House of the Day: 380 Degraw Street
Okay, let’s get the paint job out of the way upfront. You gotta wonder why the sellers of this brownstone at 380 Degraw Street didn’t spring for a more neutral coat of paint before putting the house on the market. If it were only one room, we could roll with it, but every room in…
Okay, let’s get the paint job out of the way upfront. You gotta wonder why the sellers of this brownstone at 380 Degraw Street didn’t spring for a more neutral coat of paint before putting the house on the market. If it were only one room, we could roll with it, but every room in sky blue? It’s a little much. With an asking price of $2,645,000, spending $10,000 to repaint a few rooms would have been well worth it, we think. While this is a great house in a great location overall, other aspects of the recent “modern” renovation were only partially successful as well: The shiny blond floors (which, to be fair, could be worse on camera than in person) and the choice of white paint for the exterior of the windows both aren’t working for us. The kitchen reno looks very good, though, and there’s lots of nice original detail still in place, like the crown moldings, door frames and bannister. There’s an open house on Sunday from 1 to 3. It’ll be interesting to see hear how this place shows in person.
380 Degraw Street [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
i actually like the blue, but not the kitchen. ikea kitchens look too cheap in these houses. who would pay 2.6 mil for a house with an ikea kitchen?
i think it’s very fairly priced. i also think, for a brownstone that they have really managed to create a truly bright, open feeling from what i’ve gathered from the pictures. maybe not all my personal taste, but looks like a truly happy home. i know that sounds cheesy, but seriously.
i would not at all be suprised if they get this price.
Also it’s in a rotten school zone 32, not 58 or 29.
I guess if you buy it, you’re sending your kids to private school.
architect in Brooklyn – why don’t you like the white window casings? We are in the process of renovating our place (looks similar period italianate) in a vaguely similar way – preserving the original moldings, doors & where possible ceiling detail but otherwise going for a modern finish. We are debating paint finishes now and are leaning towards repainting the orignal (eastern white pine) woodwork in white(except staircase balustrade/rail which is mahogony?). Our bias for the walls is to use a white or offwhite mostly, with possibly some rooms in stronger colors. Further on the woodwork, we have the option of using varnish possibly as we are having it stripped but these were originally painted & the wood isn’t always in the best condition. One area of debate is treatment of the window shutters which we are very ambivalent about on whether to paint white to match moldings / doors or varnish/stain-varnish which would probably look better from outside when closed given exteriof black window paint.
PS anyone have an opinion on using American Clay (www.americanclay.com) Porcelina white on the walls (in the context above)?
Yep, someone hacked into typekey and started impersoning Ed, Bob Marvin and Brownstoner himself!!!
Meanwhile, I admit, I kinda like the interior of this place as well. It’s a bit of a strong statement and it certainly requires someone with adventurous tastes. Nevertheless, it looks totally tasteful to me, and not tacky.
Who knew Carroll Gardens would be selling so high? Brown Harris Stevens prices very wisely in general. Let’s see what happens.
ridiculous. if someone can afford to buy the place for $2.whatever million, then let them spring for their own damn paint job.
I think this place is quite blind to the outlandish prices. I know there will be opposition to this comment, but I can’t but think what would happen if people finally said, “Enough is enough.” The consumers are setting the price value. And I feel this blog acts more to increase prices through Brooklyn than to bring them down.
Is it obvious that I rent?
Heard through a friend that saw it that it’s gorgeous in person.
I know this house – been inside for a party-and it’s quite lovely, very simple with a great backyard. But that price is insane!!!
The kitchen is great, but it’s IKEA.
Yup, we’ve disabled it for the time being since a certain somebody was hacking into it and impersonating some of the regular users on the site (including us!)