This East Village Apartment Has a Bathtub in the Kitchen - and It Works!

""Alysse Mazakian still had three months left on her previous lease when she happened to look at the Streeteasy listing for this apartment - a small unit in the East Village in a building from 1900 with a ton of prewar charm, a price low enough Alysse could forgo roommates, and an especially unique feature: a clawfoot bathtub in the kitchen!""

""When I emailed the broker, she said they were doing their first showing in one hour and expected it to be signed by the end of the day. I came and looked at the apartment and immediately ran downstairs to a coffee shop and applied as fast as I could," Alysse explains. "The broker told me the apartment got 11 applications that day, but mine happened to be the first one! I also found out the person who lived there before me lived there for 10 years, so I knew it had to be a good one.""

Alysse Mazakian found a small East Village unit in a 1900 building with prewar charm and a clawfoot bathtub in the kitchen while still under lease elsewhere. She rushed to the first showing, applied immediately, and secured the apartment amid multiple applicants. The unit originally lacked a closet and shower curtain rod but had original molding and wainscoting. She added more molding and wainscoting and furnished the space with estate-sale and Facebook Marketplace finds. The only brand-new items were a cat tree, a mattress, and an IKEA closet. Prior residences included Minnesota, Texas, Los Angeles, and Seoul.

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