House of the Day: Cranberry Has The Sauce
Unless we’re missing something (which is entirely possible!), $3.2 million seems like a solid price for a very charming Italianate brownstone only a block from the promenade in prime Brooklyn Heights. And while the floors and cabinets in the newly renovated ground-floor kitchen ain’t exactly our thing, the house looks otherwise beautifully done. The more…
Unless we’re missing something (which is entirely possible!), $3.2 million seems like a solid price for a very charming Italianate brownstone only a block from the promenade in prime Brooklyn Heights. And while the floors and cabinets in the newly renovated ground-floor kitchen ain’t exactly our thing, the house looks otherwise beautifully done. The more we stare at the pictures and think about the price, the more we wonder whether the house might be on the narrow side, but with no address (argghh!) we can’t do the legwork to find out. Hopefully someone in the hood can give us the straight dope.
Addendum: We just came across the same listing on Corcoran so it looks like a co-broke, folks. Worth checking the Corcoran site for additional pictures.
Cranberry Street Townhouse [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP
Cranberry Brick Townhouse [Corcoran]
I have a friend who lives at 80 Cranberry and I agree that this block is gorgeous. But isn’t this right around the corner from the old Hotel St. George and isn’t that going to be some sort of college dormitory?
12:02 isn’t the only one who sounds like a creepy stalker. Do you ever listen to yourselves????
I agreee with 1:09. The hardwood floor critics are out of control!
Other 1:09…How DARE you say something positive?!
definition of “due diligence” – who on earth would interpret a phrase on a site as “due diligence”
Anon 12:02 is just a pencil neck geek, probably 2nd year law student at Fordham
I don’t get it – how is Anon 12:02 “creepy”? Just sounds like a nerdy lawyer to me. I should know, I am one (not the nerdy kind though, I’d like to think). Althugh I do know a lot of really nerdy ones, who can’t help but show off their legal knowledge, such as the proper definition of “due diligence.”
(besides, Mr.B, as a financial type, likely knows the legal definition of due diligence anway, not that it really matters).
Anonymous at 12:02 sounds really friggin creepy, can’t you block his IP or something>
If I wanted to hear what “due diligence” means, I would talk to people in my office instead of wasting time on this blog.
Only real problem I see, if I could afford it, would be the lack of 1/2 bath on the parlor floor.
Nicely done, but narrow. And jeez, the hardwood floor critiques are getting to be a bit much. If a floor is damaged beyond repair, not everyone is going to go and find salvage parquet…
Actually, this house is listed as 17.83FT X 35.00FT on the property tax roll (lot is 17.83 x 49). There’s no real backyard, just a patio.
I saw this house on a Heights House Tour. It is renovated and very charming. Bathrooms and kitchen well done. However, it is small.
One thing that would strike you if you went to view this house is the beauty of the area. The North Heights retains a charm from a by-gone era. It almost feels like a small village around there. The South and Central Heights are, of course, very desirable, but the quaintness of the North Heights is something very special in this big city of ours.
So, $3.2 mln buys you a renovated and charming and modestly sized home in a beautiful and irreplaceable location. It is easy for many people on a website to diss anything of value, but for someone looking for “home” in one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the city, $3.2 mln may seem well worth it.
OK, now unleash all your wrath against me for saying something positive.
due diligence is fine. 12.02 sounds like some 1st year associate spouting off. silly.