House of the Day: 295 Pacific Street
There was a time when a house in a prime Boerum Hill location listed under $2 million would have been a blue-light special. These days, we suspect some of the nicest wide Greek Revival houses in the area could still fetch that price. Unfortunately, 295 Pacific Street, while certainly an attractive house, doesn’t quite make…
There was a time when a house in a prime Boerum Hill location listed under $2 million would have been a blue-light special. These days, we suspect some of the nicest wide Greek Revival houses in the area could still fetch that price. Unfortunately, 295 Pacific Street, while certainly an attractive house, doesn’t quite make it over that hurdle. Its biggest drawback is its 14-foot width, which means the four-story house only weighs in at 2,744 square feet. Otherwise, it has a very nice lived-in vibe and plenty of old-school charm. It’s just not a “wow” house. The house just came on the market ten days ago with a price tag of $1,899,000. It’ll be interesting to see how close to that it can fetch.
295 Pacific Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
I actually think that this is a cute house but I hate the fact that it has been broken up into two units and that it is listed for almost two million dollars.
It would take at least $150,000 to add a bath and get rid of the extra kitchen etc. The place is over listed by at least, at least, $600,000. That’s obscene.
i actually quite like brick and prefer it a million times over to brownstone, and think this house is cute.. BUT when looking for a townhouse back in ’96, this was the kinda place that i would’ve said no way to when it was like $550. boerum hill has the reality of being boxed in by projects and is just ok if it’s cheap and sucky as hell at this price.
350-450K for a Trinity? When I lived in Philly in the 90s they couldn’t give them away (well, they were more like 125k). We rented in one for a while. The staircase was so narrow we could barely get a full size mattress up there.
I also hear that Fishtown is pretty hot now.
Brownie,
AFAIK there’s no “mix” involved in achieving different brownstone colors. It depends on where the stone was quarried. I also prefer deep brown-colored brownstone, but think lighter colors came to be used as fashions changed and limestone started to replace brownstone in popularity.
My neighborhood, built up between the late ’90s and teens has more limestones than brownstones and a lot of the brownstone is relatively light-colored, but that’s the impact of the “White City” movement following the 1893 Chicago Exposition, which featured buildings faced with white marble. Overnight uniform brownstone monumental blockfronts seemed old fashioned and less desirable than light and multi-colored stone,or mixes of brick and stone.
I myself prefer houses earlier than the 1870s but my brownstone is 1905.
Dave – just wanted to be accurate – that’s all really – not discrimating at all. I do own a brownstone (and not a brick house) and I actually find there’s a lot to learn about brownstones – I mean the mix used to achieve different colors – cheap pink or deep dark beautiful brown. I think brownstones have more character but that’s only my opinion. Bricks are boring.
It depends on the hood. In Bkyln Heghts, Cobble Hill, and other early areas brick houses are older and generally nicer and more expensive than the later brownstones. In other areas that were developed later, like Park Slope, the brick houses tend to be–not always of course–early 1900’s and not as nice as the brownstones.
If I read that floorplan correctly, you have to walk through the tenant’s bedroom to get to the basement (which appears to be the only place you could fit a washer/dryer.)
brownie77…are you exhibiting symptoms of Brownstone Superiority Complex? You are insinuating that a brick is worth less than a brownstone. Brick buildings are going to be older but that doesn’t make them worth less, all other things being equal. A magnificently restored brick Federal is quite likely to be worth more than a comparable early 20th century brownstone.
And I own a brownstone so no axe to grind here.