Open House Picks
Prospect Heights 87 St. Marks Avenue Corcoran Sun 2:30-4:30 $1,600,000 GMAP P*Shark Fort Greene 61 St. Felix Street FSBO Sun 1-3 $1,500,000 GMAP P*Shark Clinton Hill 556 Washington Avenue Corcoran Sun 1-2:30 $1,499,000 GMAP P*Shark Bedford Stuyvesant 269 Macon Street Prudential Douglas Elliman Sun 1-3 $869,000 GMAP P*Shark
Prospect Heights
87 St. Marks Avenue
Corcoran
Sun 2:30-4:30
$1,600,000
GMAP P*Shark
Fort Greene
61 St. Felix Street
FSBO
Sun 1-3
$1,500,000
GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
556 Washington Avenue
Corcoran
Sun 1-2:30
$1,499,000
GMAP P*Shark
Bedford Stuyvesant
269 Macon Street
Prudential Douglas Elliman
Sun 1-3
$869,000
GMAP P*Shark
I just noticed taxes on St. mark’s house are close to $6,000! That seems high and may partially account for the price.
Maybe 87 St. Marks did not show as well as the owner/brokers hoped. Apparently, there were no offers after the first open house.
I stopped by an OH at 19 Verona, which was only advertised on Craigslist. It needs work, but alot of the details are still there. $775k. I had a feeling that the Macon house was modernized.
The house on Washington is great, a bit narrow but 50 deep 5 stories a living cellar and amazing structural bonds, the block is nice and just few steps from the C train, I want my friends to go and see it.
Saw the st marks house. It feels spacious thanks to 21ft interior and has good light. It is a stones throw from flatbush with the ugly traffic and parking problems that entails (stoop sitting? No thanks). The garden backs onto a commercial/ugly block instead of the “oasis” common for blocks next to good blocks.
The gnd floor moldings were partly ripped out at one stage and not replaced.
A deck on the back would be the logical addition. The kitchen didn’t feel large for some reason.
The top floor is good for visitors with a kitchenette, good bathroom, and wide living area.
The rental unit and basement was closed off.
I like the price, and they had a lot of people thru, but can’t handle the location. I would rather be either nearer the park or in fort greene.
Agent said there are bidding wars for rentals now. Perhaps those 10 unit investment blocks are starting to be interesting value again.
Just back from St Marks open house.
Fabulous house, move in condition but what is the story with the buildings on Bergen St that are at back of backyard? have they been sold? seem like ripe for tear down for high rise construction. does anyone know?
Just got back from the Macon Street OH. Its a beauty on the outside, the church is gorgeouos and the block one of the best in the area. That said, it’s been “modernized” cheaply and badly. Its not an SRO but its set up like one, two apt each floor, common bathroom. No details except a few remaining fireplaces, only one meter and a tiny boiler. If this place fetches anywhere near asking….whoa.
They are basing the asking price on a house down the block that just sold for $950,000. Supposedley that one loaded with detail, but a comp is a comp to some I guess. Also, they’re claiming it’s a landmarked building and, although its across the street from one, it technically is not. They’re giving out Trust brochures at the OH for the tax deduction and everything… shady?
After spending the last ten years renting in the Hamptons (yes I missed the opportunity to buy) can someone please start a blogsite or thread on Hamptons real estate and discuss the merits of the astronomical price appreciation that continues unabated! Everyone talks about the inevitability of a market correction or monumental crash in the New York but is the Hamptons impervious?
I’m finally at the point where I would like to buy but it appears that you can’t get anything truly fabulous unless you’re looking north of $4m. Brownstoner, a lot of Brownstone Brooklynites spend our summers out “East.” It’s part of our lifestyle too. I think the Hamptons needs a healthy dose of reality. Is this area oblivious to what’s happening around the country or is it simply immune to a price correction given its prestige and location?
guys – it is richard meier, not frank gehry – at plaza street and eastern parkway….