Flip-Side of Prohibitively Expensive Windows
We know first-hand how expensive it is to replace the extra-long parlor floor windows having done it last year ourselves. (For those fortunate enough not to have had to do it, it’s a couple thousand bucks or more per window.) So it’s not surprising that many houses took short-cuts over the years, using standard length…
We know first-hand how expensive it is to replace the extra-long parlor floor windows having done it last year ourselves. (For those fortunate enough not to have had to do it, it’s a couple thousand bucks or more per window.) So it’s not surprising that many houses took short-cuts over the years, using standard length windows and just filling in the difference. The patch job at 211 Carlton Avenue is particularly crude though. GMAP
Very glad to hear this is temporary. Phew! For years I have felt that putting in short windows and patching below should be a crime punishable by jail time, or at least a sound beating with a handbag. It’s horrible, and all one can do is stand in front of one of the victims and wave your fist at the owners. Seriously, if you have enough bread to own a brownstone, save up the extra 3 or 4K for the right windows. Argh.
Next week: People who remove the stoop and put a crappy window where the door was.
this house is a newish FSBO, at $1.4m if I remember, and the full height windows are due to be installed shortly. It’ll be on corcoran by july 1st.
Inside it has a lot of original detail but needs a LOT of reconfiguration, as it is a 4 family.
The price is pretty sharp if you are handy, not so great otherwise.
What is “real brownstone material” anyway? Brownstone if fake stone and has always been so.
What is “real brownstone material” anyway?
Tony–no one uses real brownstone material these days…for years it wasn’t even available even if you wanted it. Repairs are done with brown stucco.
How are they going to fill it in? This is a brownstone. Will they match it with real brownstone material, or the “fake” stuff.
Well, once it get’s patched with some brown cement it will not stand out that much. Nice that they didn’t take advantage of the opening with a “Fedders” ac : )
Brownstoner, was this 2G’s for premium brand windows or just a standard brand?
i saw this too. the house is so nicely finished otherwise i assumed the owners were on their way to replacing the windows.