Open House Picks
Fort Greene 68 Greene Avenue Brooklyn Properties Sunday 1-4 $1,699,000 GMAP P*Shark Windsor Terrace 3 Sherman Street Douglas Elliman Saturday 1-3 $1,350,000 GMAP P*Shark Albermarle-Kenmore Terrace 2112 Albemarle Terrace Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 12:30-2:30 $845,000 GMAP P*Shark Prospect Lefferts Gardens 292 Parkside Avenue Urban View Realty Sunday 1-4 $739,000 GMAP P*Shark
Fort Greene
68 Greene Avenue
Brooklyn Properties
Sunday 1-4
$1,699,000
GMAP P*Shark
Windsor Terrace
3 Sherman Street
Douglas Elliman
Saturday 1-3
$1,350,000
GMAP P*Shark
Albermarle-Kenmore Terrace
2112 Albemarle Terrace
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 12:30-2:30
$845,000
GMAP P*Shark
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
292 Parkside Avenue
Urban View Realty
Sunday 1-4
$739,000
GMAP P*Shark
I know someone that lives on Albermarle Place and their house is great. But this house is overpriced by about 65K.
Hey, am I calling anyone a liar? Just expressing the fact that I’m intrigued at the diametrically opposed opinions of the basic structural condition of a house coming from people who all claim to a familiarity with it. So intrigued, in fact, that I want to see if my 40 years in the construction business enables me to suss out the truth of the situation via a personal visit. The very first post in this thread on behalf of a competing listing could be a clue to a reason for denigrating the Parkside place just as easily as an owner’s anxiety to sell could be a reason for denying defects. Let’s call it “CSI PLG”.
“…what about your closet doors the you have to plane down so they can close. What about the moldings around the closets that are visible uneven…”
You plane down the closet doors. As for the visibly uneven moldings, you learn to love them. Sorry, I just don’t understand people who buy old homes but who want them to be perfectly flush. It’s unnatural. I have two old homes, one in Brooklyn and one in the country. Both have sloping floors and ceilings and uneven door and window frames. That’s part of their beauty and I wouldn’t dream of changing them.
For those who adore “significantly sagging floors.” – what about your closet doors the you have to plane down so they can close. What about the moldings around the closets that are visible uneven – this is somehow much worse than the floor which I don’t notice so much.
Damn! There’s so much conflicting information on the Parkside place that now I feel compelled to look at it myself. Oh, Brownstoner, thou leach of my leisure time 🙂
I am an aquaintance of the owner and have been in this house a number of times, including the recent Open House. Was considering it, but there’s no rental unit and sadly we can’t afford it, although the $739K price is totally fair. No work has been done in the basement because there weren’t any problems with floors sagging – and that is according to the owner – I just told her to check this site out. She doesn’t know what yous are even talking about. Are you by chance talking about 290 Parkside? And I do rent nearby and have never suffered a gunshot wound of any size comparable to the huge hole in your head where your brain should be.
“I can’t see how a serious buyer with a 800K budget could over look it.”
Well, because not all of us are willing to live in that area. I know it has many plusses and I know some people are happy there, but it really isn’t the place for me or my family. My point being that the fact that a house is nice and “well-priced” does not automatically mean that everyone in that budget range should want it.
hey mr b:
check out this article about the finger building and scarano…pay special attention to the last sentence.
http://www.therealdeal.net/breaking_news/2007/05/10/1178835731.php
thought you might enjoy it.
Maybe the name should more accurately be Cater-corner to Prospect Park.