Open House Picks
Park Slope 641 10th Street Townsley & Gay Sunday 12:30-2:30 $2,399,000 GMAP P*Shark Windsor Terrace 235 Windsor Place Warren Lewis Sunday 12-2 $1,149,000 GMAP P*Shark Prospect Lefferts Gardens 207 Fenimore Street Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 1-3 $850,000
Park Slope
641 10th Street
Townsley & Gay
Sunday 12:30-2:30
$2,399,000
GMAP P*Shark
Windsor Terrace
235 Windsor Place
Warren Lewis
Sunday 12-2
$1,149,000
GMAP P*Shark
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
207 Fenimore Street
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 1-3
$850,000
GMAP P*Shark
Kensington
428 East 2nd Street
Heights Berkeley
Sunday 12-2
$615,000
GMAP P*Shark
All I can say about those neighborhoods is “boy the way Glenn Miller played, songs that made the hit parade…”.
From someone who grew up in Queens.
cw, thanks for the info on Kensington. When you say the floors need an overhaul — do you mean they need refinishing or they need to be replaced in their entirety?
That 30s bathroom (or whatever it is) looks cute to me and the 80s kitchen doesn’t look too ungodly. But anyway we need a two-family.
Gemini, we are looking for a two-family in the $420,000 to $520,000 range. We have been looking in Bushwick (and a little bit into Bed Stuy and Ridgewood). Got any suggestions?
BHO, there are far fewer places on the market now than last year or 2006. We’re looking for a two-family on the L train between Flushing and Myrtle and only four have come up for sale in the last year. That’s ridiculous.
Regarding the 10th street house — is that a DOOR in the front parlor where a fireplace should be? The broker is also doing those folks a serious disservice by not helping them to stage the house for sale. Is that a pile of laundry in a red tub in the third-floor dining room? And how about – before you take the photo of that dining room – removing the fan with the electric cord that is stretched across the floor? How about a duvet cover, and something to cover the bare box springs on the bed in the master bedroom? Is the kitchen really so small that you have to keep the cereal on top of the fridge? Sheesh….
I agree with CWB’s assessment on Kensington. I’d add that the block has minimal street parking with all the curb cuts and this house doesn’t have a curb cut. A problem if someone had a car.
Putnamdenizen – we’re looking into condos and co-ops for that reason, but what I would really love is a three-story row house where the garden floor is a rental unit, and the top two floors are an owner’s 3BR duplex (with a deck so we can access the garden). That would be perrrfect for my wife and I.
gemini10 – yeh, I would say it needs between $50k and $100k worth of work to be really nice. But take my estimates with a grain of salt because I’ve never done reno before. 🙂
CWB – I would say a seller in Kensington would part with the house at around $450-500K and then agreed it would be a steal but you would probably have to put about $50K in reno if you just kept it to kitchn,bathroom,floors and landscaping…
CW, Do you think any house which is small enough for you will be a good investment (if we can use that word these days?)? I’ve noticed houses being too big is a common thread in your posts. Perhaps an apartment might work better?
I went to an open-house at the East 2nd place – Kensington – a couple of weeks ago.
Pros: Solid bones, lovely formal living room, large rooms. It is HUGE and the layout’s pretty cool. You could probably even finish the basement, which has hookups for laundry and possibly a bathroom. Also it’s got a very nice, very large backyard, and they built an extra room onto the kitchen that leads out to the back.
Problems: Front yard is all gravel and needs landscaping. “Sun Porch” gets very little sun but has decent space. Rear room (between kitchen and yard) is more like a shed than a room. Floors need complete overhaul throughout second and third stories (and even the first story is iffy). Kitchen and bath need full gut reno (haven’t been touched since the 60s or earlier). The stairs to the third floor are super-steep. Only one bathroom for the entire house.
Our conclusion was: great bones, needs a lot of work, and way too big for what we needed. For a family with two kids, it might work, especially if you could figure out how to get a second bathroom in there.
If you could get it for 450, I’d say it’s a steal. 600? Maybe not.
mopar – where are you looking and how much can you afford?
BHO – haha – exactly – PLG is Flatbush – my husband’s right!
damn good West Indian food over there though!