House of the Day: 46 Montgomery Place
This 1887 C.P.H. Gilbert-designed house at 46 Montgomery Place just hit the market with a price tag of $2,600,000. And while the kitchen feels a little dated, the condition and detail of the rest of the house are very impressive, a function, perhaps, of the fact that the house has only had three owners in…
This 1887 C.P.H. Gilbert-designed house at 46 Montgomery Place just hit the market with a price tag of $2,600,000. And while the kitchen feels a little dated, the condition and detail of the rest of the house are very impressive, a function, perhaps, of the fact that the house has only had three owners in the past 123 years. The English basement also looks to be teed up to be turned into a home studio or gym, though you might not need it given the house’s proximity to Prospect Park. The first open house was last weekend. Did anyone make it?
46 Montgomery Place [Warren Lewis] GMAP P*Shark
How do people think this compares to the WL listing on Polhemus?
I wonder too how these top floor apts were/are used. Maybe just kept mother-in-law up there? Hard to imagine had un-relative tenant coming up and down the stairs thru your duplex…suppose ran downstairs middle of night for a snack and tenant coming in late.
Too clean for my taste. Where is the aging wallpaper, the bulging walls?
Those are some suspiciously modern looking stone choices on the fireplace surrounds. I suppose you could have your pick of vintage Arts & Crafts tile and re-do it.
I think whoever buys this will turn it into a 1 family. Just a hunch.
With a bit of TLC, it could be gently updated to more contemporary taste. It’s really quite grand, and the location can not be beat for schools/park/commute. I’m sure 3 years ago they would have asked north of 3M, so the asking price is not really out there. For that rich law partner who has almost everything?
In any case, these seems like a good buy to me. All you need to do is get rid of the top floor kitchen and reclaim the whole house, and gut the downstairs kitchen and add some kind of direct access from there to the garden. For a wide CPH Gilbert house on the prettiest block in Brooklyn, located a 30-second walk from Prospect Park (and already upgraded with central air), this is great time to buy this great house. I daresay the asking price would have been considerably higher 2 or 3 years ago.
benson, w this house, I agree. Not a whole lotta space. I’d definitely want to take back that upper floor. Also, can only get to the bathroom thru other BR. Hell, only 200k to replace the kitchen, take back the other floor, and finish the basement. 2.4mil takes it
Even with the doors open, the owner’s front parlor is still a 12×22 room, with most of the light coming in through the big front windows. All you’re really losing is a hallway, and whatever light might come in through the front door.
I just don’t get these homes with this type of layout (renter living on top floor(s), such that the owner has to keep the doors to the stairway shut to maintain some privacy. With those doors shut, the owner’s front parlor turns into a 12 x22 room with light coming in from one side. What is so great about that?