Open House Picks
Park Slope 289 Garfield Place Corcoran Sunday 2-3 $1,950,000 GMAP P*Shark Ditmas Park 664 Westminster Road Douglas Elliman Sunday 2:30-4:30 $800,000 (was $995,000) GMAP P*Shark Greenwood Heights 323 21st Street Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 1-3 $749,000 GMAP P*Shark Bedford Stuyvesant 509 Decatur Street Fenwick Keats Sunday 12-1:30 $525,000 GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
289 Garfield Place
Corcoran
Sunday 2-3
$1,950,000
GMAP P*Shark
Ditmas Park
664 Westminster Road
Douglas Elliman
Sunday 2:30-4:30
$800,000 (was $995,000)
GMAP P*Shark
Greenwood Heights
323 21st Street
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 1-3
$749,000
GMAP P*Shark
Bedford Stuyvesant
509 Decatur Street
Fenwick Keats
Sunday 12-1:30
$525,000
GMAP P*Shark
Muffet – undoubtedly there are more open houses this weekend (even in the $800k range) — but these are the Brownstoner picks of the week. Kinda sad.
I want to soften my comment though, the place on 21st Street is just borderline depressing. The back yard is nice and cheery looking. That wins points.
“seal the place from CIA odor”
You don’t like the smell of Pakistani food?
tyburg – there are other OH this weekend, just do a search on the NYT. That said, I think a lot of sellers are waiting til after January to put their places on the market, given the upcoming holidays. I suppose sellers are hoping they get a boost from bonuses, spring, etc. though it’s also possible (and/or likely) there will be continuing troubling/uncertain signs about the economy and prices will continue to head further south.
Denton, no matter…just me and two cats so plenty of space 🙂
This is the house I told you about on 18th that they are trying to sell for 1.5 mill…laughable (seems they just dropped the price to 1.1 – still laughable to me). And their claim that they are getting 5k a month in rent is the biggest lie I’ve heard in a long time. http://tinyurl.com/yfne7rl
I saw the Ditmas house last weekend. It is a nice house. Plenty of room, beautiful stained glass. Needs some upgrading in the kitchen, the floors need sanding, some carpet to rip up, etc., but it is certainly liveable (realtor said it needs a new roof, too). The biggest drawbacks I saw were a) one bath & the best place for a second bath is where that great butler pantry is; b) It is really close to some pretty busy areas and has some unpleasant views of gas stations out the back yard and all rear-facing windows; and c) the houses on its block are a bit worn, made me wonder how the area was in general (admittedly, I am not that familiar with Ditmas/Midwood as we’ve just started looking out there. Still, price-wise, it seems to have compensated a bit for those things.
NK, I think the required ratio is only 1.75 toilets per *potential* inhabitant (max # of sleeping spots) — then it can be considered adequate. 2.00 per person to call it luxury.
By American standards, the Ditmas house needs at least five bathrooms, for each bedroom, no?
I’m here… Totally agree about the financials of the Garfield place. It doesn’t have a clear “This is my awesome home — oh, and I happen to have a rental” sort of thing going on to justify a $10,000/mo mortgage + taxes payment. You’ll be subsidizing your renters living in the same conditions you are…
That being said, this is FINALLY an example of a tax rate in Brownstone Brooklyn that I have no problem with.
Also, are these really the Open House picks this week? Ugggh. Pretty depressing if you ask me. If $800,000 was my budget and you presented these 2 properties to me as top picks for this weekend — aargh. I’d seriously have to start looking at moving to Buffalo.
snappy, agreed, but like a lot of the houses down there, it’s pretty tiny. I wonder what it is on a psft basis.