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
Nicely renovated, but I don’t get out they installed the Central hearing/air without using at least one line of chimeys. Maybe they had an old dumbwaiter line and popped through to the roof.
OTOH, I don’t get having such a grand bathroom next to the kitchen with no BR’s on that floor. Although I guess it makes sense to have the semi-shower there — almost like a beach house shower to rinse off after coming in from the garden.
I too much prefer the rear parlor kitchen approach (especially with a deck off the rear).
Yes, Pete, but how do you pronounce it??
pa-tin-a or
pa-teen-a
Oh, you are so sweet, Nomi!!!
But we don’t have the wainscotting in the hall, nor the new HVAC, nor the new waste pipe, nor the working fireplaces, nor the fancy new tiled baths. Most of our woodwork has been painted over. The exterior, front door, and windows are sad stories. Other than that, though, it’s perfect. 🙂
We do have all the original built-in cupboards and closets that were presumably taken out of this house to expand the kitchen and bathroom on the first floor. And everything else original to the house.
I’m not complaining!
I prefer to call it patina not algae, thank you.
“The more I see of this house, the more I like it. I am just drooling away. This is one of the best houses I have ever seen.” (mopar)
YOUR house WILL be one of the best houses you have ever seen.
The more I see of this house, the more I like it. I am just drooling away. This is one of the best houses I have ever seen.
Yeah, those working fireplaces blow my mind.
Question: Where do you think the exhaust for the heat goes, if not up the chimneys?
Second question: Where do you think they’re hiding all the ductwork for the HVAC they mention?
Also note all the cable and Internet in every room, blah blah. Very cool.
I’m in the process of hiring an electrician, and so far they say I’ll wire telephone but don’t know anything about cable for Internet. I’m like WHAT? Are you living in 1965?
yeah the green stuff is not on the google image… all that said this is going to be a great house for someone…
Bkplebe,
I appreciate your cut-and-paste news, and I thank you for taking the time to find them.