the birthday was a happy oneBy the time the sellers of the “1,250 sq ft” Manhattan loft #9F at 130 West 19 Street (Chelsea House) blew out one candle, the loft had been in contract for 5 days, so the…
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Chelsea House loft re-seller takes 51 weeks to get 7.5% discount, closing pennies below 2007 purchase
Tagged with: 2006, Apartment, Chelsea House, Efficient, Floor Plan, Layout, New Development, Rational, Resale, West 19
MLG fave loft at 130 West 17 Street again shatters expectations, sells 1.7% above Peak
non-commodities can be hard to valueit is a good thing I am not sensitive, because I have once already been surprised by the clearing price of the recently re-sold “2,150 sq ft” top floor Manhattan loft #9S at 130 West…
Tagged with: 2008, Aggressive, Comps, Efficient, Field Of Dreams, Neighbor, Renovation, Roof Rights, Square, West 17
will it be lofts? new residential development to replace “asylum” at 124 West 16 Street
not worth $1,000/ft (as is)In looking at newly filed deeds this weekend to update the Master List of Manhattan Lofts Sold Since November 2008 (17 loft resales filed last week!), I came across this odd one: The French Evangelical Church…
Tagged with: Architect, Building Permit, David Howell, Demolition, East 22, East 24, New Construction, New Development, West 16
OYATOMLG one of the worst floor plans imaginable
few windows per footSee my May 6, 2011, 245 Seventh Avenue loft sells after freezing in nuclear winter, in which a loft that did not sell in the post-Lehman market asking as low as $1.629mm sells in April 2011 at…
Flower District loft at 133 West 28 Street sells at small discount after 11 months, 2 firms, only a $5,000 drop
why did that first contract fail?It is impossible to know this kind of thing from the outside, but there is a reason that the “1,300 sq ft” Manhattan loft #6C at 133 West 28 Street took nearly a year to…
Tagged with: Comps, Contract, Discount, Flower District, Miller, Negotiation, Neighbor, Outdoor Space, Patience, West 28
Chelsea Mercantile loft with few windows-per-foot sells without view at $1,040/ft (again!)
that courtyard is not a premium viewLong-time readers know how I feel about the Chelsea Mercantile building at 252 Seventh Avenue: the building that created the market for high-end residential lofts in this micro-nabe. (The 17 Manhattan Loft Guy posts…
interesting pricing gambit does not work as 214 West 17 Street loft sells at 14% discount, 22% from first ask
how does that “if at first you don’t succeed …” thing work?No diversion today, as I missed a weekday of substantive Manhattan loft blogging. (if you are disappointed, call 3-1-1.) One way to look at the recent sale of the…
Tagged with: Combination, Comps, Conventioanl Wisdom Miller, Discount, Floor Plan, Negotiation, Neighbor, Renovation, Vtoy, West 17
NY Times on Chelsea penthouse leads me to wonder “what is a loft”?
structural columns, open space, big windows are not enoughLong-time Manhattan Loft Guy readers know that I am a loft snob, yet that I recognize that there is no universal definition (that I am aware of, at least) as to what…
Tagged with: Architect, Chelsea, New Construction, New Development, Penthouse, Piedatierre, Renovation, Taxonomy, West 19, West 22
strong loft resale at Lion's Head is +8% over 2007 resale
hello, old friendI will note below at least some of my posts about the Lion’s Head Condominium lofts at 121 West 19 Street in Chelsea, which has long been a Manhattan Loft Guy favorite. Manhattan residential real estate fans will…
Tagged with: 2006, 2007, Cabinet, Comps, Custom Woodwork, Lions Head, Neighbor, Paired Resale, Sponsor, West 19
One Bed Wonder loft at 129 West 20 Street sells modestly over $1,000/ft, despite custom finishes
don’t tell Ann SacksThe “1,626 sq ft” Manhattan loft #3A at 129 West 20 Street (the Chelsea Quarter) was all dressed up when it sold earlier this month, with (as the broker babbes) “beautiful features and lux finishes, handsome in…
Tagged with: Chelsea Quarter, Closets, Comps, Custom, Doors, Kitchen, Neighbor, One Bed Wonder, Renovation, West 20
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