House of the Day: 10 Schermerhorn Street
This two-family house at 10 Schermerhorn Street is a pretty serious pad: lots of original detail, a three-story, 20-foot deep extension and the option of a private parking space. The owners of the 5,000-square-foot house, however, don’t appear particularly motivated, judging from the fact that the asking price of $4,250,000 hasn’t budged since the house…
This two-family house at 10 Schermerhorn Street is a pretty serious pad: lots of original detail, a three-story, 20-foot deep extension and the option of a private parking space. The owners of the 5,000-square-foot house, however, don’t appear particularly motivated, judging from the fact that the asking price of $4,250,000 hasn’t budged since the house was originally listed last November. What do you think it should sell for?
10 Schermerhorn Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
French chateaux rival Brooklyn brownstones as bottomless money pits.
Seems there’s a glut of French chateaux out there.
this looks like the most expensive house in Brooklyn Heights listed on StreetEasy. I think it’s missing a garage and maybe a couple of bathrooms for this price. Otherwise, it’s really grand. I love that genteel parlor floor.
Also, why does this thread feel like the Titanic? the band is playing, but I get an uneasy feeling talking about the priciest house in Brooklyn while waiting for the other shoe to drop.
changed my mind – buy this instead and save yourself $2m…
http://www.prestigeproperty.co.uk/property/107776/French-Chateau-in-15-minutes-from-Nantes-Loire-Atlantique-44-France/#
chicken, whenever you put in a new bath you usually have to do major renovations, that’s true.
Rich people don’t like to tinker.
(but they like to tinkle..in style)
Okay – $4.25m is just a shade over eur3m…which buys you this….
http://www.prestigeproperty.co.uk/property/124782/French-Chateau-in-Near-Saintes-Charente-Maritime-17-France/
Yes, I know it’s not slap bang in the City but it is a f@#king castle!!! That’s what a $4m house should feel like.
“chicken, I know, so what’s the prob? you put in more bathrooms. “his and hers” for the master bedroom. This house is huge, 25 feet wide. You can have bathrooms up the wazoo.
Posted by: sam at June 10, 2009 2:36 PM”
Not without some major tearing down and remodelling. You could probably get away with putting a bathroom where the storage is on the 3rd floor to keep the bathroom private to the master bedroom. I see no way to get an extra bathroom on the 4th floor unles you get rid of the smallest bedroom – no good if you have two kids and then you have a guest coming to stay.
Seriously, I’m not arguing that it’s not a nice house – it is. But tell me in what crazy world does $4.25m not buy you something AMAZING?!
dibs is right, the garage does not go with the house, there is an “option on it” there’s the rub! The deal for this house will revolve around that garage. If you can’t get the garage, the house is only worth 3.5 mil.
chicken, I know, so what’s the prob? you put in more bathrooms. “his and hers” for the master bedroom. This house is huge, 25 feet wide. You can have bathrooms up the wazoo.