Condo of the Day: Slick Townhouse Duplex
This has got to be the most expensive condo ever in Carroll Gardens. The top two floors of this 24-foot-wide building on Union Street have been gutted and tricked out to create a luxury pad with expansive views of Manhattan. We’d love to see a real picture of the limestone facade (can anyone hook us…
This has got to be the most expensive condo ever in Carroll Gardens. The top two floors of this 24-foot-wide building on Union Street have been gutted and tricked out to create a luxury pad with expansive views of Manhattan. We’d love to see a real picture of the limestone facade (can anyone hook us up?)–the rendering ain’t doing it for us. And now for the big question: Is it worth it? We imagine most of the people looking to drop $1.7 million bucks in Carroll Gardens would rather buy a house than a condo, but that isn’t to say there’s not a market for a luxury pad like this. We just bet it’s not very big.
Union Street Condo [Brown Harris Stevens]
The crazy thing about the listing is that they “greyed” out the adjoining buildings in the artist’s rendition. I’m sure buyers will be shocked when they see the actual building in context. However, I do prefer the look of this building to the ’60s era building it once was. But price seems ridiculous in this market.
Galley kitchen. No separate dining room. 2 of the 4 bedrooms are tiny 11 * 13/14. $1.7 million? You can easily by a good house for that.
Pointless rhetorical question: why can’t DCP come up with design guidelines/zoning overlays for brownstone neighborhoods? But, seriously, it’s such a shame that a charming, largely architecturally consistent block (even if it isn’t landmarked) gets an addition like that.
The only good thing I can say about the original building (prior to the addition) is that I used to live catty-corner to it and was grateful for its low height, which allowed the low winter sun to pour into our apartment. Glad I moved, because those golden rays will be gone now, and if I still lived there I would be quite upset!
THAT place is ridiculous. They took an already-mediocre 1960s (70s?) brick facade and slapped some bathroom-y marble tile over the front of it. It’s truly terrible. My favorite part is the spiral staircase leading to the ‘private roof deck’…that overlooks Union Street. Ugh. The price of real estate in CG is already SO ridiculous, but with the penthouse unit at 11 2nd Place going for over $1M, it really wouldn’t surprise me if they got it. (Well, it WOULD surprise me, but still!)
It is so ugly. You can put all the expensive stone you want on one of those buildings (I call them the “Queens houses”) it’s just completely hideous. Is the whole building for sale or just the top? What an eye sore.
I will snap a photo tonight when I get home.
Royals is great! Extra good in the winter with that fireplace. But the food is really top notch anytime, along with the excellent cocktails. Highly recommended..
Walked by it the other day. Is an odd bird, but I sort of like it. Someone took one of those hideous carport ’70s jobs and added on. Got to say anything is an improvement over the original, and I like the exterior spiral staircase and roof deck. Yes, it is out of context, but blame that on the guy who built it 30 years ago.
What is up with Royals btw? Tempted to go in, but the fireplace is telling me to wait until Oct.
It definitely looks out of place and could have used some better design. But, I do commend them for the idea of trying to rework one of those truly awful white iron and brick ’60s nightmares.
That being said, the price is nuts. The execution looks kind of cheap. An effect which is only amplified by being attached to said awful ’60s homes from whence it was spawned.
Wait til you see a picture of the outside.