178 Franklin Street, TRIPLEX

Elegantly, Stunningly, Highly renovated, 178-180 Franklin Street is a very special five bedroom townhome loft triplex. Perfect as a live/work home, the residence can be entered through two separate private entrances to these three floors plus the common entrance elevator. The loft home features a spectacular skylight atrium courtyard for relaxing and friendly gatherings. This three floor triplex loft is approximately 5,500 sq ft. The spacious top floor of the triplex has the living, dining, kitchen and master bedroom suite. The impressive kitchen has custom-made cabinets, calacatta gold marble slab counter tops plus a custom-made butler's pantry, the floor is hand chiseled silver travertine stone from Tuscany. The kitchen has 2, 30 inch Subzeros side by side with icemaker, a Subzero wine refrigerator, 140 bottle capacity, custom built-in bar, and two Miele dishwashers. A 60 inch Vulcan oven range with Salamander and grill, capacity custom hood with automatic sensors is a delight to use. The sinks have instant hot/filtered water plus garbage disposal. This main floor living and dining areas have 11 inch wide oak plank floors, 11 foot custom ceilings, restored from original beams from 1850, plus double pane, insulated windows on the exterior, and all interior doors have 8 ft. heights. The coat-room is between the elevator entrance next to the powder room, both rooms have gray French limestone floors. Further, the powder room has French limestone chair rails and the countertop is an antique marble and mirror on a chrome base. There is a Toto Washlet 350 with remote control, silent ventilation, and the floor is heated. The lavish master suite bedroom has abundant custom wardrobes with numerous 10 foot mirrored doors. There is a dresser island in the middle of the space that includes a hidden entertainment system with custom TV that can automatically lifts for viewing. The adjoining luxurious master bathroom has all Italian Statuary Marbles walls, floors and counter tops, plus heated floors, air bubble bath tube, rain shower and hand shower with bench along with Toto toilet with remote control and silent ventilation. All of the master suite windows and doors are custom built with glass mat aluminum double panes. The parlor floor, second entrance level of the home has 13 ft. high original beam ceilings and hand-chiseled silver travertine floors from Tuscany. This floor has two extensive bedrooms with custom made closets and custom made external sliding doors with glass rails facing the atrium. The second large full bathroom has an Italian grey marble floor and counter tops, with a heated floor. The bathroom has a rain and hand shower, plus Toto toilet with remote control and silent ventilation. This parlor floor has a custom made bookcase with moving ladder for access to the upper shelves. A bar with Italian gray marble counter top, a beverage refrigerator and a sink with instant hot/filtered water plus a garbage disposal.