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Living inside an authentic 'Painted Lady'
Terry Sciubba sells and dwells Victorian - the real thing.
Sciubba owns Sherlock Homes, a reel estate agency in the Village of Sea Cliff, where 1880s-era Victorians abound. She also lives in "the lavender house on Eighth Avenue" in the village - a Victorian, of course.
"It's the feel when you walk in," Sciubba said. "The house has a different scent to it. They can build new stuff, but it just doesn't have that feel. There's the history, the charm, the original wavyglass window panes."
Sciubba says she can sell a stately Victorian - when one becomes available - for more than $1 million. But she also knows when to steer a prospective buyer away from one of the venerable "Painted Ladies," as the most colorful of these homesteads are called.
"Some people say they want an old Victorian, and I show them one and they say, "Everything is too old," Sciubba said.
Buying a century-old home means learning to live with "the quirks." Translation: few closets (Victorians had fewer clothes and stored most of them in chests); small rooms; a lack of ductwork (needed for airconditioning); heat pipes placed on exterior walls (they used fireplaces and coal stoves); a dearth of electrical outlets; floors that creak, and curtains that sway when the wind rips through those wavyglass window panes.
"It takes a true Victorianlover to love it," Sciubba said. And she's one of them.
Nothing matches the history and charm of a true Victorian.
Ellen Mitchell - Newsday (Friday, 14 January 2005) |
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