Inside a $24 Million 120 Year Old New York City Mansion

[@erikvanconover]

Do you think its worth it?

[@ps4games164]

Do you see Jessica?

[@DD00FF]

Some of the rooms feel a bit overcrowded and dark. This property will sure require a very unconventional buyer 😉

[@akcortin]

you are asking the wrong people this question. 24 million is set for life money anywhere in the world. someone paying 24 mill for 1 apt would mean they are in a different league altogether.

[@ElCharlouu]

Hell no

[@atlnchristy]

This house needs to be gutted [mostly] and updated. Do NOT LIKE anything really except the locale, and bones of the home.

[@IO-qr7qh]

It’s absolutely horrendous 😢I can’t imagine anyone actually living in that chaos.

[@alainportant6412]

maybe a prostitute house

[@luvfashion100]

Bronfman family home

[@loogoo]

Wow! Beautiful classic New York architecture on the outside - but total nightmare on the inside.

[@DannyAdair]

“The decor speaks for itself.” It is saying NO, very loudly

[@mbc65]

So are any spirits floating around, lol.

[@gijanetexas5770]

Exactly!

[@gradyjones9678]

@@mbc65 They're turning in their Graves I'm sure lol

[@EGMiller2]

I thought ….We all caught exactly what he meant

[@Berlynic]

Oh! The decor doesn't speak - it curses!!

[@martymahem236]

Their first mistake was letting a bunch of decorators go crazy in that place. For the most part they ruined it with all that tacky decor.

[@sachi7796]

who allowed this gem of a property to become an art project

[@mbc65]

It's INSANE.

[@samanthab1923]

Brendon Fallis, the owners SIL talked her into it. Sherri Bronfman. Yes, those Bronfman’s.

[@schnickschnack2000]

They took the soul. It‘s overloaded with design, art. Awful.

[@stellashepherd3229]

@@samanthab1923 It’s unbelievably bad. Like 1980s Las Vegas/Playboy mansion tacky bad. I’m horrified. But the bone structure and location are great so I don’t think it’s permanently ruined.

[@samanthab1923]

@@stellashepherd3229 No, it’s all redoable. You know anyone with that kind of money will bring it up to speed.

[@barbararoberts1418]

Shame on the designers who did this to this house. I can only imagine how beautiful this house was before they ripped out all of the moulding, trim, panels and plumbing and lighting fixtures. I wish that people would stop doing that.

[@zachlyyyy69]

You’ll probably pay another $5mill just to redo these ugly rooms. To each their own

[@msspriss94]

I could absolutely live there… After it was completely gutted and restored to its original beauty! 😍

[@BlueSaphire70]

The panda fireplace has to go. The wallpaper and the artwork in practically every floor have to go- especially the screaming child. The "cotton candy" theme in the master bedroom and closet is a total gut job. The library is a gut job as well. Outstanding features are the service kitchen, the main kitchen, the laundry room, and the master bathroom. In fact, all the bathrooms are fine. The small rooms are fine as well. Even though the security features, the elevator, and the amount of space are excellent, not enough of the décor is palatable enough to justify such an enormous asking price. To make it livable, one would have to spend probably $5-8 million to cart away all the hideousness and bring in gracious living. When you see the beautiful, stately outside of the building, it is so disappointing to have your expectations of the mansion's interior so completely dashed. It would be amazing to see an old building treated with respect, with lovely, quality furniture and décor.

[@larrywakeman4371]

the rotten ugly grey black chinese aesthetic is RUINING our great historic homes and buildings! Not to mention little baby girls' nurseries with a stupid inapprropriate greay and black theme! UGH! HORRID!

[@marypugliese5424]

I couldn't have said it better. Hopefully the designers will read all the negative feedback and NEVER attempt this tragedy again. It breaks my heart to see such a grand old lady be abused in such a manner.

[@alainportant6412]

1:31 You know what else, has to go ?? The glass plate on the left with the names of all the culprits from DAVID SCOTT INTERIORS who did that to this house. Why would I want to see their names every day

[@BlueSaphire70]

@@alainportant6412 Hahahaha! I certainly would not want to be reminded of it. Well spotted!

