Norah Jones Steps Up in Cobble Hill
Brownstone Brooklyn just landed another celebrity homeowner: Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Norah Jones closed on an 1843 townhouse in Cobble Hill at the end of January. (We’re not telling you the address.) Jones paid an astonishing $4,990,000 for the restored 4,100-square-foot house, a price that’s hard to fathom even just a few months later (unless, maybe,…
Brownstone Brooklyn just landed another celebrity homeowner: Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Norah Jones closed on an 1843 townhouse in Cobble Hill at the end of January. (We’re not telling you the address.) Jones paid an astonishing $4,990,000 for the restored 4,100-square-foot house, a price that’s hard to fathom even just a few months later (unless, maybe, it includes the parking lot next door). The just-below-asking price was agreed to in early December, well into the depths of the current financial crisis, after the 25-foot-wide house had been on the market for almost six months without a price reduction. She did get a pretty swanky pad for her hard-earned dollars: the parlor floors looks killer, though the nouveau-Tuscany vibe of the renovated kitchen isn’t really working for us.
Correct, parking/garden belongs to the house on the corner (to the right in the pic).
I’d be interested to hear how this property got an extra 10 feet in the back.
“I take it the price includes the lot/parking next door?”
I’m not sure, but I think that parking/garden belongs to the house to the right.
On the Ravi father money thing — not the case. Her father is broken since he does not approved of her music career (cultural thing). Google it.
I take it the price includes the lot/parking next door?
One would think for five million dollars the facade would be restored. What’s with the ghostly white paint on everything -front, side, lintels, sills? It looks dreadful from the exterior. This is supposed to be an historic house, not a white box.
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I love the thought of Francis Bean Cobain being a sensible real-estate shopper, perhaps while Courtney tags along swilling out of a paper bag and making useless slurred comments on the interior decor…I’m thinking of Saffie in “AbFab,” trying to live down the infamy of being Edina’s daughter…
HA! that was great brenda. thanks for that image!
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Old timer:
Why is it not ok to show this house, but it’s ok to show other people’s (non celebs) homes?
Seems like that would be special treatment to me.
If anyone else but Jones bought this home, we’d still be showing and talking about it. I don’t agree that she deserves special treatment, just because she’s a singer.
oldtimer you are right. However, despite the comments here, this place and its price are worthy of discussion.
The media slime will find its way to anything despite anyone’s efforts and is a different issue.
You should not show these people’s homes. They are decent enough to decide to live in Brooklyn so you should respect their privacy.
It was bad enough that everyone knew Heath Ledger’s home. But after he passed away it was disgusting to see the gutter press camping outside.
These ‘celebs’ live in Brooklyn because they feel safe can have a normal life and are treated with respect. Bringing attention to their homes helps nobody.
Just don’t do it