House of the Day: 526 Carlton Avenue
This four-story brownstone at 526 Carlton Avenue in Prospect Heights sold for $1,230,000 back in 2006. Since then, it’s undergone a major renovation that’s resulted in a pretty nice looking house; recessed lighting notwithstanding, the reno managed to preserve the major architectural details of the house while injecting it with some attractive modern upgrades (i.e….
This four-story brownstone at 526 Carlton Avenue in Prospect Heights sold for $1,230,000 back in 2006. Since then, it’s undergone a major renovation that’s resulted in a pretty nice looking house; recessed lighting notwithstanding, the reno managed to preserve the major architectural details of the house while injecting it with some attractive modern upgrades (i.e. they did a nice job on the kitchen and bathrooms). The bigger question is whether $2,300,000 will fly so close to Atlantic Yards.
526 Carlton Avenue [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
Carlton is not one of the better PH Avenues. The price is very aggressive. We’ll see…
Hard to tell for sure, but from the pictures, looks like a decent renovation (though I agree about strangeness of the kitchen). I think I like those bleached (or whatever they are) floors. Looks like an airy feel without being to beach house-y.
But may I complain about my photography pet peeve? OK, thanks: These picture were carefully taken by a professional. I realize that a somewhat wide angle is necessary, or else we’d be unable to see most of a room in one shot. But the extreme wide angle do a disservice to the property. Look at that parlor! Granted, it IS long and narrow. But it doesn’t have to look like a freakin hallway! And making the other rooms look SO gigantic — not attractive either. Some of that is lack of furniture, true. But an empty room does not have to look like an airplane hanger!
The floors are too pale. The whole composition lacks contrast.
Agree parts seem cold and clinical. I hope all those floors and trim are real. Hard to tell without an in-person visit.
And a powder room directly off the dining room? They are out of their minds.
I know anyone who buys this can paint or do whatever, but right now, I find this vast expanse of arctic whiteness really cold and uninviting. And period detail means more than just holding onto the mantle pieces and the doors to me. If I were in the market, this would not appeal to me at all.
That’s not a dis on the house, but just my personal taste. The house looks well done.
What “Atlantic Yards”? There are none. Right now, you have the Vanderbilt Yards that have been there for a long, long time.
That is SOME paler than pale, mod, (dare I write “cool”?) interior! I would be afraid to serve red wine (or grape juice…or chocolate for that matter)! It’d be like a gallery opening: white one only. What a lot of extra cleaning…give me rumpled. Doesn’t show the dirt as much.
***Someday bid half off peak taglines!***
I heard it was in contract and the buyer was Russian.
donatella–haha–totally. The world hasn’t endedd. Wheew.
To have this kind of discussion (again) makes me ecstatic.
To discuss making money on a renovation, to even discuss a 2.3 million dollar house with a painted exterior near the AY makes me want to dance on rooftops! It’s back to the future! To even care about curb cuts and to argue about rodents! I guess the end of the world didn’t happen. I think the house is pretty hideous but who cares! AY will be such a dinky little thing now the discussion changes anyway. This made my day.