An 1890 Brooklyn Townhouse, Reinvented for Modern Times by Margot Guralnick Originally appeared on July 25, 2022 on Remodelista In the high-stakes world of speculative real estate, it’s not surprising that so many people stick to familiar and unimposing design choices. But what made us take note of this Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, townhouse fixer-upper was the inventiveness […]
The Insider: Inventive Rethinking of Bed Stuy Townhouse Pulls Together Old and New Originally appeared on Jun 30, 2022 on Brownstoner It’s an unusual developer who gives architects and designers the time and freedom to develop and execute a nuanced, soulful, one-of-a-kind program for the renovation of an investment property. Yet that is exactly what […]
Originally appeared on Apr 11, 2022 on minimalism Reconstruction of a townhouse in Brooklyn by TBo & Hovey Design Studios TBo and Hovey Design have renovated a townhouse in Brooklyn. The two-story brick townhouse from 1899 has been completely redesigned and extended to allow access to light, and a full-sized addition has been added to the courtyard side. The customer […]
You’ll Want to Move In to the Hovey Sisters Latest Styling Project — And That’s Kind of the Point by Jill Singer Originally appeared on June 30, 2021 on sightunseen If you’re not one of the 12.5K people who follow sisters and expert home stagers and stylists Hollister and Porter Hovey on Instagram, what are you […]
Just under $4 million will get you about 4,000 square feet of space on Putnam Avenue. By Anna Quinn, Patch Staff Jun 21, 2021 9:00 am EDT Originally Posted on Patch • Download Article PDF BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — While the neighborhood’s cheapest homes may be more practical for most Brooklynites, there is still fun to be […]
Dear Townhouse Owner, I want to wish you a very Happy New Year! The townhouse market in Brooklyn continued to gain strength through 2013 with some incredible sales figures in the Clinton Hill/Fort Greene area. Below are some of the most notable sales. Please feel free to contact me if you would like a full […]
By Amy Zimmer on January 3, 2014 8:03am @the_zim BROOKLYN — House hunters looking for a deal amid the charming blocks of brownstone Brooklyn or the trendy corners in the north of the borough might be out of luck — and may have better luck in Manhattan. The ever-shrinking pool of Brooklyn listings pushed prices up more than 13 […]
Rare East Village boutique condo loft. Recently converted with the utmost attention to detail and tasteful finishes. Private key lock full floor two bedroom two bath. Enter off the elevator into a separate foyer with full guest bath. Foyer unfolds onto a wonderfully open and comfortable living space with large cook’s kitchen. Living room features […]
BUYING A TOWNHOUSE is a monumental and exciting decision-especially in New York City. The housing stock here is gorgeous, varied and historic. Townhouses tell the stories of their neighborhoods. Architectural clues reveal some surprising past uses and tenants. Owning and living in a historic townhouse is a tangible way of linking to New York’s […]
Great Scott! Jude Law is on the hunt for a downtown rental in the $10,000-plus range. One apartment that the actor, who plays Dr. Watson in the new “Sherlock Holmes” films, saw was a stunning triplex in an 1853 townhouse. The sprawling, 2,600-square-foot residence, which comes with a private garden, is in the heart of […]
Tatiana Cames started in real estate in the early 1990s, when she purchased and renovated a townhouse in the West Village. Now, she’s putting those renovation skills to work: she recently launched Townhouse Therapy, a website that gives guidance on buying, selling and restoring historic New York City townhouses. She talks home improvement with Voyeur. […]
Tatiana Cames, a senior vice president at the Corcoran Group who began her real estate career with the purchase and renovation of her own Italianate townhouse in the West Village in the early 1990s, is now launching her own company, an online blog, forum and listings service called Townhouse Therapy, which will serve as an […]
The Townhouse Therapist on the benefits of fullbuilding living Tatiana Cames is known as the “Townhouse Therapist.” Though the title would make for a good interior design reality show, Cames is renowned in the real estate world for being the agent in the know when it comes to selling and buying townhouses. What qualities do townhome buyers have? […]
Don’t doubt the ongoing power of the West Village townhouse market. In just two weeks, a townhouse at 30 Grove St. in need of serious renovation sold just below the asking price of $8.5 million. We hear the new owner, in finance, will restore the home. First, they have to convert it to a one-family as the townhouse was previous […]
On tonight’s episode of the FX show “Louie,” comedian Louis C.K. walks into a massive five-bedroom townhouse for sale in Greenwich Village and is instantly enchanted. As he shuffles past the fireplaces, the original details, the claw-foot bath tubs and the souped-up kitchen, and heads into the garden in wide-eyed rapture, he comes to a […]
BROOKLYN GREENPOINT 621 Morgan Avenue $750,000 Three-story, 3,480 s/f townhouse with basement. Currently 3 floor-through rental units plus basement. Large south facing garden. Potential to convert to single family or combine first floor with basement to create an owner’s duplex. Agents: Tatiana Cames and Steve Millhollon, Corcoran.
