THIS UNTOUCHED TRADITIONAL dates from when Montauk Highway was already a main thoroughfare, yes, but what that meant was a dirt road with horses and carts clopping along — not the never-ending stream of car and truck traffic that exists today.
Pity, because the house and property are just what I’d want in a different spot: a late 19th century cedar-shingled 4BR, with lots of original detail inside, on almost an acre, and taxes under $2,000/year.
There are lots of good things about it. The long gravel drive and the backyard actually have a secluded feeling, almost a secret-garden feeling. The house is set back a fair distance from the busy road, and perched on a hill. There’s no reason why the front yard couldn’t be enclosed with a fence and high hedge.
Needs TLC, as the ads put it, but that’s far better, in my book, than paying the price for a slick modern renovation that has de-charmed the place entirely.
To see more pics of the interior, for more info or an appointment to see, contact Dennis Avedon at Corcoran, 516/398-6751, dennis.avedon@corcoran.com
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I can envision what you’d do to this place! You sure it’s too town like for you?
it’s the traffic noise. Incessant. Some people could probably deal with it (and it could be mitigated: fence, hedge, insulated windows, etc.), but I’m interested in a quieter road than the one I’m on, not a busier road.
Not complaining, but how do the taxes manage to be so low? Looks like it would be fun to restore.
Re the taxes, Melissa, I suspect it has something to do with being a very old house that hasn’t been added to or iimproved, and possibly with being on a commercial road.
OK. Any idea what that boarded cutout above the stairs is? Weird.
I assumed it was a doorway no longer in use. But – why there?
It makes me wonder if the second level came later, but why leave the molding?