26 West 68th Street

> This elegant bow-front Queen Anne house, carefully renovated and restored by Bruce Van Hover, features a grand entry and parlor evoking the best Victorian design elements combined with and contemporary living luxuries. > The triplemint interior features many original elements including an ornate banister, inlaid floors, and 7 gas fireplaces each with lovely mantelpiece surrounds. > Ceiling heights range from 9' to 11'6". > The front bay facade enhances thelight entry and the wall of windows in the rear bring in south sun. > An impeccable 12 room house with new electrical, multi-zone heating and cooling, Crestron installed/ Counterforce monitored security system, multi-linebusiness phone system, intercoms, wiring for cable TV and high speed Internet. > Three outdoor areas including the professionally landscaped south garden. > Radiant floor heating and cast iron baseboard. > Great attention behind thewalls too such as automatic water shutoffs on the CAC system, ergonomic Lutron lighting. > And Note: The $10,000 real estate tax number not a mistake! > Cellar: Already here is the temperature and humidity-controlled wine cellarwith capacity for 800 bottles. > Additionally, the cellar has laundry room, full bath and an extra room for whatever, storage rooms and the new buildingmechanicals--central vacuum, 3 zone gas fired heating system, elevatormechanicals. > Garden Floor: Under stoop entrance brings you into a large open plan spacecentered around the gourmet kitchen. > The kitchen is equipped with Vikingdouble ovens and cooktop, SubZero refrigerator/freezer, custom glass andwood cabinetry and large walk-in pantry. > There is a front family room, powder room, family dining area and a wall of glass looking onto the South facing landscaped garden. > The rear of the house is as impressive and beautiful as the front with its tiered extension accented by stone cast brackets andpediments, cast iron railings. > The andscaped garden designed by Evan Laliis fully irrigated and has a stone-surround fish pond. > Parlour Floor: Guests enter at the top of the front stoop into an elegantfoyer of oak and beveled glass. > Entertaining on this floor is first class with a professional bar, gas fireplaces in both the living room and formal dining room and a rear media room by Audio Interiors. > Nicely presented powderroom. > Lots of wood and period details on this floor and a wall of mahoganyframed glass doors leads onto a rear terrace with art glass flooring. > Third Floor: The master bedroom is a full floor with sleeping quarters in the front of the house and study in the rear, gas fireplaces in each. > Separate his and her baths have steam, Jacuzzi. His.Hers walk-in closets complete the floor. > Terrace off the rear study. > Fourth Floor: The large front bedroom is a child's delight with ensuite bath. > The rear bedroom has it's own bath and has a private terrace. > Fifth Floor: This fun floor has two bedrooms and a fabulous billiards room which is lined in Anaglypta wallpaper. > The bar and kitchenette complete the entertainment scene here. > Two full baths on this floor. > There is also astair way to the roof, allowing access to the CAC equipment.