708 Washington Street, 3-B

For decades the home and studio to an artist and their partner, this two-bedroom home has a truly unique sense of style. The owner took a standard two-bedroom apartment and used their quirky and playful sense of design to renovate it into a home with great panache. Enter into the spacious living/dining/kitchen area and marvel at the “Ferrari Red” back-painted glass cabinet fronts with chrome accents, reminiscent of automobile trim. The cabinets envelope one end of the apartment and provide tons of storage. A large stainless French-door refrigerator, an induction cooktop and a GE Advantium Oven complete the kitchen. Also the home features beautiful new solid oak hardwood floors. What you won’t see is also what you won’t hear. Consulting with a sound engineer, the owners heavily invested in sound isolation during their remodel. In many post-war buildings of this era, you hear your neighbors every sneeze. These sellers installed the most sophisticated acoustic technologies including insulation material and a floating ceiling and floor. This has resulted in a pin-drop quiet home, which also doesn’t transfer sound OUT, so you can play your music without the neighbors above and below complaining. They also updated and upgraded the dated electrical system. The master bedroom is huge with plenty of space for a king-size bed plus a sitting and/or home office area. The second bedroom is nearly as large. Both have striking views of the much-talked-about mega mansion reportedly near completion across the street. The bathroom is a kaleidoscopic art installation of materials and pattern. The artist fashioned a floor made of stones (among them, Manhattan Schist, the bedrock of Manhattan) and polyurethane. Printed on the shower walls are the artist’s photographs. (They are included in the sale at no additional charge.) There is also a washer/dryer in the unit. The apartment is part of the now free market development called the West Villages Houses (formerly a Mitchell Lama development). The coop is very strong financially, has new video intercom system, on site management office and 24-hour security office, live-in superintendent, bike rooms and additional laundry facilities. It's close to all the great amenities of NYC’s famous West Village including Hudson River Park, the Whitney Museum, Meatpacking district, high end boutiques and restaurants. Some photos digitally staged.