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
Rule of thumb: No skirts should be shorter than they are wide.
Same goes for that dining room. If you put a 4′ Dr table in there with additional leaves to seat 6, you only have about 1′ behind the people seated.
No Bathroom on the 3rd floor????!!!! That would have been an easy add-in above the one on the 2nd floor. No architect or no money????
back in the 60’s, people would emmigrate from Sicily, or Ampulia to Brooklyn. They would work hard at menial jobs for a year or so and then buy a little house like this and maybe rent out the basement to their niece who just came over the week before. It was basic, survival living. Compared to the old country, it was a little better. You did it for the kids really.
Now this modest little immigrant’s special is listed at almost 2 million dollars! ?
I think we have gone insane. That’s all.
Ew, bayridgegirl, some of us object just as strongly to looming, light-stealing cabinets. Give me a nice shelf with some neat jars on it any day.
Agreed BRG. A friend of mine has those and whenever she pulls a wine glass off the shelf I always want to say (but don’t) can you rinse that out first? The whole time I’m just thinking how much better the wine would be without the added dust and god-knows-what that has settled in it.
Dave- the context behind my *quip* was that my aunt rescued a dog that was so ginormous that my Granddad upon seeing her new puppy exclaimed “that’s not a doggy it’s a donkey!” So everyone affectionately calls him donkey. Honestly, I like dogs.
Geez, a 14-footer with center stairs still gives you nicely proportioned rooms–often better than wider houses with side stairs.
I’m more bothered by the lack of a bathroom on the third floor…
the broker: “As an experienced attorney, Nicole brings exceptional analytical abilities, expert negotiation skills, professionalism and enthusiasm to every transaction.”
you dare question her ability to analyze the state of the market and true worth of this house?!
Is this insanity? ONE bath in a triplex? How much light can the kitchens get with those weird “mud/sunrooms”? Living room in rental has no windows? This is a dark hole of a house. 2nd bed in rental about 6×10′?
I’d want ’em to pay me to live here.
I know of a 14 footer on Union Street that sold for $2.25M this past fall. It of course was fully gut renovated and had a lot of ‘wow’ factor. Shows size doesn’t always matter.
i got a little claustrophobic looking at that bottom bathroom pic. on the plus side you wouldnt be allowed to gain weight.
i feel confined in a 17′ wide (or is it 18′ im in?), i cant even imagine a 14. does that mean interior wall-to-wall space, or do you deduct a 2 feet (1 for each of the side brick walls)?