Foreclosure of the Week: 445 East 19th Street

This 3,400-square-foot house at 445 East 19th Street is one of the more charming places we've seen come up for foreclosure auction. According to Property Shark, the house was landmarked back in 1982, though we're not sure whether it was individually landmarked or part of a neighborhood designation. (Anyone know?) The owner currently owes the bank $591,294. As a result, the house is scheduled to be auctioned off on Thursday at 3 p.m. at 360 Adams Street, Room 274.
445 East 19th Street [PropertyShark] GMAP
Photo by Christopher Bride

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Is that in England?

Posted by: dittoburg at July 23, 2008 1:03 PM

Ditmas park

Posted by: troll at July 23, 2008 1:14 PM

Looks like a beautiful house. It would be interesting to see what its going to go for.

Posted by: troll at July 23, 2008 1:16 PM

SHOCKER!!!!!!

This house has long been my absolute favorite in Ditmas Park, indeed the entire Victorian Flatbush neighborhood. I have never been inside so cannot tell you what's going on in there. I can tell you that is was built in the 1930s for the Ebbinger Bakery family, famous for it's Blackout Cake. It is a medieval revival stone house, with a magnificent slate roof, adorable matching garage, great block. Part of Ditmas Park proper, so landmarked when the entire neighborhood received designation. Has to be one of the best homes to ever grace the forclosure block in years!

Posted by: Architerrorist at July 23, 2008 2:04 PM

Looks the owners borrowed against the house in 2005. If this went for renovations, the house will be a steal tomorrow, probably going for under the million mark. Does anyone know if it's been reno'd recently?

Posted by: Architerrorist at July 23, 2008 2:09 PM

The owners are in their late 70s. If they were doing renovations, I'm not sure that they would be fancy upgrades. Still it looks to be a great house. I'm curious why they didn't try to sell the place.

Posted by: vinnie_barbarino at July 23, 2008 2:29 PM

The bricks came from France.

Posted by: Absolute Beginner at July 23, 2008 2:40 PM

C'est domage.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 23, 2008 3:19 PM

I love the color of the windows and shutters against the brick.

Not sure what this would go for if it were listed for sale. But I'm guessing at 600K, even 700K at auction is a steal.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at July 23, 2008 3:41 PM

I think this house would sell between 1.2 and 1.6 depending on interior condition.

Posted by: Architerrorist at July 23, 2008 3:45 PM

Does anyone besides me remember I DP house featured on Brownstoner about a year ago that was also a forclosure... Yes! The house on Ocean Avenue - big brick house with columns. It was supposed to go on the block and was pulled at the last minute. Not sure how/why.

Posted by: Architerrorist at July 23, 2008 3:46 PM

Anyone else think there's a story here and that this place doesn't get auctioned off. Looks like a house that's worth significantly more than $541K.

Posted by: Boerum Hill at July 23, 2008 4:09 PM

Whenever I see the "Foreclosure of the Week" post, I wonder how the people who live in these homes feel about having their home featured. I know that this information is public record anyway, but once it appears on a blog, it is as though it is being posted in the town square.

We all tend to think that something like this could never happen to us. I am sure that these homeowners thought the same.

I wish the family well, however this turns out.

Posted by: Chaka at July 23, 2008 4:57 PM

Pardon my ignorance, but how does one find foreclosures . . . apart from here? P-shark?

Posted by: Johnny at July 23, 2008 5:07 PM

I LOVED Ebinger's. Remember their chocolate cake with green icing stripes? Every time my Grandmother came to visit, she brought us one.

Posted by: GHB at July 23, 2008 5:08 PM

You can find the properties the old-fashioned way by going to the county clerk's office and looking at the notices for homes whose mortagage holders have filed suit to foreclose called 'lis pendens' or the notices for the homes where the court has okayed the foreclosures.

However, now people who are interested in obtaining this information just subscribe to a service that provides this information, which is extracted from the court public records, on-line.

Posted by: Chaka at July 23, 2008 5:25 PM

Wish there was a follow up on the Foreclosure of the Week. It would be nice to know what happened to these properties. Actually, It's just plain nosy.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at July 23, 2008 5:44 PM

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