House of the Day: 208 Midwood Street
Someone’s obviously put a great deal of care into the renovation of 208 Midwood Street, one of a row of 18 townhouses designed by the architect Benjamin Dreisler in 1910. Like many houses in Lefferts Manor, this one is chock-full of original architectural detail, including some lovely woodwork. The new kitchen, while perhaps a tad…
Someone’s obviously put a great deal of care into the renovation of 208 Midwood Street, one of a row of 18 townhouses designed by the architect Benjamin Dreisler in 1910. Like many houses in Lefferts Manor, this one is chock-full of original architectural detail, including some lovely woodwork. The new kitchen, while perhaps a tad severe for its setting, looks nicely done as well. The big question is whether a three-story house in the area, regardless of how nice it is, can fetch $1,150,000 in this market. If any can, this is probably the one.
208 Midwood Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
pottedmum – You might want to dial down the sockpuppeteering a notch or two.
Well, as I said, I liked the kitchen at 208 better than the one sold earlier this year down the block–perhaps it does appeal to a “younger age group”–I like it because it’s a very clean, modern look. But I still think this reno otherwise is lacking compared to the one down the block, which I doubt has anything to do with my 40-plus years…….
I was at the open house too and this home is stunning with more of a designer’s touch. It is far more superior in taste and style than the one further down the block that recently sold for 1.060. While that house was nicely renovated, its appeal leaned more to the older age group and 208 is set up to attract young professionals but could also appeal to the mature. No one can deny, the house is well done and so is the garden. If staining the woodwork is an issue for someone, that should be easy enough but not at the cost of 200k. As someone pointed out on this thread earlier, a similar unrenovated home on this block fetched $975 recently which seems to be the going rate for 2-story homes in Lefferts Manor needing extensive work.
Perhaps the market will tell but let’s hope it springs a pleasant surprise.
Personally, I’m keeping my cash in FDIC-insured bank accounts until the madness subsides. Crazy time to be sinking cash into real estate, in my humble opinion, unless you’ve got a heck of a lot of it.
Comment about bonuses is just to point out that the size of the pool of people who will qualify for a loan is shrinking. No disrespect meant to non-bonus guys. You’re the ones who are best positioned now to buy.
the house seems nice and everything, but its going to sit for awhile b/c of the price.
Anything above 900k wont move quickly. (Conforming jumbo of 720k + 20% down). houses that qualify for FHA loans, etc.,
have a better chance.
I saw this house at OH and like it a lot. However, I don’t see how it can sell for as much as the one down the block that went a few months ago for $1.06 (exact same asking price). That one had painted woodwork–true–but it also had very high end renovation of the basement (this one is nice but not fancy), and everything else–like original upstairs pass-thru closet–was renovated beautifully. This house needs a bit more work after move in–the other didn’t. I like this kitchen but are they really Ikea cabinets? I predict this will go at just under a million, but in this market, who knows?
I’m a woodwork freak (obviously) and these shots bother me. There are at least three different treatments here. The original appears to be the red oak of the staircase. Then someone stained the fireplace with walnut. Then there’s the newer woodwork which looks like clear pine with a light stain or possibly paint because I don’t see any grain.
Blond woodwork can look great but not so much when it’s mixed with competing trim colors.
http://www.brooklynrowhouse.com/house/diningroom
it’s a lovely renovation, it’s single family, it’s relatively subway-accessible. this will go for a little over $1m to a young family looking for an immediate alternative to a still-overpriced condo.