Speaking of Cobble Hill, one of the properties included in the “On The Market” feature in The Times this weekend was this Cobble Hill townhouse that had received a modern gut renovation. Given some people’s impression of us as dogmatic traditionalists, we just thought it worth pointing out that we think the owner, presumably a professional (i.e. flipper–not that that’s a bad thing) did a very nice job. Clean lines, open layout, lots of light and windows. We even think the stell stair works, letting light and air circulate in a way that a clunky, boxed-in wood stairwell would not. That said, we really hope that the owner didn’t destroy a lot of existing details to do this. We heard another horror story this weekend of a woman in the process of gutting an almost-pristine brownstoner. Why not find a house that’s already been ravaged?
On The Market [NY Times]
329 Sackett [Corcoran] GMAP