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
dt…I completely agree with you. Parlor levels kitchen in brownstone like this is simply odd and not original to the house.
My mother owns a brownstone in Clinton Hill (the home I grow up in) and it was originally designed as follows:
Basement
Garden level: kitchen in the rear with half bath, sewing room, and formal dining room.
Parlor level: front parlor/music room/library, rear parlor/formal living room
2nd and 3rd floors: 4 bedrooms and two full baths.
Now mind you this was before it was converted in to a two family in the 60’s.
“What’s the point of having 3,000 sqaure feet if you only use 2,000?”
Exactly!
more4less,
I’m not an expert on house prices, especially post-downturn, but IMO this is a pretty good asking price for a house that’s been nicely renovated.
BTW, it’s not really “PLG or Lefferts Manor”; LM is part of PLG.
I much prefer having the kitchen on the garden level leading out to the garden. We have our three story set up that way and use the parlor level back room for our den. We end up using the whole house this way. When we have dinner parties we use the dining room (also on the garden level) and for other parties we have the entire parlor level. If you put your kitchen on the parlor level you never use the garden level. What’s the point of having 3,000 sqaure feet if you only use 2,000?
Bob, Per PLG houses referenced on this blog before, this is a strong price right? I mean, I recall seeing some bigger 4 stories nice ones in PLG or Lefferts Manor selling around $1M not too long ago.
Having lived in a three story house with a traditional (ground floor rear kitchen) layout for many years, I disagree with “antidope” about a parlor floor kitchen being ideal. We use both our garden and parlor floor a lot (albeit mainly the back parlor “family room” on the parlor floor). We spend a lot of time in the kitchen and dining room (which also has a sofa and the computer), but gravitate towards the back parlor in the evening. Still, it’s nice to have the whole parlor floor available as space to entertain guests. With the two most-used sitting rooms on different floors and opposite ends of the house I can read (a book, on the dining room sofa or, more often, this website, on the computer) while my wife watches TV upstairs (or vice versa).
IMO a parlor floor kitchen is OK if you need to rent the garden floor, but it’s far from ideal.
BTW, this house is in the PLG Historic District, but across the street from Lefferts Manor, so AFAIK a buyer could have a rental (but I much prefer the house’s present single family configuration).
Oh this is a stunner. I love the way they’re reno’d it.
My house is the same size (I’m assuming since there’s no floor plan). We have the kitchen in the back of the parlor floor. That would be the only thing I’d prefer to see here. Like Dave says unless you have servants (now wouldn’t that be nice?) you’re the one who’s doing all the legwork at the party and it’s nice to not have to have stairs involved in the journey.
Very pretty house, the facade is really gorgeous
One of the issues with a more remote kitchen is that presumably for most dinner parties, you yourself are also serving as the chef, server and chief bottle washer.