House of the Day: 113 Columbia Heights
The five-story, 7,200-square-foot house at 113 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn Heights is being positioned as a make-over candidate by both brokerage firms handling the listing but, frankly, it doesn’t look in such bad shape to us! Perhaps the assumption is that anyone willing and able to plunk down the $5,750,000 asking price for the 25-foot-wide…
The five-story, 7,200-square-foot house at 113 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn Heights is being positioned as a make-over candidate by both brokerage firms handling the listing but, frankly, it doesn’t look in such bad shape to us! Perhaps the assumption is that anyone willing and able to plunk down the $5,750,000 asking price for the 25-foot-wide manse will have a certain intolerance for rough charm. Probably something to that. Anyway, it’s under $800 a foot for a prime Heights location so someone’ll probably jump on it. At this price, though, it seems more likely to be a BSD looking for a trophy home than a condo converter.
113 Columbia Heights [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP
113 Columbia Heights [Halstead] P*Shark
113 Columbia Heights [Skyline Realty]
And, 2:37 you have a problem with middle-class? What are you- some high falutin nose in the air snob?
I thought Brookly Heights was middle class….am I looking in the wrong neighborood?
I’ll start looking in Park Slope that’s middle class?
BHS ad says delivered vacant. Property appears to be a legal five-family, which might explain the taxes, which seem kind of high for Brooklyn.
I’m going to spend five million on a mansion and take in renters/boarders?
That’s kind of middle-class isn’t it?
“What would you do with all the space in the columbia heights house? Take in boarders?”
Well, yes, that’s exactly what you’d do. if you take a look at the floorplan, on Halstead, you’ll see that each floor has its own kitchen. you could re-configure it as a duplex/triplex, or however you like, to generate rental income. And while I’ll admit that the Joralemon house is pretty, that’s a hell of a lot of dough, there’s no way to justify $5 million, no matter how fancy the kitchen is etc.
It says on skyline delivered vacant
135 Joralemon Street is perfection inside and out, and it is a perfect size for a single family. What would you do with all the space in the columbia heights house? Take in boarders? Its too damn big.
maybe they dont like whoever is looking at buying the large watchtower building directly across the street? (college dorms?)
Those are not the original doors. They look like circa 1860’s doors. The house is 1840’s.
Originally there would have been a single door with sidelights. But these are fine historic doors, the Landmarks Commission would not allow them to be touched I’m sure.
I like the layout but how many people live there?
If it does not say “delivered vacant” -then guess what? It probably isn’t.
Can the broker clarify?