Tasteful friends: 116 E. 68th St NYC, 1931 3-bedroom co-op, $1.495M
A 3-bedtoom, 3-bath apartment in a handsome building. An excellent plan and simple, classic detailing (and nice metal casement windows.) The only complaints a 9'4" ceiling height which is baseline luxury, and a $6k monthly fee which likely holds the price down to what otherwise seems reasonable.
Hunter College surrounds it to the north and east, two blocks west across Park Ave to Central Park.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 119 | January 25, 2021 12:36 AM
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$72,000 a year for MAINTENANCE? What do they maintain for that?
by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 3, 2020 11:24 PM
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I assume it includes property tax.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 3, 2020 11:27 PM
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R3, they seem to show just part of the pantry, so who knows what the kitchen proper looks like.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 3, 2020 11:31 PM
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Co-op fees include real estate taxes, staff salaries and benefits, and interest payments on any debt the building is carrying. Typically this would mean a high percentage is tax deductible, but It, not sure how the Trump “fuck NYC” tax limits that.
Flip tax of 3% paid by the buyer? Unusual. Typically the seller pays.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 3, 2020 11:34 PM
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The main rooms are beautiful and full of light and I love that. But I wouldn't have anything in NY without some kind of outdoor space, even if it's a Juliet-type balcony or fire escape. Otherwise it feels like a hotel.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 3, 2020 11:35 PM
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$1.5M and no in-suite laundry? Hard pass. And don’t give me that “but most buildings in NYC don’t have in-suite laundry!” crap.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 3, 2020 11:54 PM
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I'd want to have a view of something other than the apartments across the street.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | August 4, 2020 1:15 AM
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It's great - and you can't ask for more for only $1.5. million. Most buildings in NYC don't have in-suite laundry.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | August 4, 2020 1:15 AM
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[quote]$1.5M and no in-suite laundry? Hard pass. And don’t give me that “but most buildings in NYC don’t have in-suite laundry!” crap.
Is the Iowa housewife too lazy to walk <35' to the in-apartment laundry room? Or have the cleaning person do it?
Oh, and no in-suite pool, either.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 11 | August 4, 2020 8:16 AM
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[quote]I'd want to have a view of something other than the apartments across the street.
I would like, too, R9, and it's not even apartments but the university library and offices it seems. The building that the apartment is in is quite attractive and the building next door, and the buildings behind (the E. 67th St. apartment building is pre-war and the two buildings separated by a small landscaped plaza), and the wonderful gothic building at the other end of the block at E 6th and Lexington; in front, unfortunately, is not the most beautiful block in that part of town. I would prefer leafier and more residential and older than the rather ugly Hunter College building, but views and picture postcard blocks cost extra. For me, a fairly ideal apartment that seems a good value relative what can be had for that amount in other buildings; I could live with the not so terrible compromises.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | August 4, 2020 8:29 AM
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Starting at about 60th going north to 72nd and from Lexington to Fifth is one of the most gorgeous areas of Lenox Hill/UES IMHO. It is the rich heartland of Manhattan's UES.
While it is unfortunate 116 East 68th is basically on a block that is an extension of Hunter College's campus there are various advantages to the location.
Subway is right on corner (IRT 68th street). Cross town bus stops right there as well (east bound), with west bound one block down at 67th street. There is shopping, dining and services on both Lexington and Third avenues.
We've discussed this area before on DL in various "tasteful friends" threads. Joan Crawford lived just down the street at 150 East 69th (the Imperial House), a building that spans entire city block from Lexington to Third between 68th and 69th. It was built in 1960 replacing former Sisters of Charity Foundling Hospital that moved downtown.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 13 | August 4, 2020 10:57 AM
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OP is correct, that $6k monthly maintenance bill certainly affects price.
Only way to dig into finanices of this building (or any other co-op for that matter) is to ask and see books. Most co-ops only allow those a bit along in approval process to do that, and of course you'll have to sign all sorts of non disclosure documents.
