House of the Day: 551 3rd Street
The four-story brownstone at 551 3rd Street changed hands in 2004 for $1,900,000; the new owner proceeded to do a pretty serious renovation as well as an over-the-top interior design that maybe be a bit much for some people. But if you can look past the chintz, this is certainly a beautiful house with tons…
The four-story brownstone at 551 3rd Street changed hands in 2004 for $1,900,000; the new owner proceeded to do a pretty serious renovation as well as an over-the-top interior design that maybe be a bit much for some people. But if you can look past the chintz, this is certainly a beautiful house with tons of original detail on one of the more desireable blocks in The Slope. The asking price of $3,750,000 looks high to us (by a few hundred thousand dollars) but the fact that it needs no work could work in its favor. Think it has a shot at getting asking price?
551 3rd Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
That’s cute 4:46. It isn’t about status. It is about letting the kids run around, climb trees. Swim in a lake, walk in the woods. See another world. Bringing kids up in the city without regular time in the country is simply cruel.
nice one, 4:46.
Both places on Montgomery are still on the market. 52 Montgomery Place (listed with same agent as this house) was just reduced. 60 Montgomery Place is still on the market.
I love you, 4:46.
I’m glad SOMEONE put 4:38 in her place.
I would buy this brownstone in a NY minute if it had rubber sheets on all the beds.
-Robin Byrd
I agree 4:38. When I think about the days before we got our well appointed home in the Catskills, I literally start to cry. I remember when my son was 6 years old and several of the children on the playground from a more disadvantaged background were talking about the trips they had taken to the country as part of the “Fresh Air Fund.” He came to me and said: “Daddy, can we go on a weekend trip to the country like Juan and Jamel?”
I almost lost it right there, but gathered my wits, took him aside and explained that our income was too high to “qualify” him for such an excursion. And yet, it was too low to allow us to afford that must have amenity for those with children: a second home.
To make a long story short, my son started a punk rock band the very next day. He saved all the money he made from gigs in Red Hook and at Southpaw to help us with a down payment on our country house. I recently took a second job at Brooklyn Casket to help pay for the pool (and the pool man), but oh was it worth it!
Where’s your place 4:38? Maybe we could get the kids together some time? Or at the very least, could you check to make sure my wife isn’t boning the pool man?
I would buy this brownstone in a brooklyn minute if it had a landing-pad for my chopper.
-Donald Trump
Whats going on with Montgomery Place is that home still unsold?
I would buy this brownstone in a Borough of Brooklyn Minute if it was on a larger lot and came with a midget.