From left: 407 Vanderbilt Avenue and Arina Yakobi of Douglas Elliman
It’s a trophy property if there ever was one. A stately mansion hit the market in the Clinton Hill area asking a whopping $4.88 million — a record asking price, according to StreetEasy. Despite the home’s relative grandeur, the most eye-catching detail in the listing photos is a stack of the current owner’s trophies (no, not the recently-dead kind, the sort you win at youth soccer tournaments) piled in the living room.
interior of 470 Vanderbilt Avenue
The converted carriage house at 407 Vanderbilt Avenue was redeveloped in 2006 and modeled after the historic homes in the area, many of which date to the 1880s, the listing and previous coverage shows.
interior of 407 Vanderbilt Avenue
Notwithstanding the less-than-sleek feel of the listing photos, the sale would be the neighborhood’s priciest by more than $1 million if the sellers get their full asking price, according to a review of StreetEasy sales. The most single-family home to sell in the neighborhood so far was nearby 380 Clinton Avenue, which sold for $3.8 million in 2011, according to city records.
It is also by far the most expensive property ever listed in Clinton Hill.
Exterior of 407 Vanderbilt Avenue
A Michael Bunton took title of the property, which was the Wall Street Journal’s “House of the day” yesterday, for $10 in 2001, according to city records.
Bunton spent about $1.5 million building the quasi-historic mansion, which the Journal called “an homage” to local buildings.
In 2007, the 3,500-square-foot home hit the market asking $3.5 million, marketed by the Corcoran Group, according to reports. But no sale ever took place, per city records.
Now, Arina Yakobi of Douglas Elliman is marketing the four-story, five-bedroom, five-bathroom home, which boasts a media room, a backyard, radiant heated floors and, for those for whom size matters, is 27 feet wide.