House of the Day: Three-Story Limestone in PLG Has Potential
This listing for a Prospect Lefferts limestone leaves a lot to the imagination. But it’s got our attention. Twenty feet wide and three stories high, the house — at 233 Lincoln Road, between Bedford and Rogers avenues — is obviously not in peak condition. But it’s loaded with original detail — check out the wainscoting,…
This listing for a Prospect Lefferts limestone leaves a lot to the imagination. But it’s got our attention.
Twenty feet wide and three stories high, the house — at 233 Lincoln Road, between Bedford and Rogers avenues — is obviously not in peak condition. But it’s loaded with original detail — check out the wainscoting, parquet flooring, decorative moldings, elaborate screen, mantel, and pier mirror.
High-ceilinged and expansive, the parlor floor looks like it could be a serious winner with a little attention, and maybe not even that much — the plaster looks to be in decent shape behind the dingy and peeling paint. The listing promises stained glass somewhere, though the pictures don’t show it.
Actually there’s a lot the pictures don’t show — any of the bedrooms, for example, or the kitchen, or the “bar” shown on the floor plan, or the garden, or any of the “sun rooms” on each floor, in what appears to be a 12-foot-by-10-foot rear addition. It’s a safe bet they’re not in move-in shape.
As it stands it’s an oddball layout — two bedrooms up top and one on the garden level two floors below, adjacent to the kitchen. But it’s a legal two-family, so it could be turned into an upper duplex with a garden rental (the duplex would have only two bedrooms). Of course it could also be a spacious one-family.
The asking price is $1,295,000 — no word on whether the grand piano is included. Want to see more?
233 Lincoln Road [Corcoran] GMAP
Photos via Corcoran
I went to the OH last weekend with the highest hopes. Such great bones but more of a project than those pictures would lead you to believe. Sadly the rest of the house is a wreck. Will need full electrical, plumbing, roof and repairs for serious settling, cracks, water damage, the works. I think I know why no yard shots — it was small and infested with mosquitos due to the neighbors less-than clean above ground pool only feet away — interesting to note that the neighbor had 8 cats that I counted and a collection of vermin traps (rat and larger) stacked along the fence between the houses. Someone with cash and patience will make this beautiful… but IMO its a total gut.
I went to the OH last weekend with the highest hopes. Such great bones but more of a project than those pictures would lead you to believe. Sadly the rest of the house is a wreck. Will need full electrical, plumbing, roof and repairs for serious settling, cracks, water damage, the works. I think I know why no yard shots — it was small and infested with mosquitos due to the neighbors less-than clean above ground pool only feet away — interesting to note that the neighbor had 8 cats that I counted and a collection of vermin traps (rat and larger) stacked along the fence between the houses. Someone with cash and patience will make this beautiful… but IMO its a total gut.
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The price is too good, and will likely be bid-up way above ask. Move in ready houses that still would need some work that are located on the edge blocks of the manor (i.e., Lincoln & Fenimore streets) are going for $1.8M. (See 163 Fenimore). The details of this house are drop dead gorgeous and the block is tree-lined & very very pretty. At $1.3M there is ample room for renovation costs to make this pristine.
Thanks downtownbklyner – I agree. I also think it would be a great luxury to have the $$ to be able to preserve some of the details that remain — in which case its a more costly “gut around some details”. Again — gorgeous bones and great location but its naive to think you can move in without investing at LEAST $150 sqft. If you have $500k cash on top of purchase, its a great investment.
Thanks downtownbklyner – I agree. I also think it would be a great luxury to have the $$ to be able to preserve some of the details that remain — in which case its a more costly “gut around some details”. Again — gorgeous bones and great location but its naive to think you can move in without investing at LEAST $150 sqft. If you have $500k cash on top of purchase, its a great investment.
Just because the pictures are nice doesn’t mean it’s not a total gut. When you’re dealing with intensive water damage, mold, cracked walls, etc. there’s nothing much you can do with that except a total gut. Nice pictures just mean they hired a decent real estate broker who knows how to do his/her job. But I’m guessing the price reflects the need for a total gut.
Just because the pictures are nice doesn’t mean it’s not a total gut. When you’re dealing with intensive water damage, mold, cracked walls, etc. there’s nothing much you can do with that except a total gut. Nice pictures just mean they hired a decent real estate broker who knows how to do his/her job. But I’m guessing the price reflects the need for a total gut.