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October 20, 2008

House of the Day: 617 8th Avenue

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Check out that staircase! Very cool. This one-family house at 617 8th Avenue in Park Slope has lots of other things going for it too—original woodwork, lots of fireplaces, parquet floors—you know the drill. Some may count its location on an avenue as opposed to a side street to be a negative (though its proximity to Methodist Hospital is probably the more serious drawback). It's a great house, though, and proof that a 16-footer doesn't necessarily feel small. Now, about the price: What think ye about $2,595,000?
617 8th Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark




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What a beauty!

Posted by: 11217 at October 20, 2008 1:24 PM

Beautiful house! I absolutely love the stairway! It's amazing how a center stairway makes all the difference in the feeling of width. I like the kitchen, too, which is something I don't often say.

Don't know about the price, but if the mechanicals, etc are in tip top shape, I can certainly see it getting more than 2 mil, even now. As to how close to asking, I have no idea.

Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 20, 2008 1:24 PM

That staircase is gorgeous!!
And very handy in getting laundry from the top floor down to the bottom.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at October 20, 2008 1:27 PM

Sorry, Montrose, I'm going to disagree with you about the kitchen. I'm on Appliance Patrol today.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at October 20, 2008 1:32 PM

amazing place. only negative thing i can think of is having the hospital right there. listening to ambulance sirens at night would not help light sleepers such as myself.

Posted by: bktycoon at October 20, 2008 1:40 PM

This is probably sacrilege, but ... am I the only person who considers fireplaces to be mostly wasted wall space? For the amount of use I would typically get out of them (virtually nil), they don't seem worth it. And they're almost always placed dead in the middle of where you'd want a TV or bookshelf or something.

That said, this house is indeed gorgeous. I like that they went with four big bedrooms instead of the more common approach of "fifteen bedrooms, each the size of a walk-in closet!"

One of the rare occasions where the price tag seems pretty justified.

Posted by: cwbuecheler at October 20, 2008 1:47 PM

Absolutely love the exterior, staircase and layout. The center stairs allow for good size bedrooms. This would make one amazing single family.

Posted by: Mrs. Limestone at October 20, 2008 1:49 PM

Aw, BRG, you wound me! I suppose if one can spring for the house, a few grand more to replace the appliances is no biggie. I'm not impressed by overpriced appliances anyway, and wouldn't buy them, even if I could.

I like the layout, and the space. I personally like unfitted kitchens, and am not impressed with most of the cabinetry I see, even in the highest end kitchens. This is not bad, for some reason. My ideal is an original built-in cabinet, a large European hutch, and a pantry, with no overhead cabinets whatsoever, but I realize that is not in tune with today's lifestyle, and also may not work with existing architecture, especially if you relocate the kitchen. I guess I'm just old fashioned.

Posted by: Montrose Morris at October 20, 2008 1:53 PM

I think I'd put an island in the kitchen...easier for people to hang out at and that small set of chairs and table is redundant with a dining room in the next room, formal as it might be.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 20, 2008 1:56 PM

Having a fireplace is a must for me. I have a fire almost every night from Oct. through March. Don't miss the wallspace one bit.

Posted by: Boerum Hill at October 20, 2008 2:21 PM

"Pierre" mirrors? Nice.

Posted by: StuyMom at October 20, 2008 2:29 PM

BH - Yeh, if you use it that much, I can see why it'd be a requirement. I'm pretty sure I would go out and buy wood once, have one fire, and then never touch the thing again for as long as I lived there. :)

Posted by: cwbuecheler at October 20, 2008 2:30 PM

'My ideal is an original built-in cabinet, a large European hutch, and a pantry'

Montrose, spoken like a true 19th Century Architect.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at October 20, 2008 2:35 PM

They're having an open house tuesday afternoon? That's odd, but what the heck. Nice stairs though....but the way I figure it those stairs account for about 700,000 of the asking price.

Posted by: raphael9 at October 20, 2008 2:55 PM

I agree with raphael9 - center stairs are nice, but not 700K nice. This size house with side stairs would cost MUCH less.

Posted by: Miss Muffett at October 20, 2008 5:08 PM

Seen as I've just spent the past 4 hours in the kitchen using my appliances I feel the need to mention that regardless of high-end vs. low-end white appliances do NOT age well.

The plastic parts of white tends to yellow over time. If you don't want to go stainless go black or something with a color other than white.

I just spilled a spoon-full of bright yellow curry on my stove. if it had gone on white I don't know if the clean-up would have been as successful.

Posted by: TownhouseLady at October 20, 2008 5:20 PM

THL, what about avacado?

Posted by: denton at October 20, 2008 5:55 PM

I really like this house. I like the dark woodwork on the parlor floor. How do people feel about painting the woodwork in bedrooms? My own house has unpainted woodwork in my bedroom and I'd like to paint it. My other half says "no way". What are other people's feelings about this?

Posted by: dt at October 20, 2008 6:31 PM

No way.

Depends, whether it's softwood or hardwood. If it's pine, fir, or poplar, paint it. If oak, mahogany, or other hw, strip it.

Posted by: denton at October 20, 2008 7:25 PM

I dream of having a working fireplace someday. I would gladly give up the wall space!

Posted by: Carol Gardens at October 20, 2008 7:29 PM

Buy the same place in Bed-Stuy for 595,000 then take the spare 2,000,000 and buy 300 acres in the Adirondacks with a lake and 4 bedroom log home. Hey, but that's just me.

Posted by: Legion at October 20, 2008 8:04 PM

Montrose Morris, I'm with you on the original built in, wall hung sink, table, pantry. Boy is it hard to find a kitchen that has it. I also love teens and 1920s cupboards that go all the way up to the ceiling.

Posted by: mopar at October 21, 2008 11:01 AM

amazing place. only negative thing i can think of is having the hospital right there. listening to ambulance sirens at night would not help light sleepers such as myself.

Posted by: bktycoon at October 20, 2008 1:40 PM


No ambulance sirens here. The emergency room is on 7th St. between 7th & 8th. 7th St. runs north. Ambulances is are empty when they hit 8th.

Posted by: new2 at October 22, 2008 12:28 PM

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