House of the Day: 448 6th Street
We’re in love with the bayfront brownstone at 448 6th Street that just hit the market. It feels historically authentic but not precious, and it’s a little different from your standard-issue brownstone. The asking price is $2,825,000. Given the current meltdown and the fact that the house is only 17 feet wide, that’s going to…
We’re in love with the bayfront brownstone at 448 6th Street that just hit the market. It feels historically authentic but not precious, and it’s a little different from your standard-issue brownstone. The asking price is $2,825,000. Given the current meltdown and the fact that the house is only 17 feet wide, that’s going to be tough, but, man, whoever ends up here is a lucky duck.
448 6th Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
With the exception of the kitchen I flat out love it. The character is so unique. My house is 17′ wide with the parlor floor wall removed (like they have here) so it doesn’t seem narrow at all.
I agree that for 3m the kitchen should be top of the line but I would rather buy it like this (with a price reduction negotiated based upon the dated kitchen) and do it myself than have them install appliance I didn’t like and do something so totally modern it didn’t jive with the rest of the house. I’m picturing soapstone, butcher block and an Aga range here. High end but not “lab-like” (I like that description MM), this needs something special.
yes Nokilissa…I’m sure you’re right about it being a skylight
Kitchen is a disaster!!!
Nice, 11217.
I Have no idea how this little sophomoric attack was instigated, but you clearly have some issues with me (of which I was unaware hence my attempt to connect with you using some humor with my “tiff” question), that render you guilty of selective inattention.
I most definitely do not “complain” about “each and every house that comes on here” and am genuinely surprised by that perception. If I have offended you or others with my honest and open appraisals of homes and their asking prices, I apologize, but I am under the delusion that that is the purpose of this site.
As for the mean-spirited name calling and insinuation that I am some sort of princess, nothing I can do about that, but I disagree with you. I am far, FAR, from that.
Btw, Dave, the “shower” on the top floor is probably a skylight.
This is def. not a kitchen in a 3m dollar house. It’s like a dorm room kitchen. There’s two feet of counter space. No need to worry about hiring people to carry the food upstairs to the dining room during dinner parties, cause there’s no room to prepare food for the those parties.
Hope one of those pots and pans doesn’t fall as your over the stove stirring.
I’m so tired of poorly laid out, badly designed kitchens in these ‘luxury’ homes.
Sure this home is in ‘move’ in condition, but so is an apartment with a counter and a hot plate.
Love it, love it, love it, kitchen and all. Good luck to the sellers.
Oh I don’t know about completely redone. The 1950s aquamarine old style cupboard is charming. And when your red bricks are that shade of red, show em off.
The rest can go, including the prison bars. Mind you with a garden, I mean yard, like that, who knows whats hiding out there.
The dining room is undoubetly supposed to be the “den” on the garden floor–right next to the kitchen. The current owners simply have placed thier dining table on the parlor floor. Put it on the garden level and there is no issue.
The kitchen is adorable and it’s easy to see that it could be fab. However, I agree with the point that it is not “worthy” of a 2.8M house.
I love this house, but I think the asking price is unrealistic in the best of times–and in the current “environment” it seems really really high. It is totally true that not everyone is hurting–but even the richest are nervous and are watching their investments very carefully.
Very charming house. I like the kitchen a lot. Much preferable to cold lab-like kitchens, for me.
Don’t know about the price, but it only takes one person who absolutely falls in love, and wants to spend the cash on a long term family home, to go for it. I guess we shall see.
the fact that there might possibly be a sauna is enough for me.