House of the Day: 484 East 17th Street
We got a tip from a regular reader on Friday about a new listing on Mary Kay Gallagher that he said was the nicest house he’d ever seen in Ditmas Park. The reason he’d been inside is that it was on last year’s Victorian Flatbush house tour. (We even included a photo of the kitchen…
We got a tip from a regular reader on Friday about a new listing on Mary Kay Gallagher that he said was the nicest house he’d ever seen in Ditmas Park. The reason he’d been inside is that it was on last year’s Victorian Flatbush house tour. (We even included a photo of the kitchen in our recap below.) From the photos on the listing, we’d have to agree that the 1902 Queen Anne Victorian looks spectacular. In addition to the tip-top restoration of the historic details, the kitchen and bathroom renovations look beautiful to us — a rare perfect balance of the modern with the traditional. So the question isn’t whether there will be demand for this house (we bet there will be a line around the block), it’s whether the asking price of $1,950,000 will fly. We bet it’s not far off.
434 East 17th Street [Mary Kay Gallagher] GMAP P*Shark
Victorian Flatbush House Tour Recap [Brownstoner]
Wow – first, to 10:57, I was the prom queen and I live in this neighborhood and love it, which tells you how welcoming and diverse it is 😉
Second – so many people showed interest in this house I was told they canceled the open house because it would have been a mad house and are setting up appointments to see it instead.
Third – Picket Fence is for sale? Have to say I am not surprised and a bit happy. I really liked the owners but they just couldn’t get it together. Kept trying to give it another shot but the service never got any better and my burger never got less frozen in the center. Nevertheless, the place was always pretty crowded. If a well run restaurant was put in there – it would clean up. This neighborhood is dying for good restaurants and bars.
I have an open mind. I want to support local businesses. I’ll certainly try it again, bring my family and a smile . . . after it’s sold. Maybe the toys will be disinfected.
PF has been for sale for less then a week. If anyone is interested, just give the owners a call. Grahm and Chelsea
Is there any way this house can be re-featured on Monday morning so that those who are able to go to the open house can give fresh feedback? I can’t go (and can’t afford it anyway), but would love to hear what people thought firsthand.
Picket Fence is for sale? Since when?
Picket Fence is for sale for the person above who has chef friends who are interested in opening up a restaurant
Oh Boy…..
My blood starts boiling everytime I hear “Is it safe”. What leads people to believe it’s not safe…oh, it must be all of the non-white people. It must be the lack of bugaboo’s and Starbucks and the fact that we only have one kids store. What, No baby Gap??!!!
And about the condos…do your research before you launch into a negative tirade about Fedders air conditioners. The developer lives in this neighborhood (he even chose to raise his three kids here) has built several other condo units in Brooklyn including 60 Tiffany Place all of which, are beautifully designed. I know it’s easy to make a bad guy out of a developer, just like it’s easy to assume that black people equal crime but it just ain’t so my friends.
I happily cashed in on my small pad in Park Slope, bought a house(yes, the heating bills are high but I don’t have to pay for parking tickets anymore) in Ditmas Park and am happy to be living around all kinds of people, not just the smug and righteous parents of Park Slope.
Listen, if you were the prom queen or football quarterback in high school, this area probably isn’t for you but I personally, can’t think of a better place to raise an open and well-adjusted kid.
Brenda from Flatbush: Our manse is breezy as well, now and during the Summer! Our monthly KeySpan average rivals yours. I thought it was only us. Are your windows original equipment?
Uh-oh, Bill saw properties next to ‘run-down shacks with odd neighbors’–that was probably us. We’re raising a daughter on the rough edges of Victorian Flatbush, will just have to follow the rules of living in the city despite the deceptive trees. As for our actual heating bill…I am mortified to admit that our ‘budget plan’ this year (spread into 12 payments) is $437 a month. I simply refuse to figure out what that comes to a year, and am fortunately too innumerate to estimate it in my head. It is actually less than last year. We owe our souls to Keyspan; they have kept us impoverished for 20 years. We are Keyspan Sharecroppers. (The flip side: In summer, we hardly ever need air conditioning in our shady, breezy manse…)