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
What’s the “LPC website”?
I agree, 3:38.
Anyone who has SEEN this home knows it is in excellent shape on the outside.
Someone definitely trying to sabatoge here today.
What crumbling facade issues are you people talking about? I went to the open house, and checked the place out from the outside as well, for quite a long time. Saw absolutely nothing “crumbling” or “cracking”. Sounds like someone is trying to sabotage the sale.
This is a beautiful house. Saw it this weekend at the open house, which was pretty crowded for a snowy day. Gorgeous woodwork throughout, really well maintained. There is a beautiful kitchen extension, which was done nicely and is of high quality (unlike the typical crappy kitchen extension so prevalent in many brownstone extensions). Not sure why the broker didn’t include a photo of the kitchen, since it’s really nice. Master bathroom is huge and nice and up to date. Top floor bathroom is in fine shape but might need to be altered to fit your own tastes. Could not see garden level or basement because there is a tenant in place until August 2008–you have to schedule an appointment to see it. The yard is small, it’s what you see in the picture. But there is a really nice deck above that, so they’ve really maximized the outdoor space they do have. All in all, a beautiful house. And I agree with other posters about price–if uglier and less quality homes in Clinton Hill and Ft. Greene are going for $2.995 (274 Clinton Ave) and way above (the 2 Washington Park houses) then this home is priced well, in my opinion. I am not a broker, btw, just a brownstone admirer who is sick of seeing crummy homes on the market for outrageous prices.
Not true 2:55. I live right across the street from this place. It does have facade issues.
I’ve been inside a number of similar houses on that block, and the detail and woodwork are exquisite. Nice floorplan, too, if you don’t mind a small yard, since the kitchens tend to be located in extensions, as is apparently the case here. The center stair creates an interesting parlor floor configuration that is different from most of the classic brownstones.
Having said all of this, the broker would do well to (1) post a floorplan, (2) post pictures of the kitchen and bathrooms, (3) post pictures of the garden rental, and (4) provide information on the mechanicals. For this money, it had better be upgraded with central air, new boiler, modern but tasteful kitchen and baths, etc.
Who would pay this much just to live in Park Slope? My $1500 a month rental studio apartment in Williamsburgh over the Chinese takeout, with the leaky ceiling and rodent problem is waaaay better than this place. The crack running through the plaster in the bathroom exposes the period details behind the wall. Anyway, I am close to amenities, too.
There are places out there with this kind of woodwork in this kind of condition–but not lots and lots of them. It’s the rare homeowner that doesn’t find some way to screw up a great house.
I went through 50 houses in Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, FG and Clinton Hill before I found two with some details left. Of course, that also was a function of my low-ish price point, which definitely was not in the 3 millions.
I suppose this is interesting eye candy. Fun to ogle at, like in the same way you might ogle at a 3 headed monster. But seriously, I don’t know anyone who would ever want to live in a place like this. It would just be embarrassing.