Open House Picks
Fort Greene 211 Carlton Avenue Douglas Elliman Sunday 12-2:30 $2,650,000 GMAP P*Shark South Slope 174 14th Street FSBO Sunday 12-4 $1,200,000 GMAP P*Shark Crown Heights 976 Sterling Place Corcoran Sunday 12-2 $1,100,000 GMAP P*Shark Greenwood Heights 252 20th Street FSBO Sat 1-4, Sun 1-4 $695,000 GMAP P*Shark
Fort Greene
211 Carlton Avenue
Douglas Elliman
Sunday 12-2:30
$2,650,000
GMAP P*Shark
South Slope
174 14th Street
FSBO
Sunday 12-4
$1,200,000
GMAP P*Shark
Crown Heights
976 Sterling Place
Corcoran
Sunday 12-2
$1,100,000
GMAP P*Shark
Greenwood Heights
252 20th Street
FSBO
Sat 1-4, Sun 1-4
$695,000
GMAP P*Shark
we get it kuroko…you don’t like the place or the neighborhood. obviously some people do. when studios in manhattan are selling for 500K plus, i don’t find it too hard to believe this place went fast. i live in the north slope and walked down to 20th and 5th yesterday. i love it.
the stretch of 5th avenue from flatbush to 9th street in 2000 was a hellhole. now look at it!
shouldn’t you be in the corner eating your hat, anyway??
http://brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2007/08/just_sold_in_br_66.php?comments=10#comments
I think the above link makes for an interesting comparison…two of the three are for comparable square footage in better nabes at the same price. Would venture to guess that the finishes are better and that you won’t bump your head reaching for the fridge.
Also, how comfortable is it for a woman to walk from the R train up 17th or 18th and then over to this place at night?
I went to the open house on 20th yesterday and told my husband I thought someone would offer asking. I have seen a lot of stuff in G- Heights for a lot more. While the 20th st house was not perfect. It was very liveable for a family with one or two kids and amenities are there with more on the way… as far as subway, our option is the R train, which hooks up with the N express at Atlantic – much better than when I was W terrace and only had the F train!
Congratulations, Owner of 20th!
To me the big downside of South Slope and Greenwood Heights is the subway options. But amenities are coming and people clearly are interested in those neighborhoods. As for price, you’re right, what else can people get for well under a million. Some people talk like this is the only city in the country where we see these prices, like it’s something crazy when it’s not. Try buying a house for under a million in any halfway decent neighborhood in L.A. (proper, not Orange County or the Valley), San Francisco, Seattle. And NYC is supposed to be cheaper than those cities? Doesn’t make sense.
I hope you have a smallish, and tasty hat, as there have been multiple offers over the asking price. Over 1300 sq feet, and two owners presently over 6 ft tall. To each their own – if by no-amenity you mean no French restaurants, you are right.. but with two supermarkets, a korean grocer, 24 hour laundromat, dry cleaners, two coffee shops,two brand new wine-bar, a 15 minute walk to Prospect Park, PS 10 only 3 blocks away, and several new restaurants within 2 1/2 blocks… I wouldn’t say ‘no-amenity street’.
Anyway, with multiple offers in over the asking price, I guess we know now what happens when you can’t even buy a place in the center slope without having two million dollars in the bank. Maybe you already own your million dollar home… in which case, ‘congrats’. Otherwise, why don’t you wait another couple of years… maybe the market will tank, and you can get a lovely house around the corner from Moutarde on-the-cheap… or then again, maybe you will be looking at homes like this one going for over a million on 20th St. between 3rd and 4th Ave. I am not a clairvoyant, and have no idea where the market will go, but the market has clearly spoken on August 6th, 2007, at least in regards to this property.
I agree that 20th street was way over-priced. Two of the “bedrooms” were such cheap add-ons that they weren’t inhabitable. You’d need to put in at least $100,000 to make it liveable…then you’re looking at $800,000 for 1200 sq/ft. Not such a good deal in any hood, much less this one. Cute if you’re crazy. No way it’ll go for asking!
Imagine standing at the corner of 5th avenue and 20th while looking up the street at your $700,000 purchase with a friend and explaining with a straight face that you have spent wisely. Then, walk in the “house”, worried that anyone over 5’10” tall would be prevented from entering certain parts for fear of banging their heads, and defending that position. Charming yes. Cute, maybe. Good buy, not so much. This is less than 1200 square feet of living space on a scrappy, noisy, designated truck route , no-amenity street. The renovation is a do it yourself special which is all fine and dandy if you are going to live with the results. The minute you try and pass it off on someone else at market rate is where you lose most people. They have painted themselves in a corner with their color choices and their country kitchen/shabby chic aesthetic. I’ll eat my hat if this goes for what they are asking.
I saw the crown heights place. Lots of potential as the neighborhood changes, but does anyone know how difficult it is to get a mortgage on an SRO? Is it just a higher rate and downpayment, or are there other issues (taxes, ins, etc) as well? How much time/money would be involved in changing the C of O to 2 Family or something?
I was at 20th Street open house too. I thought it was adorable, the owners did a great job renovating, and it was priced well, considering what everything in the neighborhood has been going for lately. (1.2 million for that 6th Avenue/22nd street home depot reno special was a joke) I live in “that less than desirable neighborhood”. What makes it so? Not enough sushi restaurants, French bistros and white yuppies yet like prime Slope?