House of the Day: Minimalist With Details and Central Air in Park Slope
This brick row house at 468 11th Street in Park Slope has been renovated with a minimalist sensibility, yet an effort has been made to retain the home’s original details — stripped wood moldings and doors, fireplaces and wide plank floors. It’s only 16.58 feet wide, but has been opened up on the parlor floor…
This brick row house at 468 11th Street in Park Slope has been renovated with a minimalist sensibility, yet an effort has been made to retain the home’s original details — stripped wood moldings and doors, fireplaces and wide plank floors. It’s only 16.58 feet wide, but has been opened up on the parlor floor so the rooms use the full width of the house.
There is a working fireplace, kitchen with marble counters, and a pantry, powder room and coat closet on the parlor floor.
The house is set up as a two-family, with an owner’s triplex on all three floors as well as a studio apartment on the ground floor with its own entrance. All the mechanicals are new, as is the roof. There is central zoned heat and air.
The brick and brownstone exterior with an original door, painted turquoise, has a lot of curb appeal. The house last traded for $1,325,000 in 2011, before it was renovated.
Now it is for sale by owner and asking $2,950,000. The owner will pay a buyer’s broker 2.5 percent. What do you think of the house?
468 11th Street [FSBO] GMAP
Photos by owner
I went to the Open House on Sunday and this is one of the sunniest townhouses I have ever seen! So refreshing to see a thoughtful and tasteful renovation. Great block too!
It’s nice, but it’s a small house for almost $3m, works out to $1180psf(assuming it is 2500sf). And they’re trying to save on broker fees. Also, if you’re going to try and sell it yourself for $3m, at least come up with a website.
Decent reno., great layout, nice block. Not a fan of the natural wood moldings and doors.
The price is still way too high. When will it end?
Was wondering about this the other day.
“Natural” wood moldings: authentic or not?
Was all Victorian era woodwork originally dark stained? Were there a variety of tints?
Seems like in the 90s and early 2000s, even high end “authentic” Victorian restorations would stain the wood this natural color. These days everyone wants dark brown.
In my house, the entryway moldings, I assume untouched since 1909, are almost black.
Not all victorian wood was dark stained. Depended on the personality of the owner. An expensive house would have mahogany wood, which when just varnished or coated, is dark and rich. Someone with not enough money would use some other kind of wood like oak, and then stain it dark to pretend that they were rich enough to have mahogany. The majority of woods were just varnished to protect the wood and would maintain the original color.
What I think fnord means when he says “natural” wood moldings is that from the pictures it looks as if the wood has nothing on it. I”m sure there is some kind of sealer they put on, but there is no varnish, stain, or polyurethane on the wood. It’s a style choice, but I”m not that into it either.
Nothing going on. Everyone is waiting this long it seems. I recommend not demoing your back wall as you may be well into winter before you have alt-1 permits, so you won’t be able to dig the foundation.
yup. We’re praying to have them done on our next review or else we’re getting dangerously close to being unable to start the extension due to the winter weather…
We’re 6 months into waiting for our alt1. Adding 10ft extension.