In Brooklyn Ditmas Park, a house has taken center stage, again stealing the focus, again and again.
A Victorian wrapped in Porch at 500 E. 18th St. It’s not just a showstopper: it is a frequent narrow stage, which appears on more television and cinema credits than some of the actors who have shot there.
Currently listed by $ 2.99 million with Corcoran Heather McMaster, The Cinematic Stunner is hitting the market after a story of renewing real life for decades almost as dramatic as the scenes he has hosted.
From “Saturnay Night Live” to “Boardwalk Empire” to “Blue Bloods”, the six -bedroom house has become a place for location explorers looking for the old New York charm in the middle of the district.
“The Ditmas Park is really famous for the people who filled here because our houses are so large that they can make several locations in one place,” said the owner of the house, Dana Vance, who, together with the husband Frank Gauthier, has been owner and restored very carefully, the house since 1994.
Located in one of the most picturesque blocks in the neighborhood, the house has a façade ornamented with gabblas and stained glass.
His porch has only won his part of screen: Hugh Grant filmed a night scene for “The Rewrite”, in front of JK Simmons, although Vance, 72, said, “I love Hugh Grant, but I didn’t get to know him because they shot her at two in the morning … I was so crazy about myself because I couldn’t stay -I couldn’t stay.”
Built in 1910, the house stayed in Gauthier’s family for three generations, but fell into poor condition when a inmate relative lived alone for decades.
“He had no plumbing, no heat, no air conditioning. Fifty windows in the house, 28 were broken. The pigeons lived on the third floor,” said Vance. “There were 10,000 pounds of newspapers, branches, aluminum pipes, a piano, garbage cans collecting rainwater. It was a complete disaster.”
When the relative, called Bill, died, the house was about to demolition, until Vance, seeing potential through the wreck, persuaded Gauthier to not sell.
“I said,” Oh, I think we will fix this house. I think he has great bones, “he said.” And he thought he was completely crazy. And to say -the truth, it was, because I had no idea what work was in front of me. “
What followed was a gut renewal for a few years fed by Maxed-Out credit cards, a single affordable contractor and the couple’s elbow itself.
“We probably got more than 500 bags of garbage,” Vance said. “It was a love work and I see this house as if it were a part of me … Each piece of wood, every pillar, [the] Wainscoting. “”
Today, the result is a combination of restored and functional luxury crafts.
Inside, the house is flooded with natural light thanks to the large windows, including a stained glass panel of statement at the landing of the main staircase. Original mahogany, complex carpentry and oak carpentry designed with mahogany inlays.
The large living room, anchored by one of the two wooden chimneys, opens in a formal dining room wrapped in vintage screen and crowned by a declaration candlestick. Updated food kitchen has views of one of the largest private gardens in the district.
On the top floor, the main suite has a window of the bay, a fireplace and even a marble sink integrated in the living room: a remnant of the design of the eighteenth century.
“It’s beautiful,” Vance said. “It has the small toilets in the rooms and beautiful mahogany doors, sweeping cabinets and linen cabinets that you do not see in a regular house.”
However, he is the distinguishing character of the house and the large space that has made him one of the favorite for crew film and television production, which can move through their three plants and exterior areas easily.
“There was a location search engine that came one day, maybe 18 years ago … they take pictures, they go to several houses, and then they bring again a team of ten people to look for it again,” said Vance.
“We have one of the largest gardens in the Ditmas Park, and this has served us. And we have a large porch surrounded, so these little things are interesting for film directors.”
Since then, the house has also hosted productions ranging from CBS dramas such as “The Equalizer”.
But perhaps the most recognized appearance was courtesy of a SKIT “SNL” Viral 2014, “Back Home Broadcast”, which has obtained more than 14 million views over the years.
“I met all the girls from” Saturnay Night Live “and Cameron Diaz,” Vance said. “They turned our living room into a nightclub … their green room was our bedroom. I took pictures with all of them. It was really fantastic.”
Although the couple often stay at home during outbreaks, they make way for the crew when needed.
“Sometimes the crew is so great that I only go to the third floor … and then we hear them go” cut “, and then we can go down to the ground floor and take a refreshment and return to the upstairs,” said Vance.
Seeing your house on the screen is still a hurry.
“Many of the location explorers or ads will call and tell me when it will be published. And I’m so excited to see the front of my house … or the living room, and the family will call and say,” Your house is in “Equalizer?”
But after 30 years of love and cameos on screen, the couple has decided that it is time for a new event.
“We are old. We are now old people and it’s time to move on,” Vance said. “This is 3,400 square feet, only the interior, not counting the attic and the basement … When you are young, it is very easy. It is still easy for us now, but I can see myself that it bothers and blows from time to time.”
The couple, both actors, now retired, are planning to move out of state.
“Frank and I will always be New York. We love New York with all my heart. But we have done New York,” he said. “We are looking for a new adventure.”
While preparing to say goodbye, Vance admits that it is an emotional separation.
“I have been talking to the house for all this time, letting the house know how much I loved … hugs the stairs or hugs something and I just say,” Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. “
A visiting contractor may be better. “He said to me,” You will find that once you start working in a house like this, you will not allow you to work. You will resist you until you know you have the best interest. “And that’s true,” Vance said.
The same character, of the type that cannot be made on a sound stage, has kept the filmmakers who return and can now captivate a new buyer.
According to Vance, “if half of what we do, I will be satisfied.”
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