House of the Day: 17 1st Street
There’s a little more exposed brick than we’d like to see and the bathroom’s a little cheesy, but otherwise this smallish house at 17 1st Street in Gowanus (or Carroll Gardens, depending on who you ask) has a nice feel to it, especially for a house in this neighborhood that’s been in the same hands…
There’s a little more exposed brick than we’d like to see and the bathroom’s a little cheesy, but otherwise this smallish house at 17 1st Street in Gowanus (or Carroll Gardens, depending on who you ask) has a nice feel to it, especially for a house in this neighborhood that’s been in the same hands for a long time. (We like the exposed wood beams on the garden level, for example, and the upper floors have their fireplaces and moldings intact.) The asking price of $1,249,000 looks good at first glance, but remember that the house is 16 feet wide and less than 2,000 square feet in total. Thoughts?
17 1st Street [Fillmore] GMAP P*Shark
“ENY…so I’ve changed your mind about exposed brick? That was easy. :)”
Well, actually my mind wasn’t made up. I just wanted to understand the rationale behind the objection. I’ve never lived with it, so I don’t really know how I’d like it. But I had a friend in the Bronx who had an exposed brick wall in his apartment and I remember thinking it was cool. My cellar, which is finished, has exposed stone walls.
Hoyt Street is just the border because Cobble Hill to the north doesn’t want the projects part of their neighborhood! Dirty projects.
I would think the Carroll Gardens folks wouldn’t mind a little waterfront? Hmmm?
Also, being on Carroll Street, a block away from Carroll Park seems good enough to be included in Carroll Gardens… OF COURSE, this property doesn’t actually have the front garden set-back… but…
For my money (and I have very little), the Gowanus Neighborhood is on the other side of the canal… ya know, that part of “west park slope” that gets no love.
Definitely not Carrol Gardens, in any possible way.
Nice enough house but the layout sucks and the lack of bathrooms is an issue. I can’t imagine it going for more than 999K now.
Love the brick!
My house has exposed brick. I think it’s cool (well, I would), but for a house this size it adds some critical inches to the width to remove the plaster or drywall. Even a few inches can make a difference to the feel of a narrow house. Most visitors comment on how relatively spacious my 20′ wide house seems.
Man, this house is TINY. All these three-story houses have the problem of kitchen vs. parlor/den. I’ve never seen a good resolution.
And where is that half bath? Best guess places it in the ground-floor extension.
Ist between Hoyt and Bond is solidly Carroll Gardens.
Originally “Gowanus” WAS part of Carroll Gardens.
However now I believe Hoyt St. is technically the western most border. And since this house is on the other side of Hoyt, it is not Carroll Gardens.
haven’t changed mine, dave :-). I love exposed brick- not everywhere. But I do find the bones of an old house to be really beautiful.
But I wouldn’t get rid of period detail to expose it either. There is something rather wonderful about a marble fireplace against an exposed brick wall.
> “Cheaper monthlies than owning condo of same size”
In the end, are they really? When the roof need a-fixing or the boiler a-replacing, the cost is ALL yours.
ENY…so I’ve changed your mind about exposed brick? That was easy. 🙂