House of the Day: 42 Grace Court
This new listing at 42 Grace Court is not for the faint-of-wallet, but if you’ve got the dosh, you could do a lot worse. The five-story, 6,500-square-foot brownstone has been restored in an eco-friendly manner while retaining most of its old-school cred. Not that the eventual buyer will probably need it, but there’s also a…

This new listing at 42 Grace Court is not for the faint-of-wallet, but if you’ve got the dosh, you could do a lot worse. The five-story, 6,500-square-foot brownstone has been restored in an eco-friendly manner while retaining most of its old-school cred. Not that the eventual buyer will probably need it, but there’s also a potential income stream from a second unit. As for the asking price of $5,950,000, who the heck knows. At those levels, it’s anybody’s guess.
42 Grace Court [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Minard, thank you for correcting me on MY OWN OPINION.
Patina IS oxidisation and the uneven exposure to the elements has caused it to be overly streaky and looks ugly (IN MY OPINION).
If Lady Liberty’s patina caused her face to look like a blubbing clown, do you think people might want to see her freshened up?
PS 8 in the Heights is actually a very good school.
I really like the Heights, and I have a particular irrational fondness for Grace Court. Good luck to whoever buys this place – I’m sure they’ll be very happy there.
18 feet wide? Exposed AC vents? For six million? Am I missing something??
Chicken, you look at a floorplan with a traditional toilet bidet combination and you think it is two toilets side by side. You should recuse yourself from all future threads involving multi-million dollar residences.
The copper bay is naturally patinated. I suppose you would like to see the Statue of Liberty painted in flesh tones?
that copper bay doesn’t look “wow”, it looks oxidised and bleurgh. Needs an industrial sized tub of Solvol to make it look good.
I LOVE this house. The bay window is wonderful, the floorplan makes sense, and the block is one of the most charming I know of anywhere. And unlike some of the other posters I like the cleaner, white molding. It is not as heavy as some of the houses with TONS of original wood detail.
Ok, I have to nitpick about the fact the house is narrow, a 10 ft wide parlor is designed to make people stiff and uncomfortable, which I guess makes this house authentically Victorian. That said, the copper bay is spectacular, Grace Court is superlative, the house is updated and yet tasteful, so it’s just a waspy fantasy.
I’d say if any house warrants $1,000 psf, it would be this one, so 18.5 x 50 x 5= 4,625, plus 100sf extension x 3, $4,925,000. Not a penny more, Noki.
Ooooh, Brownies! No walnuts please.
Where you guys betting on something? If I post again there, what else can we win?
CGar, don’t forget the tray of brownies.
Tara, your post on OT last week won us a home-baked tray of brownies from CGar who claims it’s super delish