Condo of the Day: 153 Lincoln Place, #3C
It looks like most of the units at 153 Lincoln Place—the former bordello in Park Slope—are now spoken for: Seven have closed, one is on contract and two are still for sale. One of the apartments that’s still available, Unit 3C, has had its asking price cut twice in the last three months, bringing it…
It looks like most of the units at 153 Lincoln Place—the former bordello in Park Slope—are now spoken for: Seven have closed, one is on contract and two are still for sale. One of the apartments that’s still available, Unit 3C, has had its asking price cut twice in the last three months, bringing it to $999,000 from an initial $1,245,000. It has a lot of space—1,388 square feet—so we suspect the problem has been the untraditional layout. Or maybe, to beat a familiar drum, it’s the lack of original details inside a historic shell. Thoughts?
153 Lincoln Place, #3C [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
(the former bordello in Park Slope)
Did it have any details left to speak of?
When did brokers start using “simplex” to describe 1 floor apartments?
Taxes are ridiculous.
I saw it before the reno started when architects were getting variances from CB-6 & a few of us on the block were asked to participate. I thought they’d promised to keep the few existing details such as a glorious grand staircase which is gone. At the time the place was a rabbit warren – sheetrock walls chopping it into teeny rooms barely large enough to accomodate a cot, vinyl flooring peeling, really seedy. It now has excellent materials on the exterior but the interiors are done on the cheap. It changed hands twice during the project & the finish work was given short shrift.
Great location and pretty exterior, but I’m thinking the rooms are a bit smallish.
The 2nd floor floorplan is leaving me a little confused — what’s the empty space above/below the “study” — how does that balcony connect?, and it’s Corcoran, so the size estimates are probably “rounded” up.
My guess is this space doesn’t work well if you have a lot of furniture.
I’m not a fan of how stark the interiors are but don’t see that it is a huge deal to put up some molding, paint in colors that suit you and change out a couple fixtures. And the building is beautiful and the location great.
Montrose,
I won’t speak for anybody else, but while I love the exteriors of old houses like this, I am not a fan of Victorian interiors. To me this is actually the best of both worlds.
That said, I hope they didn’t trash any nice details inside.
I suspect the brothel ladies absconded with the original details.
Love you guys, but why live in a beautiful old house, if when you open the door, you’re in a boring modern building? Granted, the spaces are not cookie cutter, but only because of the bays, windows and gables of the old house. The stark white sheetrock interiors, with the same old kitchens and fixtures? Meh.
Good thing I never saw what it was like originally, I’d be heartbroken.