Co-op of the Day: 152 Prospect Park West, #4B
The living areas of this 1,100-square-foot co-op at 152 Prospect Park West in Park Slope, with their detailed woodwork and plaster work, are gorgeous. The kitchen and baths? Not so much. The two-bedroom apartment has been on the market for about two months at $775,000, and there’s an open house tonight from 5:30 to 7:30….
The living areas of this 1,100-square-foot co-op at 152 Prospect Park West in Park Slope, with their detailed woodwork and plaster work, are gorgeous. The kitchen and baths? Not so much. The two-bedroom apartment has been on the market for about two months at $775,000, and there’s an open house tonight from 5:30 to 7:30. You like?
152 Prospect Park West, #4B [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
Was never advocating a third bedroom, just to be clear. This is a two-bedroom apt.
Oh, true. Hm. That’s a downside . . . .
Nomi — but you can’t actually put a bed in that room AND open the closet doors!
It’s more of a “temporary air mattress placement zone” than a bed-room.
Ha. The office is larger by 12 or so sq. ft. than my current bedroom. We like to note that it is quite accurately “bed-room.”
For all you potential condo/coop buyers.
Listings oftentimes misrepresent the amount of square footage (not saying this one is). If it states “approximate” pin them down on it in writing before making an offer. If, after you’ve signed the P&S and your lawyer is reviewing the condo/coop docs, the number is different, you can use that to renogiate a price or get out of the contract.
Don’t bring it to their attention though if its actually higher. 🙂
And I hate to say it, but location would be kinda a factor for me. I LOVE the Slope in an unhealthy way, but that particular location would make it so I would be able to crack a wallnut with my gluts. Think about it: you walk down the stairs (four flights) and then you walk back up because you forgot your phone, then back down to only walk another long set of blocks to the F train which takes forever to get to Manhattan where you probably work. Sounds like a pain in the…
The “office” is a walk-in closet or pantry.
That closet is where the second bath should be installed.
If the co-op lets you put in a second bath there, maybe the unit would be worth it, although it is still a fourth floor walk-up, which is ideal to discourge elderly relatives from visitng but otherwise a day-to-day inconvenience.
Without a washer/dryer that means porting laundry four floors up and down.
The convenience is nineteenth century while the asking price is 2007.
Ahh. But they must be talking about the “office,” no, because the description specifically mentions the formal dining room?
sam — I missed that they were calling it a 3 bedroom. I think they think the office/closet is a bedroom.
BTW, I love this footnote on the web site:
* The number of bedrooms listed above is not a legal conclusion. Each person should consult with his/her own attorney, architect or zoning expert to make a determination as to the number of rooms in the unit that may be legally used as a bedroom.
I put this into Babelfish for a Realtor-to-Human translation and it came back as:
* We are lying to you about the number of bedrooms, and there is nothing you can do about it. So don’t complain to us just because we lied to you.