That Pesky Last Unit at 302 Washington Avenue
After more than a year on the market and with other units already occupied, this duplex at 302 Washington Avenue still can’t find a buyer. Is it the finishes or is $1,199,000 just too much to pay for a duplex in this part of town? The building itself is beautiful. You can check it out…
After more than a year on the market and with other units already occupied, this duplex at 302 Washington Avenue still can’t find a buyer. Is it the finishes or is $1,199,000 just too much to pay for a duplex in this part of town? The building itself is beautiful. You can check it out for yourself at the open house on Sunday.
302 Washington Avenue [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP
Condo of the Day: 302 Washington Avenue [Brownstoner]
Highly unlikely that 3 weirdos would appear at once 11:48am (or are you just kidding?) Apparently there hasn’t even been 1 weirdo showing up for a year!
This is definitely a basement duplex. There should be no reference to “garden” made in connection with this unit. The basement is pretty low too. Probably just makes the 50% above-grade cutoff for “habitable space”.
The price seems high but then all the prices on thid blog seem high so who knows? I prefer the 3-bedroom on Montague Street featyred last week. That was 1.4 but maybe negotiable and a larger, meaning more financially secure, building. Whoever drew up this floorpaln was not thinking striaght. This could have been much nicer, but it still a stretch to want this much dough for a semi-subterranean, easily burgled apartment. I pass.
Problem is, a garden duplex with no garden is really just a duplex with half your living space in a basement. Basements are el creepo. That kind of space should be priced at a discount, not a premium.
what’s wrong w/ blue polka dots? and is this how polka dots is spelled?
Everybody has a different opinion of good taste, it is meaningless to say that something was done without taste unless, I don’t know, it looks really awful or has blue polka dots on the floor or something. What in the world is wrong with the “taste” of the kitchen or other finishes? It may not be your taste, but you may be the one with bad taste. Who knows? The little shelves next to the window are charming, what’s wrong with them?
11:31 makes an excellent point that if only one weirdo likes this layout then the sponsor will not get his asking proce. But this is New York, there are bound to be at least three weirdos who have always dreamed of living next to the kitchen and putting the kids downstairs by the living room. And they will all appear at once.
I love the Townhouse and location, but the renovation was done without any taste. If you buy a One Million Dollar townhose, at least ti should have a townhose feeling to it. The developer should go back and re-do some minor things and he might have it sold. Especially add some wood work to the house.
11:21 you really think someone is going to fall in love and pay asking? Why would they have to? They won’t have any competitors bidding for the place, so they’d be pretty naive to do so. And I would think anyone paying 1.2 million for a house would be fairly financially savvy.
Unless 1.2 million is a “deal” for a 2-bedroom in a Clinton Hill brownstone with no back yard, why would someone buy this? Are you saying that a typical Clinton Hill duplex with better details, layout, and real back yard goes for 1.6 or 1.8 now?
yeah, that is a little odd 11/28.
The kitchen and living room being on different floors is just plain weird.