House of the Day: 126 Pacific Street
This four-family brick on Pacific Street in Cobble Hill has a lot going for it: location, size and charm, to be specific. Only a block south of Altantic, this stretch of Pacific is lined with beautiful homes. And at 25 feet wide and extra depth on the first two floors, there’s a lot more square…
This four-family brick on Pacific Street in Cobble Hill has a lot going for it: location, size and charm, to be specific. Only a block south of Altantic, this stretch of Pacific is lined with beautiful homes. And at 25 feet wide and extra depth on the first two floors, there’s a lot more square footage than a typical rowhouse. Despite being chopped up into a four family, it looks like the original details are largely intact. The asking price of $3 million seems prohibitive to a family buyer, especially given the additional cost of converting the house into a one- or two-family. Even a developer looking to sell floor-through condos is going to have a tough time clearing much of a profit at this price, isn’t he? See for yourself a week from Sunday at the open house.
126 Pacific Street [NY Times] GMAP P*Shark
Apologies for using a naughty word in a post (which was deleted.) Said naughty word is implied elsewhere in this thread, but not deleted since one letter was replaced with an asterisk.
It was intellectually lazy of me to use a four-letter word. Mea culpa. But what about the reno blogs, where I’ve seen bad words more than once, without posts being deleted? Just curious. I absolutely respect the right of Brownstoner to police his site and think he does a good job of it.
aesthetic. ok, gotta get to work!
Oh, whaddya know…my hubby says those bulbs tend to get very hot! My apologies….it IS a safety issue. I wish you had said that in the first place and not made it seem like an aesthic faux pas.
“$3 million seems prohibitive to a family buyer”
– no shit
10:08, would you have bought this house if the bulbs were pointing in the right direction?
Seriously, bulb fanatic, if there is a safety issue with modern day bulbs that I am unaware of, I’ll shut up. I know about using wattage that is too high for certain fixtures, but I never heard of any safety issues regarding the direction of the bulb. Other than safety features, I really don’t care what Rejuvination has to say. Your bulb comment is similar to the “but those planks were meant to be sub flooring” posts, which I don’t have much use for either.
I’m sorry for the silly debate. I usually don’t get involved with pointless things like this, but I guess I’m “in a mood” and needed to vent.
We passed on this in favor of a gut reno in Brooklyn Heights, but this could be a nice opportunity for the right buyer to convert to a 1 – 2 family. The broker says this is an estate sale with conflicting opintions among the heirs about what it’s worth. We think the right price would be $2.5 mill max. Take a look and make an offer.
ooh, you got a lashing from an antiquer!
If I pay 3 million for a house I want the bulbs right damnit. Because I am an idiot who does not know how to change a bulb and I paid 3 mil. for some craphole in dirty stinky NYC.
That’s funny, 4:08pm, because the first thing I noticed was the gorgeous light fixture. But as someone who thinks outside the box, I don’t give a sh*t that the bulbs are not pointing in the right direction. I like the bulbs! So…to each her/his own.