Open House Picks
Park Slope 338 4th Street Brooklyn Properties Sunday 11-12:30 Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 1-3 $2,195,000 GMAP P*Shark Fort Greene 14 Fort Greene Place Corcoran Sunday 11:30-12:30 $1,469,000 GMAP P*Shark Prospect Lefferts Gardens 133 Maple Street Century 21 Sunday 12:30-2:30 $1,295,000 GMAP P*Shark Prospect Heights 498 Bergen Street Corcoran Sunday 12-3 $950,000 GMAP P*Shark Two words,…
Park Slope
338 4th Street
Brooklyn Properties Sunday 11-12:30
Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 1-3
$2,195,000
GMAP P*Shark
Fort Greene
14 Fort Greene Place
Corcoran
Sunday 11:30-12:30
$1,469,000
GMAP P*Shark
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
133 Maple Street
Century 21
Sunday 12:30-2:30
$1,295,000
GMAP P*Shark
Prospect Heights
498 Bergen Street
Corcoran
Sunday 12-3
$950,000
GMAP P*Shark
Two words, people: Slim pickings!
Every one of them has major/minor/major objections and are uniformly overpriced by at least 20%. Worst is the Bergen Street place which is a paste-over job. PS house is typically high on itself, and PLG is another example of a trailing neighborhood trying to price like the big boys. As for FG, who knows and who cares. Opinions on first three houses is FIRM.
1:43 86 Garfield sold at $642 psf and so at that comparable this is valued at $1,925,000 which is probably getter closer to its’ value.
Those of us with vision can see through bad decor and poorly chosen paint colors but I can’t understand why for the life of me brokerages firms who are getting hefty commissions, do not stage homes or use architectural photographers to get the snapshots for their websites. At least tell the owners to clear away the cluteer. In a slow market or if there are similar homes in the area up for sale, it could make all of the difference in getting your asking price. I would think that these firms would have someone on staff specifically for this purpose. I have seen FSBO places that show better.
498 Bergen:
Soup Kitchen or similar function runs regularly on the block
Dep of housing services two doors down.
HIV/Methadone Clinic Next Door
Precinct Across the STreet
Bergen Street Rush Hour Traffic
Atlantic Yards will really be across the street (so the AY people have every right to kvetch on this one)
All the work in the place looks like it was done by the owner, and doesn’t seem to be to code.
That park is not well lit, but full of dudes at night sitting at the tables.
950 is a lot to live with all that for a 1200 square foot apt.
“Anyone here prepared to pay $2m+ for this PS property?”
Nope, not a chance. To darn small for that price, and the upper triplex has two kitchens, is kind of a waste of limited space. Looks like it was converted from four units into two, but not very well.
BHS has that other narrow house on President Street for $1.895, it’s one story less, but it hasn’t moved yet either.
Well, 1:41, I’m in the market, have been looking for months, and would not pay $2mm for that 16 footer in Park Slope.
here’s an example for you 1:38 from the sold thread(and this house ALREADY SOLD FOR 2.08 MILLION)
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86 Garfield Place was a dump. Looked like a cheap abused rental townhouse inside. I don’t think it even had it’s top pediment intact. Vinyl windows, needed lots of work.
Surprised in went for over $2 million but as I own nearby I’m not complaining.
133 Maple Street is on one of the nicest blocks in Lefferts Manor. However, it is misrepresented by the broker, who writes that it has a”full basement which has a separate entrance can be easily converted to an apartment.” This would be in violation of the R2 zoning and the single-family deed covenant. Also I’m pretty sure this space is more than 1/2 below grade and thus is a cellar, not a basement and AFAIK, not legally habitable even if the zoning and covenant restrictions didn’t apply.
Beautiful house nevertheless and IMO likely to get the asking price or something reasonably close to it.