House of the Day: 210 Prospect Place
Talk about a make-over! If you click through and check out the “before” photo of 210 Prospect Place in Prospect Heights, you’ll barely recognize the “after” photo above. From what we can tell from the interior photos, the renovation succeeded in maintaining the historical architectural elements in the house while infusing it with a clean,…
Talk about a make-over! If you click through and check out the “before” photo of 210 Prospect Place in Prospect Heights, you’ll barely recognize the “after” photo above. From what we can tell from the interior photos, the renovation succeeded in maintaining the historical architectural elements in the house while infusing it with a clean, modern feel. (For some reason, we don’t mind the recessed lighting in the kitchen either!) The one-family house is also on one of the nicest block in Prospect Heights. As nice as it is, do you think that you can get $2,495,000 for a 3,600-square-foot house on this side of Flatbush?
210 Prospect Place [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Photo by Gregg Snodgrass for Property Shark
I’m surprised some people are saying this house will get over ask – this seems like a very rare phenomenon these days unless something is *really* underpriced/cheap, which does not seem to the case with this house. It looks like it’s well staged, but that can be a hindrance sometimes if a buyer thinks it won’t look as good without that exact same furniture there. This house is definitely a candidate for a revisit a few months from now, since there are such divergent opinions here about the price it will get.
Clearly it will get ask or over ask considering the renovation. The neighborhood is clearly not the most wanted – not Brooklyn Heights or Cobble Hill – but fully renovated brownstones get double this price in these neighborhoods. I think considering the hood and the renovation and the square footage it will get at least asking price.
top floor ceiling heights are low — maybe 7 feet — and they put a pendant lamp in one of those top-floor bedrooms, so anyone over 5’5″ would bang their head on it.
It’s not all new construction on the 3rd floor — they left in the existing layout and (weird) closets up there……
Wow, y’all are so impressed by a few pretty pictures. This is a high end flip. But it’s still a flip. Generic materials, no character. And, as an earlier poster pointed out, the work was done VERY rapidly. I live around the corner and I’m half wondering if the lack of upstairs photos is because they are still waiting for the floors to dry. Look closely at the 3rd fl floor plan and you can tell it’s 100% new construction. Obviously nothing left to save. I wonder what the ceiling height is on the top floor. It’s a quasi-cheater with those small eyebrow windows. All that said, this is a fantastic location, the exterior is gorgeous and it’s turn-key. As for the price, they are 5-6 months late to the party, no? If this had gone on the market early in the Spring, it might have sold for very close to the ask. But now it’s hard to say. There are still buyers out there. The developers better cross their fingers someone cash rich comes along.
The photos on Corc’s website make the rooms look much bigger than they feel when you’re standing in them….anyone else here actually see the house?
Thanks traditionalmod. That’s very interesting. I absolutely agree with you regarding specific tastes. I think I was the first one to point out the bear skin rug, which I can’t stand. I also think one should remove all religious artifacts and personal photos too – just my own opinion and not that I saw any in the home above.
I wasn’t loving all the accessories, Biff. The stager should have performed that old rule of accessorizing while dressing — take a quick look and whatever your eye goes to first, remove it. In houses for sale I dislike too many accessories that are in a too-specific arena of taste. Like the fur rug people mentioned. It’s not going to keep someone from buying the place. I just didn’t dig it. I would not have bothered to point that out except people were saying the only reason the house looks nice is because of the staging, and I disagreed with that. I liked the house regardless.
traditionalmod, what, in your opinion, is “over-the-top staging”. I’m just wondering.
I don’t get this whole “wrong side of Flatbush” thing. It’s very 5-8 years ago to dismiss Prospect Heights in that way. The B/Q 7th Ave stop is the best one to be near. I prefer the restaurants on Flatbush in PH like Flatbush Farm and Franny’s, over the ones in North and Central Slope on 7th Ave in Park Slope. You have to walk several blocks South on 7th to get to any of the more interesting new arrivals like Little D Eatery. Also the Prospect Heights historic blocks are very charming with a nice vibe. I’m a PH fan. I also like this house. And that’s DESPITE the over-the-top staging not because of it.