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[@Elliot-Ivan]

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[@Elliot-Ivan]

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[@crizzy8373]

What a shame that the history and elegance of the past has been stripped…

[@Geraldine-qr5ne]

From outside very nice, from inside looks it only, like a museum

[@keenansmith5883]

I honestly think I'd rather live in my $1400/mo apartment than that place furnished the way it is. Ghastly.

[@davidcattin7006]

This is the Kips Bay Decorator Show House. The whole point is for designers to show off and go a little crazy-- the home decor equivalent of fashion designers' runway shows. For 47 years, Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club has celebrated the best of interior design by transforming a luxury Manhattan home into an elegant exhibition of fine furnishings, art, and technology.

[@samanthab1923]

It’s not permanent. It was done for charity. A designers showcase.

[@gradyjones9678]

I literally just had the same thought !!! I pay $1200 a month in Seattle for a classic apt. built in the 1940's. After the video I looked around,, said to myself I like my place better.

[@gradyjones9678]

The video itself was done well. The jarring, disjointed decor harmed my spirit. lol I would strip all the furnishings. Paint all the walls cream. And start from scratch to decorate & restore some peace.

[@jadewillowmilian7077]

The first floor was amazing!

[@cathyrussell8055]

Yes, those design houses are fun to see, and they do raise funds. They always do some sort of "fun" room. You have to laugh. But I'm so happy the designer left the drawings of the original house floor plan. Now the buyer can restore it and give back the city a masterpiece of design. *sigh* I wish I had the money to do so.......

[@__Logan]

This place screams classless, nouveau riche "style". It's an absolute travesty what those people did to this place, so have the gall to turn around and ask $24m for it is nigh unbelievable

[@rnews5750]

Beautiful building. Gawdy designs.

[@pagen5219]

Gorgeous!! I would change 2 pieces of art. Loving this. Decor always has to be changed up.

[@readix-]

they gotta pay me 24 mil to sleep in that master bedroom

[@heather3017]

In MAD at what they did to this house!!!

[@missg.5940]

It was probably a designer showcase done for charity. When sold the furnishings will go, most of the wallpapers are totally acceptable imho. Most of the original details were maintained. Some of it is quite lovely again imho.

[@arthurr3533]

WOW! And the fact that this is in NYC blows my mind

[@SankofaNYC]

This home is insane… in every way possible 😬

[@deelynn8611]

I absolutely love it. The cotten candy bedroom is a little less my taste, but the rest Is sublime.

[@sabrina.natalie]

4:17 - Yikes. That staircase makes me feel like I’m on psychedelics, and I don’t even use drugs. It’s so busy, cluttered, and a huge eye sore.

[@mrk_apx]

Would have never thought that this house had such a unique interior, I'd go insane if I had to live in that cotton candy room tho 😂 But rly like the other floors^^

[@laurentallen123]

i agree with you 100%

[@samanthab1923]

The interior is not the real layout. The decorators closed off bathrooms or other connecting rooms on some floors. Temporary of course.

[@S.RMarigold]

Just because you have money doesn’t mean you have taste!

[@starlight_44]

Very beautiful, liked how they modernized the building, don't care for that cotton candy room but other then that, place is in a great location of New York.♥️👍

[@kozmikhannah]

Wow every room has their own unique design and style, that's cool! But I can't imagine how rich people are extravagant on wasting living space. It reminds me of my rental room which is only the size of the small room included nearby the closet room (yeah it is a room not just a closet). The only thing I can't stand is the plastic material of the bed of main bedroom. The rubbing sound of plastic and the sticky feeling like the raincoat sticky to your skin in the sultry weather after a rain in hot summer day. Ohhh, goose bumps! (But the views of Hudson River and trees is awesome!!!!)

