House of the Day: 775 East 19th Street
Back in 2005 (when it was an Open House Pick) 775 East 19th Street sold for $965,000. The new owners proceeded to do a detailed renovation of the old Victorian charmer, and just put it back up for resale with a price tag of $1,425,000. The 11-room house certainly is a nice one that’ll have…
Back in 2005 (when it was an Open House Pick) 775 East 19th Street sold for $965,000. The new owners proceeded to do a detailed renovation of the old Victorian charmer, and just put it back up for resale with a price tag of $1,425,000. The 11-room house certainly is a nice one that’ll have no shortage of interested suitors. The question is whether the price is right.
775 East 19th Street [Mary Kay Gallagher] GMAP P*Shark
775 East 19th Street [Corcoran]
looking at Googlemaps satellite view it appears to have a medium-sized backyard with trees, though much of the area is taken by driveway and a garage, leaving a smallish yard or patio/deck area. Still could be quite nice back there and nice to have trees and plants surrounding the house.
“For me, the only obvious negative is the apt. building behind, and what I’m assuming is a very small backyard, if any.”
The listing says it’s a 120-foot-deep lot, so I’d guess they have a decent sized back yard.
nomi,
the Ebinger Bakery house sold for $1.2m (http://www.marykayg.com/html/0530.html) after being on the market for a long time. It’s much larger and has more original features and in a (arguably) better location and not backing onto an apartment building.
Alternatively, this one is in the same area (less than a block away), also fully renovated and doesn’t back onto a big building (1816 Glenwood Avenue) – sold for $1.15m in the summer.
I agree that it is a lovely house but the comps tell the story here. The sellers are really hoping that someone falls in love with the place on a viewing.
Man you people are tough. I’m not getting how any of you know how much or how little renovation was done on this house. Do you all remember photos of it from four years ago? I don’t know if this price will fly or not, but there could easily be a couple hundred thousand in work based on the now photos.
It’s a lovely house. I might not make all of the same choices, but I like to see people paint a house the color they want instead of some broadest-possible-market color. For me, the only obvious negative is the apt. building behind, and what I’m assuming is a very small backyard, if any.
It’s not a four square – look at the floor plan. I thought it was at first, too. Many around here are, but this one isn’t. The living room runs the width of the entire house.
Spent many years (10)where (i’m presuming) you’re from dittoburg, and the architectural vocabulary is different in the UK than it is over here,at least from an acadmic perspective. American domestic architecture of the early 20the century doesn’t really have an Edwardian period. We never had an Edward, nor a Victoria, obviously, but we tend to use the term Victorian very broadly in terms of architecture. Transitional is usually the technical term used in the US to describe the architecture from c. 1900-1910. However, it doesn’t have quite the same real estate charm.
househunt, it’s Fiske Terrace – part of the wider Victorian Flatbush (there’s a detailed description on the Mary Kay website). Not as convenient as Beverley Square or DP proper but it has it’s own charm (and landmarked now).
It’s a nice looking house and there should be a premium for having had everything done but that’s too much for this neighbourhood in this environment.
For example, Ebinger bakery house went for $1.2m, the other listing above (not in as good condition but better location), and others in the area for a similar price have sat on the listings pages for months.
I guess the strategy is to price it high because you can go down but not up, and the sellers are hoping for that one family that falls in love with it but I can’t see it being mortgage appraised for this and I’d expect asking to be reduced to 1.2 in 6 months time.
This is Midwood, not Ditmas, as far as I’m concerned. The reno is fine, but just because they overpaid in 2005 and painted it purple doesn’t mean someone is stupid enough to do so now, in this economy. It was strange earlier this week when the seller joined the thread, but having the broker explain that his sales partner is not his mother but his wife, is worthy of a mastercard commercial.
I wouldn’t call this a Victorian house either. It’s Edwardian. Nice. Classic American four-square. The light lavender with green trim is artistic and works well although the original owners would have barfed if they saw it.
It was definitely redone by pros. Three-zone a.c. nice.
Can the area support a 1.4 million dollar price tag? I don’t know. This house is move-in ready and very attractive.
But you could save half a million dollars for a similar house in NJ or Conn.
I think it is very well done though.