""My wife found the house and told me not to bother to go see it-it was such a wreck," Biber says. "But it was the kind of wreck that, because it was never renovated, still had all the original details: stairs, railings, doors, moldings, flooring, trim-the things that usually are stripped away in cheap renovations. I knew we could make it into a perfect home, and did.""
"The updates unfolded gradually, beginning with a gut renovation. Later came a top-floor conversion to an open-plan living space, updates to the façade, and landscaping of the front and rear gardens. The couple undertook an extensive refresh in 2020, and a final round of polishing completed in 2025. "It is now as nearly perfect as it can be," Biber says. Built in 1901, the 20-foot-wide townhouse spans roughly 3,200 square feet across four floors plus a cellar."
James Biber and his late wife, Carin Goldberg, methodically transformed a 1901 Carroll Gardens townhouse into a design-forward family home through six renovations over two decades. The 20-foot-wide house spans roughly 3,200 square feet across four floors plus a cellar, with up to five bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths. Original pine floors, plasterwork, trim, and the central stair were meticulously restored while plumbing, electrical systems, and windows were modernized. Renovations included a gut renovation, a top-floor conversion to open-plan living, façade updates, garden landscaping, a 2020 refresh, and final polishing in 2025.
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