Just put my 2br co-op on the market - UPDATED WITH PICS !!!

It looks like I will be buying a house... so I have to start this process of selling my co-op.

An Ad will start in this Thursday's Newsday.


Windsor Park 2br/1bth co-op

Price: $279,000
Maint: $560/mo (about 50% tax deductable)
75-20 Bell Blvd. #5F Bayside/Oakland Gardens, Queens 11364

- EXCELLENT condition 2br/1bth co-op
- NEW appliances (Refrigerator, Self-Cleaning Stove, Dishwasher, Microwave)
- NEW pergo style floor
- NEW solid oak 6-panel interior doors (in ALL rooms)
- NEW *mirrored* sliding closet doors (in ALL rooms)
- RENOVATED Kitchen
- RENOVATED Bathroom
- AWARD WINNING School District #26
- Maintenance $560 a month (about 50% tax deductable)
- Indoor & Outdoor Parking Available
- Olympic Sized POOL & Tennis Club available


I'll have pics up later in the week if anyone is interested... but I am sure you will be pleased with the condition of my place.

I will be having an open house on Sunday the 11th and Sunday the 18th from 1-5pm.

The Co-op requires 15% down payment (they will check the bank's committment letter). But its ok to pull money from say a 401k or retirement account to fund this down payment. As long as the bank doesn't care where you get the money from... and they give you a committment letter stating you are putting at least 15% down... you are good to go.

The co-op also has a 'no pets policy'. You may be able to sneak a cat in there if you have one. But don't hold me to that.

Windsor Park is run by an EXCEPTIONAL board of directors who's primary goal is to drive up sales prices... by performing continuous capital improvements (and not charging owners for these improvements)... as well as keeping maintenance fees low.

WP Maintenance is probably one of the LOWEST maintenance fees you will find at ANY Bayside co-op... and approximately half of that is tax deductable!


Any questions.... throw me a FM.


Here are some pics. Bear in mind I took these while it was dark out... so my only lighting was inside the house.


Kitchen Pics










Bathroom Pic




My new solid oak interior doors




My sliding mirrored closet doors (I have these in ALL my rooms - master bedroom has DIESEL FRAMELESS ones) Coat closet pictured below




My laminate flooring (for half the apartment - other half is carpeted)




Living room



Dining area

A few questions:
5F -- does that mean fifth floor? elevator or walk-up? any doorman/concierge service? proximity to public transportation?

thanks!

Elevator to 5th floor. Buildings are six story.

No doorman... but the complex has 24 roaming security. Security booth is right behind my building.

The Express Bus to Manhattan is a block away. There are also local buses a block away as well.

There is no train service by my house (which is a good thing cause my neighborhood is actually very quiet).

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Posted by DjPiLL

It looks like I will be buying a house... so I have to start this process of selling my co-op.

An Ad will start in this Thursday's Newsday.


Windsor Park 2br/1bth co-op

Price: $279,000
Maint: $560/mo (about 50% tax deductable)
75-20 Bell Blvd. #5F Bayside/Oakland Gardens, Queens 11364

- EXCELLENT condition 2br/1bth co-op
- NEW appliances (Refrigerator, Self-Cleaning Stove, Dishwasher, Microwave)
- NEW pergo style floor
- NEW solid oak 6-panel interior doors (in ALL rooms)
- NEW *mirrored* sliding closet doors (in ALL rooms)
- RENOVATED Kitchen
- RENOVATED Bathroom
- AWARD WINNING School District #26
- Maintenance $560 a month (about 50% tax deductable)
- Indoor & Outdoor Parking Available
- Olympic Sized POOL & Tennis Club available


I'll have pics up later in the week if anyone is interested... but I am sure you will be pleased with the condition of my place.

I will be having an open house on Sunday the 11th and Sunday the 18th from 1-5pm.

