Condos of the Day: 24 Remsen Street
They didn’t cut any corners on this one. After a lengthy renovation, the brick-and-limestone mansion at 24 Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights has re-emerged as a four-unit condominium that, from the looks of it, aimed to preserve as much architectural detail while giving the 1896 residence a lighter, slightly more modern feel. It looks very…
They didn’t cut any corners on this one. After a lengthy renovation, the brick-and-limestone mansion at 24 Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights has re-emerged as a four-unit condominium that, from the looks of it, aimed to preserve as much architectural detail while giving the 1896 residence a lighter, slightly more modern feel. It looks very well done to us. Another sweetener: The building is also a stone’s throw from the promenade. Quality has a price though: All four units are priced well north of $1,000 a foot. The third-floor floor-through, for example, clocks in at 1,441 square feet and has a maintenance of $1,103 and an asking price of $1,745,000. The development’s web site is here and there’s an open house by appointment on Sunday.
24 Remsen Street, #3 [Brennan RE/NYT]
I thought I read Baths of Caracalla.
biff, the second comment in the thread was “they’ll get ask.” and normally a featured property would have several “overpriced” comments by now, which suggests that many are dazzled by these places.
in any event, my point is that once you strip out the staging furniture and see these places in person, i’ll bet they look nice but not as spectacular as the pics suggest.
When I read “spacious Carrara marble baths” I was like, WOW they actually went all the way, marble tubs and all.
But no. They meant “Bathrooms”. The pic shows a standard tub with a thin strip of marble ledge around it.
Not that I’m into free standing hunks of natural stone or anything. I was just kind of surprised for a moment, that they really threw in some money on this one.
In general, looks like a pretty standard renovation. Hate the thin strip flooring (can’t even give us a nice plank or two?). The townhouse-condo corner conversion on Greene and Grand that Minsky was selling a while back looked this good or better.
The phots look great. So crisp. How does one take that kind of shot?
I find the apartment very pleasing, except for that green chair with the Hawiian looking fabric. Where did that come from?
z, I don’t think anyone thus far has commented that the pricing is reasonable. The comments have been directed at how nice the apartments look. Regarding the pricing, as nice as the homes are, I would be surprised if they fetch the asking prices.
“That part of Remsen (like most parts of Remsen) is beautiful.”
Should I do a re-write on this one?
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looks nice, but i think a lot of you are swooning over the staging and photography (which are both excellent). i mean, $1,200/sf for a third-floor walkup? really?
They were working on this place for a long time. I was very curious how they would turn out. Seems they’ve done a great job. I love the bedroom windows and the fireplace. That part of Remsen (like most parts of Remsen) is beautiful. I thought they might actually have a view of the river and Manhattan from the front windows as the building is quite close to the water, but I’m not sure they do. “Open house by appointment”…I guess they aren’t feeling desperate to sell.
RIP OFF!!