House of the Day: 694 East 17th Street
This five-bedroom house at 694 East 17th Street in Ditmas Park just hit the market with an asking price of $1,249,000. It’s got plenty of old-school charm (parquet floors, stained glass, beamed ceilings) but we’re not loving the recently renovated kitchen. How ’bout you? 694 East 17th Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
This five-bedroom house at 694 East 17th Street in Ditmas Park just hit the market with an asking price of $1,249,000. It’s got plenty of old-school charm (parquet floors, stained glass, beamed ceilings) but we’re not loving the recently renovated kitchen. How ’bout you?
694 East 17th Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
I toured this house. It’s nice, freshly painted, but a little tired esp around the woodwork. that said, brand new roof, new windows, split-system air conditioning, carefully maintained. And the bathroom ceiling is an amazing domed and tiled affair like being in a Turkish kasbah or something. Add to that a gorgeous garden, great location by express subway and good school zone, and owners who’ve had it for many decades, it’s definitely worth a gander. Better than the photos.
Yes, 1930s arches are unfortunate. i wouldn’t say stripped of ALL original detail, tho. Still a nice house, I think.
Hm, potentially a nice house from the turn of the last century, which unfortunately was completely modernized and stripped of original detail around 1930. I do not like the 1930s arches between the downstairs rooms. I do like the 1930s aqua bathroom, however.
Great block, but loss of the front porch renders it something of a poor relation. However, porch restoration is not always as expensive or difficult as you might think… Still, this house is way over-priced for this market. I’m a big Ditmas booster, but still – today’s market, no porch, little detail, new but not seriously high end kitchen – 1,05,000.
> And you have to pronounce it “turkwas”
Indubitably.
And you have to pronounce it “turkwas” as in:
my art deco turkwas twalet.
…and I like the turquoise overload bathroom!
I like the layout a lot. All that the house needs is another bathroom on the second floor.
Wait, my bad. There’s a second bathroom on the third floor.