WTF in Bed Stuy
Who the hell’s going to buy this crap (this one happens to be in Bed Stuy) now that the market is no longer in a frenzy and lenders aren’t giving money away? Are all these new design disasters destined to wither on the vine to be repo’d by HPD in a few years? Notice that…
Who the hell’s going to buy this crap (this one happens to be in Bed Stuy) now that the market is no longer in a frenzy and lenders aren’t giving money away? Are all these new design disasters destined to wither on the vine to be repo’d by HPD in a few years? Notice that the ad says that the house is ON SALE, not just FOR SALE. Nice touch.
$699000 New 3 Family House ON SALE !!! [Craigslist]
I don’t know anyone who’d even rent such a place. If it were in Park Slope maybe, just because people are so desparate to live there — there is similar crap (not quite as bad) near Fourth Avenue.
So, I get that there is going to be housing that does not fit the taste of individuals with money and that such housing allows individuals who rent and have lower middle incomes to advance their lives by having the opportunity to buy. What I don’t get is that this is not really affordable for those individuals. It’s still a lot of money, isn’t it?
he he. I love the headline for this post brownstoner. WTF indeed.
I am a brownstone lover and have been looking at homes since April. I started with ol brownstones in Bed Stuy and Clinton Hill areas.
Every home I stepped into I saw dollar signs to fix this, replace that, 4 weekends gone, 6 weekends spent, roof, boilers, paint removal etc.
I then started looking at new construction and am in process of buying a 25 ft wide by 55 ft deep 3 family with a driveway. It is not as bad as this one re: curb appeal and a lot of charm is lost, but I can change that to some degree.
No worries for years to come is a plus, clean and new, heck how long can a brownstone stand anyway?
whoops. mea culpa: thought you meant the signs in the window, not the craigslist ad. . . .sorry.
um, looks like those dreadful houses have a FOR SALE sign, not ON SALE. am i misreading something here?
I will say, at least they have side windows, and didn’t put the meters smack on the front of the building. Aside from that………
I think this is absolutely ridiculous.
Having said that though some “luxurury condos” now on sale, the finishes aren’t any better. Check out 475 sterling place and they are asking 599k for a 2 bdrm.
Dreadful. They could have at least put a window in the stairwell, to achieve some kind of symmetry on the facade. A window costs that much?
I hate that parking for 3-5 cars is a selling point. Who needs that many cars in a 2 family house? That’s also less parking for others on the block, who many not have the “advantage” of a fugly, no curb appeal front yard to park in.
Lovely pine stairs.
If this doesn’t sell (snort), it will end up as rentals in under a year.