House of the Day: 241 Sackett Street
The Elliman listing for 241 Sackett Street (the narrow house on the right) in Carroll Gardens has scant details and photos for a house asking $2,200,000. All we’re told on the listing is that it’s a one family with a nice yard—the rest is left up to our imagination (and Property Shark). Perhaps they don’t…
The Elliman listing for 241 Sackett Street (the narrow house on the right) in Carroll Gardens has scant details and photos for a house asking $2,200,000. All we’re told on the listing is that it’s a one family with a nice yard—the rest is left up to our imagination (and Property Shark). Perhaps they don’t want to play up the fact that the house is only 13.5 feet wide. Think they’ll get anywhere close to this? NB: There were no interior photos up yesterday when we wrote this.
241 Sackett Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
Photo by Kate Leonova for Property Shark
anon 6:15 you are out of touch with reality in this real estate cycle
Maybe you should buy something in michigan
get a clue
“How wide is the largest room you have now?”
23′ x 20’10”. The next largest room is 19’2″ x 16′.
13’6″, max? Ouch.
(and yes, I live in a densely populated section of Brooklyn)
6:59 I guess you have no hallways and a lot of beams and posts supporting your house or else your house will come crumbling down.
I live in a 22 footer and the only room I have wider than 14 feet is the kitchen which is in a 2 story extension.
Why can’t we all get along.
I’m in a 20footer and my widest rooms are all 20 foot. (ok, 19 ft if you take out the walls). There are 2 of them on the garden level (it has an extension), two of them on the middle level, and so on. Even brownstones without “center stairs” do not all subtract the stair from all the room widths!
People pumping this narrow house full of helium here, are doing it for personal gain. Thats the only conclusion I can come to. Over $2m to live in half of a 25 footer, clinton st or not? nuts!
How wide is the largest room you have now?
I don’t understand what people want. Even suburban homes only have rooms that maybe go 15 feet (when you consider the shortest side, since they usually have the advantage of being detached). Also if you don’t count GREAT rooms. Normal bedroom, family room sizes are 12 to 15 feet by 15 to 20 feet. And even these small homes can have that.
People need to really see some of these homes. 6:05, your 16 footer probably seemed smaller than the 13 footer becuase of the load bearing wall. Once you get wider than 15 feet you have to have a load bearing wall which divides the space into smaller rooms, unless you support as suggested earlier with a header beam.
I’ve been looking at brownstones for my family in this area for 1 year+. I’m patient, qualified and know the nabes and market well. I recently saw the place with Harbor View on Warren Street. Nice area and couldn’t believe they were asking 2.1 or 2.2. It was about 16 feet wide or so and felt really narrow inside. I believe it’s in contract! What the hell!? This place…13.5 feet wide? That’s insane. I don’t care what about square footage, floors, details, neighborhood, etc. Measure out 13.5 feet…please. What have we become if a human being pays 2 million for this?
anon 5:01, just curious, why do you hate the neighb? seems pretty nice to me, tho certainly has changed in the past 5 years.
Oops, I stuttered.
Love the house, hate the neighb, but I can see why it’s 2.2 and I can see it getting 2m.
It’s so funny how people take some of these prices so personally (while blatantly disregarding the fact that they often sell for asking+). No one is judging you by your bank account. Just cause a bunch of people are earning a lot more than you are, doesn’t mean you’re poor or that they’re better. Relax.