House of the Day: 631 3rd Street
While we’re not so sure it’s actually “the finest townhouse in Park Slope,” as the listing boasts, there’s no arguing with the fact that 631 3rd Street is one sweet pad. The 4.150-square-foot limestone mansion has recently been renovated in a tasteful and environmentally-friendly manner. The seller’s looking to get $4,195,000-it’ll be interesting to see…
While we’re not so sure it’s actually “the finest townhouse in Park Slope,” as the listing boasts, there’s no arguing with the fact that 631 3rd Street is one sweet pad. The 4.150-square-foot limestone mansion has recently been renovated in a tasteful and environmentally-friendly manner. The seller’s looking to get $4,195,000-it’ll be interesting to see whether the 4-handle proves to be a psychological barrier to buyers. By comparison, 536 1st Street, the closest comp, closed for $3,600,000 in February; though slightly, that house definitely is less of a show-stopper. (Townsley & Gay recently sold another 1st Street mansion that had been listed for a while at $3,295,000.) So waddya think? Can they clear $4 mil on this?
631 3rd Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
Private parking would be nice.
Few of us rent out carriages any more.
“it’s NOT super-large”
um…it’s 4100 square feet.
where are you from? dallas??
There are SO many rave reviews of the house on this thread, I can’t help smelling something fishy. Look, it’s a charming house that has benefitted from a classy, high end renovation. But I saw it on the house tour and it’s NOT grand, it’s NOT super-large (18.5 wide and with an English basement so not a full 4 floors even) and has a TINY yard that puts you almost in the lap of the rear neighbors (and who in their right minds cares that they are — slightly — famous?). For that price, I’d want a few category killer features like a sauna, private parking, an amazing roof deck etc. So I’m saying it’s too expensive by a cool million.
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So, am I missing something? How was this house renovated in an environmentally friendly manner? Other than an energy-efficient A/C system (which can’t “be” LEED – does the broker even understand that it’s a rating system for a building?) If the building were actually LEED certified, I’m sure there would be a lot more mention of it.
Seems like now all someone has to do is put in a bamboo floor or energy star appliances and people accept the claim that it’s green. How can a 4,100 sq ft living space for one family be “environmentally friendly”?
Actually, I prefer the master bath not being en suite – it can wreck the flow of some of these old homes. I prefer it close but separated (down the hall like this is fine.)
And please, you aren’t ‘sharing’ the bath with another bedroom – you’ve got 2 more bedrooms upstairs with their own bath. I’d use the bedroom on the floor of the master a as a sitting room, or for a small child – in which case, you are sharing your life with them at all hours anyways.
I don’t think they need the money next door.
Maybe you can rent a parking spot from the writers next door.
It does look like a very nice house, but I also think the lack of a decent sized garden seems a bit weird at that price point. Breaking the 3 barrier is pretty ballsy and you’d think they’d have had to offer at least a drive way. I think someone will fall in love with it, but I would be surprised, in this market, with everyone a bit tentative, if they got their ask.