House of the Day: 168 Midwood Street
This three-story limestone house at 168 Midwood Street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens is chock full of old-school details and has been recently renovated to bring the kitchen and baths up to date. It’s got a nice feel to it, which is good because the owner (who’s selling it herself) is trying to sell it for…
This three-story limestone house at 168 Midwood Street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens is chock full of old-school details and has been recently renovated to bring the kitchen and baths up to date. It’s got a nice feel to it, which is good because the owner (who’s selling it herself) is trying to sell it for almost double what she paid in 2004. The asking price now is $1,350,000, versus $730,000 four years ago. Of course, prices in the nabe have gone up dramatically in that time and she put some dough into the reno. There was an open house yesterday. Did anyone stop by?
168 Midwood Street [FSBO] GMAP P*Shark
“An enclave surrounded by poverty”
Newsflash: just because people are black does not mean they are poor.
Not sure all the limousine liberals know that.
No change in my Email address Roberto.
FWIW, the Email address listed for PLG house tour info goes to me as well–that one is plghousetour[AT]earthlink[DOT]net
I’ve been inside, at one of the open houses.
This house is a 3-story plus basement.The kitchen and baths are very high-end. The photographs are bad and don’t show that, as people are also saying.
If they need to make this much on it though, they invested too much in the fancy kitchen. Right now in this market this should be $1.25MM.
But for those saying the house should be $1MM, you’re clearly not serious buyers and have not been looking at what is on the market. You can’t buy 3 stories plus basement, in a house that’s fully renovated for a million anymore in any neighborhood in Brooklyn. Dream on. If you’re waiting to find that then you’ll be waiting forever. You should be looking at larger size condos and coops instead, not houses.
To Bob Marvin,
Is your e-mail address at earthlink still valid? I’m trying to send you a message, but it keeps bouncing back….
I think this house might be worth 1.35, or close, to someone who falls in love with it – but I don’t think anyone is going to fall in love with it from this listing. The description is not too bad, just a little over the top – but the photos are terrible. Good photos can bring in a buyer who might not have been looking in a specific area or at a specific type of property – this owner needs to invest in a quality photographer to maximize their chances of bringing in buyers who want to pay this kind of money.
“but I was miserable living there. Why? Because of the isolation, having to drive to the slope almost every day in order to go anywhere, and the awkwardness of being in an enclave surrounded by poverty.”
Imagine how miserable and awkard it is to live IN an enclave of poverty!
There is certainly some validity to 11:46’s comment. Obviously, after 33 years in PLG/LM I do not feel the same way he does. I fall in the same category as 11:46’s contented friends, but I agree that anyone thinking of moving here SHOULD “spend a lot of time …before jumping in.” I think this is prudent for ANYONE contemplating moving to any brownstone neighborhood. Still, there are many people here who have been in the neighborhood for MANY years and these people, or their estates, eventually, constitute the largest group of sellers.
“The few turnovers, like this one, whose family who owned it for four years, are due to divorce or family issues that have nothing to do with the location.”
That is certianly not true. I moved out of LM a little over a year ago after living there for just over 2 yeas because of the area, and I know of three other families that have done the same recently. It has lots of offer, and the houses are a good “deal” compared to other areas, but I was miserable living there. Why? Because of the isolation, having to drive to the slope almost every day in order to go anywhere, and the awkwardness of being in an enclave surrounded by poverty. There are other reasons too, but those are the biggies. My advice to anyone is to spend a lot of time there before jumping in. I was there a few weeks ago visiting friends (who are very content there) and I was so happy that we moved!
9:53 is right. This has been true of Lefferts Manor forever. I could have written the same thing when I moved to LM in the mid-70s [except that I’d have to substitute “cat” for “dog”]. The first owner of my house probably felt the same way in 1900.