Still for Sale, 275 Washington Goes Renovation Route
The stately (but rundown) mansion at 275 Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill has been on the market since last September, when it started its listed life with Corcoran at $3,500,000; Brown Harris Stevens got the listing in March at $3,200,000, where it’s stayed since. If it seems like the owner’s not tripping over himself to…
The stately (but rundown) mansion at 275 Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill has been on the market since last September, when it started its listed life with Corcoran at $3,500,000; Brown Harris Stevens got the listing in March at $3,200,000, where it’s stayed since. If it seems like the owner’s not tripping over himself to sell, it might be because he’s begun converting the 7,800-square-foot building into a four-family residence. According to DOB filings, approval for the reno was granted on July 3, which jibes with our memory of when we started seeing workers in the yard. Who smells condos?
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Biff!! (are you off the meds again? I thought we agreed after the mullion windows 🙂 )
Brooklynnative- it’s really too bad you couldn’t have bought the house. do you think it’s feasible to keep the center staircase or will that go also?
Brooklynnative – I know the lot is being sold (or has sold?) separately, and for the record, there’s no way I could buy the house either, even if I sold my place now for $2 bucks. I can see why the lot was split off and the carriages houses are being sold separately, from an economic perspective, it’s just a bit sad – I’m just fantasizing like you ;-). it would be too much house to take care of in any event. Then again, if I could afford it, I would also be able to afford regular help to maintain the place while I’m relaxing in Fiji!
But SnarkSlope, according to the listing, it’s a full English basement with windows and good ceiling height. $1.45MM is cheap as borscht!
By the way, I know what a full English breakfast is (in fact I had it last week at the Chip Shot), but what’s a full English basement?
1842 – you ain’t getting the side lot, even if you purchased this as a single family.
Bxgrl – I’m sure they’ll save the mantels, they’re incredible, but they’re ain’t much else left to save.
I disagree – I think this a great location. The biggest downside location wise imo is the traffic on Washington, and that’s not a huge deal, plus the closest train in the G (though I personally would have no issue walking to the C at Lafayette or switching to an A/C from the G at Hoyt).
I think the difficulty has been the price and large size. Not a lot of people are in the market for a true single family mansion. I love the place, and would love to have it and the side lot for a large garden. Let’s just hope any renovation is done tastefully and preserves as much as possible.
Went to an open house for this one. The place had been used as a dorm for Pratt students and was a bit of a wreck, some original mantels and stuff left but a lot of the detail was gone and renovation had been done putting in crappy bathrooms etc. The developer is also going to be using that yard on the side to build another building so this will now be situated between two large buildings. I bet he sells the condos on this one before building the new one. You’ll be living next to a construction site. A real shame because I always dreamed of buying that building and using that side lot for an incredible garden with views of the church next door. Oh well, maybe in another life.
“Rarely available, a center stair divides a left parlor with a marble fireplace and pier mirror, and a right parlor with an unusual wood and stone fireplace,”- from the desription. Sigh. I wonder how much of this will be kept?
Agree the location is questionable…I think it is all dependent upon how “high end” the renovation is. Hopefully they are not constrained by capital (which is maybe why its on the market) and they don’t do a lousy job.
I doubt anybody’s gonna pay $1.45 MM to live in the basement.
Is $800/sf doable at this location?