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
Ok Dave, I’ll turn my evil eye away from you for now….
I think CobbleHilller changed his name! I have no idea who he is now! But I’d like to thank him! Maybe a piece of chocolate or two from the Chocolate Room?
It’s ok, BRG…I’m thinking they’re old and crap. Looking at the furntiture – says to me that this place hasn’t been touched in 25 years. Maybe painted, but not much else. The fabric on the armchairs is circa 1984.
Does that livingroom look uncomfortable to anyone besides me? It’s like a formal victorian visiting room – make the seating uncomfortable so people don’t stay too long!
As to Sam’s point about identifying the style of this house – my guess is that the exterior, at least, has been altered several times. The early frame houses didn’t have such high windows and would have had only 2 stories plus attic, not 3 full stories. And according to Clay Lancaster’s “Old Brooklyn Heights”, this house was covered in ‘composition shingles’ in the 1960s.
I only have one login and proud of it.
Bayridgegirl
Thinking of changing it though:
Notorious BRG
Sorry, cobble, got confused. Maybe I should start drinking cofee.
I don’t understand why they don’t offer pics of important rooms. Some photos that realtors show are really bizarre. I don’t want to look at the furniture up close. I want to see the room. I want to see the size. I want to see the details. Don’t put cheese, bread and butter on a table. I know you’re going to take that with you after you sell the house.
Staging is important, people need to see the illusion of them living in the space; but not for me. I can visualize the potential of a house.
This house does have great details. You have to like this style of house. It’s def. not for everybody.
Cobbler, at least we haven’t heard from Cobblehilller in a while. Maybe s/he’s the Fake What!
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. That was not me doing the fake What login though, just Bold type guest…..I also did another one “back in the day”…
Brook Lynne
Dave…unfair. Is that you doing the fake What? C’mon.
Hmm, is that
Real Bold type guest: Bold type guest or
Fake Bold type guest: Bold_type_guest
I don’t think people should use more than one login