Open House Picks: Six Months Later
Comment: Increasingly ugly. Open House Picks 6/6/08 [Brownstoner] Previous Six Months Later Posts [Brownstoner]
Comment: Increasingly ugly.
Open House Picks 6/6/08 [Brownstoner]
Previous Six Months Later Posts [Brownstoner]
j- yea the price was too high when they listed it. so it seems to me you got a fair price. Good luck, your location is fantastic and the improvements you have made and will continue to make will only bring more value to the house and fun for you..
CONGRATS!!!
my husband grew up on Sterling
great folks there
Congratulations Justin and family!!! Enjoy!!!
I’m the one that bought 20 sterling. We’re not gut renoing it per se, although we did put quite a bit of work into it. Main things really were painting (look at the colors it used to have!); the floors, which we put new ones over; and the facade, which needed a new scratch coat/brownstone coat.
It was totally livable as it was before, we moved right in. We just wanted to make a few capital improvements to bring it back to its prior glory.
I think they priced it assuming it was in top notch shape (maybe a little high) and we’ve gotten away with putting just a fraction of the difference into it in terms of renovations. I think the point is that if you don’t want everything _perfect_ and forgo a complete gutting, you save tremendous amounts of money and the house still retains its character.
20 Sterling is currently being gut reno’d. $626/sf is a nice price for a place not in move-in condition. I dare say, too high.
I saw 20 Sterling. It was listed very aggressively at 1.8. The final sale price seems just about right for the house. The house needed a lot of work. I would have gutted it. But that is just me. You could have moved in with some work. This house with a new kitchen and baths would have sold close to asking.
Ouch. I think we’ll soon be seeing 2003 prices in Park Slope after all.
St. James comes with tenants. Heeeeeere pricey pricey pricey…come down here [man raises hands and wiggles fingers similar to calling a kitty].
***Bid half off peak comps***
i think the sterling buyer posts here occasionally. can’t remember who it was, though.