A Mardi-Gras Manor

What: Four bedrooms, three baths in 4,728 square feet

Where: New Orleans

Amenities: Original layout preserved. Two-story house with 16-foot ceilings, upper level wraparound gallery.

Asking Price: $2.5 million

Opening Bid*: $1.7 million

Agent: Dorian M. Bennett, 504-944-3605

Due Diligence: This 1884 brick residence, in the center of the French Quarter, has undergone extensive renovations, including installation of an island kitchen, hardwood floors in the living room and a spiral staircase. And because the home is on Royal Street, you can throw beads on Mardi Gras revelers. A double-door entry opens to the marble-floored foyer.

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Photos by: Neil Alexander

*The opening bid is Weekend Journal's estimate of a reasonable starting point for negotiations to buy the property, based on past sales, prevailing market conditions and interviews with local real-estate experts.

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