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December 22, 2008

House of the Day: 53 South Elliott Street

When we last looked at 53 South Elliott Place, the 3,600-square-foot one-family house in Fort Greene, Corcoran had the listing at $3,700,000. Apparently, the recently renovated house did not sell, since Douglas Elliman has had the listing since last August at an asking price of $3,495,000. There's no doubt that it's a gorgeous house, but it was expensive last year and still is expensive today.
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House of the Day: 53 South Elliott Place [Brownstoner]

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Seller sense of entitlement grows more and more amazing everyday.

***Bid half off peak comps***

Posted by: Brownstones Half Off at December 22, 2008 1:22 PM

Price aside, the only thing I can find wrong with this place are those chairs at the kitchen island!!!! Love the second floor master bedroom/master bath.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 22, 2008 1:23 PM

They should probably knock off another 6 or 7 bucks.

Posted by: dittoburg at December 22, 2008 1:30 PM

Doesn't the master bath - that takes up half a floor - seem a trifle McMansionesque?

Posted by: SnarkSlope at December 22, 2008 1:34 PM

the size of that master bath is a bit gross. otherwise yes, very nice!

Posted by: bowl of dicks at December 22, 2008 1:35 PM

Wow. It's stunning. I love everything about it, including the master bath that's the size of a studio apartment (the stories that leather lounge chair could tell!). But agree with ditto; it'll likely take at least a half mil drop to get this deal done.

Posted by: Biff Champion at December 22, 2008 1:35 PM

I'll happily relieve them of that out-of-context Saarinen dining table.

Posted by: SnarkSlope at December 22, 2008 1:35 PM

Biff....you really think that will go for around $3MM in that neighborhood!!!!!????

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 22, 2008 1:38 PM

Simply Stunning.
What a gorgeous mix of classical details with modern / contemporary furniture.
I am drooling over that bathtub.
I want that Corbu Lounge!!

Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 22, 2008 1:41 PM

"Biff....you really think that will go for around $3MM in that neighborhood!!!!!????"

I'm not sure if you're suggesting it'll go for more or less with that comment, DIBS, but I think less than $3MM, which is why I said AT LEAST a half mil drop to get this deal done. Are you saying it'll go vor more than $3MM? Do we have another bet?

Posted by: Biff Champion at December 22, 2008 1:41 PM

"Biff....you really think that will go for around $3MM in that neighborhood!!!!!????"

Here we go...another bet?

Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 22, 2008 1:41 PM

NO. I'm surprised that it might fetch $3MM if that's what you were saying.

BRG.....MYOB

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 22, 2008 1:43 PM

aaarrrggghhhh....stop thinking like me, that's twice today.
Get your own thoughts, Biff!!

Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 22, 2008 1:43 PM

BRG, let's see...you mentioned me twice in Open Thread without me mentioning you (100% to 0%), tried to re-write something I said in another thread and repeated my "stunning" and "bet" references above. Seems you're the one in dire need of your own thoughts.

Back to the house...DIBS, I was saying it'll go for $3MM max, but likely less than that.

Posted by: Biff Champion at December 22, 2008 1:48 PM

There are definitely a few really nice streets there in Ft. Green but I'm surprised that things would go for $2MM or more around there. This house is a beauty though. And, the biggger the master bath, the better. This is probably the largest one I've seen in a brownstone.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 22, 2008 1:51 PM

it's good for a couple that likes to make love in the bathroom, that's fer sure

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at December 22, 2008 1:51 PM

Ahhhh...
The inside matches the outside. Imagine that!

Posted by: sam at December 22, 2008 1:54 PM

sam...are you OK?? You were worrying us this morning! :)

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 22, 2008 1:59 PM

clearly having agent katherine (states she was voted among top 50 agents in the u.s. by wsj) justifies the markup. she looks a'ight.

Posted by: goldie at December 22, 2008 2:01 PM

goldie...maybe she's Jean Paul's sister.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 22, 2008 2:03 PM

How can the same people who did such a nice job on the kitchen and other rooms have been responsible for that hideous outrage of a master bath? But, other than that one sin against urbanity, the house is a stunner.

Regarding the price, I'd bet 2.5M, but then again someone could just fall in love with it and overpay.

