Successful Modern in Cobble Hill
Speaking of Cobble Hill, one of the properties included in the “On The Market” feature in The Times this weekend was this Cobble Hill townhouse that had received a modern gut renovation. Given some people’s impression of us as dogmatic traditionalists, we just thought it worth pointing out that we think the owner, presumably a…
Speaking of Cobble Hill, one of the properties included in the “On The Market” feature in The Times this weekend was this Cobble Hill townhouse that had received a modern gut renovation. Given some people’s impression of us as dogmatic traditionalists, we just thought it worth pointing out that we think the owner, presumably a professional (i.e. flipper–not that that’s a bad thing) did a very nice job. Clean lines, open layout, lots of light and windows. We even think the stell stair works, letting light and air circulate in a way that a clunky, boxed-in wood stairwell would not. That said, we really hope that the owner didn’t destroy a lot of existing details to do this. We heard another horror story this weekend of a woman in the process of gutting an almost-pristine brownstoner. Why not find a house that’s already been ravaged?
On The Market [NY Times]
329 Sackett [Corcoran] GMAP
This is so totally schizo! One of an adorable mini-strip of charming houses (three-in-a-row New Orleans-esque) and then you go inside and its slicko Tribeca time. And I LIKE modern. I just don’t dig this at all.
When most of the vintage interior details have already been stripped in the past, I think a modern gut-renovation is great. But I agree with Brownstoner that I’m confused when I read about people buying brownstones with historic details intact or gracious prewar coops, and then wrecking the interior to make it sort of, kind of like a SoHo loft wannabe. They own it so no one can stop them, it’s just a shame. Back to topic, this reno of a gutted building looks very good.
That 90 Wyckoff was originally on the market for something like $3.5 million. I know the people who bought it, and it is beautiful. It’s huge for one thing, and the craftmanship is of the highest quality. Its exterior is not to my tastes, but it’s growing on me. The couple who own it are a cardiologist and his wife, an inerior designer. Needless to say, a quality interior design and decoration is a large part of the feel of a house, and she has done a great job. Of course, they have more money than God, and that helps too. They sold a house at the end of Grace Court Alley in the Heights and moved to Boerum Hill.
This reminds me of 90 Wyckoff Street, a single-family, three-story house renovated with a central steel-and-glass staircase and other ultra-modernist touches, that went on the market at 2.7 million (2 years ago?)and languished for a year or more before eventually selling for 2.1 million (if my memory is not failing). A beautiful (to some) property that was completely out of step (price and otherwise) with its neighbors.
“Someone will snap it up.”
it would have been snapped up already, it has been dangling for a while now. 2.5m is a lot of cash for a small lot on a mish-mash block.
Perhaps developer is friends with the ny times reporter and this is a calculated play to shift it.
Looks like they did a good job, even though it’s all so yucky and modern.
Sackett St is clearly Carroll Gardens.
Looks like a good renovation to me.
Someone will snap it up. I wonder why they didn’t include bathroom shots. Aside from the kitchen, bathrooms tell a lot.
And Court Street is the eastern boundary for Cobble Hill.