House of the Day: 229 Baltic Street

And like the house on Amity originally priced at $4 million, this will sit and sit and sit. Unless Mr. B is right and it's snatched up by bonus money.

Just noticed it's a Brown Harris Stevens listing, just like the house on Amity. Now the overpricing makes perfect sense. Typical BHS.

11217, my issue with pricing aside, I do totally agree with you about the interiors (though I'd like to see more of the kitchen and some baths) and the decor.

11217, where exactly is Holler and Squall? The ad says 71 Atlantic which means it should be directly across the street from me, but I've never noticed it. Is it new??

"We saw this on Sunday. Sigh."

You're not buying, I gather? We could be neighbors if you did!!

Noki, I'm always suspicious when there are NO bathroom pics and only 1 shot of the stove. And, since the garden is a main reason I'd buy another house, please post a garden pic. As for pricing, I totally agree - my widget price is $3.2 million, which still may be high given what you said about the kitchen and baths. Also, I'm not loving the facade - I'd prefer the originally, non-painted brick. And are the windows new - for $4.2 million, give me some nice wood Anderson or Marvin windows with real mullions. Don't get me wrong - I think the interior of the house (or what we can see of it) is absolutely beautiful.

"They do thrown in the plans for it. It includes bumping out the back wall a bit to accommodate an expanded kitchen."

I'm sorry, but for a house ASKING $4.2 MILLION, the kitchen should already be bumped out and redone, and so should the baths. That's what makes a house a $4.2 million house!!

Noki, when I put $3.2 million on the widget, I was thinking of the Kane Street house that finally sold. But, as you note, Kane Street is completely refinished - the buyers do not have to gut the kitchen (and build an addition no less) and the baths. So, now I think $3.2 million is too high by at least $200k.

Mr. B?! Mr. B?! I want to retract my widget bid, please!!

DIBS, is the St. Mark's house the one we saw in CHN on the walking tour???

I always wonder why people would put so much into renovating and decorating a house in 2006, only to sell it a few years later?

11217, unless you've been inside the St. Mark's Place house, you've NEVER seen anything like it. Woodwork like I've never seen before, and you can't even begin to imagine. An enormous amount of space - so much I couldn't even imagine how I'd use it all. Beautiful details everywhere, from marble sinks with carved mirrors in bedroom alcoves to original stained glass windows and coiffured ceilings, all of which have miraculously survived the house being carved up. The reason for the listing history is that it needs a ton of work, and it was priced ridiculously to begin with. Montrose posted a while back that there were supposedly 3 competing bids on the house, but I'm not sure what happened.

I'd say divorce is the best bet, Pete. There has to be a good reason to put all that work into a house, have plans to do the kitchen and baths, and then up and sell the place.

Berkeley Place is a beautiful house, no question. But part of me is very tempted to try and buy and restore the St. Mark's Place house. Berkeley Place, on the other hand, is beyond my budget, so it's not an option.

859 St. Marks Avenue, Crown Heights North

StreetEasy:
http://streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/290925-townhouse-859-saint-marks-avenue-crown-heights-brooklyn

Broker's Site:
http://www.mmmgmt.com/brokerwebsite3/code/buildingsale_detail.asp?listing_id=21450TH,27087TH,26617TH,&index=1

Not a chance I'd give up the Parlor Floor, ET, but nice try.