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Meh, meh, meh.
Having Gothic elements does not make it Gothic.
The comps don’t support this price. The average for 2007 comps in the IMMEDIATE area was $4.4 million. Includes 25′ wide, 5-story (hidden story), 1-2 family homes. Check Streeteasy for these comps.
It IS Gothic – the drip-mold lintels alone give it away. (First Gothic revival, actually – probably constructed in the early to mid 1840s.) It is also part of a row of three identical rowhouses (so much for uniqueness…).
And its only 5 stories if you count the cellar – I’m almost positive there is not a rooftop addition here. There is a large rear extension.
^Sorry! I’m kinda drunk and meant to write $5.5 TOPS. Definitely $5.5 tops, if the inside is consistently nice throughout and not a wreck.
$6.5 million TOPS.
I don’t think it’s the broker writing about this house being “gothic”. Otherwise, they would have made their silly case in the listing narrative. Must be the seller.
Anyway, 10:27 must be a Corcoran broker, since they’re the only major firm who hasn’t had a crack at this house yet.
To the competing (and so transparent) broker at 10:27–Brown Harris Stevens had this listing first and also priced it at $8 million, until their mandate expired and Elliman took it. So that’s two moronic brokers, and one greedy seller.
As someone already suggested, maybe Corcoran can take it over, price it at $10 million, and move it over to 3rd Place. That will ensure a sale.
The house looks like a mix of Federal and Italianate. Don’t see any Gothic influence at all–and anyone who can actually see those lintels knows the house up close, i.e., broker or seller.
Hello 8:23. How can you say there are only 8 houses in NY like this one, the one next door is identical. You sound like the sellers on ebay who describe every jelly jar they sell as “extremely rare” You are obviously connected with the sale of this house. “golden block”, “trophy house”?? This is Brooklyn Heights not the Ile de la Cite.