House of the Day: 103 Greene Avenue
This new listing at 103 Greene Avenue sure is a looker. While we could do without the recessed lighting and the tile selection, the house has tons of original charm and is in beautiful shape. It’s part of a row of stoopless brownstone just in on the Clinton Hill side of Vanderbilt (though the listing…
This new listing at 103 Greene Avenue sure is a looker. While we could do without the recessed lighting and the tile selection, the house has tons of original charm and is in beautiful shape. It’s part of a row of stoopless brownstone just in on the Clinton Hill side of Vanderbilt (though the listing stretches for some Fort Greene branding!). Anyway, beautiful house, aggressive price tag: The ask is $2,350,000. That said, the current owners did pay $2,100,000 for the place in 2007, though that was the height of the market. We shall see.
103 Greene Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
The back stairs are a holdover to the time when there were servants or domestic help. They would live below, oftentimes where the kitchen was and use the stairs to serve on the parlour level.
hey are indeed quite useful if a place is converted to a parlour and garden unit and another unit above. But yes, here they are somewhat redundant although does a single family house this big really need that bit of extra room???
I don’t get the back stairs… just to save walking an additional 10 steps or so? I’d rather have the space for a larger kitchen than an extra set of stairs for no apparent reason.
Unless of course it were intended as a duplex with rentals sharing the main stairs? If so, that would certainly make sense. But it doesn’t seem that was the intent.
I agree with Snaps. Some recessed lighting just makes sense. Also, I hate the tile in the kitchen. Just carry on the hardwood and don’t try to get all fancy with tile work. More often than not such tile work doesn’t have the intended effect, and usually the opposite. Ends of looking sort of cheap and busy.
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no art, no real furniture or rugs, what is with that?
they cant afford any of that stuff cuz they are BROKE for overpaying on this at the height of the bubble. duh!
*rob*
doubt folks would spend money to cover nicely those Mr slim units. if they were willing, might as well upgrade to central air
Re: yesterday’s thread about a home in harlem that was rehabbed without permits (the thread was apparently taken down for some reason). Here’s an obvious full renovation with one permit pulled for the installation of the ductless AC system and that’s it. This is what is typical throughout renovated properties in brooklyn and is not something people need get all concerned with.
dunno, samsung makes a product called “art cool”. Seen it in a ditmas park reno and it looks super, didn’t even jnow it was the ac.
Contractors / Handy Types:
Are those types of air conditioning unit hard to box/cover up (like the radiators are faced in the case of this house) or do their looks simply not offend most people?
I’d move heaven and earth to hide them.
I don’t mind recessed lighting in new construction, but in older houses it looks jarring. Often it’s because the ceiling has to be dropped to fit the cans, and it throws out the proportion of the rooms. That said, I’ve seen it done really nicely, so it’s possible to blend the new and the old well. I’m probably not as much of a purist as some here.
As to the lot, it’s 1,363sf; so if the house is 20ft-wide, the lot is about 68ft-long, er, short.
Seems overpriced by about 300K. The location has not one but two buses. The B52 and the B69. The lot looks small also and you can see the balconies from the street-not very private. Also, does anyone live in the house. It looks way too sterile, no art, no real furniture or rugs, what is with that?