Rental of the Day: New, Lofted Townhouse With Terraces in Williamsburg

Here’s one way to think about our rental of the day, at 257 Berry Street in Williamsburg: Compared to the 30-grand-a-month Brooklyn Heights abode we highlighted yesterday, it’s relatively inexpensive.

By any objective measure, though, this is one pricey pad, at $12,000 a month.

You’d expect that kind of cash would fetch a pretty styling apartment, and in this case you wouldn’t be wrong. Built in 2006, it’s a modern five-story townhouse, loaded with oversized windows and terraces with sliding glass doors, offering as close to a treehouse feel as you’re likely to find in Williamsburg.

Or, as the listing puts it, the house offers “a unique layout with numerous indoor/outdoor moments.”

Most striking are the second and third floors, which combine for one double-height space with a steel staircase leading to a mezzanine. In the back is a kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel cabinets and a restaurant-grade stove.

The fourth floor holds two bedrooms and a laundry room, the fifth holds the master bedroom and a large terrace. There’s a fourth bedroom on the first floor, which otherwise holds a gallery space that the owners are holding onto for storage.

All told there are three terraces plus a roof deck, for nearly 1,000 square feet of outdoor space. It’s nicely landscaped to boot.

Bells and whistles include central air conditioning and audio and intercom systems.

If you had $12K to spend on rent, would you spend it on this place? What do you think of it?

257 Berry Street [Douglas Elliman] GMAP