House of the Day: 329 Adelphi Street
This listing at 329 Adelphi Street makes us wish we had both the means and the time for a renovation project! The Civil War-era wood house has lots of original detail, according to the listing, but needs a head-to-toe restoration. (Even if the interior is a wreck, we still wish the brokers would include a…
This listing at 329 Adelphi Street makes us wish we had both the means and the time for a renovation project! The Civil War-era wood house has lots of original detail, according to the listing, but needs a head-to-toe restoration. (Even if the interior is a wreck, we still wish the brokers would include a few more photos.) The condition isn’t a huge surprise given that the house hasn’t changed hands in 40 years! We’ve heard from a couple of people who’ve already looked at it and the consensus seems to be that, while an incredible house, the asking price of $950,000 is very high given the amount of dough that will need to be sunk into this place.
329 Adelphi Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
Great, I love the current look.
What a beautiful house. As long as it remains a one family, the layout seems absolutely ideal. (OK, maybe you could put a powder room on the top floor — but I wouldn’t think you’d actually be using all the bedrooms as bedrooms, in which case it wouldn’t really matter.) Personally, I detest combined family/kitchen rooms. But I agree most people these days do want them.
I don’t see how you’d put one of those in here, though. A big farmhouse table in the kitchen ought to do the trick.
Can’t wait to hear about the detail, wiring, plumbing, Dave.
Ahhhhh, Putnamdenizen, you haven’t been following Last Weeks Biggest Sales here on brownstoner every week. This house won’t even make that list!!!! Plenty of people with a lot more money than me buying homes in Brooklyn every week.
This is the intro for a heated discussion from BHO, cornerbodega and the other members of team Bear!!!!
I guess DIBS is the only person left in Brooklyn (or on this blog) with the wherewithall to buy a house? That block is one of my favorites.
hey, why is that comment review feature holding my comment? I’ve commented plenty before.
tinarina…the broker did mention something about the garden actually being quite nice if you cut away all the overgrowth. I couldn’t even tell what the fence was like!!!
Haven’t been inside, but the owner of this place recently died. Apparently it was packed to the gills with stuff, a la Collyer Brothers. I think the good news is this house has been neglected, not ruined through half-assed renos, etc. The garden was on a the garden tour years ago–it was amazingly charming and secluded for the location, if I recall.
I went and saw this house about 2 or 3 weeks ago. I think $4-500,000 is underestimating the costs of refurbing. ALL of the floors are nearly destroyed and sagging, the staircases were reminiscent of slides, and all the rooms are chopped up in the strangest arrangement. The exterior is truly the best part at this point.
The top floor has “full height” ceilings only for the one bedroom in the middle of the floor, the other two (they didn’t call bedrooms, appropriately) have sloped ceilings that go down to less than 4 feet, if I remember correctly. And that basement, it made me sad to think that people were clearly living down there.
As for the garden, which was actually pretty amazing, albeit overgrown, it was severely cut into because of the extension off the back of the house, and has some water features that limit any standing space even.
It is a beautiful place, though, and if someone has the patience and means ($) to make it shine again it will be truly amazing. The practically floor to ceiling windows on the parlor floor were spectacular. This is no DIY job by any means, unless you are a seasoned contractor.
I’ll be interested to see if you agree DIBS.
This place is about 1,600 sq. ft NOT including the third floor (not sure how much of that is actually full-height ceiling). What it does not have, which I really think is essential is a third room on the first floor as a family room. I think anything above $1MM in Brooklyn needs a formal LR, a formal DR, a good size kitchen + a family room.