House of the Day: 30 Middagh Street
It doesn’t get much charming than the exterior of 30 Middagh Street, a prewar (Civil War, that is) house in Brooklyn Heights. The interior of the house itself is certainly nice, but frankly doesn’t have as high a charm factor as we’d hoped given the facade. (Then again we’re on record as not being fans…
It doesn’t get much charming than the exterior of 30 Middagh Street, a prewar (Civil War, that is) house in Brooklyn Heights. The interior of the house itself is certainly nice, but frankly doesn’t have as high a charm factor as we’d hoped given the facade. (Then again we’re on record as not being fans of shiny granite countertops and baseboard heating.) Still, big points for location and clapboard siding. Besides, if you can throw down the $2,990,000 asking price, you can certainly spring for a radiators, right?
30 Middagh Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
$2.5 and you’ll have a damn good bargain.
Nah but those moldings look Home Depot circa 2003. I doubt it had any moldings originally.
The simplicity *is* the lack of details. It has moldings and at least one fireplace mantel. That’s all these houses had. Not sure what else you’re looking for.
Anyway I’d guess that the 2,423sf is not accurate; much of the additional 646 “unfinished” square footage listed in the tax records looks to have been renovated to finished space (the floorplan shows only about 100sf of storage on the top floor, everything else is finished and windowed.) As evidence that the city records are out-of-date, they also show the exterior as aluminum/vinyl, which is clearly before this was restored to clapboard.
This is at least a 3000sf house. It looks to have been recently renovated. Take out the leather couches if you don’t like the decor, but the pricing is entirely justifiable in today’s market.
Orthodox have to walk to shul.
You’re right, it is 23′-wide by 31′-deep; I had gone by the floorplan, but I just checked the city records. In any case, the 4th floor is not full, and the square footage is 2,423, so the rest of my analysis stands: no garage, and 25% smaller than 57 or 32 Middagh.
It’s a fine, cute, small house, with blah interiors (I am not talking of the simplicity, which I love, but the decor, tasteless kitchen and fixtures, and lack of details.) If it went for about the same psf as its neighbors, as the lack of garage is cancelled by the more traditional interiors, the price would be $2.25M.
seems reasonable to me. How many houses in heights can you find for under $3m unless need many 100k’s $ of work?
“There are two kitchens.”
Perfect for orthodox Jews looking to buy! Then again, they probably wouldn’t be looking in this area.
Baseboard heating units are ugly. Radiators are uglier, and take up more space.
Maly, this house is 23′ wide on a 25′ lot. (There’s a side alley which is typical for the North Heights frame houses.) City records show the depth at 34′ — so it’s about 3100sf total (including the top floor with the wide dormer window).
It’s your standard, run-of-the-mill New York City Federal-era clapboard house — which is to say, it’s pretty rare indeed. There are only something like 25 of them. True, it’s not a fancy mansion from a later period. But if you like this simple style of house, this is the real deal.