Open House Picks
Cobble Hill 243 Kane Street Brown Harris Stevens Sunday 12-1:30 $3,995,000 GMAP P*Shark Park Slope 532 8th Street Brooklyn Properties Sunday 12-2 $2,200,000 GMAP P*Shark Carroll Gardens 81 2nd Street D’Andrea Craig Sunday 2-4 $1,200,000 GMAP P*Shark South Slope 270 11th Street Fillmore Sunday 12-1:30 $1,125,000 GMAP P*Shark
Cobble Hill
243 Kane Street
Brown Harris Stevens
Sunday 12-1:30
$3,995,000
GMAP P*Shark
Park Slope
532 8th Street
Brooklyn Properties
Sunday 12-2
$2,200,000
GMAP P*Shark
Carroll Gardens
81 2nd Street
D’Andrea Craig
Sunday 2-4
$1,200,000
GMAP P*Shark
South Slope
270 11th Street
Fillmore
Sunday 12-1:30
$1,125,000
GMAP P*Shark
isn’t a small unit over a door preferably to ducting everywhere and the destruction of either tin ceilings and/or plaster or wood moldings?
No
even historic house museums like Monticello have central a.c. -and one’s house shouldn’t be a museum but rather a comfortable and beautiful place. ceilings, moldings, etc etc can be removed, replaced, enhanced…don’t sweat it (ha!).
TO the person who wrote about 11th St.: “Mr Joist, what you say is true but I would argue that one really does not want to have by far the most expensive house on the block, or in this case, blocks.” Actually I know of at least one house on that block that was bought at around $1.3 THEN renovated. Also, there are nearby houses (like Charrette Properties houses on 13th St.) that sold this spring for record prices, around $1.7-$1.8. If someone gets this house for $1M that is truly a bargain! This is the best block btw. 4th & 5th Ave. that I know of, on one of the prettiest streets. Great neighbors!
A question to those who decry those Mitsubishi units, and while it doesn’t necessarily apply to the Kane street house as there are no original ceilings left, isn’t a small unit over a door preferably to ducting everywhere and the destruction of either tin ceilings and/or plaster or wood moldings?
Hmmm – interesting Inigo. I thought landmarking (as much of a pain some find it to be) did actually provide some measure of aesthetic protection. But hey, I hear what you’re saying, and I love Bklyn nonetheless…
Miss Muffett, nothing is protected in Brooklyn. Whether it is landmarked or dogmarked, the nature of our Borough is more or less unbridled chaos. If you want protection from the atrocities committed by others on their homes, families, and selves, you need to move to less crowded parts of the country. Brooklyn is a huddled, seething, smelly, Cuisinart of a city. Control and delicacy are impossible outside your parlor and foyer. Once one accepts the inevitability of the tacky tectonic plate that Brooklyn is built on, one can begin to accept and be a part of the slapstick Marx Brothers comedy that is our lovely Borough of Kings.
Re: 11th St – I also have a vague memory that the backyard had a major bummer of a view. If I remember correctly, the neighbor built a fugly extension behind their house and no matter how beautiful your own renovation is, you’d have to live with that atrocity each time you try to enjoy your yard. Granted, that could happen anywhere – or could it? Can you not get away with that on a landmarked block – that is, are backyards/extensions protected on landmarked blocks?
The 8th street house is dramatically overpriced. It would have to be 4 stories and need little to no work to be priced that high. I believe it won’t go for over 1.5 mill. Now, the place on 11th street is getting closer to fair. Although I think it may have to go a little lower but close to asking to sell.
Browner,
Nothing in FG, CH or PH to show us this week? Your selection is so “other side of Atlantic/Flatbush” today.
Oh, well.
Have a good weekend everyone!
BG
I’ve was in the Kane street brownstone about 1 month ago. It such a shame they gutted all the details out of the house…it lacks all charm. The chandeliers were hung crocked and I’m pretty sure the railing was PINE !!!! The bathroom on the top floor next to the master bedroom although it’s lovely was so big it dwarfed the bedroom. I personally like more living space then a bathroom I can hold a party in. Kudos to the real-estate company of they can get 4M. They really should list it at 1.5M and hope to get a buyer.