question about 1950s townhouse construction (neighborhood, live, drywall)

[kurin]

I'm interested in a townhouse in Brooklyn that was built in 1950s. Mainly I have two questions.
First, does it keep value in long term?
Second, what is the wall between neighbors are made of? brick concrete, or plaster, or woodboard, or drywall/sheetrock?

[Foamposite]

They absolutely keep their value.

Location is really the most important thing.

[kurin]

i was thinking if the walls between neighbors are thick concrete so sounds cannot traverse through. i was told so but could not get any document.

in terms of keeping value, it may be not much, because they are in an 'AE' flood zone . you'd have to think twice before placing anything in the basement. it's disturbing to imagine having to deal with backup water in basement in power outage, and consequently sanitizing, remove mildew... esp. in Covid scenario. The last flood was 2012. but it's still a real risk.

[dfc99]

It's gong to be very hard to find out what those walls are made of. You might have to go down to the borough office of the NYCDOB and see if the original building plans are on file. You should be more worried about why many of those homes have window bars.

[nightcrawler]

The walls usually in between such structures like that have to be fire walls, which would I would imagine be concrete or brick.
However, if the fire goes to the roof, it can spread that way.
But I am almost sure they are concrete, cement blocs and the like



What part of Brooklyn is this? We have homes like this in my neighborhood.

Brooklyn never loses its value. Crappy homes in my neighborhood, and I mean crappy, start at a million.




if I would have only knew then......

[Werdywerd]

My parents own this type of home and there is cement block/cinder block walls between each home. Very LOUD sound can still be heard from neighbors such as loud music or yelling. Normal level noise cannot be heard.

[kurin]

should you avoid AE flood zones because of the risk: rainwater/sewage backup in basement..?

[kurin]

sheephead bay. it's not 1 mm though.

Originally Posted by nightcrawler

The walls usually in between such structures like that have to be fire walls, which would I would imagine be concrete or brick.
However, if the fire goes to the roof, it can spread that way.
But I am almost sure they are concrete, cement blocs and the like



What part of Brooklyn is this? We have homes like this in my neighborhood.

Brooklyn never loses its value. Crappy homes in my neighborhood, and I mean crappy, start at a million.




if I would have only knew then......