35 West 9th Street, 7-C

This lovely two-bedroom home, is loaded with charming traditional prewar details of 9'3" ceilings, wood burning fireplace, beams, and beautiful refinished oak floors with walnut inlay. It has a multitude of windows, (even kitchen and bath!), supplying it with wonderful light and breezes. The north-facing Living Room/Dining Room and Primary Bedroom are delightfully quiet and sunny, enjoying both garden and rooftop views. The second bedroom enjoys its eastern views over townhouses to Fifth Avenue. The rooms are square, larger than their dimensions imply, and easy to decorate. The built-ins and bookcases are space saving dreams.

The east windowed kitchen facing over those neighboring townhouses is where you will be happy cooking. It is most inviting with its Wolf range, Fisher Paykel refrigerator, Bosch dishwasher, Kobe hood/fan, deep sink and warm terra cotta tiled floors. The windowed full bath is updated, although it could benefit from some TLC. The bonus 1/2 bath was added with a charming decorative hand painted sink and tiling.

35 West 9th Street, built in 1926, is an intimate 36 unit building (only 4 apartments per floor!) with a true sense of community. There is a uniformed doorman (uniformed 2PM-6AM, plus 24 HOUR COVERAGE, and a new video surveillance system is being installed), resident superintendent, garden for shareholders, well maintained laundry and "user friendly" rules, including 75% financing and guarantors permitted. Pied-a-terres, co-purchase and gifting are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. A storage bin transfers with the apartment. The lobby just completed an elegant classic renovation, with no assessment. The prime location on the Gold Coast offers the best of village living and is convenient to shopping, restaurants, transportation and of course, Washington Square.