Condo of the Day: 44 Cheever Place
We’re not sure how we’ve managed to go almost four years without mention of the 34-unit converted school building at 44 Cheever Place in Cobble Hill. I might have something to do with the fact that only one apartment changed hands last year and none have so far this year. There is, however, one on…
We’re not sure how we’ve managed to go almost four years without mention of the 34-unit converted school building at 44 Cheever Place in Cobble Hill. I might have something to do with the fact that only one apartment changed hands last year and none have so far this year. There is, however, one on the market right now and it looks to be on course to set a record price for the building, even if it doesn’t achieve its full asking price of $1,050,000. The fourth-floor, double-ceilinged unit succeeds at creating a modern space within a pre-war setting, in our view. (It’s also been styled pretty darn well for the listing photos!) There was an open house last Sunday in the 1,142-square-foot unit space. Did any readers make it by?
44 Cheever Place [Halstead] GMAP P*Shark
If you are put off by a little hum from the BQE, you belong in Scarsdale.
On the 5th floor, 503, 505, and 506/507 are for sale, another on the 4th floor listed here and a 3rd floor apartment is for sale. I looked at 503. It was nice, but I’m only interested in a 3BR and it was 2BR with an extra space that didn’t really work as a bedroom.
Yes to elevator. Plenty of strollers too. But given parking lot — assuming you can get the space —and Fairway nearby that’s where I would do most of my shopping.
Brooklynnative, the listing indicates it’s an elevator building.
Also, forgot to mention, the one bedroom I looked at on third floor faced BQE but was pretty quiet due to extra set of windows, but this one faces Cheever Place and someone opened the window upstairs to check the sound level and you couldn’t hear BQE at all, it was very quiet. What I want to know is, can you build a mezzanine like this one in the smaller one bedroom and maximize the square footage and use? i mean, if they can make windowless home offices into children’s bedrooms in Dumbo, can’t they do that here with a mezzanine ? Does anyone out there have experience with this?
Is there an elevator in the building? It’s on the fourth floor – that’s a lot of stairs to lug up groceries and a stroller.
Per the earlier post, there are at least two other listings current in the building.
Corcoran presently has another listing in the building:
http://www.corcoran.com/property/listing.aspx?ListingID=1312206&Region=NYC
And another:
http://www.corcoran.com/property/listing.aspx?Region=NYC&ListingID=1307889
Brooklyn Heights RE has this not-so-well-staged offering:
http://www.carrollgardensinfo.com/homepage.htm?in_listing=5437041&ref=Trulia
This unit appears to have been sold a couple of months ago by another agent (I forget who had it), but keeps turning up on Trulia as somebody’s bait n’ switch lure.
http://www.trulia.com/property/1056049201-44-Cheever-Pl-505-Brooklyn-NY-11231
Nice place, and in the PS29 district, to boot. Parking nice. BQE, not so much.
I’m ready to go back to school with this one, or another one in my budget in the building. . I made it to open house although I was really there in building to see a smaller 1 BR. According to the listing sheet, this one is 1140 sf plus a 336 sf mezzanine, and I was told the building is selling other parking spaces for $60,000 (or you can rent for $300 a month). So the price is really more like $990K, (minus the parking spot at 60K) which comes to about $670 psf if you count the mezzanine, though I’m not sure how much you can count it since it’s not fully navigable – 100%? 50%?
Like i alluded to, the interior looks like an elegant (to many), newish condo in south Florida (BTW—thanks, billyboomer, for the clever retort. Meh.) Anyway, I agree with Montrose that the place needs something organic to breathe some life, vitality into it.