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
Love the open ground floor but there doesn’t seem to be much detail in that space (and Im sure there was at some point). Either way, they’ve done a nice job of that space.
The kitchen photo gives pause. Not that there is anything wrong with that kitchen but it hardly implies a high end renovation throughout.
General lack of photos is not a good sign. Also, is there no basement below the English basement? I assume that’s why the mechanicals are in the English basement? If so, that’s a big drawback.
This is a great location but I ain’t seeing $750/SF for a 1-family in this market unless the place is beautiful through and through. I would guess that there’s a $300K haircut coming soon if the owners must sell.
For that price I’d want a 25 footer. Also, with a large deck behind the very large extension, there isn’t much room for much of a garden, unless the deck allows light and air a plenty at the ground level. Price chop is in order.
I like the open parlor, too, but have a question. In most brownstones, the hallway walls that separate the stairwell from the actual parlor are load bearing, are they not? Shouldn’t they need some supporting columns, or something, to replace the support supplied by having a hallway?
I want to be a contrarian and say that the kitchen is perfectly charming in an old money way. It looks like a kitchen in a house in Greenwich or Tuxedo Park. This ain’t a trendy refrigerator-in-your-living-room J condo layout.
Whether or not they get the ask will be interesting. I agree that it is one of the very best locations in Park Slope. I say they get ask. This place is tasty delicious.
kitchen is truly awful..wallpaper, formica countertop with wood edge!!!
wonder how bad the bathrooms are!!
it looks like the deck leads down to a garden (I’d assume), but pics would have been nice!
Also, for that price, would you not want a garden?
Kitchen is hideous, but love the openness of the parlor floor. And, there’s no apt. to use for rental?
And again, at that price, I’d like some more pictures. Also, why is 2nd street the most desirable block, out of curiousity?