A reader asked about these. 62 Brookridge, (scroll on the link to get to listings for both houses discussed here) asking $4.7 million, down from its original June, 2011 price of $5.5 million. Very nice quality, good yard, my own clients didn’t like its location at Brookfield and Fairfield. I thought it was just fine but then, I was showing, not buying.
519 Steamboat Rd
519 Steamboat Road, an 1876 waterfront house asking $3.495. It came on just over a six weeks ago so I’m guessing it will sell for close to its asking price. The seller won’t be doing as well as the buyer, because she paid $3.750 million for it in 2005 and in 2010 added on and renovated it, all at her expense and to the benefit of the buyer. But you do what you have to do, if you want to move on.
Just curious what do you think of the house on 39 Patterson? What’s a fair price? Will it maintain it’s value?
And the new buyer of Brookridge gets to sleep where Michael Kovner and Jean Doyen de Montaillou slept.
I really like the house but I don’t think the owners realize that a 1986 renovation is no longer “new”. And I sympathize – Pal Nancy recently mentioned somethiing about our (her, now) roof needing repair/replacement and I said something like, “but we just put that on!” Well no, that roof also dates back to 1986. Oops.
So 39 Patterson “needs” new bathrooms, new kitchen counters and so forth. Nothing major but at its current asking price, it doesn’t compare well with others in that price range, in my opinion (and the opinion of two of my clients, who rejected it out of hand). A very large lot, for Patterson – 0.79 acres? Something like that – and great architecture so there’s nothing not to like about this house except for its price and the need for some updating.
How did that colossus ever get approved? That is one odd street. Talk about mixed residential/commercial! Thanks for a reply.
With all the other homes on the market in that price range, I’m wondering what attracted the buyers to Brookridge? I’m not impressed.
Brookridge looks like a home decorated for a queen (or two). I’ll bet that house smells weird.
No. the house doesn’t smell but yes, the interior decorating was,er, a little too formal for my taste. At the risk of offending its owners, I suspect that it lingered on the market as long as it did at least in part because the tastes of buyers and those of the owners were different.
Which is a silly reason not to buy a house (price is an excellent reason, though). Interior decorations are easy to change and if you’re throwing out $100,000 of dross, so what? You didn’t like it anyway.
Not fair to play the homophobia card, but the stunningly bad taste card? Shame on those boys.
@anonymous 12:13am, if you think that house was decorated in stunningly bad taste then you missed this video of the house on Chimney Corner. http://lxtv.com/openhousenyc/video/9380
You’ll need these:
before you get to the master bedroom.