Grand Avenue Haunted House Gets Its Siding
The Grand Avenue Haunted House, which sevens months ago was stripped down to its studs, was finally clad in the wood siding to match its original look—and that of its recently restored twin next door. The guy who makes his living on the block by putting out homeowners’ garbage and keeping their stoops and sidewalks…
The Grand Avenue Haunted House, which sevens months ago was stripped down to its studs, was finally clad in the wood siding to match its original look—and that of its recently restored twin next door. The guy who makes his living on the block by putting out homeowners’ garbage and keeping their stoops and sidewalks clean told us he thinks it’ll go for $2 million when it’s finished. We’re not quite as optimistic.
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Pierre—As someone you could say the same thing to I will pledge to do my best to let him lay in the weeds. Good warning and fair enough.
The framing of the Mansaard roof shouldn’t be much more expensive than conventional framing. It looks like the one on the right has scallopped shingles on it. I’m not sure how many of them were originally shingled as opposed to slate. I think the later ones were slate. The slate look can be realistically obtained now with rubber shingles that even have the “chipped edge look”
I think its going to be the custom carpenrtry mainly around the windows that will be expensive. And I don’t know the difference in price nowadays between cedar clapboards (which it looks like they are using and Hardie Board.
Sorry DIBS we didn’t mean to “kill the messenger” we are just tired of the same dude riling everyone up. We already know he was right but enough already..
Now do you have any ideas on Mansaard roofs? The ones here on Lafayette and Adelphi are truly fantastic.
Back in 2004 I almost bought the place the Grenier has fixed up so well. As I recall, these places were built in the 1840s I think – definitely pre-Civil war – making them some of the older places in the area. One of my main concerns when I looked at the place on the right was the condition of the mirror image house on the left. Glad to see it is being repaired. They’re looking great.
Don’t kill the messenger…it was a warning. No obsession with the What…just reporting what I saw.
The restoration looks like it’ll be a work of art.
DIBS we really like your general contribution to this blog but what is your obsession with the WHAT? Is it that hard to simply avoid a him? We don’t care if Mr B brings him back as long as he keeps the vitriol and nastiness to a minimum.
Now back to the house: does anyone know have expensive it is to do Mansaard roofs? These are the coolest old architectural details but we imagine the work involved must be quite a bit.
Wasder- Thank you….. Happy Friday by the way.
Dave- Get off The What’s NUT Sack Dam it!!! Be a Man, you live in Bed Stuy now so act like it.
Wow that looks like a very well thought out restoration. We like that is not being done too fast this shows attention to detail sometimes. Good luck to the owners but garbage dude’s opinion is overly optimistic for the area. We simply wish the present owners can just stay there and use it.
brownstoner said on the What’s Forum post that he was letting him back on!!!