Set along a sloping lot, the gray-hued three-story has a steep front staircase that leads up two flights to a covered porch and the front door. Within the 3,050 square feet of living space is a living room with a fireplace, a formal dining room, a media room and an updated kitchen that opens to the backyard.
The house, with 4,371 square feet, has five bedrooms and 3 1/2 bathrooms. It is in a guard-gated community and has hand-hewn hardwood and stone floors. There are high ceilings, crown moldings and French doors that open to the yard. The cook's kitchen has a center island, a breakfast area, granite counters and top of the line appliances.
The forested property's 3.5-plus acres center on a two-story Spanish-style house of about 8,000 square feet. The main house has pegged hardwood floors, a family room with a wet bar, a library/media room with vintage walnut paneling, a breakfast room, five bedrooms and seven bathrooms.
On the market for $4.999 million, the eight-acre grounds center on a contemporary estate with more than 13,000 square feet of interiors. A circular motor court fronts the home, leading to a two-story foyer with floor-to-ceiling windows.
Found on the north side of Los Feliz Boulevard, the tranquil grounds encompass nearly a third of an acre with mature palms and tropical flora providing shade for an inner courtyard, gardens and a pool. Through an arched entrance, the Mediterranean, built in 1935, opens to designer interiors with decorative tile, exposed beams, a wrought-iron staircase and stone fireplaces.
Set on a 1.34-acre corner lot with 240 feet of water frontage, the Floridian-style main house was restored in 1995 and features hardwood and marble floors, a living room with a fireplace, a piano room, five bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms.
Owned by the actor for more than two decades, the Spanish-style residence of nearly 2,300 square feet features rustic tile and hardwood floors, beamed ceilings and a loggia. Built-ins flank an arched fireplace in the step-down living room.
A buyer can get creative to make the most out of the original 1950s floor plan, which includes a separate kitchen and four closets. This Bay Ridge studio is compact, but it does have the bonus of a roomy foyer, four closets, and a price under $300,000. It is on the first floor of 9425 Shore Road, a postwar building across from Shore Park and Parkway.
There's a three-story turret, a front porch the size of some one-bedrooms, and a private driveway (with a porte cochere, no less). Wave-shaped dormer windows overlook the Spanish-tile roof. Inside, there's parquet for miles, wood paneling, stained glass, beamed ceilings, and a classical frieze of men in togas. Out back, there's a pergola and a small pond. "They don't build them like that anymore," says broker Joe Brikman,
Tucked inside the Pine Tree Cottages community in Eastham, 1061 State Highway, Unit 4 is a one-bed, one-bath studio that's high on charm - even if it's low on square footage. Listed at $285,000, it was built in 1944. The furnished home has a parking area that accommodates two cars, but there's additional space for parking in the common area.
'Now I'm looking at houses with four or five floors / And you've found us a brownstone, said 'You want it? It's yours,'' the lyrics begin. The song continues: 'So we went ahead and we bought it / Found ourselves a good mortgage / Billy Cotton got sorted / All the furniture ordered / I could never afford this / You were pushing it forward / Made me feel a bit awkward / Made me feel a bit awkward.'
The late High Modernist architect and educator Charles Gwathmey created a body of work defined by playfully bold geometric forms and a spare use of adornment employed with formal elegance. The Yale-trained minimalist began his career in the 1960s creating fantastically unique beach bungalows in the Hamptons and other coastal communities around the Northeast, which are still highly prized today.
Selling a home comes with many decisions, and one of the biggest is choosing how you want to list and market your property. Traditionally, sellers work with a full-service real estate agent. But with the rise of alternative listing models, many homeowners are now considering flat fee MLS listings as opposed to the traditional realtor. This option allows you to pay a one-time, fixed fee to get your property listed on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) and, by extension,
Elise Stefanik, the Republican representative from New York, has listed her Capitol Hill townhouse for sale, in advance of her potential campaign for New York governor. The listing price is $2.195 million, and the listing agents are Robert Hryniewicki, Adam Rackliffe, Christopher Leary, and Micah Smith of HRLS Partners at TTR Sotheby's International Realty. The townhouse, just northwest of Eastern Market, was designed and constructed by DC architect John Melby in 1927.