House of the Day: 26 Willow Street
There’s lots to choose from if you are a deep-pocketed buyer with a hankering for a house on Willow Street. Back in December, 69 Willow Street ($5,750,000) was a House of the Day, followed by 46 Willow Street ($4,000,000) and 47 Willow Street ($2,400,000) in February. And of course, there’s the mother of them all,…
There’s lots to choose from if you are a deep-pocketed buyer with a hankering for a house on Willow Street. Back in December, 69 Willow Street ($5,750,000) was a House of the Day, followed by 46 Willow Street ($4,000,000) and 47 Willow Street ($2,400,000) in February. And of course, there’s the mother of them all, Truman Capote’s former crib at 70 Willow, which is still for sale at the reduced price of $15,900,000. Now, as Curbed noted yesterday, there’s one more to add to the list: 26 Willow Street, a gorgeous 23-foot-wide Greek Revival house that just hit the market with an asking price of $3,800,000. Sweetness.
26 Willow Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
“not prime Heights”
Well my name pretty much sums up my bias against that statement. 🙂
Anyway, personal preferences aside, just based on sale prices alone, I think Willow Street in the north Heights is probably among the top 3 stretches in the neighborhood (the others being Garden Place and Remsen Street).
Wow! This post got a lot of play.
In terms of traffic, I’ve lived in the Heights for 4 years and haven’t noticed any increased foot/car traffic due to the park. The only park entrance that really goes through the Heights is down Joralmon Street. The other entrances are Atlantic (not the Heights regardless of what anyone says) and down in Dumbo. That may change as it gets built out, but not yet.
In terms of transportation, I’d agree that BH has great options. One of the reasons I moved here. That said. This particular property sits at the very Northern edge of the Heights, so while the 2/3 is close (A/C isn’t bad either), the N/R and 4/5 are pretty far.
Though I do love the Heights, I think this is pretty pricey for what it is. Needs work, not prime Heights, and not huge.
By 11217 on March 14, 2011 4:18 PM
My neighbor has been renovating her brownstone for going on 14 months…still not finished. Not a gut.
The architect and contractor should have been fired long ago if that’s the case.
UNLESS…..maybe that’s the rate she wants to spend money…i.e. only x amount of dollars over a month or two. Lots of projects progress that way.
Just because it took a long time doesn’t mean they weren’t taken for a ride and over paid, not having any experience doing it before.
All I’m saing here is that I’ve done a lot of house renovations & restorations over the past 26 years and IF all we are talking about (for the 4 th time) is the systems, a few bathrooms and a kitchen, then it doesn’t take 18 months and close to $1 MM.
Capiche?
My neighbor has been renovating her brownstone for going on 14 months…still not finished. Not a gut.
17 PPW closed in November 2008, work began soon after and was completed in Fall 2010.
I asked a question didn’t state a fact, 11217 just answered it.
I’m sure 11217 probably knows this too, but I believe the PPW also wasn’t a gut renovation either and it still took a long time?
Well guys, which is it, “almost a year” or “almost 2 years?”
ROTFLMMFAO
**4 weeks each per system**
By NYGuy7 on March 14, 2011 3:58 PM
Didn’t it take almost a year for the renovation of 17 Prospect Park West? According to the owner “simply because we’re aiming to retain original architectural details while updating systems”
Once again, like in the subway comparison, the devil is in the details. “Almost a year” and 18 months are two completely diffrent timeframes when you’re involved in a project like this.
4 weeks each for plumbing, electric and HVAC, if that. From years of experience.
[Not baiting you this time]