Condo of the Day: Top of the Oro
Say what you want about the design of the Oro exterior (we’ve heard a wide range of opinions), but the views from the top are going to be pretty killer. So we were interested to see an open house listed this past weekend on the top floor in Unit 40F. With three bedrooms and three…
Say what you want about the design of the Oro exterior (we’ve heard a wide range of opinions), but the views from the top are going to be pretty killer. So we were interested to see an open house listed this past weekend on the top floor in Unit 40F. With three bedrooms and three baths, the 1,647-square-foot pad has definite family appeal too. The price of $1,610,000 is pretty high for the area, but there have been a couple of similarly-sized units at the nearby Belltel Lofts that have gone for around this price. We bet they’ll get within 10 percent of the ask on this one but, then again, we’re bullish on Downtown in general. (Disclosure: The Oro is a former advertiser on Brownstoner.)
306 Gold Street, #40F [Douglas Elliman] GMAP
Glass buildings are the future and brownstones are old and rickety you hear neighbors cough and hack. Gross. It has elevators and great views, it feels like heaven. It’s nice to have money.
I own a condo in brooklyn. married with a kid. i have owned a 2 story house and a 4 story brownstone. really over the whole house thing. you just end up with small kitchens and weird rooms in a brownstone or brick house, like formal parlor floors that are never used if you put the kitchen downstairs with a family room. And, if you do the kitchen on the parlor, then you still have a smallish living room/family room on that floor, or again, it’s on another floor. prefer the more open spaces of new condos. we have 1000 sq feet of just living space (not including the bedrooms) with high ceilings,. it’s really nice for a family to spread out and great if you have relatives over a lot.
running up and down stairs, hauling kids and their crap just sucks too.
so, I think this place looks great. not understanding the negativity. probably will be sunny, nice size rooms, elevator, close to storage in the area like Moishe’s, it seems like a good family apartment to me. sure this will sell.
had this been on the market when we were looking, we would have considered it.
“for 1.6 mil….I don’t want to enter my apt and walk past the kitchen to get to my living/dining room….what happened to a sense of entry…this casual living costs too much!!”
So you’d rather have the butler allow guests in to the parlor room to wait for her heiness to come down from dressing?
What the hell are you talking about?
It’s overpriced…
I live in Brooklyn have a wife, kids and dogs and you know what – I prefer an apartment (albeit a large one with outdoor space); a Brownstone is nice and all but between work, kids and general responsibilities, I love having the garbage, snow, general repairs, common area cleaning etc… all taken care of for me.
I got enough on my plate without having to care for a whole house – but hey if you love it like a hobby then all the power to you.
@1:47 you make valid points. The living area is too tiny.
for 1.6 mil….I don’t want to enter my apt and walk past the kitchen to get to my living/dining room….what happened to a sense of entry…this casual living costs too much!!
I work at Goldman Sachs and just bid $1.4 on this apartment. I only have one kid, but am going to use the third bedroom as a meth lab, so the third bathroom will probably be useful to me.
1:47 here — I specifically didn’t say the amount of space, I referred to the layout and whether it was conducive to sharing that space. But thank you for the advice, and for referring to my points as ridiculous.