Maybe the building as a ground lease. Or, they raised assessments to cover needed work on building.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | August 4, 2020 11:02 AM
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I would get rid of the old maid's room & expand the kitchen, which needs gutted anyway.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | August 4, 2020 11:10 AM
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My failing eyes! Thanks for pointing that out R11.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | August 4, 2020 11:16 AM
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Ah, I see R8/R16! I thought you were being a stickler for a laundry room as part of a bedroom suite, and thought, well that's a little specific, a needle in a haystack in NYC I should think, but it does have an actual laundry room, rare enough in a co-op that isn't vast and hasn't been extensively reworked.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | August 4, 2020 11:27 AM
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R7 is VERY FANCY. She insists on outdoor space.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | August 4, 2020 11:27 AM
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You girls moaning about lack of a laundry room are too late; should have gone for the penthouse unit
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 19 | August 4, 2020 11:28 AM
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Unit on same floor went into contract. So there goes the myth people are fleeing UES pre-war co-ops.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 20 | August 4, 2020 11:32 AM
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R3, what we can see of the kitchen is a beautifully preserved mid-century modern kitchen. Whether you'd like to cook in it today is up to you, but it goes with the apartment.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | August 4, 2020 11:40 AM
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Standard Classic 6 with an insane monthly maintenance fee.
Somewhere around $2K is more common
by Anonymous | reply 22 | August 4, 2020 11:42 AM
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[quote]expand the kitchen, which [bold]needs gutted[/bold] anyway.
When you're from Pittsburgh, you have to do something, r15.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | August 4, 2020 12:18 PM
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R14 is right, the $6k monthly maintenance is a huge red flag. If it's land lease bldg, RUN away. The description didn't say it was, so something else is wrong. That is NOT a normal fee.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | August 4, 2020 12:20 PM
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Perhaps it includes a temporary assessment.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | August 4, 2020 12:26 PM
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How insane relative the price, R22? Many 2 bedroom co-ops in the neighborhood of the same approximate price have fees of $3500/4000, but also have lesser finishes, less desirable plans, small windows, one bedroom less, and a host of other shortcomings. Many condos of the same price and 2-bedrooms have fees of about $1300/mo. and taxes of the about same amount, so $2500/2600 a month compared to $6000, but the apartments are a different kettle of fish.
Even allowing the fees are excessive by nearly $3500/mo. is $42,000 a year, an amount made more palatable by the low price overall (as offset for being both a co-op and having high fees) and factoring in how many years you might expect to live there. Not saying it doesn't hurt a bit to spend an extra $3500 a month for years, but finding the equivalent co-op at the same price in the same neighborhood and with monthly fees of about $2500.
I couldn't find any 3-bedroom prewar co-op in Lenox Hill with monthly fees under $3000. One came close at 333 E 68th Street (link), under contract for $200K more and monthly fees at $3035. It's nice, or could be, but not nearly so nice as this one at No. 116.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 26 | August 4, 2020 12:28 PM
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The Hermes blanket draped artfully over the arm of the couch is absolutely tacky beyond words.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | August 4, 2020 12:52 PM
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Very nice, R19, and what a terrace.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | August 4, 2020 1:24 PM
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[quote] Not saying it doesn't hurt a bit to spend an extra $3500 a month for years, but finding the equivalent co-op at the same price in the same neighborhood and with monthly fees of about $2500.
It seems like you didn’t finish this sentence.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | August 4, 2020 1:39 PM
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A bedroom off the kitchen?
Oh, how gauche.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | August 4, 2020 1:39 PM
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Why does this seem very affordable to me?
by Anonymous | reply 31 | August 4, 2020 1:46 PM
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Because of the misleading price tag due to the $6,000 monthly maintenance.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | August 4, 2020 1:51 PM
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Yes, R29, my mistake. I should have ended the sentence by saying that a co-op of that size and quality in that neighborhood at a comparable price can't be found (at the moment at least) with a monthly fee under $3000.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | August 4, 2020 2:16 PM
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[quote]$72,000 a year for MAINTENANCE? What do they maintain for that?
It doesn't say in the listing but it looks like this apartment is approx. 2,000 sq ft.
Two full time doorman and a live in property manager, among many other costs that are shared between just 59 units.
In a larger CONDOMINIUM building like this you'd still be looking at $0.80 - $1.00/sq. ft for maintenance fees, probably a bit more if utilities are included. I'm going to guess that for this building "maintenance" would run at least $1.20/sq ft, so for this unit would be $2,400/mo.
