Open House Picks
Carroll Gardens 419 Union Street Corcoran Sunday 1-2:30 $2,550,000 GMAP P*Shark Park Slope 318 First Street NYT Sunday 12-3 $2,250,000 GMAP P*Shark Clinton Hill 439 Waverly Avenue Corcoran Sunday 12-1 $1,299,000 GMAP P*Shark Crown Heights 1139 Dean Street Mark David Sunday 11-4 $750,000 GMAP P*Shark
Carroll Gardens
419 Union Street
Corcoran
Sunday 1-2:30
$2,550,000
GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
318 First Street
NYT
Sunday 12-3
$2,250,000
GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
439 Waverly Avenue
Corcoran
Sunday 12-1
$1,299,000
GMAP P*Shark
Crown Heights
1139 Dean Street
Mark David
Sunday 11-4
$750,000
GMAP P*Shark
$900 a sq ft does seem like a lot. i know further down the block, i just saw an almost 1000 sq ft condo on huntington st going for 525K, but it is 1/2 a block from the bqe expressway, so i guess there are worse locations if you can still call it carroll gardens down there.
Wow, are you the broker or seller? I do think the renovation is very nice, especially the bathrooms and of course this is much nicer than a 4th Ave. condo and fedders building. But the photos don’t make it look “top of the line”, sorry. And is there central air? I know people don’t like air conditioning, but when you are paying for a million dollar renovation, it usually comes with the package. And it’s a pain to put in if it isn’t already there, with the ductwork part of the renovation.
You are asking nearly $900/ft for this property. And, no matter how “fancy” the renovation is, location is everything, and this is simply not on a prime CG block. For 2.55 million, people have other options, but if you can get that price, more power to you. I hate the location, so even if it is a top of the line renovation, I wouldn’t buy it for 1.8 million, because I just don’t want to live on that block. It’s not a bad block, but for that kind of money I have other choices.
i agree…the people on this blog all seem to have lost their minds.
most people in nyc would KILL to live in any one of these houses…especially the park slope or carroll gardens homes.
no one who’s spending 2 plus million on a home cares whether or not they might have to replace a ge slimline dishwasher with a miele somewhere down the line.
too many back seat buyers on this website for sure.
i’d LOVE to see the homes of some of these people complaining. i’m guessing the most top of the line appliance in your home is a cuisinart toaster oven your grandma gave you 14 years ago as a housewarming present.
5:24 how can you judge a house by pictures? Have you been inside? Please tell me your definition of top of the line? I would love to know. Because if you are really searching for a house to buy and you do not think this house is top of the line, Then I suggest you go and look on 4th ave at some condo and tell me how the 2 properties combare? Really. And then go to Greenpoint and look at some cheap FEdders building and tell me again how this house is not “TOP of the Line”. Please do this for me because you need to get out and away from your computer and actually look and if you are indeed as picky as you seem good luck on your search for a house because most property in NY and Brooklyn is overpriced and not top of the line and/or on a bad block. I would suggest moving to a subdivision in Scottsdale where you can get top of the line and 4 car garage for 750000. You will feel better about your decision. Between Dave in Bed stuy and the what and the picky picky numbnuts this blog sucks.
can we just be up front here and say none of these houses are (a) interesting or (b) worth the money being asked. really.
RE: 1st street. Saw it almost a year ago when it was listed for 1.9. It is a very nice small 3-story, well renovated, with some nice touches.
That’s the good news.
The bad news is that it’s almost across the street from a Commerce Bank with a big red sign.
The layout is all screwy too. It doesn’t make a lot of sense. The nice bathroom is off the smaller bedroom. The much nicer kitchen is in the rental unit.
I understand the guy’s a doctor and does some nutrition stuff in the garden level kitchen, but most buyers (like me) probably walk out scratching their heads.
2.5 million to live on Union between Bond and Hoyt on Union. Are they fucking nuts? No way this goes for more than 2. That’s a terrible, terrible location.
4:26 – no what it all comes down to is that this is a way overpriced house and unrenovated houses that are much larger are going for 1.8 or less. So the only way to justify this 2.5+ million price is because the renovation is top of the line, and this one isn’t. Furthermore, I love Carroll Gardens, but for that kind of money I don’t want to buy the fanciest house on a crummy block — I’d rather buy a house in the prime part of the neighborhood and fix it up myself.
We looked at the CG house when it sold 3 years ago for around $1.5M. A lot of the renovation had been done at that point, although the upper bathrooms needed to be finished and things cleaned up. It looks like current owners actually redid the parlor floor a bit (for the worse in my view, but that is a matter of taste).
We passed at that time because the block is terrible. The school is a negative for a variety of reasons, but also as you go down the block towards Bond it deteriorates quickly. Union & Bond is not a nice intersection. We’ve been by this house many times since and every time either my wife or myself comment that we are so glad we didn’t buy it. Still happy we landed in Cobble Hill and avoided this area.