Posted by: shillstoner at December 22, 2008 2:08 PM

okay exactly HOW Is a large bathroom a blight on urbanity? it's not like they added a moon pod on the top of the building or a huge driveway or anything. they just like having space in a bathroom. much better to have one giant bathroom than a bathroom for every bedroom. i didnt see the pic of the bathroom. do they have his & his toilets? those always make me giggle.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at December 22, 2008 2:14 PM

shillstoner, why are you saying the master bath is a hideous outrage? If the owners had more space than they needed and decided they wanted a huge bath, what's wrong with that? I could see your point, and would completely agree, if it was one of those new condo jobs that are much smaller in size, but have extra large bathrooms. In such cases, I don't understand why someone would want the bathroom taking up such a large percentage of the square footage. But in this case, there's ample room to do it.

Posted by: Biff Champion at December 22, 2008 2:19 PM

Ok, I dislike the master bath too. More room for the dressing area and less for the bath would make my ideal master suite. But I'm not a bath person. Other than that this house is beautiful, and is WAY more interesting that the modern reno in the other thread.

Posted by: Susan Elkins at December 22, 2008 2:20 PM

good point dibs, in that case this should go for $4MM.

i didnt get the bathroom commments, then looked back at the pics and realized what i thought was a living room was the bathroom! i see no prob with it, just dont get having a lounge chair in there. do you recline and watch your partner bathe? plop down all wet onto that leather?

Posted by: goldie at December 22, 2008 2:21 PM

That bathroom is an affront to my personal idea of Brooklyn and what it means to live here. It is something you see in those mcmansions on HGTV shows. The huge soaking tub in the middle of the room, the double sinks, and the separate little room for the toilet. Ugh. Obviously it is their money and their house and they can do what they want, but I wish people who want bathrooms like that would go elsewhere. Preferably Jersey. But I do love the rest of the house.

Posted by: shillstoner at December 22, 2008 2:22 PM

That's a bathroom? I thought it was a Korean massage parlor.

Posted by: dittoburg at December 22, 2008 2:26 PM

My bathroom is 9' X 14' and I'm proud of it. These people are on the right track. I may not agree with the decor of the bathroom but...

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 22, 2008 2:28 PM

quote:

That bathroom is an affront to my personal idea of Brooklyn and what it means to live here. It is something you see in those mcmansions on HGTV shows

well newsflash to you. THOSE ARE the kinds of people moving to brooklyn.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at December 22, 2008 2:31 PM

quote:

That bathroom is an affront to my personal idea of Brooklyn and what it means to live here. It is something you see in those mcmansions on HGTV shows

well newsflash to you. THOSE ARE the kinds of people moving to brooklyn.

ETA:
Preferably Jersey. But I do love the rest of the house.

don't make fun of my home state jersey! there are huge parts of jersey that are 100 x better than brooklyn in general! jeez. definitely leave jersey out of it.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at December 22, 2008 2:32 PM

I bet they came from the UES rob.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 22, 2008 2:32 PM

I stand by my coomnet in light of DIBS's comment.

Posted by: dittoburg at December 22, 2008 2:32 PM

Kids, this house would have sold at $3 million last year at this time. A number of friends sold in Fort Greene for $3 million and a little over that last year. I wonder how long this house has been on the market.

I wouldn't mind an elegant bathroom like that. I'm not so sure a brownstone/rowhouse is the best setting for it though. You *do* kind of have to think of resale...

But then again, it would be great to having a seating area and a bubble bath party or something like that! Or...you could have a bar set up in the bathroom with the tub filled with ice and champagne (and waterproof lights under the ice!) or filled with water and floating candles. The sinks would be there for the bartenders to do their thing and there's ample room for a bar counter.

Just a thought!

Happy Holidays!

Posted by: BrooklynGreene at December 22, 2008 2:33 PM

Isn't that kind of bathroom passe now? Suddenly, that level of conspicuous consumption is very outmoded (and rob, not sure such folks are moving to bklyn anytime soon...)

Posted by: Miss Muffett at December 22, 2008 2:34 PM

i love the sound of that bathroom brooklyngreen!! lol @ bubble bath parties. is that like a foam party!?

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at December 22, 2008 2:35 PM

ditto...a Thai massage parlour. The ones in the hotels in Bangkok would make this look like s "john."

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 22, 2008 2:36 PM

Rob--make it Long Island, then.

Brooklyn Greene--you've convinced me. I'm going to knock out my study and make it into a bathroom/bar.

