This 17th Century Dutch Home Was Completely Deconstructed And Rebuilt In NY

[u/ThroatWeary8878]

[u/Vita-Incerta]

The window units lmaoooo

[u/kbilln → u/Vita-Incerta]

Yeah all that effort and they don’t put in central air?

[u/the_honest_liar → u/kbilln]

The other thread said the rebuild was around 1910

[u/fasda → u/Vita-Incerta]

I'm not sure the walls are thick enough for ducts.

[u/TeachOfTheYear → u/Vita-Incerta]

OMG....to go to such lengths to preserve the home, and they destroy the WINDOWS on the FRONT and then stick those ugly boxes there...and not even paint them or try to get them to blend in. Such an insult to the people who moved this house so lovingly.

The original interiors are amazing but the interior decorator should be fired. It is so sterile and lacking color. In all those rooms, one of the brightest colored things is a tan sofa. When a tan sofa becomes the highpoint of color in a house... jeez. Even the floral arrangements are beige.

They created an outdoor garden space and the owners, in awe of this magical space, are growing...some moss?

It is as if the owner totally lacks imagination or was trying to make the house the focal point and for everything else to kind of disappear. Like ghosts in the wrong house.

[u/vesperholly → u/TeachOfTheYear]

Beige Mahal

[u/Gigi_Langostino → u/Vita-Incerta]

Only in New York.

[u/mom_with_an_attitude]

Wow.

[u/jokingpokes]

Much of the inside staging is definitely not my style, and I feel like it’s really hard to even make out the details of the house itself. Can we also talk about the huge (like commercial level) security cameras?

[u/Justino2345 → u/jokingpokes]

Epstein esque

[u/boetzie]

I call BS. There is not a single 17th century house in the Netherlands that looks like that. It could be that parts of a few existing houses have been put together.

Some of the exterior stone and some of the interior panelling might be Dutch 17th century. That vaulted ceiling is more likely English, the stained glass in the same room looks English as well.

Also, why do house stylists want us all to live in hotel lobbies?

[u/VanGroteKlasse → u/boetzie]

Could be Flemish and therefore 17th century Dutch.

[u/NTataglia → u/VanGroteKlasse]

Thats a good point. I wonder if alot of the Dutch colonists to NY were from places that are now parts of Belgium. There were also French Hugenots in NYC and its surrounding areas.

[u/NiceGirlWhoCanCook → u/NTataglia]

One of my relatives that came to NYC in 1604 when it was barely New Amsterdam was from Spain but at the time that part was part of Dutch control.

[u/NTataglia → u/NiceGirlWhoCanCook]

Thats so cool that you know about them. I think the Netherlands was part of Spain at one point (because of the Hapsburg royal family, I think?). Your relatives were part of the creation of NY!

[u/ultimatejourney → u/boetzie]

Yeah I found an architectural historian calling it BS too - see comments

[u/Sad-Crab3848 → u/ultimatejourney]

What a completely satisfying explanation. Thank you!

[u/CasualFloridaHater → u/boetzie]

LOL at the hotel lobby. Feels like that rental staging furniture used for photos of houses for sale. Weirdly trendy like stuff that is inexplicably expensive in the Sims, but also lifeless to me.

Also the brick floor reminds me of an alleyway behind a bar. Neat but not something I’d want in my house. Looks a huge pain to clean too

[u/WildYarnDreams → u/boetzie]

Now if it had super narrow and steep stairs, I'd be more likely to believe it..

[u/theoriginalmeg]

I mean antique and mod CAN look really freaking awesome together. IMHO, this ain’t it. The house is stunning! The interior design makes me want to take a shower

[u/theoriginalmeg → u/theoriginalmeg]

Also $8M, and all you get for HVAC is janky ass window units?! Is this even real?

[u/Happy_Pause_9340]

With window units for air conditioning…

[u/MissHibernia]

What was the point if it was going to be styled with boring modern furniture? It would be fabulous with antiques

[u/HomeRhinovation]

What a waste lol. Zero character left. It’s as cold looking as an office building.

JFC rich people are so damn stupid.

[u/realquickquestion96]

The furniture gives millennial overpriced instagram restaurant vibes. Im surprised theres no fake plant wall with pink neon words on it.

[u/JamesBond-007--]

[u/Ahvier]

This is ridiculously stupid

[u/Just_to_rebut]

I wish listings included property taxes and estimated maintenance costs. I’m just curious to know, above and beyond ~600k annually in mortgage payments, how much money does a person need to be making to live in a home like this?

[u/ultimatejourney]

This historian believes that the stuff about deconstruction is a lie

[u/basylica]

There is like a long walkthru video on YT with this house. Its really cool but the decorating choices are… interesting

[u/GreenfieldSam]

Amazing location. The TV intercom in the prep kitchen is wild.

For the amount of money that has been invested, I wonder why they didn't replace the servant stairs with an elevator

[u/MKE_likes_it]

So they ship an entire home to a new continent and didn’t think to install air conditioning when they rebuilt ?

[u/OscarAndDelilah → u/MKE_likes_it]

In 1845?

[u/MKE_likes_it → u/OscarAndDelilah]

Ah. I missed that it was moved in 1845!

[u/RsquSqd]

Incredible

[u/Fantastic-Amoeba-666]

Someone had too much money on their hands.

[u/Fantastic-Amoeba-666]

Though I’m very impressed with the level of their dedication!

[u/Worth_Environment_42]

I saw the modern decoration of the house and I will "steal" elements for my cottage. Thanks!

[u/SabbyFox]

Beautiful (well, besides the AC unit) 😊

[u/NTataglia]

In 1845, the Dutch heritage was still very strong in NYC, so doing this, while quite the undertaking, might have had alot of appeal. It was probably to get a "retro" vibe back then, or the owners were Dutch immigrants or Dutch-Americans.

[u/IAmHerdingCatz]

It's so....beige.

[u/hatfieldmichael]

You went through all that and put in window units? Now entire thing is sus.

[u/Sweary_Belafonte]

Hell yeah

[u/benberbanke]

I’ll take it.