House of the Day: 96A Hicks Street
This house at 96A Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights just hit the market with an asking price of $3,195,000. The 17-foot-wide brownstone is generally pretty attractive on the inside, though we’re not loving the renovation on the rear parlor. Still, the house is in good shape, has a charming garden and obviously is in a…
This house at 96A Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights just hit the market with an asking price of $3,195,000. The 17-foot-wide brownstone is generally pretty attractive on the inside, though we’re not loving the renovation on the rear parlor. Still, the house is in good shape, has a charming garden and obviously is in a great location. Think the seller will get his price?
96A Hicks Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
Beautiful face to the building and the garden looks really nice. By the write-up, the master bedroom seems to have an entire floor.
Been looking at different spots in Brooklyn, and I have to say that I love this house and the neighborhood. It’s easy to forget what charm is when your last place was in a Luxury apartment building in Manhattan. The idea of living in your own house seems so foreign me, lets not forget about having a garden as well.
At that asking price, I would sure want to see what the kitchen and baths look like. The living room pipe might just be a riser for the heating system. I don’t find it objectionable at all, particularly in the context of a more modern reno; far more attractive to me than those huge structural columns one sees all the time in the corners of the most recent apartment houses. I can’t say that I like all of those built-out closets in the bedrooms. The garden looks great though.
I was in this house for a garden tour once. The garden is really lovely. I didn’t pay close attention to the house, but from what I recall I liked it. What I do remember was that it was warm with lots of light on the first floor.
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I prefer the frame house a couple of doors down.
Older houses in Brooklyn Heights often have sloped roofs with attic space underneath lit by windows front and back. you can’t see it from the street, but its there.
There are tiny windows up there…ceiling is low.
A neighboring house in the row solved the problem by turning the top floor and the attic space into a double-height open area.
I saw the house and it actually looks pretty nice. Design is a bit contemporary but the house is in amazing condition. Lovely garden/beautiful block.