House of the Day: 615 2nd Street
This house at 615 2nd Street in Park Slope will be a nice test for the upper end of the market. It’s a big ole limestone (4,660 square feet) with lots of original detail that appears to be in excellent shape. (Our one quibble based on the photos is a kitchen that, while large, doesn’t…
This house at 615 2nd Street in Park Slope will be a nice test for the upper end of the market. It’s a big ole limestone (4,660 square feet) with lots of original detail that appears to be in excellent shape. (Our one quibble based on the photos is a kitchen that, while large, doesn’t quite seem to match the high-end level of the rest of the house.) Which contributes to our wondering how this place will ever fetch the $3,495,000 asking price. Waddya think?
615 2nd Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
a center stair case always makes a brownstone look larger. i don’t understand why they would build the breakfast nook so far over to block the door? i don’t think it need to be that long.
Just one more thing -I promise this will be it for me.
The center wall in most brownstones, especially the ones over sixteen or so feet wide, are most certainly load bearing. Remove those walls at your own risk!
You need to consult with an architect or engineer please before you remove those walls.
Trust me, the folks who buy this house will like this kitchen. It is for the kids, the help, and the caterers. The owners themselves will probably never set foot in it.
This is a whole other ballgame we are talking about with a property like this.
Oooo, that’s a bad kitchen. Like the layout of the place. Curious that BHS features an ugly kitchen but not the garden, a good shot of the dining room or any of the bedrooms.
Montrose, I thought that internal wall was load bearing too – it’s the main load-bearing wall in my townhouse.
Not sure about 2nd Street being the most desireable – for the North/Center Slope you’re about the longest possible walk between the Grand Army Plaza and 9th Street subways. Also, if you’re this house is on the south side of the street, the stepped-back houses on 3rd with their short back gardens loom closer to your property line than on other blocks. Having said that, I think limestones are beautiful and I’d love to be on a park block.
I’m not in love with that kitchen, but if you’ve got $3.4M, then what’s another $50K to get the exact kitchen you want? If I were in that price range a serviceable, but unstylish kitchen would not scare me off. But, I’m not in that price range.
11233, good to know. Thanks!
Montrose: I don’t think the internal walls are load bearing. I could be wrong, but the beams that run under the floor and attach to the walls on each side are enough as these buildings are not wide enough to require additioanl support.
FatLenny: No basement under and English basement
That kitchen is apparently taste-proof.
$2.7m tops.
Is that kitchen recession proof?