[@richardpeters7136]

After seeing the interior, I wouldn’t, give you $24.00 for this place. What a debauchery!1

[@charlotte-m5d]

Unpopular opinion- I thought it was pretty dang cool. I really loved the dark dramatic rooms, not so much the white/beige rooms. Not boring for sure

[@greeneyedwarlock882]

Whomever, in any charity in the country that started featuring historic home “show houses” however long ago for the purpose of making money via tours, began giving Decimators, I mean “designers” free reign of whatever room they got, should have their souls CURSED to the bottom of Hell and be barred from EVERRRRRR coming near ANY interior design project again.

[@Liberal-o4l]

Amazing design, so unique and my style! 💕

[@donragnar8430]

I'm willing to bet that the original old money interior design of this mansion was far superior to the clown-show I've just witnessed.

[@fearlessclanyt]

Such a beautiful home inside and out! (aside from the master, which is cool but not much my style). I think homes which have such unique historical exteriors are a perfect fit for an interior to act as a canvas for loads of super creative, fun and energetic designers to leave their mark and show off some modern sensibilities! All the old heads complaining honestly need to lighten up and enjoy the world for all of its oddities and uniqueness - it’s quirks and it’s constant forward motion!

[@skylineemily]

No one is commenting that in this gigantic space there's only 2 bedrooms!

[@ericspaans4008]

Nice building but terrible decoration

[@michaeljohnson1805]

My favorite space is the roof top terrace

[@jamessullivan5168]

Yes, I could live in this mansion, but only once I took out all the decor and had it redone more in keeping with the original feel of the place, with modern accents, of course.

[@darealsgf468]

it’s a cool concept but I would have liked it to have it’s original features just with slight modern amenities added

[@rachelsremedies2602]

When I hit the lottery you got a sale! I like that is was homey! ❤❤❤

[@yuanxu5122]

Great video man. Not sure about the mustache though loll, but good to experiment with style.

[@mikaelb.2070]

Every single room is a nightmare. Who in his right mind actually likes a mess like this?

[@rafaelmazotine7022]

Well… money doesn’t buy taste. This house is a prove!

[@rudi-183]

Cannot imagine cleaning this place, some parts are beautiful, just not everyones taste😅

[@fernandabarbosa2327]

Congratulations to all of the designers who worked on this for ruining such a beautiful property! It gets more and more horrendous as he goes LMAOOO

[@omaralaouimdaghri6128]

The building is so beautiful but the decor to me is kinda busy. A lot going on.

[@stephenbonshire5678]

I'd rather own an old mansion than a high rise any day!!! I'm not a fan of alot of the interior design, but it's still full of promise!!!

[@TheGreaterBenefic]

The only room that did not give me anxiety was the master bedroom. Living in that house sounds like a nightmare for an OCD person. Home should be relaxing.

[@kookajoy]

OK, if like hotel. But to live every day in a house like this is crazy 😊

[@hudsonoliver5437]

Totally worth the $24 million price tag: only 2 bedrooms, some truly awful interiors, no formal dining room for entertaining friends, no yard or outdoor garden, no parking, and a kitchen so conveniently located on the third floor (which is great for carry the groceries when the elevator's out of service!)...surely it's sold already! bahaha

[@1famousd]

If I bought this place I would have to rip the whole inside out and start again

[@shama9279]

The cotton candy room needs to be redone, getting diabetes just looking at it

[@sanddabz5635]

This mansion is a bad dream!

[@carlanoah9780]

I think it’s awesome!

[@hainstol]

Beautiful structure but so chaotic in its aesthetic! Not restful at all

[@bendrix1932]

Nothing about that says “I’m in a guided mansion”.

[@justagirl4085]

you are a one of a kind rare jem. I love your videos. please be my real estate agent in the future

[@MsBerengaria]

In Dutch we have the expression karakter-moord. Translated: character-kill. And here we are - a verified Character-Kill.

[@donaldallen1276]

Amazing job I absolutely love the style. I would love to time travel the original owners and I'm certain they would love it now a hundred times better than the original dull boring way it originally was 🤑🤔

[@mkelly534]

That place is really big. That Master Bedroom has got to go though. Unless you are Arial it is not built for an adult. Much of it is so niice and the roof would be wonderful for a garden and sitting area

[@the_hero7801]

I checked this property, it is now hovering around $9,995,990 as of friday September 13, 2024

[@erawanpencil]

This is the finest Japanese love hotel I've ever seen. How much for 30 minutes in the top floor room?

