House of the Day: 62 Prospect Place
Other than its width, there’s really nothing to quibble with at this new listing at 62 Prospect Place in Park Slope. The four-story Queen Anne is gorgeous from both outside and in. In addition to all the old-school charm, there’s also an attractive modern kitchen on the ground floor that leads out into the simple…
Other than its width, there’s really nothing to quibble with at this new listing at 62 Prospect Place in Park Slope. The four-story Queen Anne is gorgeous from both outside and in. In addition to all the old-school charm, there’s also an attractive modern kitchen on the ground floor that leads out into the simple but well-executed back yard. It’ll be interesting to see how the asking price of $2,150,000 flies. Might just work.
62 Prospect Place [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
I love this part of Prospect Place.
It’s very Romantic (as in the Romantic movement).
And convenient.
Yet feels tucked away.
Dibs,
Good use of the term “garden level” (instead of “basement”).
My crazy idea is to put the main kitchen/dining room on the parlor level and turn the garden level kitchen into a kind of library/office/sunroom with kitchenette (sink, mini-fridge, microwave). That way you could have easy formal entertaining at the parlor level, but still have some the basic kitcheny stuff you need if you’re having a BBQ. This is all dependent on my having an imaginary 2 mil for the house, however much money and patience for renos.
I have a kitchen, family room and both formal living and dining areas on the parlour floor. Front parlour room is HUGE…35′ long and has formal seating around the fireplace plus a formal ding table and sideboard towards the rear which is then separated from a 15′ TV room by sliding doors. That room has a deck off of it and the kitchen is off to the side of that and is about 7′ x 14′ It all seems to work pretty well.
Garden level is an apt.
I hear you ACHL. Perhaps when my kids are older I could envision this sort of set up. Right now, for me, convenience and efficient use of space rules all.
Wasder….well, I think it all depends on your life style. I do a ton of entertaining so I prefer to have a nice formal space that the kids don’t frequent. My family room is the place for playing, relaxing and hanging out.
I don’t even have a TV in formal living room.
OMG! This is right across the st from 51 Prospect Pl, where the film The Landlord was filmed in the then working class, Afro- American part of Park Slope by 6th Ave!
Nostrand Park has video clip from the film which is priceless!!!
Dibs…I love dumbwaiter. Don’t see to many of them anymore. Friend of mine just purchased a house in CH and during her renovation she had them removed. I almost cried!
I just don’t think the concept of formal dining and living rooms really flies in the 21st century family life. So its great to have the kitchen right out to the yard and all but then do you carry your food upstairs and eat in the formal dining room? Not likely. The kitchen in the parlor level leading to a deck is nice, then maybe make the garden level a rental.