Front Page Forum: 1375 Dean Back on the Market
Over the weekend, BrookLynn816 toured a house she’d seen on Brownstoner in October of ’07, and on Craigslist last week: 1375 Dean Street.
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Over the weekend, BrookLynn816 toured a house she’d seen on Brownstoner in October of ’07, and on Craigslist last week: 1375 Dean Street. The five-bed, two-bath George B. and Susan Elkins House, from the Civil War era and individually landmarked, was advertised as a handyman’s special, but our reader says that doesn’t aptly describe the condition. “I can surely attest that there are NO mantles, the main floor banister was completely ripped out, windows are broken, etc. Till this day, people are still rummaging through the place as the owner has not cared to lock the place up. There were several radiators lined up at the door.” The house is listed at $300,000, and one contractor estimated it would cost at least that much to fix it up.
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who has the listing now?
Btw, BrookLynn, if you do get it, let me know. I have the tax photo from 1940 that I would certainly part with. I’ll see if I can scan it and post it…
The layout of this place makes it much easier to adapt to modern living than a row house. It has a center stair with a double parlor on each side, and as Montrose said, great flow all around. One double parlor would be kitchen and dining room, while the other would be formal and informal living room. Perfect. It deserves no less than a single family restoration! I had thought of turning the basement into an apartment for rental income. It would work very well.
offer $199.00 then torch it for the insurance money.
Gyp Bd? I’d have to have the walls replastered. I’m with you, my friend.
What I love about this style of house is that the rooms are open and flow into each other. One could do an historic restoration and still be able to decorate in a modern manner without it looking out of place. I, too, would love to have the bucks to do this right, myself.
Mega Millions is over 70M, today, I believe.
MM – do you realize that the price of a Lamborghini is the same as the price of the Elkins house.
Agreed. In the forum post, BrookLynn indicated that there were two low offers by developers, so maybe the thougth of condos is out there.
BrookLynn make it yours.
I would love to be the one to buy this baby, but with my high standards for design. It would reach the 1m+ renovation. I won’t be happy with just Gyp. Bd. on the walls and ceilings. If I can’t have heavy mouldings with dentils, I won’t be a happy girl. I can dream though.
BrookLynn, please update us if you’re pursuing this, or tell us after it’s all said and done.
MM…that would make you one hell of a real estate agent. i think there’s a market for that type of product…maybe you could team up with Kevin Carberry
Eh, spelled Lamborghini wrong. Guess that shows I’ll never have one.
Nevermind.
BRG, I’ve never been inside, which I may see if I can rectify. On the face of it, I’d be loathe to see it chopped up, even if not much detail remains. I wouldn’t want to see more than two units, no matter what. But that would be preferable to seeing it empty, and then decay even further. I’m hoping BrookLynn and her husband get it.
I know the DOB site has ridiculous dates, due to a fire, and probably other human errors, as well, NorthHeights. It just gets me that if I was selling real estate, like any other product, I would make it my business to get to know something about that product. If I were selling houses, I would do some research on the history of the area, architectural styles, and interior styles. I can’t tell you the ignorance I’ve seen from people selling properties in this city.
If I was buying a Lamborgini, I’d expect the salesperson to know everything possible about the car, so that he/she could tell me why it was worth a huge amount of money. I’d want to know about the history of the company, the designer, as well as the car itself. What’s more expensive than a house? I’ve heard RE agents tell people that sinks in the dressing room areas of brownstones were there because there was no running water anywhere else in the house. They quote dates that don’t make sense in regards to the history of the area, the houses themselves and just common sense. Some of the explanations I’ve heard about architectural detail would make you cry.
Argh!!! Like I said, it’s a pet peeve. I’m a little irrantional about it.