Open House Wrap-Up: Mob Scene at 152 Dean?
We heard that the open house at 152 Dean (far left) attracted more than 50 people yesterday, certainly a bright spot among reports in recent weeks of lower foot traffic. Or maybe with the official start of Spring, the market is just preparing for its seasonal pick-up. Any other reports from the open house trenches?…
We heard that the open house at 152 Dean (far left) attracted more than 50 people yesterday, certainly a bright spot among reports in recent weeks of lower foot traffic. Or maybe with the official start of Spring, the market is just preparing for its seasonal pick-up. Any other reports from the open house trenches?
Open House Picks [Brownstoner]
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Rutland road house was a stunner, but it felt too exposed to Bedford Avenue. That wasn’t a problem on a cold Sunday, but I wouldn’t want to be there in rush hour and I imagine opening the wondows for air in the summer would brng in a lot of traffic noise. Lefferts Manor is my area of choice at the moment, but not at these prices. As 11:12 points out, the area has serious drawbacks and I wouldn’t feel comfortable spending that much on a house there. Maybe if the price drops by about $400,000!
oh, come on, spill it! ‘semi-famous actor’? ‘major movie actress’? satisfy our deplorable star-worship tendencies!
I can tell you Boerum Hill is fast becoming the place for young hot Hollywood. A major movie actress just bought a place on Hoyt.
Hmmmm…it’s hard to figure how a 25′ wide south facing yard “sucks”
We’re waiting for someone to email photos from inside 327 President!
I’m the poster last week who lives across the street from the CG house on President. Unfortunately, I was unable to make it back home in time for the open house and haven’t checked with my neighbors yet. I’m curious to know if anyone out there visited and what you thought about it.
We walked to PLG for our first visit this weekend, just out of curiosity. A great and very interesting walk– showed us a lot.
Both the Lincoln Road and Rutland Road houses are overpriced, IMHO. Lincoln Road– or at least the stretch on which this house is found– is a mess. The apt. buildings (particularly their entryways) both on Flatbush and on Lincoln just in from Flatbush are flat-out scary-looking. I live right across the street from the Gowanus Houses and they look better than these private apartments do.
Inside the Lincoln Road house was interesting, but mostly vastly disappointing. The woodwork is great fun (floors completely redone by a craftsman who modeled the marquetry after the what was left of the original)– pocket doors, built-in cabinets w/leaded glass, some leaded glass windows, staircase redone, etc. But the current owner is a flipper and doesn’t care for the house, and has simply done the basics to re-sell it. Good central heat/AC. The kitchen is awful– some cabinets (not to my taste, either) were askew, and the floor is cheaply done (tiling barely holding together, and very sharp for bare feet if you walk around your own home that way). Back yard is a mess, and garage, too. Deck off the back porch is the same. You’d need at least– at least– another 80-100K to get that baby in really good working condition.
Rutland St. house was very, very charming. Nicely restored in many places, lots of light, beautifully situated on the corner and overall quite pleasant. Very easy to picture ourselves (me and hubby) living there… only thing is we don’t have a car & are trying to avoid buying one as long as possible. As much as we loved that house, it’s a whole different world outside of it. The block is beautiful– truly– but the Parkside Avenue station on the Q was unsavory. And I’m no pushover with this stuff– I’ve used Hoyt/Schermerhorn regularly, and Bergen Street before it became 90% yuppies– but you can’t live in this neighborhood without a car. The Flatbush Avenue shopping is depressing– not a good grocery store in sight.
Anyway, my very long-winded two cents.
Didn’t see the Dean Street place– would have made me positively green with envy!!
Aw, come on, can’t leave us hanging like that! Let’s hear the name…