[@thislovemusic]

Whoever destroyed the primary suite should NEVER work in design again. Disgusting, classless and juvenile!

[@dodgingbullets3503]

Tku for the gracious tour....I love that place

[@pithogarty]

In my several visits to NYC I have always been struck by one simple fact, and that is - Money means everything and good taste means nothing. Whoever these "so called designers"are makes me cringe for the future of good classic taste and design. This building is a classic in it's own right and to mutilate it in this fashion is nothing short of criminal.

[@mdiascarol]

For those who knows the area, is there a good place to live? It seems really peaceful

[@gemstonesparkle7915]

It’s definitely better than ‘all white dentist waiting room’ type of decor, but If the new owner dislikes, it will cost a lot to recover this house to soberly again.

[@CliftonBowers-pc2xu]

Furnished you got a deal for sure..😮

[@martynclarke5167]

'Super modern' room - with a huge Tudor style portrait in it. What a mess 😂

[@ShaneNine-zp9lw]

Buying this house and then have to redo all rooms to be livable. Especially fifth floor.

[@susanclaar3522]

thanks for pronouncing "foyer" correctly!!

[@thegoodstuffpro]

This is a violation to my eyes. I have a lot of questions and they all begin with “why.”

[@soapghost007]

One of the last standing Gilded aged mansions in NYC and they completely destroyed it. Unreal... 🤯🫢

[@simayaturner6648]

One of my future residences.❤

[@jmpersic]

When I clicked on this video I wasn't expecting to see a full-gut fixer-upper. I give you credit Erik for keeping your composure and tone in some of those rooms.

[@Vennytube]

The amount of money someone would have to spend to renovate the entire house...

[@Estelleeeeee]

🤣 or at least remove as much a possible.. That was way too much.......

[@a.fernando6866]

I would sell all the pieces of knick nacks, but I don't think it would be enough to make the money back

[@icetea3647]

Such a stunning building with lots of history. Why do current architects and desginers have to distroy this heritage all the time?

[@icetea3647]

PS: did they run out of money or why did they not finish the roof? Spending all this money on desginer rooms but not landscaping the roof gives the impression that the owners run out of money.

[@christinesiltanen3261]

@@icetea3647 Also, is there not a basement too?

[@cherylsmith4826]

They think they are doing cool design. Would be nice to see a designer who is able to update & appreciate the gorgeous space without going the wrong way

[@marthaw7664]

Personally, I wouldn’t want everyone of those fireplaces in working condition

[@secrets.295]

Because old architecture is ugly as hell. Who would wanna live in a gothic haunted looking house anyway?

[@johnbarrueto8]

If I had limitless money, I’d systematically undo each and every room, attempting to return the interior to its former, gilded age glory!

[@hisdivinegraceimperialmaje4178]

totally agree

[@massimogouliny]

These people who did this to this unique peace of property should be held accountable for massacring the guts of this place. What were they thinking? Unbelievable

[@mandyjade]

Thank you!!!! That beautiful Gilded house has been ruined. I cant believe it!

[@christa8418]

I agree. I was looking for all of the special elements of an old Mansion. Beautiful wood floors and trim. Special, expensive details that modern homes would never have. It was extremely disappointing and just ruined. They did not bother to fix up the roof area which could use some help.

[@puffball4484]

Hopefully the new owners restore it. So selfish to destroy a historical home's interior like that.

[@OlEgSaS32]

YES, some of those rooms are just SO ugly to look at

[@shawnsmith2052]

It would take $40 million to fix it

[@abigailokeefe6598]

It’s heartbreaking how the designers destroyed this home. Nothing wrong with liking eclectic designs and decor, but don’t do it to a historic building like this. It’s going to cost another few million dollars to undo the damage these designers did.

