House of the Day: 1600 Dorchester Road
This beautiful Victorian house at 1600 Dorchester Road has the distinction of having the only in-ground pool in Ditmas Park. And what a tastefully-done pool it is (especially when compared to what most pools in Brooklyn look like)! The interior of the house is gorgeous as well, with beautiful old floors and tastefully remodeled bathrooms….
This beautiful Victorian house at 1600 Dorchester Road has the distinction of having the only in-ground pool in Ditmas Park. And what a tastefully-done pool it is (especially when compared to what most pools in Brooklyn look like)! The interior of the house is gorgeous as well, with beautiful old floors and tastefully remodeled bathrooms. There should be no shortage of potential buyers coveting this place, the question is whether they will be willing to pay the asking price of $1,525,000. What do you think?
1600 Dorchester Road [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
cheap & tacky you mean.
and why exactly at above ground pools “tacky?”
*rob*
…and it comes with a magic tree that makes the sky brigher in the middle!
The opening scene to Sunset Boulevard comes to mind…
“…what most pools in Brooklyn look like.”
I don’t know about you, but I can’t think of another house with its own pool.
A pool is a lot of work, and I would imagine that it’s a huge liability in NYC. I wouldn’t want the work or the worry.
It’s on the corner of Dorchester across from a not so nice apartment building.
Not the greatest location!!
The house is on a corner (irregular lot). There’s more space for a pool here than the majority of homes in VF, which have to give up all of the rear green space to accommodate a pool. Most lots are just a tad too cramped for anything other than a tacky above ground deck job.
I’ve walked by this house countless times, as well. It is updated and beautifully maintained. Although it is in landmarked Ditmas Park, it is a corner lot – most of the property abuts Dorchester Road, which is one of the less attractive roads in Victorian Flatbush. It is close to Cortelyou, though.
I think the owners are required by law to have the pool fenced in, and if memory serves me, this picture was taken from INSIDE the fenced in area… The property is fenced along Dorchester Road. Someone would have to jump the fence to get into the pool (stranger things have happened in Brooklyn).
There are quite a few, drecky, IMO, above ground pools in this nabe which have decks built around them to give them an “in ground” feel. Often they extend to the decks of the kitchen at the rear of the house. Almost always, this means there’s no greenspace left in the back yard. This house is definitely a step up as it house with a real in ground pool (which I think is nice and very useful with older kids)AND green space.
I know of one another in-ground pool in the Victorian Flatbush area. It was in South Midwood on a double lot (there are a handful of double lots around…). Sold a few years ago.
This house is priced too high for one particular reason – Dorchester Road. In this market, 1.2 will be the selling price.
Why does the listing say townhouse? Is it attached to another building? The first photo on the website is cut off funny, so it’s hard to tell.