Open House Picks
Park Slope 404 Bergen Street Nancy McK: Saturday 1-3 BHS: Sunday 11:30-2pm $1,495,000 GMAP P*Shark Boerum Hill 494 Warren Street Corcoran Sunday 12:30-2pm $1,290,000 GMAP P*Shark Windsor Terrace 88 Prospect Park SW Warren Lewis Sunday 1-3pm $885,000 MAPQ P*Shark South Slope 297 22nd Street Townsley & Gay Sunday 1-3pm $699,000 GMAP P*Shark Crown Heights 1370…
Park Slope
404 Bergen Street
Nancy McK: Saturday 1-3
BHS: Sunday 11:30-2pm
$1,495,000
GMAP P*Shark
Boerum Hill
494 Warren Street
Corcoran
Sunday 12:30-2pm
$1,290,000
GMAP P*Shark
Windsor Terrace
88 Prospect Park SW
Warren Lewis
Sunday 1-3pm
$885,000
MAPQ P*Shark
South Slope
297 22nd Street
Townsley & Gay
Sunday 1-3pm
$699,000
GMAP P*Shark
Crown Heights
1370 Pacific Street
Mr. Clarke
Sunday 1-2pm
$599,000
GMAP P*Shark
Yes, Crown HeightsProud. I’m in CHNA, but I don’t know a lot of people yet. People seem to know me, though, I guess because I’m different than most.
Well, Hal, over there where you are…. Let’s just say if you see someone walking up and down the block drooling, it might be me. Gorgeous area, beautiful homes. Are you in CHNA by any chance? We may know each other.
Regarding Pacific – your lips to God’s ears!
The entrance on Fulton could be marked better too!
Nasty indeed. But the agent said the house could be delivered vacant.
Crow HeightsProud, I’m jealous that you’re so close to the *FT* 😉
Still, it’s not such a long walk from Park Place and Brooklyn Ave.
I suppose I could surrender my parking spot and drive over, but that defeats the whole point of its proximity.
P.S. Glad to know others are Crown Heights Proud too! I’m beginning to think your stretch of Pacific Street may be undervalued.
Ok Hal, you got me there, a mess is a mess is a mess. That’s just nasty. The tenants are probably in no rush to move, don’t have leases, and are going to make it as hard as possible for it to sell. And it will probably work, too.
Foodtown – GOOD!
When I said no effort was made to make the house presentable, I didn’t mean a little paint here and there. I meant the place was a mess. Unmade beds, clothing on the floor kind of stuff. Junk piled up.
I won’t mention the Foodtown at Restoration Plaza (Fulton/Herkimer-Brooklyn Ave/N.Y.Ave.) again except to say the entrance on Herkimer Place could be marked better.
Hal,
Shh about the Foodtown.
Depnds on the size of the fix. No point in rebuilding that front porch for a sale, as it’s unlikely you’ll recoup your money. But if you have, for instance, water damage to some drywall from a problem that has since been fixed, it’s well worth it to spend a few hundred bucks to fix a cosmetic problem that may mark down the sale price several thousand. In this case, it’s not a matter of something that will come out in an inspection, just a matter of presentation. Likewise with decoration and presentation. You should never underestimate the lack of imagination of most buyers.
Hal’s comment makes me wonder: is it better to gussy up a house for a showing, or let everyone see it warts and all? All of the crap is going to come out in an inspection, hopefully. Isn’t it more honest to just let it be? I hate viewings where the owner slaps some paint on the wall, and covers the holes in the floor with a rug and a plant. I really hate when high priced brokers have the owner do things like strip painted woodwork in a half assed sloppy way so they can jack up the price. You’re only going to have to redo it anyway, why pay for it twice? I only ask that your home is clean when I come see it, it doesn’t have to be out of the pages of House and Garden. I can do my own decorating. Any thoughts?