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
“Its a 60s sort of thing ENY. For those of us who are sticklers for architectural detail, exposed brick is just horribly wrong.”
Oh….OK.
i disagree and Petebrooklyn have hit the nail on the head as to why I’m not a member of Team Bear and why brownstones will hold their value far better than anything in Manhattan and any Brooklyn condos.
Cheaper monthlies than owning condo of same size and no board to set the rules. Nice block (but I think the Gowanus moniker would be a surprise to the people that live there). Gowanus is name of the canal and expressway. – As a neighborhood name -it is looking for an area to adopt it.
dave: damn you for bringing up the subject of Mexican food just as I am trying to make-do for the afternoon with two benighted Bosque pears.
Oh wait, maybe I brought it up first.
damn damn damn
Oh yeah, and you;ll need some 2X4s as well^^^^^^
Despite my hatred of exposed brick it’s about the easiest and cheapest thing to remedy of all…a bunck of studs and some drywall an its gone in an afternoon.
too much price
Too much exposed brick irritates me. Feels oppressive. My husband can’t get enough of it though.
I like this house.
just depends who’s buying these days. i could see this place hitting the sweet spot for a lot of people – those looking to take some profits from manhattan to brooklyn as well as first-time buyers who’ve been waiting to come in at a decent price-point but don’t want to wait out the market or take on a renovation. but i could be totally wrong and if i were these sellers i wouldn’t quibble over it.