House of the Day: 207 Lincoln Road
This gorgeous brownstone at 207 Lincoln Road just hit the market this week. The three-story house has been recently restored and, judging from the frustratingly few photos in the listing, was done so very nicely. The current owners bought the place for $800,000 in 2004 so, post-reno, they probably don’t stand to make a lot…
This gorgeous brownstone at 207 Lincoln Road just hit the market this week. The three-story house has been recently restored and, judging from the frustratingly few photos in the listing, was done so very nicely. The current owners bought the place for $800,000 in 2004 so, post-reno, they probably don’t stand to make a lot of dough on the deal, even if they get close to achieving their $999,000 asking price.
207 Lincoln Road [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
sorry, 3-story on Fenimore 1 almost identical to this went for 998k last april, a month after the stock market hit 12 year lows.
Additional photos and floor plan will be added next week.
Sorry for the unexpected delay.
Sterlingsilver, I think you’re off on this. Most recent comps in the neighborhood are a much smaller 2-story on maple for 830k, another 2 story on rutland for 975k, and a 3 story on maple/bedford that needed work for 920k. And a 3-story on fenimore for 920K. Those locations have nothing on Lincoln II (I don’t live there either). I don’t think we’ll see above a million outside of lefferts manor for a while, but this is as close as it gets, niceness-wise. 30 Midwood sold last summer for 1.2. That’s the comp for the kind of 4-story prime LM block you’re talking about. Sorry to be pedantic, but the market isn’t that bad in PLG.
i never said nicer.. .or even more architecturally distinguished. I was only talking about $$.
Some houses with no kit on the parlor can be nice (not always though).
It could give you a proper living room (plastic covers on the couches?) and a great / TV room on the same floor, without the snack temptations from the fridge staring you in the face all day.
Looks like it will be a good test of the market “over there”. A lot of people could fall in love with this one.
Quite true sterlingsilver, but more $$ doesn’t necessarily mean nicer. I live on Midwood II and love it, but think that Lincoln II is every bit as nice (and, perhaps, even more architecturally distinguished).
Bob Marvin, I believe houses on Midwood I and II or Maple II have sold at a premium to similar (ie equally gorgeous) homes on other (still very nice) blocks in LM.
You’d have to be thinking about that if you’re going to plunk down $1M in htis market.
LuvingModern,
In a three story, you could always build dungeons in the cellar for the kids during those “difficult” years. There were plenty of times that I was tempted. Maybe I should have taken my son upon his offer to drop out of school and move to a squat on the LES (as long as I continued to pay his expenses). However, as I wrote earlier they DO (usually) rejoin humanity and it (eventually) works out 🙂
LOVE this house.
also, agree with shillstoner regarding the configuration of these 3-story houses. having only one floor of bedrooms could easily cramp one’s style, especially if you’re a family with more than one child. personally though, i don’t think the 4 stories are any nicer because they have the same layout. the difference or advantage is having the extra floor.