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
“I think yesterday’s or Tuesday’s HOTD had sinks in the two bathrooms as well.”
Confused again, Dave.
The sinks in yesterday’s HOTD were in the BEDROOMS.
Because they probably don’t walk as fast as you, me and denton, Pete.
Yes Dave I saw it. I suggested the tub or a structured shower stall for others who don’t like the open feel. I actually like it.
DIBS, something like 40 extra posts came in as I was reading, so I didn’t see them. Again, you’re jumping to conclusions.
Any observation from a long time lurker: about 75% of the time you appear to give good advice here based on a your experience. About 25% of the time you wing it and make a WAG based loosely on experience that’s usually not directly relevant to what’s being discussed. The problem: you don’t tell people when you’re talking from experience and when you’re guessing. And you seem to often have little memory glitches, like this one.
Plus you post constantly, resulting in large volume.
The result: A very large stream of data that’s probably mostly good, but with an unknown amount of garbage mixed in. This means your overall reliability is constantly in question.
You would do yourself an immense favor if you slowed down on your posting in two ways: 1) if you’re guessing, say so. Don’t be authorative in areas you know little/nothing about. And 2) don’t go by memory. You seem to have two or more posts a week saying “oops, there goes that bad memory again”.
Who looks like the fool?
why not try that hopstop website and see how long they say it takes.
Very much agree, Amzi. The walk down Stuyvesant is very nice. People keep the sidewalks and gutters clean and the sidewalks are all new.
It’s really a joy coming home from work and exiting in Fulton Park and walking up that street. very quiet too. There’s not really that much traffic on Stuyvesant, and no buses.
I think yesterday’s or Tuesday’s HOTD had sinks in the two bathrooms as well.
I like shower stalls like that one on the ground level….big, drain in floor, no need for a curtain really.
It has a shower, CHL, you can see the shower head coming down…one of those “rain” ones.
Walking down Stuyvesant is a pretty nice walk to the A/C. Those are pretty short blocks. It is kinda the same as walking down 8th to the. really grand homes on both sides… I hope you all make it out to the Crown Heights and Bedford Stuyvesant house tours next month…
The 1/2 bath you are referring to on the top level is only a sink. Many homes in brownstone BK have bedrooms with sinks in them or in a closet.
Some would think the bathroom on the ground level is a bit odd but it’s fine. Maybe the new owner will put a tub or standup shower stall in there. Whatever the case, the work and hardware used are very nice.