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In today's edition of "things don't belong in listing photos": teenagers, creepers, and sexually suggestive windows.
This week's batch of questionable listings photos comes courtesy of Andy Donaldson, the man behind the Terrible Real Estate Agent Photographs blog and book, complete with Donaldson's own commentary.
This apartment's made the pages of Architectural Digest and the Wall Street Journal, and we're not surprised. Swathed in a crisp palette of black, white and cream, it's luxe and debonair, the kind of apartment you'd expect a designer—fashion or interior—to own. And that's exactly the provenance of th
As we've learned here at BrickUnderground after six years of covering New York City real estate, there's so much about our living situations that go wrong. But there's so much that goes right, too. Part of what makes living in this city—and navigating its knotty real estate terrain—so challenging but also invigorating is that just when we think we've had enough, something happens to make it clear that there's so much to be thankful for, too—our neighbors, our neighborhood, the fact that we found an apartment we love in the first place.
Sometimes you have to wonder what on earth homeowners are thinking. This is one of those times.
This week's batch of questionable listings photos comes courtesy of Andy Donaldson, the man behind the Terrible Real Estate Agent Photographs blog and book, complete with Donaldson's own commentary.
We're going old school with this week's co-op pick, which checks off many a co-op buyer's must-haves. Classic prewar bones, like coffered ceilings, herringbone parquet flooring, and woodburning fireplaces? Check. Architectural provenance, such as the Bing & Bing brothers as builders? Check. Park Avenue address? Check.