House of the Day: 84 Rutland Road
This house at 84 Rutland Road is a classic Lefferts Manor beauty. The mix of brownstone, limestone and brick house has an amazing parlor floor that’s chock full of original wood moldings, parquet floors and a mahogany pier mirror. There was some discussion last week about whether the days of houses in PLG fetching over…
This house at 84 Rutland Road is a classic Lefferts Manor beauty. The mix of brownstone, limestone and brick house has an amazing parlor floor that’s chock full of original wood moldings, parquet floors and a mahogany pier mirror. There was some discussion last week about whether the days of houses in PLG fetching over a million dollars are over. If that’s the case, then this place’s asking price of $1,200,000 won’t fly too well. On the other hand, another four-story house across the street at 49 Rutland Road closed in June for $1,425,000. This will be interesting to watch.
84 Rutland Road [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
this broker is a tough cookie and she knows the area and its comps extremely well. it’s going to come down to how much staying power the seller has b/c this broker is not going to be the weak link.
The buyer who can get this house, at this price, at this time, on this block in Lefferts Manor is a buyer who will get a very good deal.
What a beauty. Kitchen needs help but just lovely.
No need for apologies p de t, although I didn’t realize my star power was something that attracted people to PLG 🙂
FWIW there ARE less expensive (albeit smaller) single family houses in LM and lots of two-families on surrounding blocks.
This is indeed a VERY grand house–far more so than mine. I’d be surprised if it doesn’t get it’s asking price, or something quite close to it. Also, the present broker still fits your “straight shooter” description, although she might not want to be referred to as an “overall great guy”–you’d have to substitute a feminine form.
Oops did not realize BHS now has the listing. It was listed with Metrostar realty initially.
We looked @ this place in the beginning of the summer and was blown away by the intricate details all kept in very good condition. The house in general needs some minor work and has an awesome facade but the price needs to be adjusted down by @ least $100K IMHO. The broker is a straight shooter and overall great guy but he hasn’t been able to sell because the owner won’t budge. I became disinterested when I realized the single family covenant…can’t afford as a single family:( LOL Sorry Bob Marvin was looking forward to being your neighbor.
Two smaller houses on Midwood Street (two story houses) sold recently for good prices. A renovated house sold for about 1.1 at the end of August, and a house in need of new kitchen and baths sold for 975K, I believe, sometime in August. This house is much larger, so I think it will do fine.
this place is a much tougher call than the 2 CH joints from a few weeks ago. the beverly hills of midwood street has held up very nicely and seems to be propping things up a bit. i think that this place could get its 7 but i’m thinking it’ll take some time to move.
As a resident of the neighborhood I will chime in. The houses in Lefferts Manor were built for upper middle class families at the turn of the last century. The design of the house is made for an extended or large family with live in ‘help’. On the upper floors of most of these single family homes, of which the majority have been since the day they were built, there are quarter for live in help. Usually the rear section of one of the upper floors had a separate little kitchen, dining/living room and a little bedroom for a nanny or live in house keeper. That is why some of these houses still have kitchens on the upper levels. There is no ‘shady’ illegal renting going on. It is simply the design of homes from an era long gone. And since many of the Lefferts Manor homes were never cut up into rooming houses or rentals, like most brownstone neighborhoods, the original features remain. SO if you are a single family that can afford live-in help these days…this throw-back stately home is right for you.