Posted by: shillstoner at December 22, 2008 2:36 PM

how exactly is it conspicuous consumption? does the bathroom run on gas? clearly these people do not need an extra bedroom. ugh i know youd hate me but my ideal brownstone if i ever had one would to have just one floor. remove the top floors and just have a giant sky light on the roof. big 60 foot high walls. half studio, half observatory, rip out the hardwood and put down lucite flooring and/or blue astroturf and a little indoor dog house for my dog. (and yes a mini ferris wheel in the backyard)

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at December 22, 2008 2:39 PM

A few well-placed webcams could help make that supersized mortgage payment.

Posted by: SnarkSlope at December 22, 2008 2:39 PM

Finally a bathroom worthy of a townhouse, instead of a 5x7 bathroom off the hallway, shared with another bedroom.
While I don't agree with the confines of the toilet (would have loved to see a bidet also) and the shower. And I truly hate double sinks in master bathrooms; really what couple brushes their teeth at the same time.
This a bathroom worthy of a 3m dollar house.

I doubt the Corbu Lounge is stays in the bathroom; or at least I hope not. There are two photos of the bathroom, one with it and one with out. I suspect they dragged the chair in there, just for the photo....staging!

Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 22, 2008 2:40 PM

BrooklynGreene, a bubble bath party is a great idea. I wonder if the owners would consider renting out the space; I think we found the venue for the next Brownstoner party.

Posted by: Biff Champion at December 22, 2008 2:42 PM

"Isn't that kind of bathroom passe now?"
Nope! It's still being done and more elaborate.

Suddenly, that level of conspicuous consumption is very outmoded.
Again, No it's not.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 22, 2008 2:43 PM

"Isn't that kind of bathroom passe now?"
Nope! It's still being done and more elaborate.

"Suddenly, that level of conspicuous consumption is very outmoded."
Again, No it's not.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 22, 2008 2:44 PM

"Isn't that kind of bathroom passe now?"
Nope! It's still being done and more elaborate.

"Suddenly, that level of conspicuous consumption is very outmoded."
Again, No it's not.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 22, 2008 2:44 PM

maybe i can have my Sweet Sixteen x 2 birthday in february there!

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at December 22, 2008 2:44 PM

BRG...when you're both off to work in the morning you need the double sinks to save time and both brush at the same time. Bigger problem usually is remebering his name!!!

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 22, 2008 2:45 PM

wow someone touched a nerve on bayridge girl. she's totally gone into stutter mode!

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at December 22, 2008 2:46 PM

splish splash
I was taking a bath
All about a staurday night

Rubbed up
Just relaxin in the tub
Thinkin everything was alright

Well I got out the tub
Put my feet on the floor
I wrapped the towel around me
Then I opened up the door
and then
Splish Splash
I got back in the bath
well how was I to know there
was a party goin on?

There was a splishin and splashin
realin with the feelin
moving and a groovin
rockin and a rollin

Bing bang
I saw the whole gang
Dancin on my livin room floor
Well a flip fop
They were doin the bop
All the teens had the dancin bug
There was lollipop, peggy sue,
Golly miss molly was even there too
So Splish splash
I forgot about the bath
I went and put my dancin shoes on

Lord knows I was
Rollin and a strollin
realing with the feelin
Movin and a groovin
Rockin and a rollin

I was splishin and a splashin
I was rollin and a strollin
I was movin and a groovin
I was realin with the feelin
I was rollin and a strollin
movin with the groovin
Splish splash

I was splishin and a splashin oh e
I was rollin and a strollin
I was movin and a groovin
I was movin and a groovin
I was realin with the feelin
Rollin and a strollin

Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 22, 2008 2:47 PM

OK, BRG, whatever you say. I'm sure you know all.

I think bstoner should host The Great Brownstone Destruction Contest. See who can come up with the most creative ways to gut a brownstone. Maybe when this one doesn't sell in a year the owners will let bstoner use it as a design showhouse.

Posted by: shillstoner at December 22, 2008 2:50 PM

The bathroom is intriguing. Does the owner hold court in the tub ala Gypsy Rose Lee, or Jean Harlow? Unless you are into tub parties, and hey, to each their own, such a large room for cleaning is a little "Last Days of Rome" like. Nonetheless, the house is fabulous. Not 3 million dollar fabulous but close.

Posted by: sam at December 22, 2008 2:51 PM

Big kitchens and big bathrooms sell. Get over it. you people have lived in Brooklyn brownstones with rooms too small all your lives. People want big kitchens and big bathrooms...none of these 5' X 7' loos

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 22, 2008 2:52 PM

Wowzer...triple post.
so sorry
so sorry
so sorry

Sorry, DIBS, disagree. Side by Side Double sinks are awful. I don't want anyone standing next to me and listing to them brush and spit. With a bathroom that size, put the two sinks on opposite ends of the room, that I'll agree to.