[@alois9022]

Ye that was exactly what i was thinking while watching this video

[@maranathaschraag5757]

you mean you don't like the Weird Barbie Acid Trip aesthetic in the owner's suite...? /s

[@Bobtastic22]

Yea I would rather have seen the decor how it looked in the 1900s

[@michah321]

I agree, it's like Beetlejuice

[@flagal519]

I was thinking the same thing. They needed to just let Ralph Lauren do this place and be done with it.

[@tigermoon44]

Imagine what that house looked like in its original splendor! What on earth made them modernize a beautiful mansion with tacky and weird art? Like yup, I want a painting of a crying baby because you know, it makes me all warm and fuzzy inside!?! Just insane how they took out the beautiful fireplaces and changed the esthetics forever. Very sad! The pink bedroom was the last straw. I just can't!!

[@SWEETDEE007]

ugh that first fire place made me so damn mad! It was SO UGLY!

[@emakelley6807]

Out of all the ugly things here, I hated the crying kid painting the most.

[@Lucretciela]

Oh c'mon... Who wouldn't want to sleep on that cheap ass bed that looks like a $5.00 toy off of Amazon

[@stacker6077]

I can't believe they butchered that mansion the way they did!!! What a shame!! I also can't believe that a designer was brought in to showcase their talents in an iconic landmark in NYC and the best they could come up with was what we just saw!!

[@davinasampson6557]

I thought the same thing. The designers picked were horrid. Real designers are turning in their graves at this one. A few rooms were beautiful, but crying babies, dolphin fireplaces and pink plastic rooms are in no way designer

[@jayplays1434]

A building, the likes of which will never again be built, transformed from opulence to an obscenity. The only understandable structural accommodation to modernity would be an elevator appropriately designed to reflect the style of its original construction. The only thing worse than losing such a gem is having it vandalized beyond redemption!

[@scottgregory885]

Gilded mansion yes, but my personal opinion is that it lost a lot of its authentic self when designers took over creating their spaces and not adhering to the original aesthetic of the property.

[@mulemule]

Gilded

[@Mike-dy8bq]

I didn't recognize anything gilded about this place.

[@robertfontanelli7662]

It's called a gilded "age" mansion. The mansion itself is not gilded (covered in bronze, silver or gold).

[@Lora_Beolab]

personal? it's the opinion of basically everyone here

[@jasontaylor8332]

I can't believe somebody thought taking a beautiful historic old mansion and screwing it up on the inside like that was a good idea! And then want 24 million for it. It looks incredible on the outside. It is in a amazing location. It's a real shame that it will take 5 mill to un F it!

[@DH-rh2mb]

It’s almost comical how bad it is.

[@andstajacvaris1918]

I totally agree.

[@jenniferlynn3537]

It’s pure hubris on the part of the designers, who wanted to leave their imprint on a lovely, Guilded Age mansion ...as though the design aesthetic of the era wasn’t worthy of retaining in large measure. There is a way to introduce modernity into traditional spaces which marries the two in an inspirational manner. Unfortunately these designers fell flat on their faces.

[@mbc65]

I can't fathom why anyone thought this was a good idea.

[@donnaporter9865]

​@DH-rh2mb The primary bedroom is pretty bad, the rest of the house is astoundingly beautiful

[@detcordxxxi]

“This place has 24 different designers! So each room is as tastelessly decorated as possible! Absolutely no respect has been given to the history and provenance of this mansion whatsoever!”

[@stevene465]

I would imagine it would cost many more millions to have this home redesigned to something you’d want to actually live in

[@ellenfoster9764]

The designers ruined this house! They did not respect the style of the house. It is now hideous!

[@samanthab1923]

The other alternative was a run down as is mansion.

[@TEM937]

@@samanthab1923 Exactly! And the person that buys it will probably end up bringing in their own designer to change it to whatever they want anyways. I've looked at enough of these videos on old gilded mansions to know not everyone keeps the "style" of the house. They make it their own style after they buy it.

[@secrets.295]

Because nobody wants to live in an old architecture ugly gothic haunted looking house. Old architecture is good for a museum. Not nice to live in.

[@СолнечныйПарус-р7щ]

@@secrets.295 I want to live in such a classic house. And definitely with ghosts & spectres.

