Open House Picks

I very rarely read the comments section of Brownstoner because it is so tragically obvious that the White Stoners who post here do so from the desks at their dreadful temp jobs while they wait for that big break when that degree from Pratt will get them a real job as a “graphic artist” in some windowless dungeon long enough to save for a down payment on a studio in the bowels of Brooklyn somewhere so that they can actually OWN something besides 80’s rock albums and lava lamps.

In the meantime, you sit on your lazy oh so hip skinny jeaned bratty asses dissing every property on the market you will never ever be able to afford. Oh, and brokers? They/we are loathsome to you. And why is that exactly? (AND YES I AM A BROKER) Why are we the dredges you see us as? Ever stop to think that we are trying to make a living and feed our kids just like anyone else with any ounce of responsibility? That we work our asses off trying to market properties which are not always all that pretty because it is our job to do so? That we have to practically strangle our sellers before they will lower the prices on their not so pretty homes to market levels so that we perform our job successfully and actually sell the property? That not all of us are oily sleazebags who would sell our own mothers for a sale, and toss the kids in the deal too if it’s a nice townhouse listing? Most of us, especially at the bigger firms can boast advanced degrees and years of experience outside the field of real estate. In between filing papers for the associates at the law firms you temp at, take a look at some of our bios. Naw, too lazy for that, right? Might bust open your pre-conceived notions.

Kids, most of you don’t have a clue what you are talking about when you rail with so much hate and thinly-vieled racism against what you perceive as overpriced listings in neighborhoods you will never afford to live in anyway. But carry on, little Oz’es. You can be whomever you want while you pound angstfully against your keyboards. Anonymously.

The Stratford Road house is attractive, with good bones. Somewhat smaller than average for that area but still plenty of room for a family, unless you are the Duggars. But it will need a great deal of sprucing up as well as some basic updates to mechanicals. Needs exterior work and the yards need redoing as well. And yes, there is only 1 full bath for the entire house; there’s a half-bath on the ground floor. The top floor has no bathroom at all. Putting one in seems possible, but difficult, not least because it would spoil the lovely lines of the room up there. A good house for someone who dreams of refurbishing one of these old Victorians, but overpriced like everything else in prime Ditmas these days. Sellers are clinging for dear life to 2007 prices in that neighborhood.

Slick, I’m not understanding you.

I wonder if the people saying unkind things regarding a certain block, i.e., Bed Stuy listing, would be so unkind if you were talking face to face with someone who lives on this block. If you don’t actually live here how would you know?
Peter, who used to post on his adventures of renovating his house actually lives on this block. Did you tell him it was a terrible place to live?