Comments on: Bed-Stuy Real Estate Picks 11/16/07

By: The Changeling

The Changeling — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:50:27 +0000

Welcome to the neighborhood, binary. You’re in Bed-Stuy. The western border of the neighborhood is Classon, although some people say it’s Bedford. (Before anyone goes off, we’ll all agree it’s Classon.) Anyway, you’re near the subway, and most importantly, near Tiny Cup on Nostrand and Clifton.

By: binary

binary — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:22:00 +0000

Excuse me, Nostrand and Lafayette.

By: binary

binary — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:17:53 +0000

I looked at #5 (rentals) and the exterior was HIDEOUS. I mean horrid, sigh-and-shake-your-head-in-defeated-disbelief every time you come home. Also the balcony is easy to climb up to which leaves just a glass doorway between you and the world.

So I just put a deposit down on a 3BR in a brownstone at Bedford & Lafayette. I’m new to the area – would you call that Bed-Stuy or Clinton Hill?

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:12:41 +0000

Changeling: Maybe you could ask your friend who owns #1 why it’s so expensive. The market these days isn’t that good and this price seems aggressive. Do you own or rent? And what brought you to BedStuy versus other places?

You are too funny about having advanced degrees and many husbands, although I get your point. Clinton Hill is expensive, but remember it’s just down Myrtle Avenue, and right next to BedStuy. Bushwick is a cheaper alernative but they don’t have the beautiful houses that bedsuy has.

By: Alexa11221

Alexa11221 — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:51:09 +0000

I don’t know what people mean by affordable these days either … buying our house took everything we had and then some. Admittedly 3 years out it stills eems like a good decision as rents go up and even prices stay high, despite the sub prime crisis.

I don’t know why re people show pictures of houses with plywood over the windows except that I think there’s often a long time period between photo and posting, or the construction issues are such they can’t remove the plywood at that moment. Or they just don’t plan it out too well …

I would think frame houses are cheaper because they are more expensive to maintain and insure, but prices don’t always seem to be logical in this market.

By: The Changeling

The Changeling — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:29:36 +0000

Oh yeah, and anonymous, about the #3 rental, I was thinking the same thing. Why do they have the wood covering up the doors on the balcony? I mean, I understand that they might have needed them during the construction phase, but remove them when you take the picture OK? You don’t have to take Advanced Staging coure to know that some things are going to turn off potential customers.

By: The Changeling

The Changeling — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:24:26 +0000

Anonymous, your comments about sales properties #1 and #4 and saucytart’s more general comment really get at how I’ve been feeling when I look at properties. I love to look at real estate (even though I’m not looking for anything), but when I look at the properties on my own or when I’m reading Brownstoner, I don’t understand the prices. I could work five jobs and still not have enough money for most of these places. I’d have to marry 3-4 men simultaneously, and we’d all have to have advanced degrees, good credit, no children and be working full time to afford the places I’ve seen. And let me be clear, I’m not talking about properties in the Slope, I’m talking about listings I see in Clinton Hill, Bed-Stuy, and Bushwick.

By: saucytart

saucytart — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:07:12 +0000

maybe it’s just me… the impoverished freelancing single mom, but if these are affordable — no matter how swank — i really need to crank up my money-making machine. no criticism of the honest intention, but a definite criticism of the real estate machine that makes it near impossible to live at a level above squalor if you are working poor.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:24:35 +0000

Great feature this real estate round up!
Rental:
#1 great looking kithen, perfect!
#2 nice, and love red pointsetta would look nice there old world charm, but high price.
#3 hate these new constructions and whats with the wood on the balconies. hurricane anyone?
#4 hallway does look narrow but long, oh those camera tricks.
#5 youre near applebees!
Sales:
#1 That’s a lot of dough.
#2 Seen this house – so small.
#3 Nice detail but they should have more pictures for that price.
#4 your basic looking house, but should it be cheaper because it’s not a brick or brownstone?

By: The Changeling

The Changeling — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:40:56 +0000

Thanks, LookingforHome.