When considering townhouses in New York, one may think of the storied brownstones of the Upper West Side or the luxurious, ornate townhouses on the Upper East Side. But these iconic, old New York–style homes are located in some unexpected places as well. “Families, affluent buyers and creative buyers are finding unique and lovely homes […]
BROOKLYN GREENPOINT 169 Engert Avenue $389,000 One bedroom condo with modern kitchen. Marble tile bath with soaking tub, solid oak hardwood floors throughout, high ceilings with crown molding and California closets. Common laundry in the basement and shared roof deck. Agents: Steve Millhollon and Tatiana Cames, Corcoran.
SOURCE: New York Post SoHo $5.45 million Down on West Broadway, this “exquisitely renovated” duplex co-op loft offers a “sheer, open” layout in which the main living/dining area alone measures 1,968 square feet. There are “classic loft features” like wooden beams, columns and exposed brick — plus 12-foot ceilings and 10 floor-to-ceiling windows — throughout. […]
MANHATTAN MURRAY HILL 246 East 32nd Street $2,970,000 Owners triplex with large loft-like living room with WBF and wall of win- garden. Eat-in kitchen, formal dining room. Lower level of the triplex contains a recreation area, sauna and shower. Upper level has three bedrooms and a central sitting room. The third and fourth floors comprise […]
Real Estate Showcase: High Tech Habitats New York Magazine 12/01/08 Located at 230 W. 10th St. off Bleecker Street in the West Village, two historic townhouses have been combined to create 6,600-SF of exquisite living spaces flowing from a central light well through three stories, which also opens to a patio. Made up of 5BRs, including […]
SOURCE: New York Post MILLIONS of New Yorkers compress their lives into small spaces and yearn for things that their friends in the suburbs don’t think twice about: an extra bedroom, a patch of grass, a little distance between themselves and the neighbors. Circle the block five times looking for a place to park, and […]
Model and rock royal Elizabeth Jagger has moved out of her Greenwich Village apartment. She’s left and found something else in the neighborhood after the owner of the five-unit townhouse decided to put it on the market. The five-story 1853 Anglo-Italianate townhouse is now available for $7.95 million. According to The Corcoran Group listing, the property retains […]
The 5,725-square-foot penthouse at Morton Square that Ashley Olsen bought and renovated with her twin, Mary-Kate, years ago just went on the market for a little under $12 million, but that’s not the only real-estate property that she’s letting go. A source says that Lance Armstrong’s reported inamorata has just vacated the three-bedroom duplex on […]
Source: OK Magazine Date: 05/21/07
One good thing about being one of those artsy types who pioneer neighborhoods that later become impossibly chic is all of the real-estate wheeling and dealing you end up doing with New York celebrities. Witness otherwise-ordinary New Yorkers Alan Adler and Thomas Frasca, a couple who work together at the ritzy Gerard Bollei Salon on […]
He bought a townhouse, not! Mike Myers said “schwing!” when he recently saw a restored vintage home in the West Village. Sources say the recently single comic immediately began negotiations to buy the four-story circa-1845 brick Greek Revival residence with a $9.9 million price tag. But after several weeks, the contract was left on the […]
Across Manhattan, there’s been a significant price drop on a notable East Village establishment. The three-story building that houses Jack’s Luxury Oyster Bar, owned by restaurateurs Jack and Grace Lamb, is now on the market for $1 million less than just three months ago. In July, the restaurant/personal residence came on the market with a […]
Manhattan residences are full of incredible architectural details, with some buildings boasting flourishes that date as far back as the 1700s. Brokers who know what to look for have an advantage in the culturally rich market of New York, where discerning buyers and sellers are willing to embrace aesthetics. A broker who knows architecture and […]
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