Co-op of the Day: 9 Prospect Park West, #15B
[nggallery id=”54996″ template=galleryview] This 15th-floor listing at 9 Prospect Park West just hit the market with a price tag of $3,495,000. The four-bedroom pad has clearly had a no-expense-spared renovation that has resulted in some very impressive finishes while sacrificing some of the prewar vibe that personally we’d want from an apartment in this building….
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This 15th-floor listing at 9 Prospect Park West just hit the market with a price tag of $3,495,000. The four-bedroom pad has clearly had a no-expense-spared renovation that has resulted in some very impressive finishes while sacrificing some of the prewar vibe that personally we’d want from an apartment in this building. And while we the whole look is a little “over-designed” for our taste, the apartment is still pretty darn impressive, from the insane views over the park to a beautifully done (and massive) eat-in kitchen. Places like this don’t come cheap: The asking price is $3,495,000, and the new owner will be responsible for carrying a monthly maintenance charge of $3,930.
9 Prospect Park West, #15B [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
“so there are window a/c units, big deal.”
I’m just saying that if you’ve got the money to be laying out millions of dollars for a home (plus nearly 4K/mo in common charges) it’s not crazy to expect some middle-class comforts like central AC.
Donatella,
the maintenance to a manhattan transplant inexpensive looking. a big 2000 sq ft coop in some of those full svc bldgs on the east side are like 5500 but of course the price is a lot lower (ie more around 9k).
no maintenance, ppty tax, snow shoveling, etc. to worry about with living in a bldg vs. owning a house
With $4k a month maintenance, that’s like paying for a $600,000 mortgage. No thank you. But some people like all the services in a proper apartment building.
Compared to same layout and sq. feet + view in manhattan, it might even be a bargain. And it’s 4 seconds to the subway. However, to me, it’s totally lacking in charm and the carpeting is skeevy.
Well Murray Hill, midtown….I should have said….the other alternative would be East 60s, but would be more.
If I won the lottery, never in a million years would I buy this. I would go straight to Manhattan and buy a brownstone on the upper East side, maybe Murray Hill. Or I would buy a nice building in Brooklyn Heights. Can somebody tell me why you would pay 3.6 million and 3930 a month to buy a coop in Brooklyn?
Ttraditionalmod: The reno actually seems fine to me (except for those ebony floors) — you still have all the traditional beams and coving, baseboards, doorknobs, etc. And the walls are pretty neutral, except for the orange accent wall in the living room, which would be cheap to paint over. I think a change in furniture, including some non-boring rugs, would transform the place. The current furnishings look to me like they might have come from a professional stager — someone paid to keep things vanilla.
We take our window AC’s out too as early in the Fall as we can. And don’t put them back in until we really really need them.
Yes, eat-in kitchen, and best of all, huge points for me — there’s a walk-in coat closet in the foyer and a linen closet or two in the hallway! I yearn for those features in our brownstone. What did Victorians have against closets? Sigh. On the downside, the reno & decor is SO tired and dated. See the article in the NYT about the new undecorated movement in interiors. This place is what the un-decor people are reacting to.
> there are no shadows on ANY of the buildings?
What buildings? Isn’t the view of Prospect Park?
“so why harp on it”
I don’t know, honestly.
Probably just because it’s so poorly done.