House of the Day: 735 Decatur Street
Don’t let the vinyl siding fool you: This three-story, two-family house at 735 Decatur Street in Bedford Stuyvesant has lots of original detail that’s in surprisingly good shape. We can probably debate all day long about whether or not the asking price of $630,000 (according to the NYT listing) should be $20,000 or $30,000 less….
Don’t let the vinyl siding fool you: This three-story, two-family house at 735 Decatur Street in Bedford Stuyvesant has lots of original detail that’s in surprisingly good shape. We can probably debate all day long about whether or not the asking price of $630,000 (according to the NYT listing) should be $20,000 or $30,000 less. The bottom line is that this is by far the most charming house for the money on the market right now. Granted, it’s pretty far east—a block further and you’d be in Bushwick—but, whatever, we like it.
735 Decatur Street [Brooklyn Properties] GMAP P*Shark
735 Decatur Street [NY Times]
If you one can remove 100 years of paint, one can certainly remove some siding and brickface.
Some of y’all are like school on Sunday – no class.
I have always liked the look of aluminum siding angled over a cornice and multi-colored Jesrsey-stoneface on the ground floor.
This is a slum house in a slum.
Thank you for sharing.
lovely location next to the j train.
I’m loving those farmhouse sinks.
who cares about interior details when you have to come home to aluminum siding every day (yours and your neighbor’s)? Fugly.
2:01 PM – I can’t speak for others, but I think it just looks so homey. The woodwork inside is lovely, but not overbearing. The house makes me think of Sunday dinners at Grandma’s with her signature overly-sweet sweet tea and post-meal card games. There might be a dash of Radio Days in there also.
Having lived in tiny NYC apts for 15 years, I’m often overwhelmed when visiting brownstones and townhouses. Who wants to dust and vacuum all of that space? To misquote Quentin Crisp, what do you do with all of those other rooms when you aren’t in them?
The pix on the Brooklyn Properties site are much nicer, and include shots of the bedrooms, bathrooms and garden, which are noticeably missing from the BHS site. They also seem more honest, as the photographer doesn’t seem to have used a distorting wide-angle lens like the BHS photographer did. The lack of floorplans on both sites is just silly, though, and I agree with the earlier commenter about how this has to be marketed. For example, there is no mention of the cultural amenities in the neighborhood, the convenient transportation, etc. Do they want to sell this thing or not?
It’s ok, but no Shaker House!
2:01
I think I know the answer. Its the price.