Open House Picks

Brick-filled frame is not sturdier. I should know I have one. The bricks were put in for fire prevention adding excess weight to the foundation. They also conduct heat right out of the house. The bricks are just slapped in there, so you can’t even expose them.

The best thing you can do is rip off the siding, remove all the bricks, then add insulation and new siding.

So really brick-filled frame is really NOT a selling point.

personal view: these folks at Aguayo & Huebener are IMHO the worst soofers in the bizz….why cant they be honest and say “vynl sided” and i have seen them list other BULL’s$$t….dont like them, used them for one house look, sad….

I think we saw the Hall Street house a few months ago through a different broker. It’s been on the market for a while. While it’s a perfectly nice house, there are a few reasons it wasn’t for us.

The subway access is pretty limited. The closest train is the G, and even that is several blocks away. There is a good bus along Myrtle, though. Also, as I recall there was something about the layout that wasn’t great — as is often the case in 3-story houses that have been broken into a duplex and an apartment. (It can be done well, but often is not.) Third, the block is okay, but not the greatest. All of that said, for a buyer who wants to use the house as a one-family, it’s a nice space that offers possibility.

The CH house is cheap becuase Aguayo underprices to encourage bidding wars.

I like how the PS house was opened up by removing the walls on the ground/kitchen level, and the columns were put in to support where load bearing walls were. I doubt that was original, but it it certainly looks well done. It makes the house look much wider and larger.