House of the Day: 60 Montgomery Place
Not that $3,450,000 ain’t a lot of dough, but sometimes it’s a reasonable price to pay for a house and sometimes it’s not. While it’s hard to tell exactly how much restoration work a new owner would have to invest, this house at 60 Montgomery Place in Park Slope has that something special that would…
Not that $3,450,000 ain’t a lot of dough, but sometimes it’s a reasonable price to pay for a house and sometimes it’s not. While it’s hard to tell exactly how much restoration work a new owner would have to invest, this house at 60 Montgomery Place in Park Slope has that something special that would at least get our attention were we in the market to write this kind of check. Currently configured as two duplexes, the house is 70-feet deep on the first three floors and has “large rooms and distinctive details,” according to the Townsley & Gay listing. The sellers have owned the place for close to two decades. Has anyone been inside recently? If you had to put a million bucks into it, think it could still be worth it?
Montgomery Place Mansion [Townsley & Gay] GMAP P*Shark
Berkeley and 8th may be comparable, since that was the same price, $3.4. Was that a reno job too?
2 questions related to this HOTD on Montgomery:
-Are you all serious when you say it would require 1.5+ to restore/renovate this home? (earnest question)
-I too would like to know if that extension, which minimizes the yard, is original or not. I have seen many homes on that same block that do not have that long extended section.
yeah, that doctor’s office level was nice. looked like it had been redone more than the rest of the house.
very homey vibe indeed. in fact, a good cleaning and staging could probably have gotten them a much better price in the end, but their circumstances around selling were such that they just wanted to get it done fast (family stuff).
very warm home.
Yes, I agree 5:41. (When I saw it it was $2.7, later marked down to $2.545.) But it was special, mainly because of the detail and the nice vibe. The basement was awesome too.
I thought it had been marked down from 2.9 million to 2.7 million.
It was 2.9 when I saw it in July.
Whatever. Gorgeous house…I hope whoever bought it will take good care of it.
It had a ton of potential.
What I’d like to know is, if these “rare” mini-mansions on Montgomery Place are so spectacular, then why hasn’t 52 Montgomery sold yet (after a price reduction, broker change)? What makes anyone think this one will fly off the shelf in its condition? I think this shows that wealthy buyers are more picky about what they spend their millions on, and it has to be a great place to justify spending $3.5 or similar.
When I say that house, Ray had already taken the sign down. There was no sign on the front of the house, anywhere. A month later, I saw the ad in the NY Times for $2.575, reduced from the original listing price. That house had a ton of really nice detail, something lacking in most houses I’ve seen in Park Slope. And you’re right, it needed a lot of work.
Does anyone know if the kind of extension put onto this house is original or if not, when it would have been added? On Live Maps only a few houses on that same side of the street have the extensions.
5:26…
Doesn’t everyone here live across the street from somewhere?
I’d say there are very few posters here that have no vested interest in the Brooklyn Brownstone market.
Isn’t that why we’re here reading?