House of the Day: 242 Hancock Street
Go Jerry! The Minsk Man comes up with the most exciting listing we’ve seen in a long time. Architecture fans should be tripping over themselves to get ahold of this Montrose Morris gem. We braved a Springtime rain storm back in April to appreciate this stretch of Morris-designed houses. Number 242 is one of three…
Go Jerry! The Minsk Man comes up with the most exciting listing we’ve seen in a long time. Architecture fans should be tripping over themselves to get ahold of this Montrose Morris gem. We braved a Springtime rain storm back in April to appreciate this stretch of Morris-designed houses. Number 242 is one of three Mansard-roofed houses in the five-house row. As for real estate stats, the 4,200-square-foot, 2-family house is asking $879,000. From the photos, it looks like it could certainly use a tune up but nothing dramatic. Despite the sagging market, we bet this place will go very quickly.
242 Hancock Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Hancock Street: How Sweet It Is [Brownstoner]
Property shark says this property is 3840 sq feet. Why do brokers lie like this???
gotta love how location location location listed it is 3800 sq feet and corcoran have got it at 4200. Which is it, people??
As beautiful as this house is, be warned- we fell in love with house a few months ago, and placed an offer, which was accepted. Until the engineer’s inspection, that is. Improper heat.Major water damage. Shoddy roof job.Questionable electrics, not up to grade. Horribly steep staircases, none of which are to code. Stressed structure due to removal of load bearing walls & a heavily cemented bathroom floor. Very few outlets. Unfinished floors. On top of this, the owners and/or broker grossly represented the property. And there is still plenty of cosmetic work, too. The white paint is terrible & everywhere on the parlour floor & stairs.
Very disappointing as the house is fab, but needs far more than the “light cosmetic work” alluded to on the Corcoran`s website.
friends of mine put an offer in on this house last year which was accepted. when they had the property inspected, they were informed as above, that a lot of the reno work was done without permits and would require $200k worth of work to correct. i don’t know who these sellers & brokers think they can fool these days, except for people not saavy enough to have the property inspected, or to check out curbed and brownstoner, etc. the owners are a couple who split up and have to sell the property, fyi.
I think it was greenegirl, not jennyanne, who posted what you’re referring too. But I’d like to know too!!
Hi jennyanne – How do you know there are major structural problems which affected the previous sales?
We saw the house and were amazed, but are curious how you got your info before we make inquiries to this house.
i saw it too–the renovations are not well done and seem to be done on the cheap with bargain basement cabinets and cheap bathroom hardware. it’s one thing to start from scratch but its another to redo someone else’s recent (and misguided) renovation. There are a few open walls with wiring everywhere–it’s like someone stopped mid-job
hey greenegirl, i saw 242 a couple of months ago and suspected potential problems — it appeared that some bearing walls were removed on the parlor floor and replaced with a strangely framed wooden column construction. is this what you are refering to or do you knoa wany more particulars? also, none of the alterations seemed to be filed with DOB. the stairs out the rear of the parlor floor to the garden are incredibly dangerous and i can’t imagine built to code (though pretty easily remedied). but the list of nonstructural issues with the place seemed long for the inside. oh, but the beautiful outside….
BTW, the finished basement is not a legal habitation, it’s a cellar with a bathroom and treacherous stairs to the parlor floor.