Sale at 20 East 10th Street

nice looking place. Would advise against using that great kitchen considering the small rooms and endless stairs. Very nice place. no comment on price b/c this is out of my area of expertise. My guess is this on belongs on the Defies rational thinking thread. Would be interested in hearing from the Townhouse aficionados.

If you live in a $20MM home, you aren't schlepping food from the kitchen to the dining table during dinner parties, so I see no prob with kitchen if I understand falcogold1 correctly. Place is pretty spectacular and location is A-1. I'd swap parlor and dining room, I think. As if it matters what I'd do. Although $20MM, it is at least 2.5x better than Madoff penthouse, so in those terms I guess it is a great price.

Okay, maybe I'm being a little bit of a snot, but I don't see how 5-zone HVAC in a 5-floor, 6,800-square-foot home merits that much prominence in the listing.

fabulous location, though.

ali r.
{downtown broker}

various comments:

1) taxes on listing stated as $66,832 per annum, but SE lists as Taxes: $1,991????
2) Master BR on 4th floor w/no elevator
3) 10 West 10th, 26 x 75 on 26 x 92 lot, listed as 11,000 SF sold $11,500,000 01/19/2006
Building Notes:

* Gorgeously renovated Green Revival style five-story single-family mansion on prime Gold Coast block.
* Perfect layout includes 6 bedrooms, 7 full and 3 half baths, well proportioned formal and casual entertaining and family rooms, a paneled office/library/board bedroom.
* Full height basement with gym, an enormous recreation room.
* Enormous Master Bedroom encompassing an entire floor.
* 12 zones of CAC, 18 zones of radiant heat.
* Hydraulic elevator.
* Music wired throughout.
* Four levels of outdoor space.
* Three half baths.
* Wine cellar.
4) 11 West 10th ** 55 feet wide!!!!!!!*** 12774 SF sold $34,530,000 03/23/2007
Building Notes:

* 11 West 10th Street Built in 1900 as a women's dormitory with 30 small bedrooms and expansive public rooms and eating facilities, this double wide townhouse was gut renovated in 2000 and converted into a single family mansion on one of the finest blocks in Greenwich Village.
* The original 30 bedrooms became 6 bedrooms each with ensuite bathrooms.
* Distinctive features including an elevator, gym, media room, playroom, office, Crestron audio system and a fully landscaped1500' garden were added during the renovation.
* It was designed with a contemporary sensibility for a family with three children who liked to entertain in a relaxed and comfortable fashion.
* This approximately 15,000' home offers the ultimate in stylish and supremely private living.
* 11 West 10th Street Garden Level: Under the stoop entrance leads to an entry foyer/mud room with hooks for hanging coats and built in benches for removing boots, etc.
* Staff quarters include a one bedroom apartment with one full bathroom, mini kitchen with small fridge & microwave.
* Large family kitchen and den all glass enclosed leading to the garden with top of the line modern appliances and a separate, temperature-controlled wine cellar which holds up to 2500 bottles.
* There is a half bath, laundry room and large coat closet on this level as well.
* First Floor: Main entrance to the house is up a grand, wide stoop to a large entry foyer with double doors.
* A formal parlor with a decorative fireplace leads on one end to the formal dining room complete with its own, stainless steel auxiliary kitchen and on the other end to a huge library/billiard room/bar with WBF that runs the full depth of the house.
* There is also a half bath on this level.
* Second Floor: This is the Guest floor consisting of two private and separate guest bedrooms each with its own bathroom and one with a private terrace overlooking the garden.
* There is also a large gym with a full bathroom attached and a terrace overlooking the rear garden.
* A large cedar lined closet is located here for fur storage etc.
* Finally, there is a large, professional media room for screenings with nine comfortable chairs and a separate small kitchen for entertaining on this level.
* Third Floor: This is the children's floor consisting of three very private bedrooms, each with ensuite bathrooms.
* Additionally there is a large playroom with a double height ceiling and skylights as well as a laundry room.
* Fourth Floor: The master floor which includes a corner bedroom with "her"dressing room attached, a large sky lit bathroom and another "his " dressing room on the other side of the bathroom.
* Finally, there is a separate office with a half bath large enough for two to work in comfortably.
* Roof: There is a flat roof which has not been decked but is wired for sound and plumbed for a roof top garden if it is desired.

5) 18 West 9th, 25 X 98; Built 25 X 58 7250SF Sold $9,500,000 08/18/2006 (Uma's house?)
Building Notes:

* Size: 25 X 98; Built 25 X 58; Block/Lot: 572/31.
* This handsome five story Italianate house was built in 1859 by Isaac Greene Pearson, an Architect at 8 Wall Street, who lived at No. 12 while No's. 14, 16 and 18 were being built.
* No. 18 is the least altered house of thethe row.
* It has a pilastered doorway and bay window at the first floor linkedby a common cornice.
* The original stoop leads up to the front door, with anan entrance to the garden level below it.
* The second and third floors bothhave fine round-arched windows with original sash.
* Above the cornice, there isa triple dormer with a large mullioned picture window in the center and a-headed top set in a steep roof.
* (Description from the Landmarks book)Cellar: Clean and dry with a recording studio, a dark room, second laundryroom, Weil McLain gas furnace, an AO Smith water heater and lots of storageroom.
* Garden: Has a large under the stoop entrance foyer with a maid's room withfull bath and kitchenette at the front.
* The rear has a gym area, a large family room with fireplace and oversized French doors leading to a beautifully planted south garden, a full bath and lots of closets.Parlor: Entrance up the stoop through the original arched double doors to agrand entry foyer with old large slab limestone floors.
* Double parlor with 13' ceilings and detail throughout.
* The rear parlor is used as a dining room withan 18th century stone fireplace and oversized French doors leading to a slate terrace overlooking the garden.
* The open kitchen features a 6 burner Viking range, Sub-Zero refrigerator, Miele dishwasher and zinc and cooper counters. There is also a powder room on this floor.Second Floor.
* Master bedroom suite with the bedroom at the rear, a smallterrace, large master bath, walk-in closet and front sitting room/ office withthree large north windows and a fireplace.
* Third Floor: Two large bedrooms with fireplaces, one full bath, and laundry room, lots of closets and a sitting room /small bedroom.
* Fourth Floor: Two large bedrooms the full width of the house with en-suite, skylight bathrooms and ample closets.
* The rear bedroom has three south windowsand an 8' tin ceiling.
* The front bedroom has a large center mullioned picturewindow with views of the Empire State building and 9-10' ceilings.
* There is also a full staircase to the roof with a charming roof deck with grand cityviews.
* This is a grand, approximately 7000 square foot, single family home on a prime Greenwich Village block completely renovated in 1998/1999.
* It also has CAC.
* It is in mint condition and will be delivered vacant.

And maybe you don't have kids, so the kitchen being away from everything is not a problem

When you gut renovate a 25' townhouse, how can you forget to add an elevator? I find it hard to believe anyone with $20 million to spend will do without one, no matter how many washers and dryers it has. Maybe you could open a laundromat in there, collect quarters, and save up for an elevator.

And there's room for it behind the stairs.

You contractor tells you the Viking stove is $7,000, it's an easy decision. he tells you is quarter million for the elevator, things change. The elevator probably would have cost 4 times the kitchen.

30yrs,
thanks for the prespective, well done.