So what's in the other $4,600? Property taxes + ???
by Anonymous | reply 34 | August 4, 2020 2:18 PM
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did you see they've dropped the price? from $1,675, 000
by Anonymous | reply 35 | August 4, 2020 2:24 PM
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Right next to Hunter College. I hope you like chicas yelling at each other all day and half the night.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | August 4, 2020 2:28 PM
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$1.5MM for the right to rent it for $6,000/month. Great price for a reason.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | August 4, 2020 2:31 PM
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The overall price is very low. There's something wrong with the apartment that we're not seeing. Noisy? Damp? The high monthly maintenance doesn't make up for it.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | August 4, 2020 2:33 PM
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That's a lot of apartment for that kind of money in NYC. The only possible negative I can see is the kitchen, which from the little they showed looks like it could use an upgrade.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | August 4, 2020 2:35 PM
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It's nice. Hate most of the flooring. The unimaginative, repetitive staging was obviously done by Gold & French.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | August 4, 2020 2:38 PM
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[quote] , repetitive staging was obviously done by Gold & French.
Between the two of them you’d think one of them would’ve gotten it right.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | August 4, 2020 3:29 PM
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I would love to see the inside of some of your homes. I'm imaging garish colors and bold patterns and just general yuckiness.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | August 4, 2020 3:56 PM
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It's a co-op so whoever tries to buy it will have to deal with the Snooty McSnoots who'll pass judgement on them over the most idiotic things. "Oh we can't have them in the building. She had the gall to wear white after Labor Day. Better they buy somewhere much farther downtown where their sort lives".
by Anonymous | reply 44 | August 4, 2020 4:02 PM
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That ridiculous maintenance fee indicates something is wrong with the building -- perhaps some kind of expensive repairs have been done, or the underlying mortgage was in trouble, or something. You just don't see a maintenance that high for an otherwise nice but unexceptional apartment in a good but not fabulous neighborhood.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | August 4, 2020 4:11 PM
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Well I dare say the property taxes alone on that building are astronomical. And it's an old building that will obviously require more maintenance than a new construction.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | August 4, 2020 4:17 PM
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The bathrooms must be old. They don't show an image of any of them. Old bathrooms and an old kitchen will kill a sale in a heartbeat.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | August 4, 2020 4:32 PM
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The only bathroom for visitors to use is through the kitchen or one of the bedrooms. No thanks.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | August 4, 2020 4:39 PM
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Nice article on the building from a decade ago by the late Christopher Gray .
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 50 | August 4, 2020 4:39 PM
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Based on the schematic that image of the "kitchen" actually appears to be the butler's pantry.
The biggest negative I have with it is no outside space at all. I just couldn't stand being cooped up inside with the only way to get outside for a breath of air would be to actually take the elevator down and leave the building. Private outdoor space, no matter how small, is simply a must for me.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | August 4, 2020 4:46 PM
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High maintenance fee = Lower price
Lower maintenance fee = higher price
It's a lot of money for a maintenance fee, but you don't have to scratch too deep to turn up similar monthly fees for other good buildings.
One block north and one block east, another co-op, same 3-bed/3-bath, but an inferior apartment and building with no real advantage to my eye is $1M more and has a monthly fee of $3625, a big savings in fees but at a cost
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 52 | August 4, 2020 4:54 PM
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Well, most people in New York don't have it, gurl.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | August 4, 2020 4:54 PM
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Or a condo, same 3-be/3-bath, but smaller it seems and nothing very special about it at all for twice the price....and $2300 in monthly fees + $2900 in taxes = $5200.
It's always apples and oranges except maybe within the same building or two very similar and closely located buildings
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 54 | August 4, 2020 4:59 PM
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Is the building falling down? How much maintenance can it possibly need to require such insane fees?
by Anonymous | reply 55 | August 4, 2020 5:03 PM
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For that $6k each month, an immigrant woman will come to your apartment weekly, pick up your laundry, and return it to you sparkling fresh the next day.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | August 4, 2020 5:05 PM
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We own and manage a lovely little boutique apartment house on East 68th Street. The beautiful East River is right outside your front door. Why spend money on buying a co-op with outrageous maintenance fees when you can rent from us. Call us at MUrray Hill 7-4295 to arrange a viewing.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | August 4, 2020 5:14 PM
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r4
I just adore a penthouse view
by Anonymous | reply 58 | August 4, 2020 5:17 PM
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The closet space is woefully inadequate
by Anonymous | reply 59 | August 4, 2020 5:24 PM
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[quote]It's a co-op so whoever tries to buy it will have to deal with the Snooty McSnoots who'll pass judgement on them over the most idiotic things. "Oh we can't have them in the building. She had the gall to wear white after Labor Day. Better they buy somewhere much farther downtown where their sort lives".
