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
10:44 the prices 7:44 quoted were for having th work done right, not having some handyman schmuck come in and screw it up so it has to be redone.
$50K for new wiring? No way. And even re-doing floors shouldn’t be 5K. $40K for a new kitchen, yes.
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9:22, You miss the point. This house has had all the work done already.
Actually, 66 (or is it 64) Midwood Street sold two weeks ago. It needs a complete renovation, from what I understand.
7:41pm, as I said in my earlier post, no house in LM that has been on the market recently in the $1.4M range needs all of the work that you list.
7:37pm, when you say that you know of no families where money isn’t an issue, you are emphasizing my point. Another person indicated that a four-story house was “too big” for most families and I simply stated that most families in NYC would take the space in a heartbeat if they could afford it.
I think this Midwood house is nice and well appointed. I happen to think it’s overpriced, but I understand that everyone comes in much lower than asking these days, so as a seller you gotta start high.
This is a nice house. Ancient, antiquated, and needing everything including, I’m sure, air conditioning and plumbing.
IT IS INANE TO PAY TOP DOLLAR FOR FAULTY GOODS.
we know you hate your parents, we know you hate the suburbs where everything is “perfect” and therefore you would be justified paying $400,000 for a decrepit, old house in a lower-middle-class sector of Kings County. But a million dollars? You are the douchebag par excellence if you take your contrariness to that level. If you resent your parents, tell them you have other plans at Thanksgiving. Don’t express your resentment by overspending on a house in borderline Brooklyn, because in two or three years, your parents will be telling their friends that their children, who have no sense, have gotten themselves in trouble in Brooklyn real etstate.
“What are the elementary school options in PLG?”
For public I would look slightly south of PLG at the mini schools in PS 139 (on Argyle Rd.) or PS 217 even further south. The elementary schools in PLG proper are not so hot.”
P.S. 139 and P.S. 217 are in the Victorian Flatbush neighborhoods of Beverley Square West and Ditmas Park. Both are great schools which are improving yearly due to parental and community oranizations becoming more involved with the activities. However, neither are the zoned schools for LM or PLG. In recent years because the schools have become viable options for homeowners in the area who previously relied on private schools, the administrations at both schools have become much more strict with having parents provide proof of residency within the zone, so it would be hard to enroll a child from PLG/LM, although I am sure they would be welcomed by the parents.
new wiring-50k
new plumbing -50k
new kitchen- 40k
new bath-20k x2=40k
painting- 10k
floor sanding-5k
new fixtures-?
new windows in landmarked block-15k
as I said, 200k gone before yopu can blink.