House of the Day: 1306 Albemarle Road
One word: Droolworthy! This house at 1306 Albemarle Road in Prospect Park South is the perfect poster-child for Victorian Flatbush. The 15-room mansion last changed hands twelve years ago; the previous owner lived there for decades. This place has it all: original woodwork, flooring, Tiffany windows, columns, etc. There’s even a five-room office with a…
One word: Droolworthy! This house at 1306 Albemarle Road in Prospect Park South is the perfect poster-child for Victorian Flatbush. The 15-room mansion last changed hands twelve years ago; the previous owner lived there for decades. This place has it all: original woodwork, flooring, Tiffany windows, columns, etc. There’s even a five-room office with a separate entrance. Enough talking—just check out the photos. The asking price of $2,595,000 is up there but seems perfectly achievable to us given the infrequency that something like this becomes available. Agree?
1306 Albemarle Road [Mary Kay Gallagher] GMAP P*Shark
Everything is switching.
In case you didn’t know, more people than ever are moving to the cities.
Reversing white flight to the burbs.
It’s true, 11:33, it’s the embarrassment of aluminum siding that makes it a necessary point to consider, when adding up renovation costs. Low maintenance is a nice aspect of it, but are there any studies on environmental impact of aluminum siding? If aluminum cookware causes alzheimers, why wouldn’t siding? Interesting. Never thought of that before.
I do shop at DSW, for the bargains. But yes, it’s dang ugly signage and store. We’re considering going upstate eventually. How funny if the artists continue fleeing for the small Hudson towns upstate, and DSW and Gap loving suburbanites keep on moving to the city, and everything switches?
Sorry, but siding takes at least 100K off the price. Residing with shingle would cost a fortune and be a mjor ordeal. Not residing and leaving the aluminum would be a horrible humiliation.
who cares?
it’s going to be bought in a week, siding or not.
give it a rest.
This house has been sided for a long time sadly. I also live down the street and I am shocked that the neighbor above thinks this isn’t siding. It is. It isn’t the worst siding I’ve ever seen, however, and for all of you talking about the cost of maintaining these things, the fact it is sided will cut that cost tremendously. I hope the person who buys it rips off the aluminum – it is no longer allowed in the neighborhood due to landmark status but houses that had it prior to landmarking, like this one, were allowed to keep it. A lot of the people buying in Vic flatbush have been completely re-shingling with the real stuff – although the above poster is right – a few outside the landmarked neighborhoods have gone the stucco way. I don’t think they could do stucco here because of landmarking.
The house was PAINTED a few years ago… it was sided in the sixties.
The house was sided a few years ago. No shingle.
It doesn’t have to be all or none when it comes to suburbia.
There are historical towns along the Hudson (such as Croton) that are walkable though on a small scall. Not everyone lives in McMansions. There are ‘towns’ too, with age and character, not just sidewalk-less post war crappy architecture.
Here in the NYC tri state region, you do also have access to the city. You could live in a lot of places and still be an hour away from nothing.
12:38… you’re cracking me up. It is, without a doubt, circa 1966 “Tin Man” aluminum siding… and if you live on the same block and can’t tell aluminum from wood, that’s scary. (next time you walk by go rap your knuckles on it) There are a lot of otherwise lovely Victorians in Flatbush that were sold siding products in the 60’s; alumunium, asbestos shingles, and the always lovely, asphalt shingles. This beautiful mansion’s former owners succumbed to the Tin Men.
The new eyesore trend in non landmarked areas of Vic Flatbush is ripping off the wood on a shingle style victorian, and replacing with pseudo-stucco, complete with faux stone seams, and then of course removing the wood railings and replacing with oversize cement balusters. Classy.