House of the Day: 99 Butler Street
This brick townhouse with carriage house in rear was gut renovated by architect and seller Michael Ingui of Baxt Ingui Architects, who lives in the rear carriage house. The front townhouse is fairly traditional in style with three units, each with original wide plank floors, marble mantels and tin ceilings. In the back is a landscaped garden…
This brick townhouse with carriage house in rear was gut renovated by architect and seller Michael Ingui of Baxt Ingui Architects, who lives in the rear carriage house. The front townhouse is fairly traditional in style with three units, each with original wide plank floors, marble mantels and tin ceilings. In the back is a landscaped garden and the carriage house, which has been modernized inside and out. It’s set up as one-family over three floors with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. What do you think of the property and the asking price of $3,300,000?
99 Butler Street [Brooklyn Bridge Realty] GMAP
I would take over the whole front house and have my parents take the rear house – although I really do love the way the rear house was finished. Great Place! So many different options and opportunities . I would turn the two smaller bedrooms in the carriage house into one larger bedroom or office. I love the proximity to Smith Street.
BRRRR IT’S SHILLY IN HERE
I smell a lot of shilling posts on this thread.
Wow, Boerum Hill…have you actually seen this property? You do realize you live in a city, right?
I went to the open house this past weekend and was floored by how amazing the work was done. Admittedly, I’m not in the market to buy a property now, but if I was this would be perfect. The rentals of the 3 front units would pay for the total mortgage AND I would get to live in an AWESOME house. I especially like the finished basement and staircase going upstairs.
The layout is so unique and the garden and back house quite lovely. I would certainly appreciate the outdoor space for my kids/pets to come in and out as they please without having the worry of anything really. Tenants in front building seem to be removed just enough to not be in each other’s way. And as a landlord, having the ease of getting to a problem immediately is a plus in my book! Not many comps in neighborhood but the few available seem comparable. And the best of all is the proximity to all the good stuff on Smith.
Seems very expensive to me. No dimensions on that floor plan but seems very small. 3rd bedroom is size of closet and 2nd bedroom would not even have room for a dresser. I’d say renovated house even including the below grade basement is 1100 sq ft.
Renovated does not apply to the rentals in front.
I think there are 3 houses in row here that have a ‘rear’ house.
I love this area and the restaurants along Smith Street. What a unique piece of real estate with a building along the street, a private courtyard and private residence in the back. You get the best of both worlds. And it is so close to the subway and Manhattan. Wow.
Seems like a great price when you look at the fact that it is actually 2 buildings, especially around this beautiful neighborhood. Love the layout and the set up of the building in the front and the cottage house in the back, very smart.
I agree. I prefer the privacy too.