Ditmas Park Tudor With Wainscoting, Wood Burning Fireplace Asks $2.15 Million
There are only a handful of listing photos, but they show some appealing interior details including window seats, wood floors, stained glass, and more.
Photo via Compass
Designed by Slee & Bryson, this Ditmas Park residence has some picturesque curb appeal with its broad porch and Tudor-inspired half timbering. There are only a handful of listing photos, but they show the house boasts some appealing interior details as well, including wainscoting, window seats, mantels, wood floors, stained glass, and more.
At 1917 Ditmas Avenue, the single-family sits within the Ditmas Park Historic District and dates to 1909. Plans were filed that year for the frame dwelling designed by Slee & Bryson for owner Edward W. Haskins. Haskins was a long-time employee and new vice president of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, better known as A & P. The 1910 census shows he and wife Harriet Stebbins Haskins were living in the house that year with their three young daughters and two servants.
The Haskins must have been satisfied with the work as in 1910 they hired the firm to add a garage to the property. The family owned the house until 1925 when they sold it to Norman P. and Lulu Findley. The sale merited a blurb in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle along with a photo showing the house and the garage at the rear of the property. The architectural details can be seen more clearly in the circa 1940 tax photo.
The Findley family owned the property until 1969 when, a deed shows, it was sold to the current owners. It seems that the three families that owned the house left a fair bit of detail intact if the listing photos are any indication. However, the photos don’t include any views of the kitchen or the 3.5 baths.
Most of the photos show the main level, which has a large foyer, a parlor, sunroom, dining room, and kitchen. The top two floors include six bedrooms and storage. Laundry is in the basement.
The foyer is designed to impress with wainscoting, a window seat, beamed ceiling, and a mantel.
There’s another window seat in the parlor and it looks substantial enough for lounging, perhaps with a book while enjoying a fire from the wood burning fireplace. French doors open into the sunroom with exposures on three sides.
At the rear of the main level, the dining room has more wainscoting, a beamed ceiling, and a stained glass window. A door leads to the kitchen. The floor plan shows it has dishwasher, two exposures, and access to a small rear porch.
Just one of the bedrooms is shown, but it is a spacious one with two exposures, a wood floor, and a neutral wallpaper.
Outdoor space includes a front, side, and rear yard with shrubs and other plantings. There is a private driveway as well as a garage.
Laura Rozos of Compass has the listing and the house is priced at $2.15 million. What do you think?
[Listing: 1917 Ditmas Avenue | Broker: Compass] GMAP
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Really nice house in unintimidating condition – 2.15 feels very low, what I am missing about it or the location? I’m not as familiar with Ditmas but I associate the name with houses closer to 3m.
It all depends on the finishes and the finer details of location and amenities I think. This house doesn’t show kitchen or bathrooms, and the listing obliquely notes that “updates will be desired.”
The asking price seems in bounds with nearby properties on teh market and recent sales:
616 E 19th asking $2.2
51 Dekoven asking $2.5 (price cut in Nov from 2.8)
481 East 18th got $2.5 last year (but it has central AC)
616 E 19th St sold for $2.15 in late 2023
There are some houses in the area that have gone for 3+ or close to 3 but they have tended to be really nicely updated with cool wallpaper and high end finishes. see for example 500 East 18th which is beautiful and has a massive and beautiful backyard.
Really nice!
Based on the shag carpeting on the stairs and the dated style of the drapes, the bathrooms and kitchen are probably in decent shape but in need of upgrading (would love to find some avocado green 70s style appliances though!)
Only other thing to note is that street has a fair amount of two-way traffic.