I did a townhouse gut renovation 2 years ago. Master Bedroom floor thru with His and Hers Bathrooms...that is luxury!!

Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 22, 2008 2:53 PM

BRG - who the hell has that kind of money these days? And even if they did have it, wouldn't they find better ways to spend?

Posted by: Miss Muffett at December 22, 2008 2:53 PM

is it me or can anyone else not find this listing on pshark? i think i remember this place being on the market about 6-7 years ago for under 1M but i might be mixing it up with a different # on SE. any suggestions?

Posted by: oohlala at December 22, 2008 2:54 PM

also poo mist isnt as big a problem in large bathrooms than they are in small bathrooms. (there's more surface area for the mist to settle)

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at December 22, 2008 2:57 PM

Miss Muffett is always such a killjoy

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 22, 2008 2:59 PM

Oh Lord - not the poo mist discussion again.

Posted by: Miss Muffett at December 22, 2008 3:01 PM

"I did a townhouse gut renovation 2 years ago. Master Bedroom floor thru with His and Hers Bathrooms...that is luxury!!"

The barbarians at the brownstone, the philistines on the stoop.

Posted by: shillstoner at December 22, 2008 3:03 PM

Try S Elliot vs. South Elliot?

Posted by: cobblehiller at December 22, 2008 3:03 PM

Try T. S. Elliot

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 22, 2008 3:04 PM

Actually, DIBS, I throw a great party (hence our desire for a bigger place where we can entertain). I'm actually all about big common public spaces, but for private areas (bedrooms and baths), seems kind of wasteful to eat up so much square footage.

Posted by: Miss Muffett at December 22, 2008 3:05 PM

"BRG - who the hell has that kind of money these days? And even if they did have it, wouldn't they find better ways to spend?"

Oh, Miss Muffett. There are plenty of people with money, you like finer things and will gladly spend it on the renovation of their home.
Not everybody wants to live with machine made ceramic subway tiles.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 22, 2008 3:05 PM

"The barbarians at the brownstone, the philistines on the stoop."

Liquidity's a memory and credit's flown the coop...

Next line, shillstoner, please.

Posted by: SnarkSlope at December 22, 2008 3:07 PM

I actially like white subway tiles. I don't have them but I would never be so condescending as to denigrate other people's use of subway tile. A bit pompous today, BRG? :)

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 22, 2008 3:07 PM

I agree - plain subway tile can be lovely. Even when you have money, simple/economical can be a great choice.

Posted by: Miss Muffett at December 22, 2008 3:10 PM

DIBS...I was referencing that some people have money and don't want MACHINE MADE Subway tiles.
Have you seen handmade subway tiles.....gorgeous!
Yes, when it comes to design I do have pompous taste...You want to make something of it?

Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 22, 2008 3:11 PM

I just hope the philistines are aware they're not allowed to drink on the stoop.

Posted by: Biff Champion at December 22, 2008 3:12 PM

Meet me outside and we'll compare tiles.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 22, 2008 3:12 PM

sometimes i think rich people who live like they are poor are just as bad as poor people who live like they are rich.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at December 22, 2008 3:13 PM

The barbarians at the brownstone, the philistines on the stoop.
Liquidity's a memory and credit's flown the coop...

Maddof's in jail and everyone's a dupe

Buyers are broke and will never recoup

Posted by: shillstoner at December 22, 2008 3:14 PM

"sometimes i think rich people who live like they are poor are just as bad as poor people who live like they are rich."

QOTD

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 22, 2008 3:15 PM

I first apartment in NY was 5 houses down from this one and my landlord paid 5K for his house in 1971

Posted by: Amzi Hill at December 22, 2008 3:20 PM

What a fantastic house in a great neighborhood. We really love that bathroom and don't see the problem with its size since its within the confines of the same footprint...very urban in our opinion.
BRG here is why you NEED double sinks in a master bath: missus is cleaning face for the 10th time and she still needs to do the eyelashes and brow thingy while poor PDT needs to shave and run for the door.. "babe I am almost done"..that was 15 minutes ago...PDT is pacing, checking the time and grumbling.... you get our drift right? :)

To say that this place is merely expensive is an understatement. The pricing here is irrational and frankly delusional. We think it needs @ least $800K off!
Joyeaux Noel

Posted by: pierre de taille at December 22, 2008 3:29 PM

"The barbarians at the brownstone, the philistines on the stoop.
Liquidity's a memory and credit's flown the coop...
Maddof's in jail and everyone's a dupe
Buyers are broke and will never recoup"

No longer can New Yorkers make money hand over fist
All the Asshats now are lining up to slit their wrists
Despite all that the posters here find it hard to resist
Commenting on a bathroom that's got shillstoner real pissed
Miss Muffett's just added something else to Santa's list
"Please ensure the 'Stoners never again mention poo mist."

