438 West 44th Street

This beautifully renovated and meticulous 20 wide home with a landscaped rooftop terrace, south facing garden and elevator is ideally situated midblock on a tree-lined townhouse street in Hells Kitchen. Spread over 6 floors encompassing approximately 5,223sf, the townhouse includes a four story owners 3 bedroom and 3.5 bath home with windows on four sides and a marvelous landscaped roof terrace plus a Garden/Parlor level 3 bedroom and 3.5 bath income producing apartment with a deep south facing backyard. The entire townhouse has been thoroughly and thoughtfully renovated with all new mechanicals and systems throughout while preserving its distinctive character.
A front court with staircase leads to the separate Owners entrance which greets you on the Parlor level. The owners apartment was enhanced with the addition of two additional floors on top of the townhouse creating a captivating new sun-flooded Parlor Floor in the sky with soaring 11 ceilings and windows on four sides. The dramatic new parlor level on the 5th floor includes a Great Room with a wood-burning fireplace and a wall of French doors opening onto a south facing terrace. A separate enviably spacious chefs (Subzero/Wolf) eat-in kitchen in the sky is a WOW with walls of windows, a skylight and a sweep of open views over Hells Kitchen and beyond. There is a half bath on this level. One flight up from the living space, a windowed solarium with limestone flooring opens to a magical landscaped wrap (Ipe wood) decked terrace complete with wisteria-covered pergola, planters with climbing roses, outdoor grill and eye-catching views across the city - a true terrace lover and gardeners paradise. Downstairs, the private areas of the home encompass the third and fourth floors. The fourth floor includes a south facing sun-flooded master-bedroom suite with windowed bath with tub and separate stall shower. An additional guest room facing north with windowed bath en-suite and a walk-in windowed laundry room complete the floor. The third floor includes an additional expansive south facing sunny master-bedroom suite with windowed bath. A Library/Office with three windows and pretty views overlooking the trees along 44th street offers a cozy contrast on this level.
A gated front court with a separate entrance on street level leads to the Garden/Parlor level tri-plex 3 bedroom and 3.5 bath income producing apartment with direct access to the sunny south facing garden. This beautifully renovated home includes a particularly attractive Parlor floor living room with voluminous 11 ceilings, a fireplace and wall of south facing windows and double doors which open onto a terrace. Stairs lead down to the garden from the terrace. A generously proportioned chefs kitchen is flooded with light through over-sized windows overlooking the townhouses on 44th street. A half bath completes the Parlor level. Downstairs, the garden level includes two bedroom suites each with its own bath. One flight down, a third bedroom with bath en-suite plus a windowed laundry room complete the garden apartment.
438 West 44th Street offers a superb opportunity to acquire a meticulously renovated townhouse with a wonderful separate income producing home on an architecturally significant townhouse block. The townhouse is complete with annual taxes of $10,535, an elevator to all floors, separate electric/furnace/water heaters for both units, new Pella windows (2019), new ductless central air-conditioning/heating controlled in each room (2019), completely wired for hi-speed internet in all rooms, new IPE deck and terrace with multi-zoned irrigation systems, antique chestnut floors, and outdoor NEST security system.