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Over at 264 E. Seventh St., on the lovely block between Avenue C and Avenue D, you can rent a new-to-market five-bedroom duplex in a 1842 Greek Revival house (one of six along here).
Let's check out the Spire Group listing:
This is a rare unit in a charming brownstone on one of the most scenic blocks in the east village. It's directly across the street from the beautiful Flowerbox Building [EVG note: This is a selling point????]. This is an absolutely enormous duplex with a private patio, leading down to a large private garden.
• Enormous living/ dining with white washed exposed brick wall
• 12 foot ceilings with halogen dimmer lighting
• Large Eat in kitchen on top floor leading out to private patio with staircase down to garden
• On top level, one large bedroom, one enormous one
• 2nd private exit to garden on bottom level
• On garden level, 3 large bedrooms
The asking rent is $5,500.
While the inside looks all fine and dandy... the garden is the selling point... (not sure if the hammock is part of the deal)...
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If you like the rental, then consider buying the whole building, which has been on the market for the past five months. The current price is $4.395 million.
Per the Streeteasy listing:
No. 264 "offers a rare opportunity to create a unique single family townhouse with approx. 4,000 additional square feet available to enlarge the house to a total of 8,200 buildable square feet."
So it's possible your rental might be on the short-term side... ditto for the charming brownstone in its current state.