Round-Trip from Brooklyn Heights With Luck
There were a couple of things we found hard to believe in yesterday’s Habitats story: 1) That a couple that loved their Brooklyn Heights carriage house so much would think they’d be happy in a subdivision in California; 2) That, upon realizing the folly of their decision to leave Brooklyn in 2003, they decided to…
There were a couple of things we found hard to believe in yesterday’s Habitats story: 1) That a couple that loved their Brooklyn Heights carriage house so much would think they’d be happy in a subdivision in California; 2) That, upon realizing the folly of their decision to leave Brooklyn in 2003, they decided to return and found a one-family house on Joralemon Street in 2004 for $825,000. Granted that it was only 16 feet wide, in need of a gut renovation and sat atop two major subway lines, but that price still seems stunning. Does anyone know the scoop on Kevin Carbury, who’s referred to as “the last old-time Realtor in the Heights” and was the one who found this deal for the family?
Back Home Again After a Brief Detour [NY Times]
Photos by Daniel Barry.
Take it from someone who has lived in BH for over 10 Years, there are no good restaurants (save for Noodle Pudding) FG, Cobble Hill and carrol gardens offer much better fare. Even Red Hook has better food.
yeah, and the restaurant is called ben and jerry’s….my kids love to eat dinner there all the time
Funny post about selling their house to move to the slope because BH has no good restaurants. They OWN a restaurant in BH — that’s why they live there!
It’s you
yes, and all those houses from 1850 need restoring. who would have thunk it?
I know of two people who have bought in that block. Both moved here from outside of country. Both sold within 4 years of purchase. Both made money. Although at the $2-3MM number, I think you have reached a top. I doubt anyone who lives in the Heights would pay that kind of money to move on that block. Only someone that does not know would.
In answer to your question as to why I supposedly ‘keep looking’ at houses on the street if there are these problems: I was shown those three houses by a broker I was working with: they were all on sale during the same six month period and, most crucially, in our price range. After having seen the evidence of the problem in 3 separate houses, all in varying states of distress, which the broker was not honest enough to admit, we correctly deduced, which has subsequently been corroborated, that there were major problems with that part of the street because of structural problems caused by the subway and BQE and incline of the hill. We shortly stopped using that broker as we felt we were being duped. This assumption has been independently verified by a number of people we asked, brokers (of the honest variety) and inspectors who confirmed our suspicions. I do hope this answers your question. I offer as proof the fact that we now live in a townhouse in BH that is nowhere near there,nor over a subway, and which we will not need to hire dishonest brokers to sell, should we choose.
So what is the IQ of these people on the street that have the ability yo spend 2 and sometimes over $3M to live on Joralemon?
and if houses there always turn over – why was previous owner of this family’s house owned from at least the 60’s and
next door from the 70’s?
why on earth do you keep looking at houses on that street if you think it’s such a nightmare?