which do you prefer: volume or storage or …? The “800 sq ft” Manhattan loft #9J at 148 West 23 Street (Chelsea Mews) that just sold for its (reduced) asking price of $950,000 boasts of “grand ceiling heights” (later described…
Tag: Ceilings
small Chelsea lofts with height ceilings use high in different ways
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unique lofts like penthouse at edge of West Village are hard to comp
comping is, of course, hard, yet harder for some lofts than for others The word “unique” is vastly over-used in Manhattan real estate broker babble, where grammar misdemeanors can modify that word in ways that can be aggravating. I have…
Tagged with: Broker Babble, Ceilings, Comps, Duplex, Floor Plan, High Ceilings, Mezzanine, neighbor 14 street, Outdoor Space, streeteasy index, Terrace, West Village, Windows
seller of Flatiron loft believes Manhattan loft market is not rational
I have to agree, and sympathize When the owner of the “2,352 sq ft” second floor loft at 26 West 20 Street brought his “estate condition”, “[b]ring your architect and contractor” property to market in February 2017, he had a…
Tagged with: Ceilings, Efficient Market, Gut, Long And Narrow, Neighbor Comps, rational market, Renovation, Small Building Risk, Thin Market, West 20, Windows
Manhattan lofts running the bulls on Greene Street, large + pricey
2 Soho lofts took a week to contract just under $6 million Two large lofts on the same Soho block closed a day apart at very similar price points and very similar trajectories: the “2,964 sq ft” loft #4B at…
Tagged with: Ceilings, Classic, Columns, Efficient Market, Floor, Furman center, Greene, Jonathan Miller, Kitchen, Paint, Rational, Volume
Manhattan Loft Lab at 40 West 15 Street features building record, failed marketing, opposite styles, + more!
the good news: loft #6A overcame an awkward footprint to sell over ask The sale a month ago of the “2,100 sq ft” Manhattan loft #6A at 40 West 15 Street is a fascinating window on a variety of topics,…
Tagged with: 2008, 2009, Ceilings, Comps, Empire State Building, Floor Plan, Kitchen, Kitchens, Light, Loft Style, Neighbors, Renovation, The Peak, The Thaw, Views, World Trade Center
31% gain in 20 months for small Soho artist’s loft with charm but no walls
if The Market doesn’t make mistakes, how to explain this Soho oddity? It is a truism that the sales price of a publicly marketed Manhattan loft is The Market, assuming there is the classic willing buyer and willing seller, neither…
‘architect-designed’ Tribeca loft does modern well, The Market is not as impressed as Manhattan Loft Guy
you could have fooled me Perhaps I am just a sucker for lovely photos, but I found the listing photos for the “1,600 sq ft” Manhattan loft #2E at 16 Hudson Street to be fairly drool-worthy. I love the combination of…
before ($1.55mm) + after ($2.935mm) gut renovation of Soho penthouse loft at 8 Greene Street
to create an authentic classic from a near-wreck is not cheap, but it can be profitable Let’s say the interior of the recently sold (at $2.935mm) just-barely-Soho loft on the 6th floor at 8 Greene Street really is “1,700 sq ft”,…
Tagged with: 2011, Beams, Broker Babble, Ceilings, Greene, Joists, Kitchen, Renovation, Roof Deck, Walk Up
rare small, low-ceiling Tribeca loft sells near $2,000/ft at 355 Greenwich Street
is there a scarcity premium for small lofts in Tribeca? There are not many true lofts in Tribeca around 1,000 sq ft. There are not many true lofts (in Tribeca or elsewhere) with ceilings just over 8 feet ‘tall’. There…
loft ‘carved out’ of Gilsey House ballroom shows it
not all residential Manhattan loft conversions yield rational floor plans The Gilsey House at 1200 Broadway (in what can now be termed The Greater Ace Area) is one of the most spectacular large loft buildings in Manhattan, let alone in NoMad,…
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