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Jun 19
2012

Another Addition to the High End Residential Parade in Graduate Hospital

Back in October, 1801 Christian St., a vacant shell, was used as one of the bases of operation for the successful BetterBlocks Philly program. At the time, developer Roman Mosheyev proposed the demolition of the building, and its replacement with a single family home. This was after an initial proposal for a two family home a few months prior that had been shot down by the community.

Here’s a visual timeline for this property, with some obvious breaks.

Before demo

Mid-demo. You can see a Better Blocks mural being revealed on the second floor

While it was being framed out, you could still see the mural through the window openings

Current view

After a little more than a month on the market, this property went under contract at an asking price of $799,900. We won’t know the final price until the sale closes, but was anybody else expecting to see a price this high?

According to said listing, the house has 3,600 sqft of interior space (which clearly includes the basement), as well as a parking space in the rear and a roof deck. Also, there are four bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms. That’s one more of each than you’re generally seeing in new construction these days.

View from the north

In addition, we have to confess that this new home looks fantastic from the outside. It maintains many of the traditional Philly row home elements (like a cornice!), but the numerous windows across its eastern side give it a unique look and must provide amazing light inside. Peeking in these windows, there’s a giant atrium on the first floor, with what looks like twenty-five foot ceilings.

Hopefully, we’ll be able to arrange a tour before the new owners move in.

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  • Cam

    the anti-g-ho special! along with the future restaurant/deli a few blocks west, welcome aesthetic additions to our neighborhood.

  • Blee357

    The seller was asking $222/sf. That doesn’t seem unreasonable for the neighborhood.

  • TinyTim

    not that I really care, but out of curiosity is it standard practice to include the (finished) basement sq. feet or not.  my house inspector said it they weren’t supposed to, and my house’s listing did not include it.

  • Vieux Pays

    Personally, I would not buy a home that did not include a stucco bay.

  • Guest

    I was very impressed when I first saw this.  Definitely a developer who wanted the home to fit in and still be something special.

  • 45King

    Stucco bay is a good way to avoid paying the $14,400 a year in property taxes also.

    I’m thinking about bringing back formstone myself and lobbying council to become an honorary 10 year resident paying $100 a year in taxes. There is also a new form of stucco made from recycled dog feces that looks promising.

    This is a beautifully done house. Let’s stop our pols tax increase path so their are more of these going forward.

  • Scott Meyer

    It is not standard practice to include basement sq feet in the overall measurement of a home.  No appraiser will include sf in an appraisal of a home nor will the tax office.  Realtors do sometimes to make a property more appealing thought it is incredibly misleading.

  • 3rd&Brown

    Overall, it looks good, though I don’t see how they get 4 bedrooms in that house, especially if there are double height ceilings in the living area on the first floor (as it appears). One of those bedrooms (and baths) is most certainly in the basement. Otherwise, the only thing I’d tweak is the windows. $800K for a house with fake grill between the glass. Tacky. An clad product would have gone a long way toward making this house look like a million bucks.

  • http://twitter.com/F1rstCitizen First Citizen

    It’s OSB, not particleboard, and Zip sheathing is just OSB with a water/air barrier coating.  OSB with a tyvek drainage plane is no worse than Zip sheathing from a water management standpoint.  Zip edges it out as an air barrier, but relies totally on tape for water management.  If the tape is misapplied or the adhesion someday breaks down, that joint becomes completely open to water.

  • http://twitter.com/F1rstCitizen First Citizen

    This building is a great example that developers can build something attractive, with just a little extra effort for traditional elements like a cornice and stone watertable and be successful.

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  • AMAC

    Although I’m glad the massing of this new construction fits in with the traditional neighborhood, the patchwork of window elements on the east wall is way too busy,
    Very overwrought and not a good design feature.

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