Open House Picks
Ditmas Park 1410 Beverley Road Liz Simon Sunday 1-3:30 $1,525,000 GMAP P*Shark Fort Greene 266 Clermont Avenue Fillmore Sat & Sun 2-4 $1,499,000 GMAP P*Shark Prospect Lefferts Gardens 62 Midwood Street Aguayo & Huebener Sun 1-3 $1,395,000 GMAP P*Shark Windsor Terrace 452 Prospect Avenue Heights Berkeley Sat 2-4 $1,059,000 GMAP P*Shark
Ditmas Park
1410 Beverley Road
Liz Simon
Sunday 1-3:30
$1,525,000
GMAP P*Shark
Fort Greene
266 Clermont Avenue
Fillmore
Sat & Sun 2-4
$1,499,000
GMAP P*Shark
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
62 Midwood Street
Aguayo & Huebener
Sun 1-3
$1,395,000
GMAP P*Shark
Windsor Terrace
452 Prospect Avenue
Heights Berkeley
Sat 2-4
$1,059,000
GMAP P*Shark
I’m aware of that everyone, which is why I won’t be leaving my current Flatbush homein a hurry!
Finding a house that is BIG full of details AND has up to date kitchen and bath is not that easy.
For example http://www.brooklynproperties.com/house14.htm has shiny new kitchen and bath, and beautiful new wood siding. But it lacks beautiful woodwork, inlaid parquet floors, charming fire places and stained glass. And it’s only 4 bedrooms, as they have made a huge loft out of part of the space.
Or this beauty that just sold: http://www.marykayg.com/html/0425.html It’s got details galore, but only 5 bedrooms.
Well good luck with finding that house with all new kitchen/baths, electric, plumbing, etc…, minimum seven bedroom, single family use only, plus all original detail preserved.
Just about any house that was on the Flatbush Open House tour that had details plus the new kitchen and bath were only that way because the owners had bough a building in really really bad shape but still had details and then worked their buts off to reno the house. And many of the houses on that tour lacked details as you moved to the upper floors.
It’s the extra kitchens that make me crings…
Sorry, but the only house I would move to in Flatbush from my present home is a strictly single family with allnew kitchen/baths, electric, plumbing, etc…, minimum seven bedroom, single family use only, all original detail peserved.
Even though the add lists 1410 Beverly Road as a 7 bedroom house, from what I recall, it has 4 bedrooms on 2nd floor, 3 bedrooms on 3rd floor (using one 3rd floor BR as dining room). Plus a bedroom in the basement. So that’s 8 bedrooms with out having to touch the existing 3rd floor kitchen.
The living room of the basement apartment could easily be used as a home office or a playroom and the basement bedroom for the au pair or as guest room. Or if you are looking for a more formal office space, there are twin parlors on the first floor in addition to the formal dining room. One of those spaces with all of the fantastic period details would make an impressive home office if you have clients that visit.
I’m just hoping that who ever buys this house respects and cherishes all the period details and does not alter or remove any of it.
From the Aguayo & Huebener blurb on the Midwood house:
“Serenity Landmarked Lefferts Manor 1899 manor home, sinfilled 4 stry 20X40X100.”
Do you think they meant “sunfilled” or is this a wink-wink reference to the current owners?
Here’s the answer. I have four children. I work from home and need an office. The most affordable form of child care for me is an au pair – who needs her own bedroom (no, I don’t want her to have nor does she need a kitchen). We frequently have grandparents visiting from out of town, which means we like to have a guest room. I happen to live in a 5 bedroom home with an office and finished basement, and we are tight on space, given the size of our family and our needs. That comes to eight bedrooms. Oh, and a large finished basement with extensive laundry facilities and a finished playroom is a big plus. Before you say how spoiled this sounds, let me just say this is my family and these are our needs and one of the reasons we live in Flatbush and not some other, trendier nabe (at least that was how it was when we moved here), is because we needed space and it was much more affordable here… And we did not want to leave the city.
Just how big a immediate family do you have that you would need/use a three story house and basement apartment solely for your own use? Most people would need to bring in some friends or relatives to fill out such a huge space. And having a separate kitchen for them would be a bonus, not a minus.