House of the Day: 24 Clifton Place
There’s a lot to recommend this three-family brownstone at 24 Clifton Place in Clinton Hillbeautiful old floors and moldings, a new kitchenbut, unfortunately, price isn’t one of them. Even without the unfortunate exposed brick, this place seems to us to be a big stretch at the asking price of $1,750,000. Clifton Place certainly has its…

There’s a lot to recommend this three-family brownstone at 24 Clifton Place in Clinton Hillbeautiful old floors and moldings, a new kitchenbut, unfortunately, price isn’t one of them. Even without the unfortunate exposed brick, this place seems to us to be a big stretch at the asking price of $1,750,000. Clifton Place certainly has its charms but in this market, we’re thinking that $1,600,000 is a more likely number. That said, the three-story house next door did sell for $1,370,500 last year, so it’s not impossible. Those were different times, though,
24 Clifton Place [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
I’m not an exposed brick fan in this sort of house either. The other negative is the white framed windows (look like white storm windows) and lack of cornice on the front. All can be fixed/restored relatively easily.
If it was a 2 family (upper triplex with ground apartment and deck of parlor to the garden) I think it would easily fetch the price, especially if the other things I mentioned above were rectified.
$1.6 would be quite a good deal imo (a bit low actually – but you never know). Look at that Greene Ave. place from yesterday’s big deals post $2.3MM!
I like exposed brick and recessed lighting too.
But hell, I’m an eighties guy.
How much does it cost to put the hat back on this poor house?
To Mr. B,
A legitimate question: Why is exposed brick unfortunate?
I like exposed brick in 1500 – 1700s houses, I agree it looks less nice in 1800s houses, but I could be convinced. (full disclosure – not an American)
22 Clifton, next door, is STILL for sale at similar price. I believe it’s where the guy was shot and killed on the stoop, no?
http://realestate.nytimes.com/sales/detail/395-122
But it’s got shiny floors! And methinks I spied a couple of recessed lights in the kitchen. This place will never sell with those atrocities! 🙂
Seriously, this looks like a nice space, with a beautiful kitchen and garden, and a lot of flexibility in terms of how the owner chooses to use the house. If I were a musician, looking for some rental income to offset the cost of the mortgage, this place would definitely be of interest.
What’s wrong with exposed brick??
I love it! One of the reasons I bought my place was for the exposed brick…
I don’t get all the commentary about recessed lighting, exposed brick and granite.
At all.
exposed brick is bad? not to mention the recessed lighting in the kitchen–right? that alone probably deducts $500K off the price…