Open House Picks Redux
So, did anyone go look at any of these places over the weekend? Open House Picks 1/4/08
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Your Next Project Starts with Brownstoner So, did anyone go look at any of these places over the weekend? Open House Picks 1/4/08
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Your Next Project Starts with Brownstoner
“Also fyi, if your kids register in a school and you move to an address zoned for a different school (in the same or in a different district) your kids can stay put.”
I thought it was just for the remainder of the school year, not for the rest of the schooling.
These houses leave much to be desired. However, the stuff coming on the market now is just as bad, or worse. There are some really deluded sellers and brokers that are pricing their listings so astronomically high, and in total defiance of all comps and the market. It’s totally fantastical and insulting. I chalk it up to these sellers not really needing to sell, and just trying to get attention. Otherwise, it makes no sense. I’m sure these properties I speak of will be HOTD soon.
I think the designer was referring to the exterior frames — “skeleton” was the clue for me.
The designer did, however, make a punctuation error that never ceases to annoy me: putting an apostrophe in “its” (“It’s skeleton is made of . . . .”)
Brick/brownstone houses do have wood interior frames. The walls, floors, roof, etc are all wood frame. The four exterior walls are not.
‘Can someone tell me the difference btwn a wood-frame house and a house that is not a wood-frame house? I feel dumb, but I am confused by these terms. The Victorian brownstones are not wood-frames, but how do they differ?’
Let’s see – a Wood frame house is a WOOD FRAME HOUSE. It’s skeleton is made of wood and the exterior whatever you see, usually siding.
Brownstones, Limestones, the skeleton is typically made of brick with facade of the stone (brownstone, limestone).
I have seen some Brick townhouses made of both brick and wood, which threw me off.
Designer in Brooklyn.
3:18, check your subway map. Subways (M,R, and F) are very conveniently located to that South Slope address. It basically halfway betweeen the Prospect Avenue and 9th Street stations on 4th Avenue.
Re 3:25: dunno. saw it on the NYT. http://realestate.nytimes.com/sales/detail/25-NY54A231
3:18 – out of curiosity I looked up PS 124 on insideschools.org. It’s not the long coveted 321, but the write-ups make it looks pretty good. I lived in that district when my kids were primary school age and they went to another district 15 school. Also fyi, if your kids register in a school and you move to an address zoned for a different school (in the same or in a different district) your kids can stay put.
3:07–do you have a link for that listing? Is it one of the houses with lots of rent-stab tenants?