425 West End Ave, 1-C

Reduced price and low maintenance! This is a perfect home for a first time home purchaser, someone looking for a pied a terre, looking for a smaller or larger home on the Upper West Side! This spacious two bedroom, two bathroom duplex is wonderfully housed in a beautiful elevator Beaux Art building directly on West End Avenue. Enter the first floor level with over 9 foot ceilings, hardwood floors, and a southwest facing living/dining room space with a wood burning fireplace. There is a large pass through windowed kitchen with stainless steel appliances including a Sub Zero refrigerator, dishwasher, stove, microwave, cherry wood cabinets and granite countertops. This floor also offers a bedroom with a large closet and recently built home office. A beautifully renovated windowed bathroom decorated with pillowed marble tiles, custom vanity, mirrored cabinet and a Bain Ultrabath complete this floor. A second level offers a second bathroom, renovated with European made subway tiles, a radiant heat floor, and a steam shower with a floor to ceiling glass enclosure. There is an enormous windowed, walk-in closet which has doubled as a nursery in the past or, if necessary, it can be used as a home office. The extra large main bedroom currently houses a king sized bed, two nightstands and dresser, has spacious wall to wall closets for plenty of clothing storage, and has enough space for a home exercise bike or running track. As if there were not enough storage in this apartment, there is an additional built-in storage system of shelving and drawers under the staircase and additional built-ins in the hallway! This apartment has a great split bedroom floor plan, superb closets and storage space, beautiful details and updated ceiling lighting throughout. Also offered are the air conditioning units in each of the main rooms as well as the television sets. Each floor of this boutique building of 29 units has it's own laundry room. The building offers a fabulous live-in super and weekend assistant, a recently updated video security system and a bike room. This great Upper West Side apartment is around the corner from Riverside Park and Zabar's, restaurants, gyms and shops of all kinds, and is within close proximity to Central Park, Lincoln Center, movie theaters, public as well as private school systems, and public transportation options. Not to be missed! Shown by appointment only.