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
Shillstoner,
They eventually rejoin the human race and (if you’re lucky) move out a few years later 🙂
agree that 4 is too many floors. my proposed layout solves the dreaded teenager on top of me issue. the only compromise- as i see it- would be in a home like this that is dripping in original details. you need something that’s already been chopped up bc you’d be committing a low level sin to tear up a period parlor and throw in a kitchen on the floor.
sterlingsilver,
What makes you think that Lincoln II ISN’T one of very best blocks in historic district? I disagree (and NO, this isn’t my block).
Bob, my kids are in the tweens and early teens stage, which is why one floor of bedrooms seems way too tight. When they were nice, I mean younger, it probably would have been fine.
Whoops; “write”, not “right”–sorry.
Wine lover,
I think actually that the argument here is that multiple configurations work for different people and not that they all blow.
You attitude kinda blows. Especially given that this is a blog devoted mostly to the homes in which these configurations are most common.
It’s not Williamsburgwhiteboxinthesky.com
This home is gorgeous, no matter how it’s configured. Whoever buys it will figure out what suits them best and make it work. Life is a compromise.
Great house but I doubt they’ll get the price. To pay $1M in lefferts in this market I’d want
a> four floors,
b> no hallway in parlor floor (so the living space is wider and grander)
c> a garden rental if it wasn’t in the historic district
or
d> on one of very best blocks in historic district which this isnt… .
If others bought for $1M and put 100K into their house two years ago that proves the point. That one would be below $900 today.
Still a wonderful house, though
shillstoner,
There’s a lot of truth to what you right. When my son was a teenager I’d have sold my soul (if I believed I had one) for a four story (or one of the three story colonial revivals in my neighborhood, with TWO bedroom floors). However, in the years before and since that period of torture, I prefer my current layout. Four stories are a bit more than I’d need (long term) in a one-family house.
doesn’t this debate get tiring… correct answer is unless you are like dave – one person – all the configurations kinda blow. the whole cramped living/dining/kitchen thing is not great, and it’s true that that parlor gets ignored when kitchen on the ground floor. when i had a brownstone, one year the parlor floor was used maybe 5 times.