adding value did not increase price (much)The Manhattan loft on the 4th floor of 113 Greene Street has sold twice in the last four years, in nice before-and-after fashion. Yes, "before" The Market changed (Lehman, AIG and all that other…
Tag: Windows
“absolute showplace” at 113 Greene Street in Soho goes for $918/ft (absolutely)
Tagged with: 2006, Ceilings, Classic, Closed, Greene, Light, Longandnarrow, Price Drop, Renovation, Windows
price of 'museum quality' in Noho = $1,000/ft / 644 Broadway closes quickly
no dithering hereIn the (entirely fictional) Manual of Style for real estate agents, the phrase "museum quality" is used because (I guess) "quadruple mint" just does not zing. (The fact that few people actually want to live in a museum…
Tagged with: broadway, Ceiling, Comps, Discount, Museum Quality, Negotiation, Renovation, Sale, Windows
more on agents behaving badly (or is that moron agents behaving as expected?)
paging Claude RainsI just updated my ever-so-popular February 23 post, What’s Wrong With These People? agents who speak out of their … to reflect that the Manhattan loft in question has not sold (or entered into contract), but that the…
Tagged with: 1995, 2006, Comps, Ethics, Primitive, Puffery, Renovation, Salesmanship, Square Feet, Windows
gutting Broome Street for $160/ft
bringing light but hiding windows?Yesterday’s New York Times On Location Home & Garden feature Bringing Light to a New York Loft profiled a Broome Street total renovation ("gutted to its floor joists and beams and totally rebuilt — with plumbing,…
2009 is 2007 (though with opposite trend lines), at least at 6 Varick
one of 8 million stories, but this one is flatThe 6 Varick Street #9B buyers in January 2007 did not stay very long before deciding to put their loft back on the market, in August 2008. Having paid $1.425mm in…
what's wrong with these people? agents who speak out of their …
Manhattan Loft Guy truculence unleashed: cautionI toured some Manhattan loft open houses yesterday with buyers, and saw some interesting lofts. The "highlight" of the tour was a visit to a loft with a terrific skeleton — clearly a total gut renovation…
Tagged with: 1995, 2006, Comps, Ethics, Primitive, Puffery, Renovation, Salesmanship, Square Feet, Windows
neighborly competition leads to neighborly mistakes? the laboratory at 24 East 22 Street
MLG went there before the NY TimesYou may remember that the NY Times ran a piece about multiple apartments for sale in the same building back in August (August 10, Neighborly Competition). You may also recall that I used to…
Tagged with: Competition, East 22, Flatiron, Lot Line, Met Life, Ny Times, Off The Market, Sold, Views, Windows
new at 222 Park Avenue South w windows everywhere
[update 12.4.08: I have restored this post (below), as the reasons for having removed it in April no longer obtain] I have removed the content of this blog post, as it comments about the current listing of another agent. For…
‘rare’ open house duel at 24 E 22 / fighting about windows
[update 11.29.08: I have restored this post (below), as the reasons for having removed it in April no longer obtain] I have removed the content of this blog post, as it comments about the current listing of another agent. For…
comping out is hard to do / new at 64 West 15 Street
they say that…I will take William Grant and Russell Miller of BHS at their word at this point, that #2W at 64 West 15 Street is an “airy loft [that] masterfully combines beautiful prewar details with today’s’ contemporary amenities”, as…
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