House of the Day: 72 Hicks Street
Recently reduced to $3,750,000 from a starting price of $4,995,000 earlier this year (with a couple of intermediate stops along the way), this gorgeous woodframe house at 72 Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights must be coming into range for some well-heeled buyer. After all, this is one of the oldest houses in the Heights, dating…
Recently reduced to $3,750,000 from a starting price of $4,995,000 earlier this year (with a couple of intermediate stops along the way), this gorgeous woodframe house at 72 Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights must be coming into range for some well-heeled buyer. After all, this is one of the oldest houses in the Heights, dating back to the 1820s, and it’s a 25-footer. On top of that, it looks extremely well-preserved. By comparison, Brown Harris still has this house at 19 Garden Place listed at $3,995,000. Which do you think is a better deal?
72 Hicks Street [Kevin Carberry] GMAP P*Shark
oh, boy, DIBS, you really do set them up don’t you.
I’m staying quiet, people!!
They are only beginning to get shingles in their old age. It was a different herpes when they were at Woodstock. Way, way, way off topic.
cobblehiller…I’m sure this home has, in addition to that formal living room, a more usable family room. God knows there has to be someplace to watch TV. I have the same setup…formal LR and DR and then a laid back sofa with a big flat screen where I spend all of my time that is not spent in the bathroom 🙂
“It’s def. not for everybody.”
-at 3.7 million, there’s an understatement!
Ok, biff, you got a shot for Quote of the Day.
I’m starting to understand what Mr. B looks for, and your 2:36 maybe it.
But, sweet pea don’t be sad if it’s not. I’ll remind you again tomorrow that I’ve been Quote of the Day and you haven’t.
Correct Biff, that was my point precisely.
I believe that the front door treatment and the small roof over the entrance was an addition in the late 1800s as well. The door is definitely not of the 1820s federal stle nor are the brackets above it and the panelss to the side.
I think the living room firplace mirror is also a Victorian addition, as would be the plaster work above the picture rails and the picture rails themselves.
That said, none of that looks bad at all. I just hope there isn’t a “quaint” pull chain toilet in the bathroom!!!
“this house was covered in ‘composition shingles’ in the 1960s.”
As were many attendees at Woodstock back then. Fortunately, the condition is curable.
But I think Cobbler’s point, which is a good one, is how people can fall so in love with this place without seeing the kitchen and bathrooms, which typically bring out strong opinions amongst the ‘Stoners. I assume it’s because, without the pics, people are extrapolating how they imagine those rooms might look, although we all could be in for a rude awakening at the reality of their appearance/condition.