Bed Stuy Renaissance Revival Limestone Has Beaucoup Details, Asks $1.25 Million
Here’s what we can tell you about this Renaissance Revival limestone at 535 Decatur Street in Bed Stuy: It’s a two-story, two-family home with some fetching original details on the parlor level. There’s plenty we can’t tell you, as the listing offers few details, no floorplan and photos that depict only a fraction of the property.
That would be the front parlor and the entryway, which are documented from numerous angles, showcasing the aforementioned detail: fireplace mantels and mirrors, tin ceilings, original floors, plaster detailing, carved woodwork, wainscoting.
What’s in the rest of the 2,475-square-foot house is left to the imagination. It seems safe to guess that some work is needed, quite likely a lot of it. There are plenty of reasons to believe condition is rough — eyeball the front cornice, for example, or the condition of the floors.
The house — which has been under the same ownership since 1987, according to PropertyShark — has a garden floor, but the listing calls it a two-story, so unless that’s in error it must house the basement.
The ask is $1.25 million, which is perhaps a stretch if the place needs the serious work we’re imagining it does. But like we said, there’s a lot we don’t know.
What do you think of what you see?
[Listing: 535 Decatur Street | Broker: Elliot Nicks] GMAP
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