» UWS Unattainable Apartment Of The Week (With Public Open House On Sunday 10/2)

UWS Unattainable Apartment Of The Week (With Public Open House On Sunday 10/2)

Friday, September 30th, 2011

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At a mere $7,950,000, this week’s “unattainable” apartment is downright bargain compared to others previously featured. However, unlike most high-end sales, this property has a public open house on Sunday.

70 West 69th is a five-story brownstone currently configured with an owner’s triplex (including finished basement level) and three luxury rental units. However, the home is “ready to be restored to its turn-of-the-last-century glory as a single-family mansion.”

Details and photos galore below, but if you want to skip right to the chase, the open house runs from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm on Sunday.

This townhouse spans 20 feet on a prime Upper West Side block and has seven bedrooms and six full-bathrooms. The layout is as follows:

Owner’s South-Garden Triplex
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- Parlour Floor: Up the stoop and through the foyer doors you enter the current owner’s unit. Twelve-and-a-half-foot ceilings and oversized windows are found throughout. The front dining room features arch-top bay windows, hardwood floors, and a wood-burning fireplace. Through French pocket doors you enter the kitchen. Terra cotta flooring and an oval ceiling mural give this spacious chef’s kitchen character. Stainless steel appliances and bold tile backsplashes brighten the décor. The rear living room is strikingly deep and wide. Soaring ceilings, hardwood floors, and a wood-burning fireplace are among this room’s many attractions. Best of all is the rear extension. Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves line the walls, complete with a rolling ladder to charm the most romantic of book-lovers. Look down, and you see that this loft-like library is open to the floor below. A family of mourning doves nests outside the window, adding to this room’s poetry.
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- Garden Level: Down a wishbone-shaped staircase you reach the garden level. The master bedroom has a wood-burning fireplace with a marble surround. French doors open out to the garden, a lush sanctuary newly landscaped with grasses and ferns. Currently used as a study, the rear extension benefits from the light and air of a double-height ceiling. A full bath with a glass-walled sauna shower adjoins the master bedroom. The center bedroom boasts another adjoining full bath, as well as hardwood floors. The front room’s railings and light-filled spaces provide a loft-like atmosphere unusual for a garden level. Descending an open staircase you reach the Basement level.
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- Basement Level: The front of this level is currently a study with a lofty, double-height ceiling. Through French doors you find a sitting room with hardwood floors and copious closet space. To the rear is a laundry room with recessed lighting. A storage area, building mechanicals, and a full bath are also found on this level.
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Upper Luxury Rentals
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- Third Floor: This two-bedroom apartment benefits from a bay window, exposed brick, and a wood-burning fireplace in the main living area. The center kitchen has a breakfast bar and open floor plan. The rear bedroom has a large window and exposed brick wall. The extension houses another bedroom. Rear and side windows provide plentiful natural light.
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- Fourth Floor: Another two-bedroom apartment occupies this floor. The front sitting room is sunny and bright, with hardwood floors, big bay windows, and two exposed brick walls. The center holds a kitchen along with a breakfast bar and two closets. The two rear bedrooms have high ceilings and plenty of natural light. A full bath is also found on this floor.
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- Fifth Floor: A stunning one-bedroom floor-through apartment occupies this floor. Extremely high ceilings, bay windows, hardwood floors, wood-burning fireplaces, and exposed brick are a few of this apartment’s charms. The front room is a sitting room and study area with a bay window. The kitchen and full bath are located in the center of this level. The rear bedroom features exposed brick, a wood-burning fireplace, and generous closet space. Through a French door you reach the roomy terrace.