House of the Day: 786 Putnam Avenue
This house at 786 Putnam Avenue is a real charmer. Tons of original detail, including some beautiful parquet floors and a killer staircase. The house is also located in just outside Stuyvesant Heights, the longtime-landmarked section of Bed Stuy with one of the most incredible and well-preserved stock of old houses anywhere. The house is…
This house at 786 Putnam Avenue is a real charmer. Tons of original detail, including some beautiful parquet floors and a killer staircase. The house is also located in just outside Stuyvesant Heights, the longtime-landmarked section of Bed Stuy with one of the most incredible and well-preserved stock of old houses anywhere. The house is only three stories, though, so it’ll be interesting to see if it fetches its asking price of $799,000. We bet it’ll get pretty close.
786 Putnam Avenue [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
Except for the island in the kitchen and the stainless steel appliances, this house is beautiful. Agree that the floorplan is a little weird, but it can always be reconfigured (yes, I know, at a cost). I don’t know Bed Stuy prices, but this seems well-priced, and I’d definitely consider it, especially if it means living close to DIBS.
But, the hard-to-find floorplan and the photos don’t mesh –what they’re calling the Master Bathroom is adjacent to what they’re calling the 2nd Bedroom (and both appear to be on the Parlor Floor), and what they’re calling the Second Bathroom has a window overlooking the garden that doesn’t exist on the floorplan (and is apparently in what the floorplan labels a bedroom). Also note that the bizarre shower in the 2nd Bathroom with no tub or enclosure – there’s a drain in the floor, a showerhead coming down from the ceiling, and another shower head and faucets on the wall.
Funny….8 blocks away TOO FAR!
1 block away TOO CLOSE!
Life is too short to be so miserable.
It’s 9 blocks to the A/C and 6 blocks to the J/Z. On the bright side the house is surrounded by buses that can get you to the train a hell of a lot faster then walking.
tinarina, that’s the same wainscoting that I have on the garden level. It’s oak. It looks to be a bad faux antiquing job. Paint over it and call it a day.
oh please one shows what the trend is and becomes the what
as for this house, I honestly wish the owner gets rewarded for his/her taste-care-respect. More profit or less loss than the atrocities usually posted.
I’m 5 blocks from the Fulton Park entance to the A train. I walk fast and it takes me 4 minutes. This house is one more block north and less than a half block east.
6 minutes, 8 if you’re slow, 15 if your fussing with a kid that doesn’t want to sit in the stroller.
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yeah, mopar that 2 story one (believe corco listed it at 799k before listing got yanked).
DIBS, got that scoop from the resident BS expert here who gets invited frequently to dinners & lunches while strolling the streets.
“(2) I think black people live in that neighborhood.”
I’m hoping that was sarcasm regarding the true affordability of this place, ty, but don’t forget us black folks got money too. White yuppies/families aren’t the only people looking for houses. Black or Latin people would be just as amenable to living here as anyone else, if not more so.
bklplebe, the Fed is slowing their efforts because the market is improving. Yeesh.