I spent the past two weeks checking out new apartments, and below are a few of my favorites.
Living in a West Village loft is a lot of people's dream, and it's actually not difficult to find. This building on Greenwich Street has some wonderful one bedrooms with an extra loft that can easily double as a second bedroom or a home office. It's full of young people and families, has a doorman, elevator, laundry and everyone seems to have a dog. Studios are available as well.
For the same money as one of those West Village lofts, you could live in this new building in Murray Hill. I am all about high floors and insane views. I would live in the unit below. It's a two bedroom, two bath with a living room that over looks both the city and the water. It also has a real entry hall with a large closet, which I find very homey.
No one has ever called me up and said, "Hey, I want to live in Midtown East!" But I have had five clients who ended up there, and quite happily, after not finding anything they liked in Gramercy and the East Village that was within their budget. I even have two friends who ended up on the same floor of the same building thanks to my suggestion. There are some great deals to be had in the east 50s, on everything from rental studios to purchasing intact brownstones.
The place below is awesome. It's a large one bedroom, gut renovated with a modern kitchen. It's a pre-war building with a gorgeous common courtyard. I don't know what the building was before it was converted into apartments, but it's quite unique. Even the bathroom is large.