The Co-op requires 15% down payment (they will check the bank's committment letter). But its ok to pull money from say a 401k or retirement account to fund this down payment. As long as the bank doesn't care where you get the money from... and they give you a committment letter stating you are putting at least 15% down... you are good to go.

The co-op also has a 'no pets policy'. You may be able to sneak a cat in there if you have one. But don't hold me to that.

Windsor Park is run by an EXCEPTIONAL board of directors who's primary goal is to drive up sales prices... by performing continuous capital improvements (and not charging owners for these improvements)... as well as keeping maintenance fees low.

WP Maintenance is probably one of the LOWEST maintenance fees you will find at ANY Bayside co-op... and approximately half of that is tax deductable!


Any questions.... throw me a FM.

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Your buying a house - Congrats lol

Scott

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Posted by DjPiLL

Levittown

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Don't tell Scott
he will send you 1 million listings!!!

Levittown is very nice.. some of stores are go to are on Old Country Road by the mall over there

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Posted by MCDO15

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Posted by DjPiLL

Levittown

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Don't tell Scott
he will send you 1 million listings!!!

Levittown is very nice.. some of stores are go to are on Old Country Road by the mall over there

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Funny - But I was the one that Found DJ Pill his house. I sent him the listing last thursday, and he looked at it on friday....

Scott

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Posted by Danielle&Scott

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Posted by MCDO15

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Posted by DjPiLL

Levittown

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Don't tell Scott
he will send you 1 million listings!!!

Levittown is very nice.. some of stores are go to are on Old Country Road by the mall over there

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Funny - But I was the one that Found DJ Pill his house. I sent him the listing last thursday, and he looked at it on friday....

Scott

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oh

very nice... i thought he was looking..i didnt know he(you) already found the house

Scott - your services with houseing is great. i check out a couple you sent but you mostly posted Nassau county homes.

Congrats again Pill you guys are gonna be neigbhors

You are going to love Levittown. It is sooo quiet....

We have been working on our friends house for the past week or so. It is 5 blocks from where Danielle and I are going to be living. I love the area. It is sooo quiet and the neighbors that we met are so nice....I only met 1 of Danielle and I's neighbor and she seemed really nice....

Scott

I am looking forward to it!

Not looking forward to the payments though. Its going to be tight. But I guess we will make it work somehow.

Added living room and dining area pics.

nice home pill...im sure with that space, it will move quick

Danielle and I have the same glass tables in our living room....Seemans I presume
Scott

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Posted by Danielle&Scott

Danielle and I have the same glass tables in our living room....Seemans I presume
Scott

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Yup... they are coming to the new house.

But I may actually NOT use the big cocktail table. Not sure. My living room isn't the largest in the new house... so I may not use it to make the room look bigger.

My leather sofas recline... so i have to put the table far enough out to allow this.

Maybe I will sell the table.

I have a Q about co-ops? Is it like your own home? Can you take down walls, redo floors, etc or do you have limitations? Just curious...

Thanks!
Jess

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Posted by CaMacho

I have a Q about co-ops? Is it like your own home? Can you take down walls, redo floors, etc or do you have limitations? Just curious...

Thanks!
Jess

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The easiest way to explain it is you own 'the right to live there'. You don't own the property itself, you actually own stock shares.

But co-ops will appreciate in value based on market conditions just like a house will.

You can take down walls... redo floors... totally gut out and renovate kitchens and bathrooms.

But to do any type of alterations you have to get permission from the management. But thats not a big deal... all the management cares about is if the contractor is insured to protect their own interest.


I very much feel my co-op was my home... but I am buying a house and the profit I am making on my co-op will make a nice down payment for my new house.

And also to add... the more work you put into your co-op... the more it will be worth when it comes time to sell.

My co-op isn't as DIAMOND as some others. I have seen co-ops with 50k kitchens alone!

But my co-op is definitely up there in quality. I have done a lot of work to it in the two years I have been there.

I have seen some real dumps that were priced lower... but need a TON of work.