That sounds like HEAVEN to me.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | August 4, 2020 5:27 PM
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[quote]and a live in property manager,
Who probably gets a basement apartment (like Schneider) and minimum wage.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | August 4, 2020 5:27 PM
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[quote]If it's land lease bldg, RUN away.
Land-lease buildings make up a small fraction of the residential buildings in New York. There are approximately 100 land-lease buildings in the city, mainly in Manhattan, with a high concentration in Lincoln Square and Battery Park City. Their unique characteristic is that they sit on land that does not belong to the building, but to a landowner. Yes — a land-lease building does not own the land it sits on. This odd situation came about when the landowner preferred to retain ownership of the land, rather than sell it to the developer, thus benefiting from rent charges for years to come.
Most buildings on land leases (aka ground rents) are co-ops. The land is generally leased for long terms (50 to 99 years), and apartment owners pay a land rent that’s wrapped into their maintenance fees (or common charges, in the case of condos).
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 62 | August 4, 2020 5:28 PM
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So you get to be a shareholder AND a renter, too!
More for your money?
by Anonymous | reply 63 | August 4, 2020 5:35 PM
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For $6000 a month, you could actually just rent a pretty nice apartment.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | August 4, 2020 7:22 PM
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That is actually a fabulous building, or pair of buildings, as the NYT article explains. There is beautiful landscaped courtyard between the two. I am also surprised that the price is as low as it is for a classic six just off Park Avenue., but the monthly costs are huge. This is a property for the very wealthy, who want an elegant, full-service building and the advantages of the location. As for the rest of us, we can sneak a glimpse into the lobby while riding the 67-68 Street crosstown bus.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | August 4, 2020 7:34 PM
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Dorothy Kilgallen and Roy Cohn had townhouses one block over, west of Park Avenue, and Joan Crawford lived at The Imperial, a block east.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | August 4, 2020 7:36 PM
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Milan House is a fantastic bldg.
There is literally W and D marked on the floorplan, so there is definitely laundry in the apartment; there is probably also a laundry room in the bldg.
The tiny bedroom off the kitchen is clearly a servant room which is standard for a classic 6.
The fees are high. The apartment needs work but $1.495M for this close to the park, the 456 stop at Hunter College... it's cheap. Sorry.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | August 4, 2020 7:50 PM
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It's no Sherry Netherland.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | August 4, 2020 8:10 PM
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The price is surprisingly low considering how big the place is and the location. However the maintenance fees are nuts. I would not want to live right next door to Hunter College.
As someone just noted, you could rent a terrific apartment for 6k a month.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | August 4, 2020 8:11 PM
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R51
Then guess you won't be living in Manhattan, NYC anytime soon, because not many apartments have "private outdoor spaces". Unless you nab a penthouse most pre-war apartments don't have terraces or balconies. Things that went up post WWII, especially from 1960 onward is another matter. If a balcony or terrace is that important to you, there is always Imperial House one block east Or, the Manhattan House two blocks east at Third and 66th.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 70 | August 4, 2020 8:31 PM
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r70
Uncle Bill and Oliver Douglas had terraces
by Anonymous | reply 71 | August 4, 2020 8:34 PM
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Those low ceilings make me feel so claustrophobic, r70
by Anonymous | reply 72 | August 4, 2020 8:40 PM
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R61 et al
Resident/building mangers and superintendents are two different positions. While yes both tend to live onsite for a certain class of buildings, at least the former tends to have very good accommodations. Certainly not always basement apartments many of you seem to believe.
Many resident managers on UES send their children to same local top public schools as residents, and otherwise take advantage of locations. This or they go to some of "our very best" Manhattan private schools. Superintendents will do this also, in fact many other staff such as doormen will use their work address as home to get their kids into area good public schools (such as P.S. 6)
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 73 | August 4, 2020 8:43 PM
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It should come as no surprise that there are many who can (and likely have) paid all cash for apartments at the Milan, and can easily manage monthly fees out of pocket.
For many decades plenty of those working on Wall Street/in finance could easily pay one, two or three million for a property out of their end of year bonus. Now of course you have tech bros like Mark Zuckerberg or Jeff Bezos who also could purchase such units with cash, and suffer no diminution to their estates. In fact sums involved would be barely rounding errors.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | August 4, 2020 8:51 PM
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One thing always to keep in mind about pre-war is no one is nor has built anything like these buildings since largely before WWII. Changes in NYC zoning and other local laws almost prevent, more so the new "global warming" initiatives that all but mandate things built along passive house design. It's all you can do these days to find multi-family housing with windows that fully open in new construction.
