Lonely balloon ushers in open house guests at 229 E. 13th Street

At the dormy new rentals on 13th Street near Third Avenue, someone finally removed the "for rent" banner that continued to get tangled up...



For open houses this week (two bedrooms for $3,300; one bedrooms for $2,595), the folks in charge employed a lonely, air-deprived balloon to entice passersby...





Previously on EV Grieve:
What's doing at 229 E. 13th St.?

What's doing at 229 E. 13th St.?

We're a little baffled by that new unit on 13th Street near Third Avenue... it has been sitting empty for months. An EV Grieve commenter said that these apartments were being shown last spring for a June 1 occupancy..... As far as we can tell, the entire building remains free of residents.

Meanwhile, nearly three weeks went by recently before anyone decided to fix the "for rent" sign out front....



If you're peddling $3,000 apartments, do you want your sign to look like that?

Still, there seems to be some movement now. According to StreetEasy, there are four rentals available: two bedrooms for $3,300; one bedrooms for $2,595. Last summer, the two-bedroom apartments were ambitiously listed at $4,200. The price was decreased 20 percent on Dec. 23, according to StreetEasy. (The listings are at Weichert Realtors.)

The units look nice enough with quality amenities like "European style Washer/Dryer combo." A little on the dorm-roomy side, though, perhaps?






Also, the paper on the front door has been removed....



...looks more inviting now....




Then there's the mystery lot and its frozen-in-EV-time landscape that's directly next door to this space. We're curious what potential residents — particularly those from elsewhere — might think walking up for an open house....





Though it can be a winter wonderland ....



Previously on EV Grieve:

Meanwhile, darkness falls on 13th Street

Dog gone (groan)

The dog days of summer

Noise, then darkness

Meanwhile, darkness falls on 13th Street

So, I guess no one has moved in here yet at 229 E. 13th St. near Third Avenue. (Next to the Mystery Lot!) Construction started in the spring of 2008. The final product has been sitting empty now for months. Or maybe they'll just conserving energy.



According to StreetEasy.com, the property is owned by Vrbnik Realty. Several rentals are on the market: $4,200 for two-bedroom units; $3,000 for one bedrooms.

By the way, as you may recall, a resident in the building next to this space chronicled the noise and darkness that came into his life during construction....from April 2008.



After all that construction, the building sits empty?


Previously on EV Grieve:

Dog gone (groan)

The dog days of summer

Noise, then darkness