House of the Day: 315 Garfield Place
Probably the nicest house for sale in Brooklyn right now, 315 Garfield Place hit the market last September asking $8,500,000 and was reduced to the current price of $7,750,000 back in June. While that’s a tough number in this market (or any, really), consider that the 26-foot-wide brownstone has almost 7,000 square feet of space…
Probably the nicest house for sale in Brooklyn right now, 315 Garfield Place hit the market last September asking $8,500,000 and was reduced to the current price of $7,750,000 back in June. While that’s a tough number in this market (or any, really), consider that the 26-foot-wide brownstone has almost 7,000 square feet of space and has been immaculately renovated. Still, at this rarified price point, it’s more about whether some banker or movie star is going to fall in love and have to have it than rationally comparing it to price per square foot comps around in the area. And given that the current owners paid less than $4 million for the house (pre-renovation, presumably) back in 2006, they can probably afford to be patient.
315 Garfield Place [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
Closing Bell: 315 Garfield Place, The Movie [Brownstoner]
11217 — “A house like this might go for for 10 million on the Upper West Side and potentially 15 or 20 on the UES. Maybe about the same in the West Village…”
Yes, I thought 30 million was overstating it. A lot.
Dave — “For those of you hating the library paneling, you have absolutely no taste in old houses whatsoever. :)”
This is where good paneling belongs. It’s a library!
Does anyone who lives nearby know if it still has the white door?
I could have sworn I walked by this house the other day and don’t recall a white door….
I was going to buy it but that white door was a deal breaker.
I agree with DIBS (as I so often do) – I love the library paneling.
Funny thing is that there are houses all over the country as nice as this and even more so. There are a few in Europe too. 🙂
For those of you hating the library panelling, you have absolutely no taste in old houses whatsoever. 🙂
Super fancy, no doubt. Although I don’t dig the 6-over-6 windows (too neo-colonial) or the white door with side lights. The knotty pine panelling in the library also leaves me cold.
Gotta say sometimes real estate speak is just LOL funny, viz, “Enjoy the depth and timbre of plaster lath walls and ceilings.” I assume they mean that plaster lath walls are very soundproof. But meanwhile I’m having visions of house hunters arriving to view this place with a pair of drumsticks in hand so they can beat the walls and experience the timbre for themselves!
11217, I know that West Village house. I always thought it was a new house built to look old. I love that big bathtub under the skylight and the original Keith Harings, but that’s about as far as I go. Personally, if I want modern, I’ll buy a loft. If I buy a townhouse – especially for $17 million, which, IMHO is a tad overpriced – I want original detail.
I see a white door and I want to paint it black.
Mr. Joist,
If I remember correctly, the Connelly/Bettany mansion only had a handful of photos also. Perhaps in these higher echelon homes, the owners actually think they they *might* sell to a celebrity figure and want to add some mystery to the home so we don’t have to see exactly where it is Sarah Jessica Parker might be taking a shit one day?
I have no idea…I’m just throwing it out there.