Falling In Love With--and Wooing--An Old House
The Post writes of a love story with a happy ending this morning. After living in Morningside Heights for three years while attending Columbia Law School, Lucy Lang fell in love with a Greek Revival house on West Harlem. Heartbroken when she found out that the owner already had another offer, Lang wrote a heartfelt…
The Post writes of a love story with a happy ending this morning. After living in Morningside Heights for three years while attending Columbia Law School, Lucy Lang fell in love with a Greek Revival house on West Harlem. Heartbroken when she found out that the owner already had another offer, Lang wrote a heartfelt letter to the owners about how she had fallen in love with the space; she was able to push the right buttons because her mother had researched the house’s past at the New York Historical Society. Surprisingly, it worked. The 25-year-old lawyer got the house and moved in last March. We hadn’t realized law school paid so well!
In another segment of the same column, Stephen McGill, who’s owned an 1899 neo-Renaissance house in PLG since 1987, points out that enjoying historic details doesn’t come easy: “We spent about 12 or 13 years renovating,” he says.
It’s All in the Details [NY Post]
very funny grandpa. you ought to run for office. i hear that there may be an opening in the mayor’s office in a year or two.
Dont’t Playah Hate. Look she has a skill set that the market demands and is rewarded handsomely for it, get over it.
This is capitalism in all its glory, throw in a little tax reform that favors the wealthy if you insist, but the producers in our society (and their children and grandchildren) are entitled to the fruits of their labors, right? Isn’t a permanent overclass what make America great?
Wow, green eyed monsters indeed. When I was a youngin and wanted to buy my first house, my working class mommy lent me the money for the down payment and co-signed the loan. I’ve since payed her back. What’s wrong with a parent helping their kid? That was in the early-mid 90’s, when I bought my Park Slope house for just under $200k. And it was a stretch for me!
trust fund baby
im happy that the nice young lady was able to get a nice house.
realistically, few 25 year olds are able to buy townhouses in NYC, by themselves.
(without some help from mom and dad)
it is just they appear so often in fantastic articles in the Post and the NYTimes, that you would think that “every kid on the block is buying them except for me”.
Why are we having this long conversation on who paid for this girl’s house, or how much first years get paid? It’s like having serious discussions on the affairs of Brad and Angelina. WHO CARES?
I’m happy that someone who appreciates old houses got one, however she came by it. At least the article isn’t about how she bought it and proceeded to tear out all of the old stuff and try to turn it into a postmodern loft.
I would personally be embarrassed to put myself in the NY Times regarding my new house if my parents bought if for me. If I can do that for my children, I most certainly will if they would like the help, but have some modesty, jeez.
Property shark said this was sold last year for 1.7, and it’s a 15-footer. Deed history looks like Mommy bought it.
This article just goes to show that many in the younger generation prefer a townhouse in a gentrifying area over a new condo in a gentrified area.
bitch, lesbian…