House of the Day: 590 2nd Street
The house at 590 2nd Street is quintessential North Central Slope goodness: Four stories of hardcore wood paneling and moldings, parquet floors and stained glass windows. The two-family house, which has been owned by the same family since 1994, is asking $3,200,000, which is about what we would have predicted. Does that sound on the…
The house at 590 2nd Street is quintessential North Central Slope goodness: Four stories of hardcore wood paneling and moldings, parquet floors and stained glass windows. The two-family house, which has been owned by the same family since 1994, is asking $3,200,000, which is about what we would have predicted. Does that sound on the money to you?
590 2nd Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
The crowd at the open house was a very interesting mix. Not the typical Slope demographic, at all. That made me happy.
8:08
I agree, you would think so, but the rich are complex, they want the historic rowhouse AND the Tribeca lifestyle. I’m in the business and it is the trend. Folks used to love these Victorian interiors when they were paying a million, a million two, for the houses, but now the money is so great that the new families have to create something “personal”. read: conspicuous consumption. Buy a palace filled with gorgeous details and rip it all out. How rich is that? I’m just reporting what i am seeing in the biz.
Now this is a beautiful home.
http://www.elliman.com/Listings.aspx?ListingID=931051
just to humor you, 7:52…any reason a buyer like the one you profiled would not be more apt to buy a home with a few less details to…you know…make the clean slate, minimalism a little easier?
seems so to me.
My guess is that the very wealhty buyer of this house will probably bring his/her high-end designer or architect in to take a look and of course they will reject the existing look of the interior from top to bottom. This sumptuous period style, so beloved ten years ago, is now OUT! Today it’s all about open plans and European minimalism. Sleekness, whiteness, a glass facade on the rear, maybe a lap pool on the garden level extending out to the rear garden. Kiss the old woodwork, sliding doors and interior partitions good bye. Big money is into making a statement. What good is money if your parlor looks like the one next door that is owned by the “poor” family that has lived there for decades?
I think this house is a great deal. Yes, the dining room is a bit dark, but if you painted the walls white, it would brighten up considerably.
I don’t know how the kitchen, bathrooms, other parts of renovation are — but it’s pretty unusual to find a full-size renovated house in the choice part of Park Slope. Compare it to the house on 3rd street for 3.75 — they’re the same size… not sure what the other one has (perhaps ac, more and newer bathrooms/kitchen) that would justify big price.
bet this goes for at or above asking
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Yes you are absolutely right 5:33 to point out the location factor. It makes the Park Slope house seem like even less of a bargain when you consider how much cooler Fort Green is.
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