House of the Day: 72 Middagh Street
When we first wrote about 72 Middagh Street, an old wood frame house in Brooklyn Heights, back in 2006 it was in need of a major makeover both on the inside and out. That didn’t stop it from fetching the full asking price at the time of $2,395,000. Now, exactly two years later, the new-and-improved…
When we first wrote about 72 Middagh Street, an old wood frame house in Brooklyn Heights, back in 2006 it was in need of a major makeover both on the inside and out. That didn’t stop it from fetching the full asking price at the time of $2,395,000. Now, exactly two years later, the new-and-improved version is back on the market with the Corcoran broker who bought it in ’06. To our eye, she did a fantastic renovation job, preserving the original elements while putting in modern but tasteful kitchens and bathrooms. Given the private driveway and carriage house, the new asking price of $2,995,000 seems reasonable to us. The neighbors must be happy too.
72 Middagh Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
House of the Day: Woodframe on Middagh [Brownstoner]
The original 2006 listing photos are here:
http://www.dropshots.com/72middagh
11:15 — you solved the mystery. The old ad looks like it even has some of the same photos. Johnife — our dialogue on this topic is moot. Whatever interior renovation went on, whether a restoration or gut, must have happened before the last sale. It looks like the main work here was to re-side the house with hardiplank and paint it. I hope they put in insulation. Not sure that plus changes in the market warrants the $600k mark-up, but you never know.
How do they calculate 3000 square feet? Sure doesn’t look like it based on the measurements in their floor plan.
Something’s wrong with the pictures on the old lising on the Corcoran website (I guess the brokers mucked around with it). I saw this house in 2006 and I can assure you it had crappy interiors that have been since torn out.
6:17 is wrong – the NYPL picture shows this house at the extreme right of the image. House numbers changed in the 19th century, not 20th. You can tell that it’s this house by the painted ad on the brick apartment building next door that says “Flats for Rent by James…Real Estate.” That ad is still there today, and it’s next to this HOTD.
So this house had a garage cut into its heart. That’s basically the gist of it. The dimensions of the living room are evidence of the surgery. Tiny and narrow quarters.
Were the kitchens and baths actually re-done?
If you click on the original 2006 listing for this house, featured above, you’ll see that it says “Modern amenities include 4 full bathrooms, 2 kitchens, and amazing storage space. ” And the pictures in the old listing are the SAME as the ones in the new listing. That might explain why they’re not seeking windfall profits–it appears they just gave it a paint job and a new facade.
8:34– This is 8:18. I was drawing the trinity comparison to the house that Johhny described above NOT to the house of the day.
…and just for the record a trinity house has nothing in common with this house. It’s a perfect architectural nonsequitir.