455 Union Wraps Up Reno
455 Union in Gowanus was in a pretty shabby state when it was a House of The Day a few years ago. Since then, it was purchased for $700,000 (ask: $950,000) and underwent a pretty extensive reno, which we’ve been checking on occasionally. And now it’s done. What do you think? Property Shark “before” picture…
455 Union in Gowanus was in a pretty shabby state when it was a House of The Day a few years ago. Since then, it was purchased for $700,000 (ask: $950,000) and underwent a pretty extensive reno, which we’ve been checking on occasionally. And now it’s done. What do you think? Property Shark “before” picture after the jump. GMAP
Window proportions have been destroyed. That cornice looks like something you’d see in a cartoon. It’s absurd. What a pity this goes for “good” nowadays.
Better before. I’m working so hard to undo past renovations on my house can’t believe someone would alter a perfectly nice facade. Weird.
see what happens when you let any one with money buy a house.
“there is nothing offensive about this reno.”
For once, DH and I disagree on something! There is nothing right about this reno – it looks absolutely ridiculous as a “historic” building. The cornice is a crown molding, not a cornice; the parlor windows are mean replicas of the original proportion and the lintels are crap.
If you are going to start over from scratch (and be this cheap), at least design something – preferably something new.
it does look like a new building now. the only thing I like is the color blue….the missing window is horrible and I don’t like the new railings or the brick…..it sucks
the overall look is good, but upon comparison, i don’t like the new lintels or the cornice. and i agree–the first floor window/door spacing is awful.
I don’t think of keeping the old window placement as “high-end” – it would have undoubtedly been cheaper to leave the windows where they were and not mess up the house’s proportions.
I already miss the sweet looking house in the “before” picure – it is as if it had been torn down.
It’s always great to see a full renovation, but surprised that they did not try to keep with the historic design. The cornice is huge and out of place, and they changed the fenestration to two windows from three on the top floor. I can’t see that fixing the old cornice would be more money than installing the massive new one. It was probably just easier.
Oy. I completely agree with Minard. Such a shame to have 86-ed the original cornice. The lintels are ghastly.