Posted by: Biff Champion at December 22, 2008 3:36 PM

I finally figured out what bugged me so much about the listing...aha! The "Philip Stark" bathroom. Normally I'd be rooting for the sellers to get a good price since they obviously spent a lot on the reno.

But if a) they can't be bothered to proof read their own listing, or b) they don't even know who Philippe Starck is, I say, screw them!

Obviously money buys neither taste nor common sense. No way this sells even close to that ask.

Perhaps they're just "Phil-"istines...

Posted by: Bolder at December 22, 2008 3:42 PM

Bravo!

Posted by: Susan Elkins at December 22, 2008 3:44 PM

This house will sell next August for 2.5 million if they're lucky.

Sellers will keep lowering price every few months in the meantime.

Posted by: IronBalls at December 22, 2008 3:48 PM

3:36 pm post...funny

"Philip Stark"...that's funny. I didn't even notice that.
No, wonder the french hate us!
Many years ago, in my heyday, I worked with 'Philip' Stark on a hotel renovation, here in NYC.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 22, 2008 3:50 PM

BayRidgeGirl...was that the Royalton or the other one?
They were the thin edge of the wedge in the early 90's, no? So much has happened since then.

To tell the truth, I have always felt that Ph. Stark is completely overrated...but who am I to judge?

Yes, Everyone, this house will definitely sell. I wouldn't mind swapping it with ours. I do have to say that I like my idea of a bubble bath tea party or a bathtub full of ice like we did many, many years ago with beer cans/bottles and huge jugs of E&J white wine and Mateus. Those were the days! But I think decent white wine and various sparkly things would better fit this bathroom setting.

IN FACT, they should do it for an open house! It would be considered brilliant.

I wonder if you would want buyers getting smashed at an open house...it happens of course but I wonder if "there's a law".

Oh, well. I wish they had hosted the Fort Greene Association holiday party this year. Would have been a smart idea to get the house seen (and dirty)...

Posted by: BrooklynGreene at December 22, 2008 4:06 PM

I've been immortalized in poetry. Depression be damned, now I can die happy.

Posted by: shillstoner at December 22, 2008 4:09 PM

Greene, not the Royalton or the Paramount, but another Schrager hotel...I won't say which. I only worked on the Penthouse suites...they were hot, hot, hot!

This bathroom needs a huge suspended 'Stark' light fixture in the middle of the room.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 22, 2008 4:29 PM

I hope whoever buys this has a wife with less stuff than mine. You can put a king size bed in the master bath but not enough room for the wife's shoes...

Posted by: Ozymandius at December 22, 2008 5:04 PM

I would suspect that the dressing area is lined with closets on both sides. Or at least hope that it is.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 22, 2008 5:20 PM

"...last days of Rome..." You might be onto something, Sam.

How about a luau in the bathroom with a whole roast suckling pig and a 24-hour remorse clause in the contract?

Posted by: mopar at December 22, 2008 5:44 PM

Rob, be sure to check with a structural engineer before you put in the lucite floor.

Posted by: mopar at December 22, 2008 5:46 PM

brg, since you're on an anonymous web forum, why wouldn't you say which hotel you worked on?

Next time I see Ian, I'll ask him if he remembers working with BayRidgeGirl...

Used to love going to the Royalton for drinks, if only for the groovy men's room...

Posted by: Bolder at December 22, 2008 6:11 PM

Have to add to this because I noticed this house in the NYTimes real estate section a couple of months ago. Love the master bath - truly decadent with a tub and fireplace in the middle of the room - and I think the Mister and I would be separated by now if we didn't have double sinks. Only thing missing, agree with BRG on this, is a bidet.

Isn't this the same block someone was "violently mugged" on a couple of weeks ago?

