House of the Day: Deal on Cottage Row Survivor
Maybe we’ve been smoking some of that wacky crack that changes hands on our corner, but this 1835 woodframe in Brooklyn Heights looks like a friggin’ steal at $1.6 million! The 3-story Federal, one of original houses on “Cottage Row”, is so dripping with old-world charm we don’t know where to begin. So we’ll just…
Maybe we’ve been smoking some of that wacky crack that changes hands on our corner, but this 1835 woodframe in Brooklyn Heights looks like a friggin’ steal at $1.6 million! The 3-story Federal, one of original houses on “Cottage Row”, is so dripping with old-world charm we don’t know where to begin. So we’ll just jump straight to the burning question: Given the location, why is this so cheap? Is it just the modest square footage? We think there will be lines of people tripping over themselves to get a piece of this action. If we hadn’t just expended serious blood, sweat and tears on our own place, we’d be one of them.
Columbia Place [Corcoran]
1.6 mil yea thats a real steal
With a hitching post out front.
I hope whoever buys the house has the taste and respect for its history to install a coal-burning stove, icebox and butter churn.
This house has a large front room, dining room and kitchen on the first floor (and a nice backyard). Second floor has a large room on the front and a large room on the back. The layout of the top floor is the same. Much more than a two-bedroom house. Despite being landmarked, there’s additional F.A.R. The subway shake is really only felt on the first floor.
I, too, hope the buyer loves it for what it is, and doesn’t try to change the character or the basic layout. It is what it is – an early 19th C. house with a unique charm, and interesting layou, keeping with it’s time. Restore in order to keep it in good shape, but please don’t modernize the kitchen or add new baths. I would imagine the seller would like to see traditions respected, and would choose a buyer who is of like mind.
The subway runs right up Joralemon St. and this house is just off of Joralemon. The shaking is intense. I’ve lived on Joralemon and you never forget that you’re over the train.
I think it’s going to suck because that’s where the traffic will go. That whole area is trying to block it.
I 2nd Mark’s comments. Hope whoever buys it doesnt do the maple cabinets, granite countertop, stainless steel shtick.
It’s not a big house — it’s a two bedroom, which must be a factor, as it should be, in how it was priced….