House of the Day: 181 Midwood Street
The three-story (well, two and a half, really) limestone house at 181 Midwood Street just hit the market this week for $925,000. While it may not look like a bargain on a per square foot basis, this four-bedroom place feels pretty realistically priced to us, given that it’s on a great street and in excellent…
The three-story (well, two and a half, really) limestone house at 181 Midwood Street just hit the market this week for $925,000. While it may not look like a bargain on a per square foot basis, this four-bedroom place feels pretty realistically priced to us, given that it’s on a great street and in excellent shape. We’re kinda curious about the open layout in the front of the parlor floor. Is it typical of houses on this street to have not have a wall separating the entry hall from the front sitting room? For the curious, there’s an open house on Sunday from 3 to 5.
181 Midwood Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
Photo by Nicholas Strini for Property Shark
Please clarify “a lot nicer”. I see very similar details. Same glass enclosed bookshelves around the fireplace (this fireplace may be nicer), This stairway is very pretty, The ceiling beams in the dining room look very nice…. I’m seeing a very good comp. here.
Please clarify “a lot nicer”. I see very similar details. Same glass enclosed bookshelves around the fireplace (this fireplace may be nicer), This stairway is very pretty, The ceiling beams in the dining room look very nice…. I’m seeing a very good comp. here.
I saw 178 Maple last spring. We almost bid on it, but then decided to buy elsewhere. It was completely renovated and looked a lot nicer than this one. I don’t think it is a good comp.
I like this house. It has a very nice feel to it, and a big backyard. I think it is priced well. 169 Rutland Road sold for just under 1.3 (according to the seller), and 52 Midwood went for well above the asking price. Yes, those two houses were bigger and turnkey, but this one has nice character. Several Maple Street houses of a similar style have gone for a similar price. It’s also at a price point that more of us can swallow.
No, Ed, I haven’t bid on anything in Lefferts Manor yet. I’m still undecided about the area. I have “lost” some houses in other areas though.
Definitely it was about the era and about decorum, as Bob says. You can even go in very large, freestanding Victorian and turn of the century houses in NY and anywhere in the country and see the original layout did not have a bathroom on the parlor floor.
Hey “Looking” – I bet you’ve been losing out on the recent bidding wars in the neighborhood.
The house you are talking about is 160 Midwood. It sold for $970,000 in June 06. I believe it had an extension so it was slightly larger than this house. The best comparison would be 178 Maple which also sold in June 2006 for $930,000 (without a broker). See link http://bstoner.wpengine.com/brownstoner/archives/2006/03/house_of_the_da_131.php?comments=10
Anon. 4:55,
The white limestone two stories on the first 3/4 of Maple II (from Bedford) are considerably deeper than the two story houses on the eastern end of that block (as well as those on the eastern ends of Lincoln, Midwood and Rutland). Also, the larger two story houses have, at least, a one story rear extension–two story on some. Anyway, they’re considerablt larger than the “Real Estate Associates” houses.
I agree about bathrooms–that’s why they weren’t originally included on “public” floors. the Victorians and Edwardians must have values privacy and decorum over convenience.