[@alexskatit4188]

The designer of that master bedroom should serve time for pure idiocy. All these sitting rooms, yet no grand dining room. The whole thing makes no sense.

[@moricantos]

24 different designers for 24 different rooms? What on earth were they thinking?

[@markeggleston5717]

I think the designers ruined the mansion. :(

[@Eierfeile]

Wow they really managed to turn this once nice mansion into a real-life Charlie's Chocolate Factory. I see you also had to hold back some laughter here and there ;)

[@erikvanconover]

It would be cool to see the place with a proper interior, the Kips Bay Decor show was for a good cause though

[@Rosarium2007]

@@erikvanconoveraha I though it might have been used for that when you said the designers had to bid. About the “cotton candy room,” who won the bid for that? The same person who did Barbie’s Malibu Dream Home?

[@victoriamartin5414]

All of these differently designed rooms just look overwhelming and chaotic. Definitely would only be bought as an art piece in itself. Can’t imagine anyone actually living in all that. 😵‍💫

[@deealex1402]

i agree. i love old architecture but this has made very busy and just all over the place,every corner and inch of the house was filled with stuff. i would of loved to see something more simple and something that was kept original and historic. but the building is amazing. it was almost not cosy home feeling at all, kinda remindet me of some kind of gallery or hotel lobby.

[@gotminnam]

Totally agree. I could only go there as a coffee shop, for one time. Not for living. It's exhausting for the eyes

[@remoteviewer08]

Agreed too cluttered , no room to breathe or move.

[@jimbo1637]

I bet whoever ends up buying the place will do a pretty substantial renovation. After all if you can afford $24 million for a home you can afford some nice decorations.

[@bhoomeerg8045]

@benjaminbarba4314 I'd keep the 10:00 bathroom though

[@pmm3112]

The “Cotton Candy” bedroom is HIDEOUS!!!!! This is a “Guilded AGE” mansion, not a guilded mansion!!😂😂😂😂 Not a bad price at all!! Nice location, great looking exterior!! Selling a totally decorated home isn’t easy and the primary bedroom would absolutely have to be gutted. While some of the design of the primary suite are still very nice, the theme and the plastic bed are just too much and a distraction from the room’s architectural elements. But the space is inviting with the top floor devoted to an owner’s suite! Too bad the roof wasn’t done as the amount of detail for the interior which is reflected in the price, a rooftop terrace could have been a definite plus! 😮

[@diva6247]

It’s so disgustingly obvious the designers’ primary concern was making sure their own, personal tastes/aesthetics were blindingly highlighted in every corner of this mansion, and thus completely erasing the original, classical beauty this home boasted for over 100 years. They didn’t give one shit about actually turning this relic into something truly amazing, while respecting and highlighting its past; they only cared about pushing their own creative agendas. “Creative” being extremely subjective; nearly every room besides that foyer and the kitchen, in my opinion, is absolutely hideous and unliveable.

[@AdrVT8]

you mean the client's primary concern. .? Because what all these rooms have in common is the owner

[@Lucretciela]

To put it lightly

[@bartonone2005]

Agreed!! I wonder how this house would look thirty or even fifty years from now? What would happen to the "cotton candy room" even five years hence? The raw roof space was not even tidied up, horrendous!!

[@valerisports]

No. I do not like those designers. But the old building is stunning and beautiful. PS. Also your video is so interesting. Well done!

[@mulemule]

*Nice presentation and beautiful "bones" of an historic property amidst some of the most vile, high-end, decor imaginable.*

[@victorianovachannel]

Oh, so this is the place where taste and comfort go to die!

[@davidcattin7006]

This is the Kips Bay Decorator Show House. The whole point is for designers to show off and go a little crazy-- the home decor equivalent of fashion designers' runway shows. For 47 years, Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club has celebrated the best of interior design by transforming a luxury Manhattan home into an elegant exhibition of fine furnishings, art, and technology.

[@McVaio]

​@@davidcattin7006 Why couldn't they have done it inside a 70s brutalist structure? Why this beautiful mansion?