House of the Day: 2101 Albemarle Terrace
According to the listing, this single-family brick house at 2101 Albemarle Terrace needs some renovation love, but, man, what great raw material to work with: “Designed by Slee & Bryson, and constructed in 1917, the graceful center stair design offers large open rooms with beautiful original oak and mahogany parquet wood floors, original plaster moldings,…
According to the listing, this single-family brick house at 2101 Albemarle Terrace needs some renovation love, but, man, what great raw material to work with: “Designed by Slee & Bryson, and constructed in 1917, the graceful center stair design offers large open rooms with beautiful original oak and mahogany parquet wood floors, original plaster moldings, many built-ins and generous closet space throughout.” Totally sweet. Think the asking price of $819,000 is low enough, though, given the work that will have to be done?
2101 Albemarle Terrace [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
BHS – Brown Harris Stevens? Like the realtor that owns a house around the corner that you are trying to sell?
The block is calm and quiet–those are the backs of apartment buildings with entrances on Ocean Ave. The Church Ave B/Q stop is busy but not “narly” as promenade said. There’s a warm neighborhood feeling on these blocks with friendly neighbors.
I saw a house around the corner from this..and took a look from the outside (the realtor had mentioned it)…it isn’t in the best shape (the house we saw around the corner – ditto). We also didn’t care for this area – this enclave of homes is also surrounded by large apt. bldgs which are pretty bustling and noisy -if you have a family, it would mean sending your kids to a private school….also the subway right there is particularly narly.
OK, NOW I SEE THE ISSUE…As you look at Streetview, everything that is to the left of the house are all the backs of large apartment buildings and what looks to be essentially a large parking lot…pretty ugly.
I think a similar house to this (on the other side of the street) was on the Ditmas Park house tour this year. The layout felt strange to me, narrow and vertical, but the houses are very spacious.
Garage is a huge plus – if I remember right parking is very restricted on that street.
I like the area personally. The street is a quiet enclave in a busy area just off Church Ave. Kind of behind the big Church on Flatbush & Church.
There’s a 6′ wide area between garage & house plus a porch on the side. There’s also a second floor terrace. This is looking nicer and nicer the more I look at it.
“How is that area?”
The area is not for everyone.
During our search, every broker we contacted in this area said straight up. “Are you familiar with the area”
Yards don’t always have to be in the back BC.
No yard? But I nitpick. How is that area?