House of the Day: 30 Middagh Street
It doesn’t get much charming than the exterior of 30 Middagh Street, a prewar (Civil War, that is) house in Brooklyn Heights. The interior of the house itself is certainly nice, but frankly doesn’t have as high a charm factor as we’d hoped given the facade. (Then again we’re on record as not being fans…
It doesn’t get much charming than the exterior of 30 Middagh Street, a prewar (Civil War, that is) house in Brooklyn Heights. The interior of the house itself is certainly nice, but frankly doesn’t have as high a charm factor as we’d hoped given the facade. (Then again we’re on record as not being fans of shiny granite countertops and baseboard heating.) Still, big points for location and clapboard siding. Besides, if you can throw down the $2,990,000 asking price, you can certainly spring for a radiators, right?
30 Middagh Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
I don’t know. It’s been all broken up, not sure how much of the original building remains. There are two kitchens.
i forgot – parking spaces in the heights are like 200k by themselves!!
57 Middagh just went into contract. It’s 3,200sf, built 25′-wide, with an extra side lot that holds 3 cars. That’s exactly the sort of house that would break the $1,000/sf barrier (double lots! parking for 3 cars and huge backyard and 50′ frontage), so I could completely understand $3.3 or 3.4M.
It explains why $3M for this 18′-wide, 2,400sf house without a garage is out-of-proportion.
according to Clay Lancaster this house appears in the 1828 city directory. That makes it one of the oldest houses in the Borough.
These early Brooklyn houses were very New England Yankee in character. Very little ornament but good proportions, width, and light. Inside they have a Shaker like simplicity. It is a very special historic house.
This one down the street is in contract for $3.4, how does it factor in?
http://bhsusa.com/brooklyn/middagh-street/townhouse/1184550
dh, the house next door was 3,200sf and had a garage. This one is 2,400sf, no garage. i actually think the modern reno and also the weird façade hurt the neighbor; it had fully upgraded systems, so $3M was low for a house with a garage, imo.
This should go for $2.3M. It’s pretty rare for houses to break the $1,000psf barrier, and when it happens, it’s for 25′-wide, fancypants renovations that appear completely classic and traditional.
location, location, location baseboard looks bad but most efficient Minard is right
for outstanding in Heights, and size, think 5 million
IMO, the interior of this doesn’t look any worse than the house next door that sold.
Minard, you are blinded by your parochialism. I am often enthustiastic about houses in Brooklyn Heights, from that wonderful carriage house with the stalls to the narrow but delightful house on Willow street. $3M for a plain house that could be anywhere on the East Coast; you jest. If this were in Connecticut, you’d be more objective about the cuteness and modesty of this place.