Brooklyn Beauty A Bit Much for Our Tastes
We know this house–at $14.5 million, the most expensive in Brooklyn right now–is supposed to inspire awestruck oohs and ahs, and while we wouldn’t kick it out of bed for eating crackers, it just ain’t doin’ it for us. The bathroom? Come on, this isn’t Versailles. The kitchen cabinets, which we’re sure cost tens of…
We know this house–at $14.5 million, the most expensive in Brooklyn right now–is supposed to inspire awestruck oohs and ahs, and while we wouldn’t kick it out of bed for eating crackers, it just ain’t doin’ it for us. The bathroom? Come on, this isn’t Versailles. The kitchen cabinets, which we’re sure cost tens of thousands of dollars in custom labor, leave us a little limp. And the fact that the fireplace was modeled on Tina Turner’s? Big whoop. Clearly, the location of the house is unbeatable and the facade is perfection. But we can’t in a million years imaging paying this kind of dough for someone else’s over-the-top renovation. We love traditional design if it’s the real thing but when it comes to new design, give us true modern over “new traditional” any day. In the end, when it comes to these historic houses, we like an occasional creak in the floorboards. Sometimes having too much money can be a really bad thing.
Brooklyn Beauty [Forbes]
Daily News Article [Corcoran]
Cloumbia Heights Listing [Corcoran]
WOAH…there are lot of people with green eyes on this site!
You would all kill to live there, get real!
plus a few years of inflation, so let’s say that’s a $10m profit. Not bad.
propertyshark shows that they estimated their costs of renovation at $510,000 so, by my count $2,000,000 + $510,000 = $2,510,000. So basically, they are trying to make a $12,000,000 profit.
What is wrong with you people? Can we focus on the important details? What are the corcoran ladies going to do with the chedda if they manage to sell the place?
There’s a really great back story to this house. Before it was restored, it was the property of an elderly lady who’s college professor hubby had passed a way a year or so before.
When the wife died, in her will was instructions on how to divide their assets among various Brooklyn charities. The assets . . . $750 million.
Now how did our little old lady who was married to a college professor amass $750 big ones? Well, her husband was a chldhod friend of a Mr. Warren Buffett, and they’d been investing their savings with Mr. Buffett since the 50s.
Yup. True story.
clearly no one with 15 million likes the bath either or it wouldn’t be on the market.
So when is everyone publishing photos of their places so we can trash your design taste and style choices?
I doubt that any of you has the $15 mil to buy the place so it’s really moot if you like the bath or not.
p.s.: If anyone does have $15 mil to buy the place, can I marry you?
The Forbes article was amusing, with all of the “impressive” names of products and sourcing thrown around. Personally, when I put something in my house, it’s because I like it, (and I can afford it). I don’t care if it came from Paris, France or Paris, Texas. Taste is in how it all works together, antiques alongside flea market finds, with a touch of tongue in cheek to keep it real. It’s supposed to be your home, not a decorator showroom. Sheesh, it’s not THAT important, in the scheme of life, and God forbid, you have a fire, it will burn just as quickly as the cheap stuff in the apartment in the projects. It’s too bad there’s nothing left of the original house except the bannister. An original house would be worth a few million in that location, and would sell in no time.
I see a $10.95m house on CobbleHeights web site on the Promenade also. Wonder how they compare in size, taste, condition, etc.