Open House Picks: Six Months Later
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Open House Picks 8/7/09 [Brownstoner]
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cillmylandlord….
I had never been to brooklyn since i moved to manhattan in 1994. I had to take the J train to broadway & throop for a friend’s daughter’s baptism. later that day we drove around in the car and I said to myself “WOW, these houses are nice.”
We turned the corner and the street sign said Stuyvesant Ave.
I said “Holy shit, we’re in bed Stuy.” I owned my house not more than 4 months later!!!!
Yes…The Bed-Stuy’s. You know, you’re from out of town…you may not want to live over there. Wink. Wink. I’m still mad about it. That place had two working fireplaces, a roof deck, two bathrooms, great wood floors. It was on Bainbridge and Stuyvesant…an amazing block. But, you listen to people and you realize you miss out on great deals because of someone else’s hangups. Then, I go to Williamsburg and see graffiti everywhere (even inside buildings) and think…really this where it’s cool to live, but Bed-Stuy is the hood? That why I always laugh at what people on this site consider “fringe”.
What is 0 for 4, m4l??? This listing??? No biggee.
Not sure about the other two, but the Bed Stuy prices are ridiculous and anyone in their right mind knows they won’t even sell close to those prices. That’s not the market, that’s unrealistic sellers.
This is a random sample of brownstones, not the cherry-ripe ones of Last Week’s Biggest Sales. But who cares? Never mind 0/4. Volume has peaked and prices have bottomed just like DIBS predicted. Buy buy buy!!!
Cillmylandlord,
“The Bed-Stuy’s!!!”
That’s a peculiar illness!
I’ve been hit by them, too.
Is it all just psychosomatic?
DIBS, this is 0 for 4. can this be chalked up as a ding against the bulls?
gemini, both of those Bed Stuy houses are way overpriced.
They are way overpriced for what would have been the peak as well.
Wow – not looking good from this Open House report
I like the houses on Bainbridge…a lot. I don’t think there is anything sub par about them or the neighborhood. But, you know again…people on this site look at Park Slope as the end all be all of hoods and I’ve lived there too. Bainbridge is right by the A-train, so I think it’s really cool. I was totally impressed by Bainbridge and ready to move into an Upper Duplex from Memphis…until I got hit with the “Bed-Stuy”‘s from one of my friends. That was 13 years ago and I liked it then. It has done nothing but improve. I still regret it, total mistake.
Stuff-wise…I mean, it’s residential. But, it’s cute over there.