45 chauncey street bed stuy 112014

This wood frame house at No. 45 Chauncey Street is one of a row of three that is the earliest row in the first Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. It was built in the late 1860s and has a porch overlooking Fulton Park.

While it appears to be a flip, it looks like a nice one. It has all new mechanicals, reclaimed oak floors, arched marble mantels (we assume they’re original), a simple and attractive white Ikea kitchen with stainless appliances (Viking and SubZero), and bathrooms with Carrara marble tile. We also like the tin ceiling, plaster moldings, and traditional radiators, which presumably came with the house.

At first we thought the price was a typo, but then we realized it’s a one-family with less than 1,400 square feet total, according to PropertyShark. The building is 20 by 30 feet. It traded for $417,000 in April. The new ask is $795,000.

What do you think of it?

45 Chauncey Street [Fredrik Wide] GMAP


What's Your Take? Leave a Comment

  1. I also think the bathroom and kitchen do not fit the house. They are something you’d see in a new construction apartment in Williamsburg or Manhattan, not in an historic house. You can do “new” but make it fit with the context of a historic house. Hopefully whoever buys this will rip them out and replace with something more appropriate. A country kitchen with farmhouse sink and some wainscoting and more traditional small tiles in the bath would go a long way to accomplish this even leaving in the more modern fixtures.

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