Open House Picks
Clinton Hill 304 Lafayette Avenue Corcoran Sunday 1-3 $1,895,000 GMAP P*Shark Prospect Lefferts Gardens 73 Rutland Road Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 2-4 $1,375,000 GMAP P*Shark Clinton Hill 49 Putnam Avenue Douglas Elliman Sunday 12:30-2 $799,000 GMAP P*Shark Flatbush 1058 New York Avenue Fillmore Sunday 1-3 $399,000 GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
304 Lafayette Avenue
Corcoran
Sunday 1-3
$1,895,000
GMAP P*Shark
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
73 Rutland Road
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 2-4
$1,375,000
GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
49 Putnam Avenue
Douglas Elliman
Sunday 12:30-2
$799,000
GMAP P*Shark
Flatbush
1058 New York Avenue
Fillmore
Sunday 1-3
$399,000
GMAP P*Shark
kudos to the putnam broker for her honesty about the need for heavy renovation. but i think she still could have rolled that tv out of the bathroom.
Hey Wasder, I hope I didn’t sound snarking or hostile with the all caps “NOT”. Apologies if I did. I agree with you about the block. Could be a good long term investment, but it is not too nice aesthetically right now across the street and on Fulton nearby.
Miss Muffett, there are a few blocks of Putnam that are in Clinton Hill. The dividing line between the two neighborhoods is Classon so Putnam to the west of Classon is in Clinton Hill. It only runs about two or three blocks before deadending into Fulton.
Not to quibble, but isn’t Putnam Bed Stuy, and not Clinton Hill?
Thanks 1842 and Wasder…very helpful. I can’t take on a full mechanical renovation. I would need to live in the place, while I renovate. It’s one thing to go with out plumbing for a couple of days. But a couple of months of using an outhouse, will have the neighbors calling the Environmental Protection Agency.
1842–thanks for adding your thoughts. I didn’t mean gut reno in terms of getting rid of details which are clearly copious and charming but it didn’t look from the pictures that there was much in the way of kitchens, electricals, bathrooms etc. So maybe gut was the wrong word but its a pretty thorough overhaul that is needed.
In re the block, it definitely is one of the sketchier ones in Clinton Hill but one that I walk down almost every day and it is more aesthetically displeasing than it is dangerous. I am very hopeful that the work being done on Fulton now (and they finally seem like they are getting serious about it) will pick this end of the neighborhood up alot.
It definitely could be a good buy for somebody with the means to fix it up.
It will be interesting to see how the PLG house does in this market. It’s nearly $1.4M, but 49 Rutland Road fetched $1.425M (closed in June). Of course we are miles away from what the lay of the land was back April (when 49 most likely went into contract). If 73 Rutland sells, it will most certainly sell for over $1M, whether it’s closer to $1.1M-$1.2M is really the question. Anyone who is (seriously) looking at this house, in this neighborhood, has already made the determination that they are willing to trade certain neighborhood amenities (as would be available in a 2/3bdrm apt in PS or Prospect Heights) for the space and privacy that they will gain by owning their own house.
Also, I don’t think it had a CofO, one of those old places that never got one as it never formally converted to a 2 family or other occupancy since it was build, so you wouldn’t have the issue of having to change it etc. That said, it would be a lot of work to fix the mechanicanicals, new baths and a kitchen, but it would be nice. If I had the ability, I’d love this project if I did not have to live there while I did it.
bayridge girl–I have not been inside the house so I can’t answer many of your questions. It looks like the ceilings are tin which I personally dig. The paint appears to be peeling off the tin so they look weird. The exterior of the house is in OK condition. It could be a good buy at 600 if you have a few hundred G for renovation.