Robert Stern is among few trying to keep pre-war type things alive; but everyone else is going for those hideous glass office building type boxes.
Still if you want masonry and plaster/lath walls several feet thick, wood burning fireplaces. generous floor plans (that actually work), along with various architectural details you're largely going to be looking at pre-war.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 76 | August 4, 2020 9:53 PM
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[quote] Resident/building mangers and superintendents are two different positions. While yes both tend to live onsite for a certain class of buildings, at least the former tends to have very good accommodations. Certainly not always basement apartments many of you seem to believe.
This apartment is in One Sutton Place South, for most of it's existence, one of the most exclusive co-ops in the city. Because the building is built on a sloping lot, the rooms facing south and east are at ground level, but the rooms facing north are in the basement with windows just above grade. It's an owner apartment and not a building employee living quarters. So, if you don't mind lesser mortals peering in your windows as they pass by, and the very snooty Board actually lets you buy in, it will cost you $5.8 million.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 77 | August 5, 2020 12:53 AM
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I really like the wall color.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | August 5, 2020 1:15 AM
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R71
If you would but recall opening theme song from "Green Acres" Mrs. Douglass "gets allergric smelling hay", and "adores a penthouse view".
It is fairly obvious from opening credits that the Mr. and Mrs. Douglass lived in said penthouse, thus the terrace.
Couldn't know it better; few if any pre-war UES (or UWS, Greenwich Village, West Village, Beekman Place, Sutton Place, etc.... for that matter) buildings have units with balconies or terraces outside of penthouses. This or ones that do are on higher floors.
Walk along Fifth, Madison, Park or even Lexington avenues and you'll find majority of multi-family with such things largely went up from 1950's on ward.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 79 | August 5, 2020 1:23 AM
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The gardens (between the E. 68th and E. 67th St. buildings) are nice
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 80 | August 5, 2020 11:31 AM
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^ there’s nothing special about that garden
by Anonymous | reply 81 | August 5, 2020 11:42 AM
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R81, we find ourselves of different minds, then. I think it a lovely garden to have (and the airspace above it) affording a generous separation of two apartment buildings and allowing them to have fully realized rear elevations and views front and back (better in back for the 68th Street building). You do not.
Different people like different things. To know that is to know all.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | August 5, 2020 12:12 PM
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[quote] for most of it's existence,
Oh, dear!
by Anonymous | reply 83 | August 5, 2020 12:18 PM
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It’s a courtyard with a few fucking plants and trees. Stop being so pretentious.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | August 5, 2020 4:45 PM
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Only if you stop being so angry, R84.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | August 5, 2020 5:42 PM
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[quote]It’s a courtyard with a few fucking plants and trees. Stop being so pretentious.
An amenity like this in a prime Manhattan location is very desirable -- maybe not to you, R84, but there are a lot of people willing to pay for it.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | August 6, 2020 12:04 AM
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R86 and that’s what makes it even more pathetic. A view inside to look directly at another apartment? A courtyard with no place to sit? You millionaires in NYC really are suckers for punishment to live in such squalor and look down on the rest of us.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | August 6, 2020 12:24 AM
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Right across the street from Hunter College with its Danny and Sylvia Fine Kaye Playhouse and cruisy men's room (well, it used to be at any rate).
by Anonymous | reply 88 | August 6, 2020 12:37 AM
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Then that's one big plus to the location!
by Anonymous | reply 89 | August 6, 2020 1:13 AM
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R8 The floor plan shows a tiny laundry room off the kitchen.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | August 6, 2020 3:22 AM
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On another note, if you peep at brokers who have this listing at Compass, you'll see "old guard" or whatever you want to call them persons at work.
It also goes a long way in explaining how high end RE operates. As stated in another thread on subject some average RE salesperson who no one has ever heard of wouldn't get near this building. It is all about connections; family, professional, social and otherwise.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 91 | August 6, 2020 5:53 AM
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I think the gardens are beautiful.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | August 6, 2020 5:56 AM
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This building allows 50% financing, thus am wondering if that plays some role in high monthly charges as well. Perhaps building keeps or is trying to build up substantial reserves just in case....
by Anonymous | reply 94 | August 6, 2020 5:58 AM
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As front loading washing machines have become more common many building that once banned laundry appliances, now allow. Indeed many simply must nowadays as virtually all new construction (especially at luxury level) have en suite laundry appliances. Lower down rentals may have laundry facilities on each floor, common laundry room, or simply have them en suite as well.
