Open House Picks
Fort Greene 166 Washington Park Brooklyn Properties Sunday 12-1:30 $2,750,000 GMAP P*Shark Midwood 512 East 24th Street Corcoran Sunday 12-2 $1,430,000 GMAP P*Shark Clinton Hill 156 Washington Avenue Century 21 Saturday 1-3 $1,300,000 GMAP P*Shark West Midwood 24 Wellington Court Mary Kay Gallagher Sunday 2:30 to 4 $895,000 GMAP P*Shark
Fort Greene
166 Washington Park
Brooklyn Properties
Sunday 12-1:30
$2,750,000
GMAP P*Shark
Midwood
512 East 24th Street
Corcoran
Sunday 12-2
$1,430,000
GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
156 Washington Avenue
Century 21
Saturday 1-3
$1,300,000
GMAP P*Shark
West Midwood
24 Wellington Court
Mary Kay Gallagher
Sunday 2:30 to 4
$895,000
GMAP P*Shark
“Those two Corcoran agents selling the Midwood house never learn! They have a house on Stratford that they over-priced at 1.595 and a month later, they’ve had to reduce it by 250K. Now they’re doing the same thing here. If they priced realistically from te beginning, they’d be much better off.”
How can you immediately blame the agent for the pricing? Did you ever think that the SELLER has some input into THEIR asking price. I’m a realtor, and I hate when people say the AGENT overpriced the house.
3:52:
What are the public schools like in Ditmas Park? What district is it? Is it the same school and district as Prospect Park South? The schools don’t seem to really come up in discussions of Victorian Flatbush, and I am very curious. I love the area, but couldn’t afford the giant houses AND private school (can’t afford private school period!).
3:52 here,
Forgot to mention that I can now entertain in my home. I have friends over often for cocktails, birthday parties, bridal showers, etc… no parking tickets because there is plenty of parking. This would not be possible in a smaller place. I must admit that many of my friends from Park Slope and Fort Greene find my home accessible enough by train from their neighborhoods and Manhattan but they also say that the area is seriously lacking in ammenities. I’ll take the higher heating bills and make my own ammenities.
Everyone always comments on how much the homes in Victorian Flatbush are to heat. I have owned both and it is true that a freestanding large home will be about 20% more to heat than a Brownstone but this was not a deal maker or breaker for me or most of my neighbors.
Although I loved my old neighborhood (Bed-Stuy), because we had a rental, I didn’t have enough space in my unit, once I had kids. When the kids started school, I couldn’t send them to the local public school. Parking was kind of hard and I had to rent a small storage room to hold camping equipment, bikes and the like. I didn’t have a large yard with grass or sunshine streaming in from all four sides of my house. I am not knocking Bed-Stuy or Brownstone living but Ditmas Park was the obvious choice for me because I couldn’t stomach moving to Jersey or Staten Island. I got the best best of both worlds.
To “hey Corcoran” if you want to be heard about your issues speak with them. Why go on Brownstoner no one buys on brownstoner. Jonathon Butler takes all the money from advertisers but the market here is worthless…and thats before AY comes.
Hey Corcoran – do some work for that commission and fix the map feature on your listing in Midwood at East 24th Street. It’s still showing this house as located in the ocean off West Africa, as someone pointed out.
I don’t think that’s why the Wellington House is low. It’s not near the tracks (three houses in) and cul de sacs are relatively desirable because they’re so tranquil.
I think the house must need a fair amount of work. No pix of kitchens or baths, which is always telling. And if the owners haven’t done kitchens and baths, it’s unlikely they’ve done the REALLY expensive work – new wiring,plumbing systems, etc….
“When we listed our apartment with BHS, the broker told us that Brown Harris considers itself an old white-shoe firm and some of the senior people there find bathroom and bedroom pictures to be…indelicate.”
We were told the same thing! That was about 2 years ago. SO funny. What if a bathroom was very beautifully done? I’m a BHS fan, I do think they’re the best of the big firms and they offer the most service for listings like professional photography and floorplans — but this policy about not photographing bathrooms, while fine for Manhattan shows cluelessness about Brooklyn brownstones. The Brooklyn brokers need to educate their Manhattan bosses on this. The Brooklyn historic coops and houses are being renovated or will still need renovation. Part of what buyers consider when deciding what to go see, is getting a grasp on how much renovation work is required. A very basic bathroom reno is $10,000 minimum, a beautiful high-end bathroom renovation is $20,000 minimum. That times two or three for each bathroom in a coop or house is significant money.
Washington Park house has an Ikea kitchen, and I’m not talking about the one in the rental unit. For 2.75 million bucks I’d expect a much nicer kitchen, not one with particle board cabinets, even if they do “look like” cherry and the front doors are real wood.
I doubt this place will sell for over 2.25 million in this market. Personally, in that price range, I’d much rather be closer to Prospect Park anyways.
Fort Green is cool, but it ain’t THAT cool.