245 East 78th Street, GARDEN-D

Garden Apartment-D is a lovely, perfectly proportioned outdoor home with 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms and 2 powder rooms in the most exciting new rental building on the Upper East Side. The wonderful garden and adjacent Great Room alone will steal your heart, but that’s just the beginning. With sunlight streaming in through stunning double-glazed casement windows, and the use of fresh and beautiful materials, including solid white oak floors, everything in this apartment feels like a true home. Just past the entrance foyer, with its generous coat closet and a perfectly placed powder room, is a 22 foot long living and dining room. The separate and spacious windowed PoggenPohhl kitchen, is both beautiful and functional, with Caesarstone countertops and backsplash, an integrated state-of-the-art Liebbher refrigerator, Bosch appliances, a hood that vents to the outside, a wine refrigerator, and an Insinkerator garbage disposal. The large and tranquil corner primary bedroom has three big casement windows, easily fits a king bed and has a walk-in-closet the size of a small room. The en-suite, windowed primary bathroom features a custom marble mosaic floor, a glass enclosed shower, a double walnut vanity with Caesarstone countertops, mirrored medicine cabinets, and built in storage. The two secondary bedrooms are generous in size and share a lovely bathroom with marble floors and a Waterworks cast iron tub. The secondary bedroom wing can be closed off from the living space with solid wood pocket doors for privacy when entertaining. There is also a washing machine and vented dryer in the apartment. The Garden level features an oversized Great Room with three floor-to-ceiling double-doors into the magic garden, perfect for fun and cozy hang-outs as well as for entertaining. Located on a charming tree-lined block, 245 East 78th Street is a historic building that has been reimagined as a boutique collection of twenty-two modern apartments. The classic and detailed pre-war facade has been carefully preserved and restored, while double-glazed European casement windows have been added for optimal natural light and architectural richness. Aside from the exterior, everything in the building has been completely gut renovated. Residents will enjoy all new systems such as individually controlled multi-zone heating and cooling, Insinkerator garbage disposals, washer/dryers that vent and hardwood floors. Amenities include an attended lobby with a full time doorman and a package room for deliveries, a landscaped roof terrace with open city views, a private fitness center with a walkout courtyard, a bicycle room, and a private storage closet for each residence. With an ambiance that resembles a wonderful boutique hotel, 245 East 78th Street raises the bar for apartments on the Upper East Side. Pets are welcome.