Thursday, October 31, 2013

Jonathan Safran Foer, Nicole Krauss to sell Slope home

Married novelists Jonathan Safran Foer and Nicole Krauss have put their “Great House” on the market for an extremely loud and incredibly expensive record-breaking price.


The six-bedroom Second St. townhouse — where Foer and Krauss crank out their post-modern classics such as “Everything is Illuminated” (his) and “History of Love” (hers) — is now for sale for $14.5 million.


Foer, who famously doesn’t eat meat, certainly knows how to go for the jugular in real estate: The couple bought the 7,670-square-foot place for $5.75 million in 2005 — a record at the time — and now want to flip it for more than two-and-a-half times that price.


The place has plenty of pedigree beyond its current owners. Built for Woolworth heirs in 1902, the home is steps from the park. It includes old-school touches such as a third-floor “conservatory” atrium and a full garden.


The house belonging to the greatest writers of their generation has also been a source of jealousy for their neighbors thanks to one new-school amenity: an off-street parking space behind a fancy wrought-iron gate.


The only comparable property to the novelists’ home is at 45 Montgomery Pl., a seven-bedroom home on the market since September at $14 million.


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