Game changer has been growing acceptance of condenser (vent-less) dryers and now heat pump versions as well. Both remove need for venting and thus mean laundry appliances can be literally placed anywhere; long as there is water and drain connection for washing machine.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | August 6, 2020 6:02 AM
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[quote] The floor plan shows a tiny laundry room off the kitchen.
Gee thanks, Poirot.
We haven’t already found that out way, way up in the thread.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | August 6, 2020 11:06 AM
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R97
Is that place still open? They need better inventory management. What bar is constantly out of Corona?
by Anonymous | reply 98 | August 6, 2020 11:08 PM
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The neighbourhood is kind of dull (a friend of mine lives a few blocks south of there by 3rd Ave) but also quite busy/noisy being so close to the college.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | October 19, 2020 9:05 PM
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That block even with Hunter College is still far more quiet and vastly better than ten or so blocks north with that place across from Lenox Hill hospital.
Have walked past or down that part of East 68th after say 9PM and it is rather quiet, even when college is in session. Overnight it is dead as rest of UES in that area.
There is also a certain charm about that part of Lenox Hill, again something you don't see at that place across from LHH.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | October 19, 2020 9:14 PM
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No surprise for me, R99, the Millan House apartment—116E. 68th—is very nice indeed. Fees are high but the price reflects that.
And I still want the tapestry.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | October 20, 2020 8:57 AM
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OP, I think it’s a fantastic place to live in.
I’d live there and go to school across the street. Lol!
Seriously though. Too bad it’s so expensive, cuz it’s a perfect place for a student.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | October 20, 2020 10:20 AM
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OMG. Look at how many apts are currently for sale in Manhattan!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 104 | October 20, 2020 10:31 AM
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Curious what the story on the maintenance is--that's about double for an apartment that size.
The building is large too, which is the red flag-- if it were a small building they might have gotten his with a one-time issue they needed to pay for (problem with small coops) but in a larger building that's a lot of money.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | October 20, 2020 10:45 AM
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Am sure we discussed 205 East 69th PHDE listing somewhere on DL, but cannot find atm.
Anyway place was sold for full asking back in August....
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 107 | October 20, 2020 11:39 AM
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I don't think r30 caught enough shit for not recognizing a maid's room.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | October 20, 2020 12:13 PM
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"Is the Iowa housewife too lazy to walk <35' to the in-apartment laundry room? Or have the cleaning person do it?"
I have no problem doing my own laundry. I just don't want my garments being washed in the same machine as your skid marked, pea stained underwear with the holes in it. Surely even an low life, dirtball scumbag like you should be able to understand my sentiments.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | October 20, 2020 12:35 PM
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And that should be pee stained underwear, cunt. Bought at Walmart, no doubt.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | October 20, 2020 12:45 PM
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Unlike R110's underwear which is purchased at the JC Penney at the East Central North Flyoverstan Mall
by Anonymous | reply 111 | October 20, 2020 1:06 PM
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Fuck you R111, that mall is trash and has been ever since Macy's closed down
I buy them online!!!
by Anonymous | reply 112 | October 20, 2020 1:06 PM
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R109: What are you on about? The apartment HAS its own laundry room, in the fucking apartment.
Keep up. All this has been discussed. Months ago.
And you can stick your pretentious fag "garments" up your ass.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | October 20, 2020 1:26 PM
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The street view on Google Maps is incredibly ugly. I wouldn't want to live next to Hunter College.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | October 21, 2020 9:50 AM
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[quote] I wouldn't want to live next to Hunter College.
Hudson University, on the other hand....
by Anonymous | reply 115 | October 21, 2020 4:54 PM
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R1 R2 $72,0000 is nearly 6 years of rent for me and it's a side expense for whoever buys this place.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | October 21, 2020 5:00 PM
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East 68th St.? Oh, I think not.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 117 | October 21, 2020 5:16 PM
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Starkly furnished. Did a monk live there?
by Anonymous | reply 118 | October 21, 2020 5:21 PM
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