Property Grunt

Sunday, March 06, 2005

Update on Thompson Street Broker Spaz and Citi-Habitats

The Grunt had the pleasure of meeting with the McNultys at their open house at Thompson in Soho. They were quite gracious with the Grunt and the countless brokers who stopped by. The Grunt's mission was to say hello and commend the McNultys for their high spirits and showing a tremendous amount of class despite the incident. They even had homemade chocolate chip cookies and trail mix for buyers and brokers.

Grunt was annoyed before but since visiting the McNultys the Grunt is furious because the McNultys are about to become parents. That pyscho broker's actions could have potentially put that unborn child in danger yet Mr. McNulty exhbited a huge sense of restraint in the situation. The ex-agent should consider herself lucky. Grunt knows some men who would be far more unpleasant if they felt somone was endangering their wife and unborn child.

The apartment is a fantastic corner unit with large bedroom, high ceilings, tons of southern exposure, closets, storage, track lighting in the living room and a pullman kitchen. The layout has the real west village feel and there is a tremendous amount of potential in terms of renovation which include taking down the wall between the two rooms and redo the floors. There is a huge closet/loft area that you could convert into a loft bed of some sort.

The building is fantastic. They refinanced their mortgage and are flush with a large reserve fund. They not only allow pets but also encourage it, they also allow washer and dryers in the apartments.

PRICE: $649,OOOO MAINTAINANCE $534

THIS IS PRICED BELOW MARKET BECAUSE THE APARTMENT COULD USE UPDATING! HOWEVER IT IS MOVE IN FRIENDLY! IF YOU ARE A DIRECT BUYER WITHOUT A BROKER WHO WANTS TO LIVE IN THE VILLAGE THIS IS THE PLACE!

The Grunt salutes the McNultys and wish to them the best of luck in the sale of their home, their new life and the life they are bringing into this world.

BEATING A DEAD HORSE UPDATE!

As the Grunt and Curbed as reported those wacky hybrid agents are experiencing rough weathers with the exit of Andy and the disastorous database merger. The Grunt has gathered more intelligence on the database debacle which is that the system used by CH is filemaker pro which is being implemented into Corcoran's taxi. Apparently both systems are relics of the 20th century making the whole process a bit of a challenge for all parties. Maybe Corcoran should outsource this to India . A theory that has been some going around that is probably the reason why Andy left. Seeing that he was really no longer needed and somone else was minding the store the last thing he would probably wanted to be associated is this fubar therefore leaving his former platoon to deal with the ramifications. With all fairness I am sure all parties involved had no idea this would happen. Or maybe they just forgot to do their due diligence.


Better get on the ball Pam. Getting that database on track is mission critical. Once the weather turns warm all hell is going to break loose with all those college graduates mobbing all your locations. The next thing you know Dwelling Quest will be usurping your place as the biggest rental broker in Manhattan. Who knows? There could be an exodus to Dwelling Quest of Citi-Habitats agents lured by an updated listings database.