House of the Day: Antebellum Glory
Our heart skipped a beat when we saw this listing. We have no idea how it escaped our notice at the end of last week–it must have been added after we did our Open House picks. Anyway, it’s not often you see one of these old mid-19th century frame houses on the market. The listing…
Our heart skipped a beat when we saw this listing. We have no idea how it escaped our notice at the end of last week–it must have been added after we did our Open House picks. Anyway, it’s not often you see one of these old mid-19th century frame houses on the market. The listing says Clinton Hill but doesn’t give a street (Argghh!), but we suspect it’s probably Eastern Fort Greene, somewhere like Clermont. At first glance we thought the asking price of $1.75 million looked low but then realized we might be letting our excitement over the house’s special exterior architecture get the best of us, so we looked at the rest of the interior shots. Nothing special shown but certainly not bad. And as partial as everyone knows we are to the area, this still looks like a great deal to us compared to something like yesterday’s dinky $2.15 million offering in Park Slope. Just no comparison really. We’ll be interested to see if everyone thinks we’re overly enthusiastic on this one, though we suspect the market will bear us out. Accuse us of boosterism if you must, but we bet this’ll be another 41 Monroe with multiple bids over the ask.
Clinton Hill Antebellum [Location Location Location]
Are we sure it’s wood frame? A lot of the similar houses in Fort Greene are actually brick with a clapboard fronting.
No one can acuse you of boosterism on this one. She almost makes me weep she’s so beautiful.
For wood frame houses, prices on the low side (and I have no idea if thats what this is, I’m just going with bstoner’s speculation) can indicate major structural issues (like termite damage) in need of massive intervention. With a brick or brownstone, its much easier to see what you are getting structurally. I wouldn’t even consider making an offer on a frame house without bringing in an engineer and talking to the neighbors (who will know what the block’s moisture & termite situation is.)
It’s definitely on Cumberland, b/t Lafayette and Greene, nice block. Get Charles Lockwood on it, I know I saw a write up years ago about the unique mixture of architectual styles of this row of houses.
for that money, I would rather live on Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights. Much better location in a much more solid neighborhood:
http://www.corcoran.com/property/listing.aspx?Region=NYC&ListingID=787178
Please correct me if i am wrong but it looks like greek revival too me. I know that in this period porches or outside coloneds were hot.
I guess it is from around 1840 or 1850.
Probably there was a stoop to the parlor floor.
Unfortunatly it is 4 fam. so it would requied some work.
It is definetly not around BQE it is solid fort greene (nyt map is not right) and i think it is fair prised.(if you into frame houses)
Ther is something very cool about porches (verandas) like that, however it is not in New York tradition.(where is a stoop?)
I dunno, haven’t walked around there recently, just clicked on “Map of Area” to the left on the NY Times listings that you linked to. If you go to the “Location Location Location” website (the broker named on the NYTimes listed), they don’t have any info, not listed at all.
The cheaper one on Corcoran is nearer the BQE–pretty sure this one is not. Previous poster said Cumberland between Lafayette and Greene.