or is that housing complex a pretty tame example of the big bad brooklyn projects?”
cop friend told me a while back that whitman houses aren’t that bad – i think he mentioned that ingersoll was one to avoid ones and farragut houses were really really bad.
Thanks Iz! (I posted my last comment before reading your 2:49 comment).
The argument that “Biggest Sales” are by definition outliers is nonsensical. These houses are on the biggest sales list because they are in the highest price tier of Brooklyn real estate, not because buyers overpaid. If Slope and Fort Greene houses had gone for 40% under ask, they would still be on this list. But they did not go for 40% under ask.
11217, we saw this one just last week! Love, love, love the block, but that was about the most we could say. Probably one of the – if not THE – prettiest block in the North Slope. Honestly we just don’t want to have to do a lot of renovating. I know I’ll get flack for that, but it is the truth. We want to move in and be all set – or only need to do minimal stuff (i.e. a bathroom or two, removing carpeting, re-painting, opening up a fireplace etc).
This one lacked a decent sized kitchen and it felt really dated and very removed from the home. The stairs were literally falling apart. We weren’t allowed to see the garden rental or the back yard. The fireplaces were all mantels or didn’t exist at all (as in the parlor) no powder room on parlor floor, no en suite bath upstairs and so on. It also felt really dark and narrow, though I do understand that can be a function of paint and renovations.
Iz, you may be right about your estimation, though I think they may be “blamed” in people’s imaginations for a lot of the rather scary stuff that has happened in and around that part of Ft. Greene in the last year. I am unaware of the stats, or the particulars of the Whitman Houses – hell, we actually put in an offer on a house a bit further down the street last year (owner ended up unwilling to come down from a ridiculously high price and took it off the market – was right across the street from the playground). I just think that has likely played a big part in this particular house sitting. Hmmmm…that stretch of block also isn’t as pretty or massively tree coated as the next either.
But brickoven, it’s YOU I’m attracted to . . . .