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
oh, 7:46, if you only knew…
Also, in sticking to the point, I haven’t seen any brownstones or limestone mansions where the extension of the neighboring home comes all the way up to your lot line. And I’ve been looking at many houses. That is, to me, a big negative.
And I must ask, why did you take my objective comment so personally?
right, 6:24 because i’m so sure that’s the only reason you don’t like it.
not that you don’t have 40 bucks in the bank, much less 4 million.
Comparing this house to the celebrity mansion on PPW is like comparing apples to horse apples.
Well, from the picture on Cha’s site, you can very clearly see the extension of the neighbor’s house, which apparently goes RIGHT up to the lot line and almost into your kitchen! No thanks.
I much prefer it to J. Co’s house. The layout of this one works MUCH better.
Who needs 8 bedrooms anyway? Way too much…
The window in the kitchen is a really a great idea. I’m trying to imagine this space with all my mail and the kids crap lying around.
this house is NOT nicer than J. Co’s house.
I also remember this house from the house tour (and there’s a co-ink-a-dink for you – yet another house on a house tour popping up for sale within a year – what ARE the chances!) It was gorgeous, and I thought the layout of the tiny outdoor space compensated for its size–plus you’re so close to the park. This house inspired us to call Paul Cha when we were interviewing architects, but sadly he’s way out of budget range for plebes and besides, he wasn’t interested enough in our project to take it on. (*snort*)
It will be interesting to track and see what the final sale price is.
What I want to know is how a renowned architect can get away with that lovely if nightnmarish (to walk up) staircase at (http://www.paulchaarchitect.com/3rdWeb/main_fset.htm) which clearly fits no extant building code.
So..did he do it without a permit ;)?