House of the Day: "Country Flair" on Adelphi
This 4-story brownstone on Adelphi Street just hit the market under the stewardship of Sandra Shepard at Halstead. The house is attractive and certainly has some original details but it falls short of the original perfection that we think is needed to justify a $2 million price tag in Fort Greene these days. And while…
This 4-story brownstone on Adelphi Street just hit the market under the stewardship of Sandra Shepard at Halstead. The house is attractive and certainly has some original details but it falls short of the original perfection that we think is needed to justify a $2 million price tag in Fort Greene these days. And while some of the renovation choices aren’t quite our taste, the house has clearly been redone and lived in by someone who cared about it. Plus, the duplex-over-duplex configuration could help some lucky buyer swing the mortgage payments. We haven’t been inside, but our sense is that this is a $1.8-1.85 million house so it’s priced about right. Have any of you seen it?
Adelphi Street [Halstead]
Touchy, bitter people! I saw this house and it is not in mint condition but only needs a new paint job in the hallways. For someone who would like to design their home the way they would like it, it is perfect and doesn’t need new kitchens and bathrooms.
The quintessential Fort Greene brownstone–on South Portland, for example–tends to be about 45 feet deep.
i pass this house all the time, and always admire the cute garden, pretty door, etc. It looks very well taken care of.
I’m hesitant to be negative since this house has already gotten a few negative posts… but i just wanted to make a general comment about “staging” a house to sell. The photos they used are a definite turn off for me because I see too much of the owner’s stuff. I consider myself good at seeing past those kinds of things and being able to envision what I would do if it were my own… but I think a clean, nearly empty or very minimally furnished house/apt is so much more enticing to a buyer.
i think with some good staging- these owner’s could get their asking price.
People sure do get cranky on this site sometimes. Give the person a break. She liked the house, doesn’t mean she has to definitely buy it. And if she didn’t respond to you quickly enough, or with the amount of information you want, just take it easy … geez.
Regarding the depth, I believe many of the houses of that style are a “standard” 45 feet deep.
Maybe the house was “lovely”, whatever that means, especially the garden and the back of the parlor floor where there is a skylight and glass doors (and they were playing calming music) and maybe it is in a good location, but that does not detract from the many other factors that make the price too high.
In fact, this may be a little over the top now, but since you think it is so “lovely”, please go ahead and buy it for 1.825M.
Standard is 45′?
Whose standard?
Plenty of the the larger houses are that deep – but most homes I see are 40′ and significant # 35′.
But Teresa, did you bid on it? Is this price too high?
I saw this house yesterday and thought it was lovely and had a fabulous location.