Open House Picks

10th St PS house has been on the market for about a month now, maybe more. I went to the initial open house and was very disappointed. It sold only a few years ago for 700K and I think they are being greedy to ask so much now. The web site images are deceptive. While some parts of 10th St are nice, that particular block is not. The projects across the street are very ugly, and the house itself is small and not very well-done. Also, it’s in the fringes of Park Slope. I’m amazed they are asking this much – I think they should be asking 1.1-1.2 max, and even that seems a stretch with the current market uncertainty.

The 10th street house looks pretty nice. I don’t pricing in that neighborhood, but do know 16.5 ft width does not prevent a house from selling for high $$$

You people need some math lessons. The Garden Place house is 3500 sf. Just add up the dimensions on the floor plan, and ignore the nonsense in city finance’s records that appear on property shark. That’s $1250 psf. That’s a little more than the larger townhouses on the street, but true single-families carry a premium that always brings out a higher PSF price – check the recent comps. People who can afford $4.4M care moer about having a true single family than the rental income that a large 2-family would bring. If you want to be picky, exclude the garden level and you still have about 2400 sf of livable space. As someone pointed out above, that’s more than enough to be comfortable without being a mega mansions spread out over 4 floors (see the recent NYT article on the pros and cons of that lifestyle.) Definitely will go at or near ask.

DP house will go for ask or close to ask. Few family-sized properties for sale in that price range in the nabe. It might not be newly reno’d (in which case in would be listed at least 200k higher than this), but looks livable.

10th St is not Park Slope

Its south west upper Gowanus heights.

Where have you people been all week?