House of the Day: 380 Degraw Street
Okay, let’s get the paint job out of the way upfront. You gotta wonder why the sellers of this brownstone at 380 Degraw Street didn’t spring for a more neutral coat of paint before putting the house on the market. If it were only one room, we could roll with it, but every room in…
Okay, let’s get the paint job out of the way upfront. You gotta wonder why the sellers of this brownstone at 380 Degraw Street didn’t spring for a more neutral coat of paint before putting the house on the market. If it were only one room, we could roll with it, but every room in sky blue? It’s a little much. With an asking price of $2,645,000, spending $10,000 to repaint a few rooms would have been well worth it, we think. While this is a great house in a great location overall, other aspects of the recent “modern” renovation were only partially successful as well: The shiny blond floors (which, to be fair, could be worse on camera than in person) and the choice of white paint for the exterior of the windows both aren’t working for us. The kitchen reno looks very good, though, and there’s lots of nice original detail still in place, like the crown moldings, door frames and bannister. There’s an open house on Sunday from 1 to 3. It’ll be interesting to see hear how this place shows in person.
380 Degraw Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
7:48pm poster is correct that this house is only 36′ deep and 19 wide, according to the floor plan (which is typical of DeGraw — lots of the housees are quite short. I think this price is a stretch for the space — We looked at a 26 x 50 4 1/2 story home on 2nd place — prime CG — for $3 million and it sat on the market (although I believe it must have finally sold). Why would you spend so much money for such little space, and on a fine block, but not fantastic. I believe that house around the corner on Douglass that sold for over $2 million was 25 feet wide with an extension, so there’s no comparison, and it still went for significantly less than this. Perhaps the problem is that there seems to be so few brownstones available to buy in CG. Perhaps if this sells, alot more people will put theirs on the market.
People who would be buying this will probably waive the mortgage contingency. PropertyShark records are often wrong including this one. For appraisal purposes the building size is used not the interior square footage so more like 3200 to 3400. Problem is that most residents of Brooklyn don’t realize that prices are up between 10 and 20% in these areas. Local people are priced out and think negative comments will bring prices down. you have a fair number of people making between $500 and $1mil. a year who can afford this place and like modern style. My guess is that they will get over asking on this one..
tone it down please
Hey,
This is Fran, and I’m not a her you sexist idiot
I have been in the house. It’s 36′ deep and property shark records are often erroneous. Price will set a record for the block and ppsf if they get it. It feels like a renovation that “prettified” the house rather than adding quality. And the blue never ends. It’s everywhere. So is the wallpaper, switching from blue trees to green trees. None of that would matter if it were not for the pricetag.
where’s fran to tell us that this house should be listed for 250K???
i miss her.
NOT.
love the house. hope they get their price.
all you bitter bitter people on this board need to get a second job and quit your effin bitching.
measurements per propshark – which is copied from city records. Brokers can’t even spell – you think they know how to use a measuring tape?
The Gowanus flushing tunnel pulls (relatively) fresh water from Buttermilk channel into the head of the canal at Butler creating some flow and eliminates the smell from the stagnation. It actually parallels the original Gowanus creek and considering the huge improvement in the general state of the canal my guess is that it should not be nearly as offensive smelling as in years passed.
you are missing because house is 20 x 46 and 4 floors = 3680 sq ft. = $718.75 a sq ft.