Comments on: New Construction Townhome @ 314 Hicks Street On The Market For $4.6M (-$1.6M)

By: mtobe

mtobe — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:29:32 +0000

Perhaps the elimination of the top floor is what accounts for the lowered price from their original a few years ago. I wonder why they didn’t build that floor if they had DoB & Landmarks approval to do so.

By: Jorale-man

Jorale-man — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:49:31 +0000

@eg thanks for the clarification. Good to know!

By: eg

eg — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:39:40 +0000

The old name of Butler’s Pantry, when there are no longer any butler’s, is where they store the silver, china or any other household goods which cannot all be displayed in the dining room. Basically storage.

By: Cranberry Beret

Cranberry Beret — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:57:53 +0000

The old rendering shows an extra story that wasn’t built, but the description and floor plan are correct.

By: John

John — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:10:26 +0000

Seems pretty simple. There is the basement, Garden level (1), parlor level (2), 2nd floors (3), 3rd floor (4), and 4th floor (5).

By: mtobe

mtobe — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:11:20 +0000

Does anybody have an answer to the question about the missing floor?

Perhaps the real estate agent would like to chime in?

By: Will Pill

Will Pill — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:00:18 +0000

“The hottest new corner of Brooklyn Heights”? Gaaag.

By: Jorale-man

Jorale-man — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:35:31 +0000

I like that it has a “butler’s pantry.” Would a Brooklyn homeowner really have a butler? I’ll be curious to see the interior photos – they’d have to spend a pretty penny on the materials to justify that price.

By: HeightsGuy

HeightsGuy — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:38:36 +0000

To be more precise, the description of the building on Corcoran’s website says that a room on the master bedroom floor could be used as a den or a 5th bedroom. If you click the “view set-up” link, the description says that the 4th & 5th bedrooms are on the 5th floor.

Again, I ask: what 5th floor? There’s no mention of it in the description of the building on the listing page. There is no evidence of a 5th floor if you look at the actual building. The Set-up mentions a 5th floor and the graphic used by Corcoran on the listing page shows a 5th floor.

This seems like sloppy work done by an inexperienced real estate agent.

By: HeightsGuy

HeightsGuy — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:31:51 +0000

If you walk by, you’ll see that it has already “topped out,” but there is no fifth floor. The listing photo shows five floors, but the actual building does not have that extra floor. Does anybody know what happened to the missing floor? Also, the listing itself is confusing. The broker explains that a room on the master bedroom floor could be used as a fifth bedroom, but elsewhere in the listing it says that the fifth floor has the fourth and fifth bedrooms.

Corcoran, what on Earth is going on with this building? It is very confusing.

By: Traditionalist

Traditionalist — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:21:02 +0000

Townhouse? Please. To refer to this soulless brick box as a townhouse is a slap in the face of every townhouse that ever had even a scintilla of charm and character! I will wait to see the interior photos before opining, but I am not impressed by the “gas” fireplace. What ever happened to good, old wood burning fireplaces? How many square feet is it?

By: Cranberry Beret

Cranberry Beret — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:31:07 +0000

The $6.2 million wasn’t a current listing. That was from the 2008 marketing effort before the new house was built. Also, I assume when you wrote “The two lots cost $10.5 million” you meant, the builder tried to sell the two houses for that much. The builder bought the existing house and empty lot for much less.