Anyone know this building? Or know someone who has recently bought or looked to buy here? Some of the apartments look like good value in terms of price alone, but digging deeper, building has high maint & flip tax. Curious to see what others may have found.

Hburg: Almost...long, convoluted story of a delusional seller & a first-time home buyer. Nothing good can come out of such combination.

sammy300, the building is old and most units will require a gut reno'. that's what i remember a few years ago when a friend was looking and we went to a few OHs in that building.

for example, this looks like an OK deal, not a bargain, especially after you factor in the maintenance of $2500 for a 2BR in a pre-war and no W/D allowed in the unit.

http://streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/674908-coop-2166-broadway-upper-west-side-new-york

This apt is the one that was the first resale after the conversion I'll say in 1978. The person who bought it in presale did not want to move in once it was completed and even though she paid in the mid 90's for it, the resale was 104K in 1979. We were all shocked at that price. Then again, there was a large group looking for coops and not that many yet available. The bulk of conversions were in the early to mid 1980's. It was the Opera Hotel which for years had weekly furnished rentals before conversion. It was never a building to find interior moulding or any kind of charm. As str33 stated aptly, "OK deal, not a bargain...." And yeah, that Mt.? In thirty plus years you mean they didn't have any financial people living there to get on the board? No amenities? Geez, I usually prefer to look on the bright side, but this is pushing it. Wait, river views, OK, there we go.

alanhart; I forgot about the elevator-resident issue. As a guest it was bad enough. Soundproofing is another point that you remind me of. In 1978 it sold out like wildfire. Sure, what else was there? That's a definite arguement for not going back to the good old days.

> Str33 is out of character

Still in character .. call it as i see it .. nothing more .. nothing less

Thanks everyone. There is also a flip tax: $2/share AND 3% of NET profit; however, in this case one is not allowed to include the cost of improvements or renovations to calculate Net profit. Considering the place is pretty much a gut job down to the very charming,"pop corn" walls, does this at all make sense (i.e. to not include reno or improvements costs in the calculation)?