House of the Day: 28 Midwood Street

This three-story limestone at 28 Midwood Street is just the sort of house we would expect to fly off the shelves, but it’s been on the market since March. (See the listing on Sotheby’s site here.) There is a fancy new kitchen and baths with lots of marble and designer appliances as well as tons of original detail.

The latter includes late 19th century fireplaces with tile, parquet, columns, built in seats under windows and the stair, panelling, a beamed ceiling in the dining room, a pier mirror and plenty of wood work, both dark and painted white, throughout. (We wonder, though, if the white-painted exposed brick in the extension kitchen might make the room a little chilly?)

The house last sold for $1,290,000 in 2005, before the renovation — quite a chunk of change back then, even for a single-family house in the Manor. Do you think the asking price of $2,500,000, which has not changed since it was first listed, could be holding it back?

28 Midwood Street [Sotheby’s] GMAP