tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post524611077245164447..comments2024-03-27T05:56:36.051-04:00Comments on H A R L E M + B E S P O K E: ☞ DWELL: 290 Convent Avenue TownhouseUlysseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00817576268296958520noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-87926387658726724542010-07-23T14:38:08.072-04:002010-07-23T14:38:08.072-04:00I wanted to go in during an open house, but was wi...I wanted to go in during an open house, but was with my toddler son and was told by broker that the building is full of lead.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242194354055536858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-36906089492078778362010-07-23T11:49:07.910-04:002010-07-23T11:49:07.910-04:00Not responsible for injury or death. Now there’s a...Not responsible for injury or death. Now there’s a selling point!<br /><br />Reminds me of the time I was looking and the co-broker didn’t have the key to one building. He called his office and was told not to worry—we should just hop the fence. Building had no back.Sanou’s Mumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-17051295033879347762010-07-23T10:14:06.964-04:002010-07-23T10:14:06.964-04:00went through and we had to sign a form that said i...went through and we had to sign a form that said injury or death was possible as a consequence of touring the building. It was a grand space, but the asking price seems high considering the state of disrepair. if they took up the carpet to expose the floors that might help.garynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-71684271292791310702010-07-22T18:17:08.738-04:002010-07-22T18:17:08.738-04:00I wonder how much it would to replace the original...I wonder how much it would to replace the original stairs. Probably a bloody fortune. <br /><br />I would doubt it will sell for this price. <br /><br />But apropos of estate sales, I think it's a basic problem in Harlem. I was on the M116 today and a guy was rabbiting away on his mobile about trying to sell a building. Evidently the grandmother had died and willed the building to sons and daughters and grandchildren and neices, etc. 10% here, 25% there. It needed renovation to even come up to code but one relative was squatting and wouldn't move. . . You get the picture. In the end it's just too much trouble and people just walk away. Or used to. I've two vacant brownstones right by me. Not abandoned but they might as well be.Sanou's Mumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-85937718737979513322010-07-22T17:13:38.146-04:002010-07-22T17:13:38.146-04:00It's true that there might not be much in the ...It's true that there might not be much in the immediate neighborhood, but Convent that area is remarkably pretty.gattopardonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048034911181517049.post-86636998330346787842010-07-22T15:35:26.914-04:002010-07-22T15:35:26.914-04:00I rented an apartment in 290 almost 20 years ago a...I rented an apartment in 290 almost 20 years ago and it sounds like it is pretty much in the same poor condition as it was then. The owner at that time had not only removed the historic front blockade that all the other homes there have (he wanted space for his car); he also had gutted the entire parlor level and neglected to renovate it (I only lived there a year so I don't know what happened after) and the two floors that were livable were in pretty poor shape also. The bones looked good but I would imagine that it will take almost a full gut to get it in livable condition.RJnoreply@blogger.com