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Hey, CGar, this is one block west of the noisy 12th Street block. This block has the famed "yellow house" which we saw and loved, although I later learned it had problems. I'm wondering if any of our resident architectural historians kinow if there is a name for the criss-cross siding pattern on the house. Ours had it, too, in the 1939 tax photo.

If I said I thought the price high, would that constitute a "statement against interest"? $1.3m might have worked at the very edge of peak, like when 237 14th went for $1.95m. I don't know that there are comps for that now. Also, the lot is shallow, 80 ft -- is there a bridle path back there? Of course, everything's relative. Looks like our house went for about $4,820 in 1868, I learned today.

gemini -- we both said it. I lived that nuttiness for the better part of a decade 15-20 years back. But this house is between 5/6, and well down the block from 6th. Not a factor.

CCar, S. Slope is hard to appraise these days as there have been so few comparable sales. 3 floors, 2100 sq. ft., seenms to be renovated. Kitchen looks like a bit of a tight squeeze. Gemini and IMBY are probably right -- something in the $1.1-1.15m range. Too far north and too big to be six figures for something that doesn't need an overhaul. Not sure if it is a full 3 floors or whether some of the bottom fl. is gobbled up for utilities.

11217 --

Apart from the fancy stuff, the new little Indian restaurant on 6th & 14th is quietly turning out to be a cut about the other local curry houses.

CGar, frames typically are about 30-35ft deep. With 20' width you actually get something most brownstones don't have, rooms that are relatively square and feel like they belong in a house. But you will be shortchanged on the yard with the 80' lot, most lots are 100'. You probably have the requisite 30', but no legal room to extend the house. I like the kitchen's style -- it just looks cramped to me for doing serious cooking, a bigger deal with two chefs and kids underfoot. But worth seeing if ballpark on your price range. It would be great to have you as a neighbor.

I think the Indian place is a bit better because it is real honest mom and pop. Ingredients taste fresher, more substance, less sauce. Nothing fancy.

12th St house has no floor plan in listing, but I think it has 2 real floors, a top floor rear bedroom (sloped roof in front) like a lot of Charette renovations (which this might be, not sure), and a floor below the main flor that might open onto the back but that is nearly entirely below grade in the front with no windows. Hard to tell what the real usable sq. ft. is without floor plan.