Open House Picks
Park Slope 105 Sterling Place Brooklyn Properties Sunday 1-3 $1,795,000 GMAP P*Shark Prospect Heights 390 Park Place Deborah Graves Sunday 12-2 $1,600,000 GMAP P*Shark Bushwick 747 Bushwick Avenue Prudential Douglas Elliman Sunday 2:30-5 $1,060,000 GMAP P*Shark Bedford Stuyvesant 353 Macon Street Tiwana & Michelle Sunday 2-4 $699,000 GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
105 Sterling Place
Brooklyn Properties
Sunday 1-3
$1,795,000
GMAP P*Shark
Prospect Heights
390 Park Place
Deborah Graves
Sunday 12-2
$1,600,000
GMAP P*Shark
Bushwick
747 Bushwick Avenue
Prudential Douglas Elliman
Sunday 2:30-5
$1,060,000
GMAP P*Shark
Bedford Stuyvesant
353 Macon Street
Tiwana & Michelle
Sunday 2-4
$699,000
GMAP P*Shark
The Bushwick house is large, but with the owner’s minimal renos, should be listed at $650-700k. The rooms are small, the kitchen is a wreck, the bathrooms are tiny and need to be completely redone. Neighborhood is not really Bushwick proper either. Another $500k is in order to make it a really nice house.
I went to the Sterling open house, and frankly, I was disappointed. The detail is great, but the use of space isn’t. The master bedroom, for example, thanks to the placement of the fireplace, the heater, the second closet and the doors — I’m honestly not sure where you would put the bed! Especially if you have side tables!
Plus the “fourth floor,” as someone mentioned earlier, is one of those sloped, “attic-like” rooms.
And don’t even get me started on the waste of space that is the landry room.
But I have to say, the renovation was lovely, the detail is stunning, as is the garden. A pity about the use of space.
anon 5:51 —
were you one of the houses on 6th street between 5th and 6th aves? (363A or 365 or something, I think, maybe both?) I think there was discussion of one of those open houses here way back. How did it go? Did you get your asking?
The house that Corcoran had down the block went way over asking.. not near the 1.75 which was reported. I dont’ see how anyone can use one of the small brokers to sell these houses in the dead of summer, they don’t share their listings with the big guys/co-broke.. big mistake as I had listed my house on 6th street and then turned to Brown Harris
I’m actually quite fond of painted woodwork (if done correctly). I then to prefer the natural wood finish in only certain rooms such as the study, office, library, den or family room. Sometimes too much stained woodwork makes a room too dark for my taste and limits furniture and wall paint color options.
Why? Do you have a beef with Brooklyn Properties?
^^^dont’ be tempted by the above link / should be deleted
Tim, next week will better. The following week will be even better. The following, following week will be even more better. And so on. In fact every week since you bought last year was probably better.
Point of the story… Buyers have plenty of time. Go out and enjoy the weekend with family and friends. For that matter, kick back and enjoy the summer. Post Labor Day will be an even better time to buy.
I was @ the last open house at sterling and the kitchen worked well, with or without a dining table (how many people have regular & formal dinner parties anyway?). The renovation is good compared to most, although there is white gloss paint on almost all woodwork and no guest bathroom on the parlour floor. The non-landmark block is rather charmless with a long condo building opposite.
It is fairly priced for the early 2006 market but I think over summer we’ll really start to see some better value than these places. Jumbo mortgages are well into 7s now!
Oh, for 1.7 ($100k less) you can walk down sterling one block and get a corcoran 20 foot that really just needs a $100k to be just as good (but bigger!)