House of the Day: 22 Sidney Place
This charming house at 22 Sidney Place in Brooklyn Heights just hit the market with a price tag of $2,750,000. The 17-foot-wide house has lots of original details and the modernized, ground-floor kitchen is also quite attractive. We’re liking both the location and feel of the house. (They’ve also got our coffee table!) What do…
This charming house at 22 Sidney Place in Brooklyn Heights just hit the market with a price tag of $2,750,000. The 17-foot-wide house has lots of original details and the modernized, ground-floor kitchen is also quite attractive. We’re liking both the location and feel of the house. (They’ve also got our coffee table!) What do you make of the asking price?
22 Sidney Place [Kevin Carberry] GMAP P*Shark
MM serious question what is it about that kitchen? It is homey like grandma’s place but for $2.75millions we expect more no? The woodwork and moldings are not uniform enough to us i.e the flow from painted to unpainted is not very attractive…sorry for being such a purist:)
This is a nice average house with a very high price location notwithstanding.
Back to say, I love this place. The woodwork looks great painted, and I love the mixture of colors, with some walls neutral, some bright, same with the wood, some white, some colors. I also like the kitchen, it’s very inviting and homey. Ok, some of the furnishing aren’t my taste, but so what, I think they probably go in the moving van with the seller, and one can make it their own, including changing all of the painted surfaces.
This reminds me of a lot of homes shown in British home magazines. They always have that layered, lived here for ever, comfortable look that American decorators try to do, but most fail.
I’m with p de t.
Ok folks we hate to spoil the party but this place is just average except for the location. It is too narrow, the kitchen is dumpy, and the details are minimal. No bathroom photos makes us suspect circa 1978 styling…sorry we will take a nicer and much more charming home in Park Slope or Fort Greene any day for that kind of $$.
CarGar, I do the same thing. I love walking the Hts at night looking at interiors. Rich people don’t have curtains, for some reason.
Of course, I’m cool about it, because rich people also don’t like strange black women peering in and pointing out their mouldings and woodwork, either. Go figure.
This is utterly charming. It’s actually such a relief to see a house that hasn’t been completely overdone but just allowed to age gracefully. I complete agree with Maly. Brilliant location — just needs some updating.
oops–posted this b4 in Belltell by mistake–
annoying the people that close drapes or blinds. People in the big brownstones don’t usually do that. Seems condo people do. If don’t want the windows just move into BellTell.
Surprised Nora wants more windows – usually celebs worry about that sort of thing….as if notice anytime walking by
Ledger’s house (forgot the g-friends name, I know he is dead) all the shutters are always closed on all floors.
Posted by: Petebklyn at November 18, 2009
I had a friend who lived in one of these triplet houses. They are not as wide as the earlier brownstones. However because there is no side hallway and stair, the back and front rooms on most floors are the full width of the house and are very spacious – almost square and very elegant in feeling. A very nice block as well.
DitmasSnark, totally agree with you about the kitchen.