House of the Day: 371 Hancock Street

I agree pietro, classic Bed Stuy beauty. It's on the block after two of Bed Stuy's best blocks: Hancock between Nostrand and Marcy, and Marcy and Thompkins, but this is a beautiful house. It's been on the market a while, if I remember correctly, and would probably sell if they lowered the price a bit. This is not the landmarked part of Bed Stuy, although it should be.

I also went to the 643 Jefferson open house. It does need a total roof to ceiling renovation. It has some fabulous detail, but extreme water damage, which make all of the ceilings and floors beyond saving. I think most of the walls could be saved, but neccesitate running new pipes and electrical sytems through them. Fortunately, in order to sell the place, they removed all of the kitchenettes and most of the bathrooms, and totally cleared out the house, so you can see what you are getting. Bx2Bklyn is correct, all of the fireplaces, except one are gone, but there are some wonderful details remaining, including some beautiful built ins, pantry cabinets, moulding, doors, and the original oak icebox. The original master bath still has a fine clawfoot tub and original sink.

But basically, one would need to rebuild the entire house, which would enable one to configure it in the best way for them, get all new electric and plumbing, new kitchen(s), baths, etc. I think it would need about $500K to rebuild, and the selling price shouldn't be any more than $550K. It's on a fine block, the backyard is spacious, and it would be a beautiful home for someone with vision, a good contracting team and deep pockets. If I had access to that kind of money, I'd do it.

Posted by: CrownHeightsProud at July 10, 2006 12:45 PM

For the record, and for the last time, Bx2Bklyn and I, CHP, are legit, have done nothing but post comments on issues we care about, in my case, brownstones first and formost, and gentrification issues second. For some unknown reason, a troll has taken a dislike to both of us, and has not left us alone since about sometime in March.

As you can see from our above posts, which are indicative of all of our posts, except when we have to waste time defending ourselves, we stick to topic, and try to add something to the conversation, just like almost everyone else.

Probably because it is soooo annoying having even one's cyber name trampled in the mud, and on a daily basis, both of us have wasted too much cyber space answering the troll, arguing with all of his many alter egos, and defending our right to keep posting with the handles we chose to use instead of anon, just like everyone else with a handle on this board.

Brownstoner spends way too much of his time deleting all of this crap, and to the extent that my continued posting under CHP has caused him undo headache, and has become a headache to every other reader, I apologise. I posted anonymously for a while, and also under another handle, but have decided to remain Crown Heights Proud. I refuse to let some little twit chase me off this site. If Mr. B ever wants to block me, that's his right. However, he, and those who have become both cyber and real friends in the time I began posting, know who the real trolls are, no matter how good they become at copying our writing styles or looking up words with over four letters in the dictionary.

I will continue to post as CrownHeightsProud, and I hope Bx2Bklyn will do so in her name as well. I will not take up anyone's time any further in defense of myself, as I don't need to. No doubt the troll will have some kind of pithy answer to this, and will bring out his cast of alternate characters to comment and demand the usual. I don't care. I remain CrownHeightsProud. Bring it on.

Posted by: CrownHeightsProud at July 10, 2006 3:13 PM