Open House Picks
Clinton Hill 275 Washington Avenue Brooklyn Properties Sunday 12-2 $3,500,000 GMAP P*Shark Carroll Gardens 337 Hoyt Street Corcoran Sunday 2-4 $1,600,000 GMAP P*Shark Greenwood Heights 713 6th Avenue Betancourt Sunday 1-3 $959,000 GMAP P*Shark Bay Ridge 437 Bay Ridge Parkway Century 21 Sunday 1-3 $789,000 GMAP P*Shark Update: A reader just dropped us a note…
Clinton Hill
275 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn Properties
Sunday 12-2
$3,500,000
GMAP P*Shark
Carroll Gardens
337 Hoyt Street
Corcoran
Sunday 2-4
$1,600,000
GMAP P*Shark
Greenwood Heights
713 6th Avenue
Betancourt
Sunday 1-3
$959,000
GMAP P*Shark
Bay Ridge
437 Bay Ridge Parkway
Century 21
Sunday 1-3
$789,000
GMAP P*Shark
Update: A reader just dropped us a note to inform that Pratt has already sold 275 Washington to a developer who’s splitting it into three tax lots: the carriage house, the side lot, and the house. He’s now selling just the house for $3.5 million. As for the other two lots? Condos. This should be interesting. We’ll be watching this one like a hawk.
lemlar, I just mean there’s too many of those large oppressive apartment buildings (super ghetto).
Whereas deklab, though busy (I’d hate to live on it, unless it was right on Ft Greene Park) is cute as a main street. It has that small town feel, cafes etc…
But you can’t really compare dekalb with Wash. Wash is a side street, not commercial, whereas dekalb is a bus route, restaurant row, etc. Don’t see any mansions on it.
ive been in the house and its worth every bit of 3.5 mill. its one of a kind
the clinton hill house gets zero sunlight. good luck with it.
Hmmm, Anon 5:43, I’m surprised at what you said about that stretch of Wash Ave. I don’t know it real well and I don’t know the building next door to the listed place but I think that stretch is quite nice from walking it many times on my way to both the G and C trains. And it may be a fairly busy street but not too bad actually, not even as bad as dekalb i think. I’ll have to check out this place this weekend . . .
it’s laughable that the sixth ave. house (at 21st street!) is being marketed by the broker as “south slope.” it’s two blocks from the cemetery for pete’s sake.
Re: Hoyt. Looks like the realtor saw 1899 listed as the date the house was built. You would think the realtors would know that a house listed as 1899 might have been built well before or even shortly after that date. Not a safe representation as to the actual age of the house. Not that it matters much with respect to the house but it undermines credibility.
Also, while I am among those readers of this site who thinks realtors job is to provide me with operfect pictures because I have no plans to visit the house, the Hoyt Street seller would be better served by pictures that focus on the overall feel of the interior, not decontextualized closeups of plaster details. That way, people will want to see it who feel attracted to the space. Ceiling medallions and summer covers are nice but no one starts there in deciding whether a house is worth looking at.
See the 6th Ave house photos for a comparison.
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2:15pm — I’m totally with you on that. There is nothing better. yeah, it’s overpriced at $488 a sq foot for something that will take a minimum of $250 a sq foot additional investment (for a real low-end level renovation) to restore.
On the other hand: there’s nothing like it, and I mean that in terms of architecture, provenance, location — both now and potentially — and sheer uniqueness.
If I wanted a large house of myself and hand a total of 6 mil to spend, I’d dive into this.
But this is def something i could see some computer millionaire or young celeb having fun with. Tons of money, youth and coolness.
ON THE OTHER HAND:
I really dislike Wash Ave, esp that stretch. The building right next to it seems kinda sad (large apt building, neglected, dirty). And the traffic’s pretty intense, it’s not one of those gorgeous side streets.
My 2 cents
2:15pm — I’m totally with you on that. There is nothing better. yeah, it’s overpriced at $488 a sq foot for something that will take a minimum of $250 a sq foot additional investment (for a real low-end level renovation) to restore.
On the other hand: there’s nothing like it, and I mean that in terms of architecture, provenance, location — both now and potentially — and sheer uniqueness.
If I wanted a large house of myself and hand a total of 6 mil to spend, I’d dive into this.
But this is def something i could see some computer millionaire or young celeb having fun with. Tons of money, youth and coolness.
ON THE OTHER HAND:
I really hate Wash Ave, esp that stretch. The building right next to it seems kinda sad (large apt building, neglected, dirty). And the traffic’s pretty intense, it’s not one of those gorgeous side streets.
My 2 cents