Residential Sales in Brooklyn
PARK SLOPE $1.05 Million 43 Windsor Place 2-family, 3-story prewar house; 2 bedrooms, 3 baths in primary unit; 1 bedroom, 1 bath in other unit; dining area in each; rear garden; 17-by-100-ft. lot; taxes $1,870; listed at $1.2 million, 2 weeks on market (broker: Betancourt) GMAP KENSINGTON $400,000 310 Beverly Road 2-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,100-sq.-ft. co-op…
PARK SLOPE $1.05 Million
43 Windsor Place
2-family, 3-story prewar house; 2 bedrooms, 3 baths in primary unit; 1 bedroom, 1 bath in other unit; dining area in each; rear garden; 17-by-100-ft. lot; taxes $1,870; listed at $1.2 million, 2 weeks on market (broker: Betancourt) GMAP
KENSINGTON $400,000
310 Beverly Road
2-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,100-sq.-ft. co-op in a postwar building; entry foyer; terrace; maintenance $687, 34% tax-deductible; listed at $380,000 (multiple bids), 2 weeks on market (broker: Orrichio Anderson Realty) GMAP
From the print edition of yesterday’s NY Times.
$1.2M was a total reach, I think, tho over $1M definitely makes sense.
What I can’t figure out is why the buyers dropped their asking price $150k after only 2 weeks on the market. Guess the ask was way off the mark.
Incidentally, a frame house on 16th (the backyards of these two properties almost touch) just sold in the $1.1+ range, I believe.
Windsor house is zoned for PS 10, I believe.
Hey, I’m “Sloper” ! I think the house on Windsor is way over priced.
I lived in Park Slope for about a year (after living in Manhattan and London for the previous fourteen years) and I have to say, although I can see why a lot of people like the Slope, I chose to leave although I could certainly afford it. If I wanted convenience, great restaurants, beautiful brownstone architecture, I would have hightailed it back to Manhattan. Park Slope just felt like it was trying too hard to be Manhattan – and missing the mark. However, I found several other Brooklyn neighborhoods really appealing – quiet, peaceful, architecturally different and beautiful, great sense of community. And I eventually bought in one of these other neighborhoods. Yes, I do drive over to Park Slope to shop. But I’m glad I don’t live there anymore. But saying that, I’m glad those who live there and are happy there are just that – happy. Isn’t that what we are all after? I suppose the point is that many people don’t realize there is an alternative to the Slope, and perhaps they would prefer an alternative to living in an unattractive house on the fringes of the nabe. Maybe not. But good to know there are choices.
I don’t think anyone begrudges you making a dollar — you mark your ads as ads clearly. The no-comments option is unfortunate — anyone want to start a poll on how long until a broker actually requests comments on their listing? But we’ll see how that plays out I guess.
I think what Sloper’s saying is (or what I would say, anyway), you can buy a house for half the price, or less, than a park-block house and be within the same school zone and no farther from many of the same amenities. (I think the Windsor house is zoned for 107 but I may be wrong.)
As for the whole “community” thing, if people want to believe we’re now a bunch of soulless Richie Riches who would rather run over our neighbors with our $800 Bugaboos than talk to them, that’s fine by me. Too damn crowded here anyway.
Knew we weren’t going to get off that easy…It’s up to whoever’s paying for the ad. We suspect some will opt for them on, some off. Obviously taking ad money from the brokerage community is fraught with conflicts of interest–though ones no different that any magazine faces–but the bottom line is that doing so is the only way to have a shot at making a living off the site. We tried to come up with a concept that had some informational value to readers. It’s not always easy keeping up with new listings hitting the market. Giving our readers a jump while putting a few bucks in our pocket seemed like a good way to go. Do we wish we didn’t have to take any advertising at all? Sure, but after a year and a half of basically working two jobs, this is what we gotta do. We certainly don’t intend for it to be a back-door route to immunity for brokers. Given the number of firms out there, no one will be able to put us over a barrel.
I’m not saying it’s a good deal — not sure anything of the kind exists anymore. But if you want to live in this area and are only moderately loaded, this is an opportunity. Houses on this block don’t go for $2 mil, but they do up and over only slightly. Granted, those are very different kinds of blocks and houses.
I’m not saying these are better or comparable to the brownstones and limestones in the area, but for people who really want to live here, this type of house is a chance to get in.
As for the curb appeal of well done frames, we will have to agree to disagree.