'Queer' Guy Snags Washington Avenue B-stone
It took some flexibility on price on the part of the sellers, but the Washington Avenue house that Aguayo & Huebener was hawking for much of last year finally closed in February. The buyer? Queer Eye for the Straight Guy’s food expert Ted Allen (left) and his partner Barry Rice. The pair traded in their…
It took some flexibility on price on the part of the sellers, but the Washington Avenue house that Aguayo & Huebener was hawking for much of last year finally closed in February. The buyer? Queer Eye for the Straight Guy‘s food expert Ted Allen (left) and his partner Barry Rice. The pair traded in their three-bedroom Chelsea condo for the grand four-story house. Amidst the negative market sentiment of last fall the sales price of $1.7 million might not have felt like a bargain, but given the location and the incredible level of historic architectural details, we’d say this was money well spent. House-hunting turned out to be a major production for the tv personality and his interior designer partner. The pair looked at more than 50 houses all over Brownstone Brooklyn. Park Slope? Too bustling. Carroll Gardens? Not enough architectural detail. Clinton Hill? Just the right combination of “gorgeously preserved houses” and a “great mix of people.” And despite having to deal with the occasional less-than-honest broker, Allen got addicted to the thrill of the chase: “I’m a total real-estate geek — we go to open houses for entertainment,” he says. “Barry yells at me for reading Brownstoner so much.” Keep on clicking.
Queer Eye’s Ted Allen Pays $1.7M for Brownstone [Big Time Listings]
Washington Avenue Listing [Aguayo & Huebener]
Actually, the Clinton Hill border in that corner is Vanderbilt and Atlantic. Since the C train stops at Fulton and Washington/Clinton, the C train is most definitely in Clinton Hill. On the edge of Clinton Hill, but in Clinton Hill nonetheless and convenient for many. A small difference, but you brought it up, and you’re wrong. And since you sound like a dick, I felt an intense need to correct you.
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I check out this site almost every day. I don’t agree that Brownstoner over-promotes Clinton Hill. In fact, I’d say he does the opposite.
Bed Stuy, Prospect Lefferts, Brooklyn Heights, and Park Slope are my guess for the most mentioned burbs.
If anything, Brownstoner doesn’t promote it enough.
The A/C is in Fort Green, not Clinton Hill. The only train in Clinton Hill is the G Train. Clinton Hill is a great neighborhood. But unless you live on the Fort Greene Border, you’ll be stuck taking the G train regularly and it’s a pain in the a$$. It doesn’t surprise me that Bourgeois queens decided to live here. Lord knows they probably travel by car exclusively.
This site gets far too much Clinton Hill coverage. It’s pretty obvious that the site’s owner lives there. If only other neighborhoods were promoted as vigorously.
Ted…just admit it. Sam was the best chef on last season…right?
great news. I think my stock just went up overnight. welcome boys. hope you enjoy your new home.
Hey, y’all, thanks for the warm welcome–and a couple of laughs (We *did* feel rich for about a month, between the sale of our condo and the purchase of the house, ha ha–no longer!) We’re verrrry grateful to have been able to swing this joint, and we’re going to really love taking it to the next level of restoration. Just to clarify, what I wrote to Jon was not that Carroll Gardens or Cobble Hill lack character–quite the contrary, of course; we love those hoods–but that the *houses* in our price point at the time there weren’t as nice as we wanted. In re the gay business, we actually were not looking for a hood with a pronounced gay presence, necessarily–I mean, we sold in Chelsea to come here–although we’ve been quite pleased to see that Clinton Hill has one. And some of our gay neighbors aren’t even white or gym-obsessed–added bonus! So far we love Olea, Chez Oskar, and Ici, and we’re particularly thrilled to discover Gratziella’s–best damned pizza we have ever tasted, anywhere in the world, Italy included. Yay, Vito! Finally, by way of a QE update, that show is done, thank god (way too much work, and I think we’ve waxed enough backs at this point), but Bravo will be airing a finale season of ten new eipsodes later in the year. Me, I’m shooting Top Chef season 3 right now (debuts June 11), I’ve done a new wine show for PBS called “Uncorked,” and I have a couple other TV projects cooking. See you round the neighborhood! XO T&B
“Gay cache” sounds like a hidden trunk of man-man porn. Hot.
Welcome to the ‘hood.
Is he the gay one?
Ted Rocks. I had the opportunity to meet him at an open house I was working. He was super sweet.