House of the Day: 341 Sackett Street
Okay, so this listing at 341 Sackett Street in Carroll Gardens isn’t exactly easy on the eyes but it does have a few other things going for it: location (between Court and Smith), price (mid-1’s) and a second house in the rear! You gotta assume this will be a complete gut job by whomever buys…
Okay, so this listing at 341 Sackett Street in Carroll Gardens isn’t exactly easy on the eyes but it does have a few other things going for it: location (between Court and Smith), price (mid-1’s) and a second house in the rear! You gotta assume this will be a complete gut job by whomever buys it, in which case some of the, ahem, aesthetic shortcomings don’t really matter. It’s all about the location and the per square foot costs. Does this one add up?
341 Sackett Street [Fillmore] GMAP P*Shark
It didn’t have a fire, the front just delaminated due to the wire lath not being attached properly and then heavy stucco being slathered on overtop. They removed the stucco/faux stone and replaced it with vinyl, but I have to say, it is probably one of the worst siding jobs I have ever seen. There is six inches of house wrap sticking out on one side, huge gaps, crooked, a real hack job. I mean come on, you’re so busy renovating you cant trim back the house wrap? That being said, I’m about to sell my house and if this is still on the market and there’s some flexibility in the price, I’ll try to buy it. Fixed up it will be a killer, but it certainly isn’t for the faint of heart.
“Sloping roof + frieze-band windows . . . looks like a Greek Revival. Probably very old.”
“This looks like a very old farm house. Maybe 1835 or so. The rear building is also old.”
Had the same thought as ilb and minard as soon as I saw the pics. This house is reminiscent of many of the houses upstate in Hudson, which were built in the late 18th c. and early 19th c.
This looks like a very old farm house. Maybe 1835 or so. The rear building is also old. There is no way to get a carriage back there so it cannot be a carriage house. Both houses would need to be almost entirely rebuilt from the ground up, or demolished and replaced with a modern house. In either care the asking price is basically just for the lot and seems very high. Perhaps someone has comps for buildable lots in the area?
My thoughts exactly, g10.
TOTAL clusterf**k, headache, marriage-destroyer.
HMMM – I wonder if that “carriage” house is even legal? still I think 1.5mil is absurd
Isn’t it the building with the fire where the façade fell in the street last year? If so, gut rehab + structural issues. It’s a shell disguised as a wreck.
The good news is that it’s vacant.
Sloping roof + frieze-band windows . . . looks like a Greek Revival. Probably very old. There might be cool large ceiling joists or wide-plank floors to expose.
Two dumps for the price of one!