Posted by: Nokilissa at December 22, 2008 6:37 PM

Nokilissa, I believe most of the violent muggings have been in Clinton Hill and nearer to Brooklyn Heights. Park Slope has also had some doozies. Fort Greene had a mugging on DeKalb a number of months ago. I'm sure all areas have many muggings that go unreported of course.

I'm sure some might disagree, but it seems to me as a resident of Fort Greene that in the landarmked Fort Greene area, it is not that dangerous. There are always so many people around. Even at regular hours, I find that long stretch of 6th Avenue from Flatbush to Union in Park Slope can be rather desolate.

I was shocked at the number of violent muggings downtown toward Brooklyn Heights...I think the article in the Brooklyn Paper was a link on this morning's Brownstoner news articles.

Anyway, if you lived in that house, you could stay in all the time in a big Vitabath and stay off the streets. :-)

Posted by: BrooklynGreene at December 22, 2008 6:48 PM

Bolder...I'm not telling.
I never met Schrager.
At the time, I was working for a firm that was doing the construction documents for this particular hotel.

Okay, this bathroom. It's not luxurious enough!! There I said it. Let's take it to the next level.

Re-design:
Move the tub so it's in centered in front of the fireplace....oh.la, la!! Double sinks, one in front of each window where the tub is now. What about mirrors, you ask? Let's put them on a hidden track so they slide fron the wall to in front of the sinks, heck you can afford anything!
Where the sinks are now, I'd create a room for the toilet and bidet.
Where the toilet and shower is now, create a huge 6'x6' shower, with jets on two walls...spa, baby!

Now, that's a bathroom!

Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 22, 2008 7:02 PM

Bayridgechum,
You can design the house we retire to!

Posted by: BrooklynGreene at December 22, 2008 7:38 PM

I know schrager and the handsome Balasz, their thing is stylish hotels. They are adept at their market niche. Their Miami Beach hotels and their SoHo Mercer, are chi-chi and apropos to the celebrity culture they serve. That has nothing to do with the brownstones we see for sale on this site. I have to say that I am now a little concerned that bayridgegirl, who we know is some sort of designer, would take a house like this and turn it into a horror show like the "basquiat" house. Please bayridgegirl, tell us you would not do that. That your would not trash a historic house to build a drywall haagen-dazs container with Ian Schrager overtones.

Posted by: sam at December 22, 2008 9:20 PM

BRG, I think we could have some awesome bubble parties in the bath you're dreamin' up!

And BrooklynGreene, I was referring to the brownstoner thread, about a week old, about a "violent mugging" on one of those quiet, beautiful Ft. Greene blocks - and I think it was this one. Anyone?

I still want the house for the bathroom. But don't like the parlor floor with no half bath, and the kitchen on garden floor with no family space. Wouldn't work for us. Sigh.

Posted by: Nokilissa at December 22, 2008 10:58 PM

I just checked the listing, carefully. This house is much too narrow. Look how they can't fit a couch in front of the fireplace in the parlor, but have to put the chairs and couches on either side. A travesty. I would not spend my bazillions on it.

Posted by: mopar at December 22, 2008 11:04 PM

It is beautiful! I don't know what they paid but this is a very expensive renovation, $2.5 million plus. For the record, I love the bath. I am currently devoting an entire bedroom to a bathtub. Deliciously decadent.

All said, it's a tough market.

Posted by: superstooper at December 23, 2008 12:38 AM

"Okay, this bathroom. It's not luxurious enough!! There I said it. Let's take it to the next level."

Now I understand why BRG did not undersand when I used the word "tacky" to describe another house.

Posted by: shillstoner at December 23, 2008 10:38 AM

BRG, if we ever get into a Brownstone in Brooklyn, you're designing our master bath!

Posted by: Nokilissa at December 23, 2008 11:30 AM

"BRG, I think we could have some awesome bubble parties in the bath you're dreamin' up!"

Wowzer, it'll bring me back to my college days!
Noki, I am a married woman but....give me some bubbles in front of a crackling fire....

Posted by: bayridgegirl at December 23, 2008 11:51 AM

Nokilissa, that's interesting: a friend of a friend just got violently mugged on the upper east side. I guess not only the yuppies from UES are moving here, but the muggers also.

I don't mind the giant bathroom, it's actually a fun thing to have if you can afford a single family home. My surprise is that there's no powder room on the parlor floor. I guess it's not a big deal to go upstairs or down. Hard to get a clean layout otherwise. But still -- nothing like being able to create poo-mist without traveling too far. THAT is luxury.

Posted by: iz at December 23, 2008 12:47 PM

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