247 East 49th Street, 1

A rare find - Beautiful Garden Duplex in a historic Midtown Townhouse. Located in historic Turtle Bay, a fabulous two bedroom (with a separate room that can be used as an office/den etc.), two bathrooms apartment with many preserved period details that exist harmoniously with contemporary additions to the kitchen and bathrooms; a brand new Miele dishwasher/Wolf range/Liebherr refrigerator. Original exposed wood beams and brick walls on the ground floor, marble fireplace thirteen foot ceilings and gilded mirrors on the parlor floor are all testimony to the old world atmosphere. The ground floor, whose wrought iron and glass doors open onto the large garden, has a working fireplace with a wood burning glass insert. Wooden beams and floors have been restored and brick walls are exposed throughout. A children’s playhouse in the back garden can be seen from the two rooms facing the garden (one bedroom and an office/den) one with a loft bed and some flexibility should a tenant prefer to convert these rooms into one large bedroom.
An available, separate studio apartment on the ground floor can be added to the lease for an additional monthly amount and can be used as an individual office space, guest apartment, housekeeper's or nanny's quarters.
There is a newly installed washer/dryer unit on the second floor.
The building is located near the UN and is very close to major uptown and downtown subway lines, a crosstown bus line, as well as many restaurants, supermarkets and bars.
The apartment can also be rented furnished - Furnished Rent $8,600