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
It’s two blocks from me Brooklynista and I’ve walked past it many times.
It’s right on the edge of Ditmas Park (the actual sub-division of DP, not the generic description of the area) and I’d say that part is below average for DP (although DP has a whole is still very very nice).
Put it this way, for $1.5m would you rather have this or the Arthur Ebinger Bakery House?
(http://bstoner.wpengine.com/brownstoner/archives/2008/08/445_e_19th_stre.php)
They build a victorian-style glass-paned greenhouse too. Then I might buy it.
that pool is actually kind of ghetto as far as in ground pools, no?
*rob*
Snark…I thought about that too and decided it was just out of the picture. My parents have a pool and they’ve always been required by law to have a fence. If some child wanders in and drowns then you can kiss your house goodbye.
Let’s do the math:
Pool – fence = accident/lawsuit in your future.
I walk by this house all the time. Impeccably landscaped, close to Cortelyou and the subway. There’s no garage, but the neighborhood has tons of on-street parking; because so many people have driveways there are almost always spaces available.
Ditto, you’re right – street parking isn’t a problem there but if every other house in the neighbourhood has it then the buyer would be right to incorporate that failing into their bid.
If this house had a garage AND the pool then you might be able to talk about a premium. Even then, it wouldn’t be much of a premium. Almost every other house in the nabe could have an in-ground swimming pool for about $50k (I’ve googled it now) if they wanted.
Don’t know anything about that block in particular but if the write-up is to believed, it’s probably in a great DP location. Love the Kennebec kitchen cabinetry and the breakfast nook. Still, can’t tell from the photo angle if that layout is the greatest though. Also don’t see what is so “tastefully renovated” about the one bathroom shown. Looks like a HD job to me. But, taken as whole, and not even including the in ground swimmming pool (which is bigger than some whole living spaces that get featured on this site)I think this house is a really rather special and will likely go for over $1M.
I like the pool, its a nice addition. No need for a garage, street parking isn’t much of a problem there.