Open House Picks
Clinton Hill 69 St. James Place Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 2:00-4:00 (Appt. only) $1,995,000 GMAP P*Shark Park Slope 20 Sterling Place Warren Lewis Sunday 2:30-4:30 $1,800,000 GMAP P*Shark Carroll Gardens 121 Rapelye Street Cobble Heights Sunday 2:30-4:30 $1,450,000 GMAP P*Shark Flatbush 3317 Avenue K Corcoran Sunday 12-1 $399,000 GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
69 St. James Place
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 2:00-4:00 (Appt. only)
$1,995,000
GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
20 Sterling Place
Warren Lewis
Sunday 2:30-4:30
$1,800,000
GMAP P*Shark
Carroll Gardens
121 Rapelye Street
Cobble Heights
Sunday 2:30-4:30
$1,450,000
GMAP P*Shark
Flatbush
3317 Avenue K
Corcoran
Sunday 12-1
$399,000
GMAP P*Shark
That East 30’s house from a bygone era must need tons of work. Houses on those blocks just east of Nostrand are usually priced around $550k and up. That’s a cheap as a house in a safe middle class area can be.
Sublfoors can look nice because of the wide planks, but that soft wood wears badly. I have hardwood floor throughout most of my house and exosed subfloor in the dining room and one major hallway. Every few months, a small chink of the subfloor will detach.
sorry for the nearly triple post there. you get the message.
RAR – you seem very invested in defending Sterling Place – what gives? And FYI, I’ve now looked at 4 houses with very experienced architects and they’ve all told me that 200/psf is an extremely conversative estimate for renovation, and things like kitchens/baths can easily cost much more. And yes, this is with Ikea kitchens. (High end renovation can easily be double that cost – up to 500 psf). Believe me, I’m not someone to overly fancify stuff and despite what you may think, even people looking to buy houses can be very budget conscious. But alas, renovation has gotten increasingly expensive due to higher costs for insurance, materials, etc. Even if you try to do it modestly, it’s simply very pricey these days. Hence, Sterling Place (at current price) will be very expensive when upgraded, which even the broker concedes is necessary. Hence, seems overpriced.
oooh, who’s this great defender of 10th street?
English basements are HORRIBLE as living spaces (have one now). Dank and gross. Much worse than garden floors under stoops. Who’s going to put anything other than a “rec room” or an office down there? I’d certainly never sleep there, or put my kids down there, or have my living room there.
pine subfloors are nice. and the floors on 10th clearly needed refinishing,too.
oooh, who’s this great defender of 10th street?
English basements are HORRIBLE as living spaces (have one now). Dank and gross. Much worse than garden floors under stoops. Who’s going to put anything other than a “rec room” or an office down there? I’d certainly never sleep there, or put my kids down there, or have my living room there.
pince subfloors are nice. and the floors on 10th clearly needed refinishing,too.
ps i like the floors, you floor snobs! and no english basement ever makes a nice living space (i know, i’ve got one right now). esp. not in PS, land of flooding basements.
The floors on the Sterling Place house look like subfloors to me.
10th street is about 1.5 ft narrower, and width certainly does matter 😉 Not to mention the whole stoop vs no stoop question.
As for 107 vs 282, I grew up here. Sure, 282 was NOT GOOD 15 years ago, but it’s good now. And I know many a 282-er who has gone on to great success, and those were kids who went there 15 years ago.
On to proximity to the park–whatever. Sterling is minutes from GAP, farmer’s market, and park entrance. Stop defending the F train. Everyone knows it’s better to be by the 2/3 and Q…not to mention walking distance from Atlantic on those not-so-rare weekends when train service goes out at various brooklyn stops.
And finally, if you think it costs $300k to put in a kitchen, a RENTAl kitchen and some bathrooms, you people are crazy! Why are you even LOOKING at this house for (relative) bargain hunters!? And if you are looking, why are you complaining! You can clearly afford the work! Or better yet, go buy yourself one of the damn 3 million dollar houses, then. Leave the cheap(er) ones to those of us who think an ikea kitchen with a nice countertop is just fine. I hear the one for $4.1 million on first street is just gorgeous!!!!!!!
That having been said, I will admit this: gotta see the shape of the walls in person. One thing that does cost a TON of money is good skim coating on all the walls…And my caveat about disasters in inspections still stands.