455 Union Wraps Up Reno
455 Union in Gowanus was in a pretty shabby state when it was a House of The Day a few years ago. Since then, it was purchased for $700,000 (ask: $950,000) and underwent a pretty extensive reno, which we’ve been checking on occasionally. And now it’s done. What do you think? Property Shark “before” picture…
455 Union in Gowanus was in a pretty shabby state when it was a House of The Day a few years ago. Since then, it was purchased for $700,000 (ask: $950,000) and underwent a pretty extensive reno, which we’ve been checking on occasionally. And now it’s done. What do you think? Property Shark “before” picture after the jump. GMAP
ha ha, you guys are awesome, I looked it and thought not bad,, then read the comments and now i agree it looks goofy as hell,
but hey, it’s not like it’s on a park block in the slope, lord knows whatever goes up next door will be hideous probably…
I`m surprised so many people think this is good. At first I thought that this was a “new construction Fedders box” house, so common in Bushwick. Then when I saw the “before” picture I thought it must be the “after” picture, after they brought the house back to it`s historic self! In short, I think it`s awful.
Weird cornice, the window spacing is off and the lintels above the windows and door also have bad proportions.
I give it a C, only because it could have been much worse, but why pay 950K for this weirdness?
agreed with Ditmassnark – it’s an ok job – not high end at all – but then again – does everything have to be done high-end?
I give it a C-
They should have left the cornice, the brickwork and window placements and just replaced the windows.
Maybe the perspective of the photo is making things seem a bit more askew than they really are? I wouldn’t mind seeing it straight on. I have a feeling it wouldn’t look so out of whack that way wrt the windows.
The cornice is weird. The windows are off. I give it a C+.
its not just the missing third window they also screwed up the window spacing on the first floor so that they are no longer evenly spaced. Tacky. Sorry.
Oh, and the new cornice belongs on a piece of furniture, not a building.
It looks fine, not great. I don’t really like the new cornice shape, and I kind of like that washed-up old brick look in the “before” picture. They could have gone with a replica of the old cornice and then punched it up with a nice lavender.