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Block is nice looking, but as close as you can get to Flatbush Avenue, which is no selling point, IMO.

The house has had a very cheap reno – lots of low level Home Depotesque kitchen and bath remodelling.

The entire house has been whitewashed – inside and out – a quickie cosmetic fix that looks better in the pix than in reality.

That said, I am still very suprised that no one has purchased this house for this price. Except that it seems everyone in this market thinks they can get the nice, tastefully reno’d places for a song and are holding out. If you look at the in contracts and solds on MKG website, this isn’t happening. Things are selling within reach of ask, or sellers aren’t caving in.

Yes, two houses in PPS sold for less than you’d imagine in recent memory. One had a ghastly view of Coney Island Avenue, and although a very nice house, nothing mind blowing in the architectural sense, which many people expect with a PPS address. House sat with Corcoran with price in freefall for months. MKG sold it almost immediately, once the seller listed with her. The other house in PPS that sold for under 1.2 needs TONS of work. Exterior and interior.

Sorry, Xander, but you’re a blowhard who doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Clearly you get all your info from real estate listings, rather than living in the neighborhood, having been inside these homes, etc…

Since you asked for facts:

107 Marlborough is in Caton Park – a totally different neighborhood and the last place to get a good deal in Victorian Flatbush. Serious quality of life issues. Noise, pollution, traffic. Despite the interior renovations the house clearly needs a new roof and the front columns are crumbling. It needs tons of exterior work. Have you ever actually looked at it? They’ll be lucky to get $999.

271 Stratford is a nice house on a nice street, priced to sell for personal reasons. It has very little period charm, is not as large as Rugby Road by any stretch of the imagination. There is a massive, beautiful updated basement in the Rugby Road house. Stratford has some recent upgrades – however it is not renovated to the level of the house on Rugby Road, where very little expense was spared.

The only under $900k house in contract is down on Wellington or De Koven or one of those side streets down by the tracks. It is painted green inside and out, has no updates, is close to the train tracks, and doesn’t even have a powder room on the ground floor. A great fixer upper for someone who likes a project and a good investment. The Rugby Road house has already had the money poured into it, hence the asking price.

Enough facts for you, or shall I go on?

I know these properties. Well. And I am not a broker or in anyway affiliated with a broker. I’m in no way poised to make a buck over the sale of any of these houses. I’m just sick of people dissing the area and the houses when they don’t know what they’re talking about. It is almost impossible to have real comps for the neighborhood because every house is so different, in terms of preservation, location, renovation, etc… There are huge margins of difference from house to house. Perfect houses, like the one in Ditmas Park that sold for 1.9 a few years ago (and would be more like 1.7 nowdays, I’m sure)are few and far between, and are generally snapped very by people coming, yes, from Manhattan or more affluent areas of Brooklyn.

And as for Manofelt, I will be very interested to see what you settle for. Hope you find that great deal. Because that’s clearly what you’re holding out for. More power to you if you find it. Seriously, you should look at Stratford Road. Your price range is obvious from your comments on this site, and it will be almost impossible for you to find the perfection you seek. Unless prices collapse further, but maybe that’s what you’re holding out for. Stratford is a nice house, with some good updates and has a very reasonable asking price.

Hey Architerrorist, yes it is all about location and I’ll look for as long as I like, thank you very much.

Are you suggesting that I buy a house that’s overpriced and in a location that I don’t like?

And by the way, thanks for the snobby comment. Jerk.

And yeah, you asked for comps. So go looking and show my $875000 in BSW. Good luck, you ignoramous.

We used to have fun committing crimes in Bucks County, shame the hood has gone downhill since.