House of the Day: 150 Bond Street
We all know that Boerum Hill is hot (as hot as anything can be called in this market, that is), but is it really hot enough to justify a three-story gut job asking $2,495,000? Don’t think so. This is a nice looking house from the outside and all, and the three-slot parking garage is worth…
We all know that Boerum Hill is hot (as hot as anything can be called in this market, that is), but is it really hot enough to justify a three-story gut job asking $2,495,000? Don’t think so. This is a nice looking house from the outside and all, and the three-slot parking garage is worth a premium as well, but still…all the current owner has done is get the project approved by DOB and Landmarks and put in new steel beams. What are we missing here?
150 Bond Street [Brooklyn Bridge Realty] GMAP P*Shark
The landmarks commission will not approve another whole floor on top of this house, no one said that, but they may well approve a recessed addition that blends in and is unobtrusive. The staff can only approve an addition that is not visible. Anything else goes to the commission at one of the regular monthly hearings. If you hire the right architect, who knows the lingo and avoids the sand traps, you will get your addition. Historic districts are full of rooftop additions but you need to look closely, they are usually not too apparent from the sidewalk. The garage facade is already pretty high, I could see a redesign perhaps with a new Mansard that could hide a greenhouse behind it. Couple that with a nice restoration of the masonry and windows and the LPC will love you.
2:38 + 2:51
Your right – no basement / only cellar / enter from outside + no garden but – a deck outside kitchen.
I used to live a few doors down across the street, and always admired this building, and thought seriously about it when it was for sale last year, but the LPC issues and the lengthy reno prospects scared me off.
Can anyone point to _any_ instances where LPC approved adding another floor to a townhouse in a historic district? I am not aware of any, but I did not consult with any professionals about this.
The window question raised above is also important and one I did not think of last year. If LPC would not permit extra windows on bergen side, I think this is hardly worth the price paid last fall — let alone the $700K mark up.
A lot of people posting here seem shell shocked by the Landmarks Commission.
They are such pussycats if approached properly, Of course you are not going to get something hideous that detracts from the neighborhood, but they will almost certainly consider more windows on the sidewall, and a reconstrcution of the garage to make it more appealing, zoning laws also kick in and you can;’ eliminate light and air from the rear of the building. There is lots you could do with a property like this as long as you are not a cheapskate about it. A lot of people will spend a hundred thousand dollars on a kitchen but will turn into scrooge mcduck when it comes to the exterior of their property.
It’s a brownstone that stayed in the sun too long.
Landmarks will approve a bulkhead…but that only encloses a staircase going up to a roof.
‘Price aside, I love corner brownstones’
This looks like a brick townhouse. Is it brick or brownstone (painted)?
Is there no garden? If there is no garden, would someone really want to shell out that much?
Ifs and buts were candy and nuts….
I’m gonna buy it and duplicate the 2nd Place “tumor” building, just to ensure that there’s grist for the Brownstoner mill in these upcoming years of falling values, misery and desperation that The What assures us will plague our pathetic existence.