House of the Day: 1234 Dean Street

Now this is what we’re talking about: A perfectly restored house with almost every original detail intact and looking as it must have when new plus a lavishly upgraded kitchen that incorporates elements of the old one. (A buyer might want to put in a more historically appropriate window for the breakfast room that replaced the mud room, and maybe restore the tile on the center hall stair fireplace one of these days, but who’s quibbling?) We are curious about the bathrooms but with that amazing fretwork screen in the hall and unusual crown molding over the doors, we could probably live with anything.

This was a HOTD back in 2009 when it was an SRO asking $849,000. Apparently it did not sell then, and the current owners picked it up for $474,999 from the heirs of a former owner in 2011, according to PropertyShark. From the look of the 2009 photo, it looks like the sellers restored the exterior, too, and in the proper way, by removing the paint. They also applied to convert the property from an SRO to single family status in 2011. (We don’t see a new certificate of occupancy yet, but maybe it’s coming.) Now they’re asking $2,195,000, a pretty penny for these parts. Think they’ll get it?

1234 Dean Street [Elliman]
House of the Day: 1234 Dean Street [Brownstoner] GMAP