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]
I love this house.
But something in the basement description of that first listing is driving me nuts: ‘Lots’ doesn’t need an apostrophe.
The Albemarle house does have an impressive facade (not to mention the fact that it’s huge and prime location) – BUT it is encased in really horrible aluminum siding that actually distorts/hides much of the exterior detail. I’m sure it’s preserving some really phenomenal trim, etc… The house has a lot of curving lines, and whoever sided this place just boxed it all in. If I was in the market for this house, that siding would have to go.
“http://www.marykayg.com/html/0558.html”
I’m loving this exterior so much more that today’s HOTD!!
And the crown moulding really finishes off the rooms…that’s what this house is missing….. crown moulding.
Thanks, Textpert. That would suggest more original detail remains than pictures suggest. Price is what I would have expected 2 1/2 years ago (I was looking at other houses in the nabe back then), not now.
Ebbinger House sold for all of 1.2 million? Wow…
BTW Anyone ever call MKG when she has “CALL US FOR OTHER LISTINGS” posted above her public listings? Is it some secret stash of houses?
Archi…the Corcoran listing mentions stained glass in the dining room.
One more question: Any stained glass remaining in this house?
I like this reno… Exterior color doesn’t bother me, at least it’s shingle and freshly painted. Love the kitchen, and would sell my soul for that mantle with original arts and crafts clock. These homes are very transitional… I owned a tudor in the nabe that had high Victorian details; here is a shingle style house with hard cord a/c accents.
Any glass in this house? I think in this market, 1.2 is realistic. Also love what they did with the third floor space. Fiske Terrace is a walk from the park – less desirable than neighborhoods closer to Cortelyou (although FT is landmarked).
How does it compare though, to MKG listing http://www.marykayg.com/html/0558.html, for an architecturally distinctive Albemarle home in PPS? Needs all the siding removed, to appreciate bones, and cheapo metal balconies replaced. Update kitchens and baths, wiring, who knows what else… Looks well tended, though. They’re only asking 1.25… I would say prices have dropped $200k in the past 2 years in Victorian Flatbush. Grateful I flipped my house when I did (not that I had much choice).
From the Corcoran site:
“The best restoration a Victorian has ever seen!” Hardly, and it’s not Victorian. This mother/son team are idiots.