House of the Day: 414 Vanderbilt Avenue
This one’s gonna be a tough sell. This four-story brownstone at 414 Vanderbilt Avenue is unfortunately an example of the seller (and recent renovator) being out of touch with the market. Not on price (though that’s clearly too high) but in terms of aesthetics. Let’s face it, most people looking to drop $2,490,000 on a…
This one’s gonna be a tough sell. This four-story brownstone at 414 Vanderbilt Avenue is unfortunately an example of the seller (and recent renovator) being out of touch with the market. Not on price (though that’s clearly too high) but in terms of aesthetics. Let’s face it, most people looking to drop $2,490,000 on a house in Fort Greene want some historic charm, or if they want modern, they want something truly modern (in a modernist sense). They don’t want a McMansion chic. And that, unfortunately, is what this place is. We foresee some big price reductions on this one.
414 Vanderbilt Avenue [Warren Lewis] GMAP P*Shark
TownhouseLady–stand by your cock!
I can just picture the outfit that would be hanging on the steamer.
– A cobalt blue velour jogging suit.
or
– A multi-colored floral blouse with an elastic waist band.
Oh Sam, with all that’s happening financially we need a release. Plus we’re ALL guilty of decorative crimes.
Actually, I had a really big ceramic rooster in my kitchen that I fell in love with at a french flea market and had shipped back here. So the first time I had my very stylish gay friend over to see the new house he walked into my kitchen stopped dead threw his hand over his heart and said, “Wow, nice cock!” and then rolled his eyes in disgust/horror.
I stand by my cock. In fact I love it. I will display him proudly until I go to sell my house and then I’ll remove almost every decorative anything from every surface!
I think McMansion nails it. That said, there are many who would think this was lux. My contractor would have been VERY impressed.
sam…i know a lot of straight people and none of their bathrooms come even remotely close to that mess.
BTW when’s the cookout and what can we all bring?
geesh, what a bunch of decor snobs. Remind me not to invite any of you to my place for a cookout. It’s like “gay eye for the straight bathroom”.
By the way the fruit loops on the bathroom tile border that match the towels exactly is the sort of weird detail that just may make someone fall in love with the house. Y’never know.
That would be the assumption Dave. I think the garbage can set in the center of the kitchen is a nice convenience. It’s also amazing that they have the same curio display area in the kitchen cabinets as the pink cabinetted kitchen did in the “glass, glass and yes, more glass” house we discussed last week.
My favorite part though are the Michelin Man Sofas. I couldn’t imagine anything more elegant for my guests to sit in.
Mill Basin Millie decorated 414 Vanderbilt in a very subtle but elegant manner. All her friends in the neighborhood are chastising her for not giving it more glamour and glitz.
I don’t get the mcmansion vibe either.
But can Warren Lewis provide less information about a high-end listing? No floorplan. They don’t even say how many bedrooms are in the owners unit or the rentals. How do buyers know if this house will suit their needs? At $2.4 million buyers should be able to move in without reconfiguring the house, so it’s all the more important to show everything about its layout.