Construction gets loud at 277 E. 7th St., but for different reasons

During the seemingly never-ending construction of the six-floor, six-unit residence rising from a former parking lot at 277 E. Seventh St. near Avenue D, we've heard a fair share of grumbling from neighbors.

Such as!

This construction is unreal. They start LOUD at exactly 7 am every day. I'm not sure what exactly they're doing that takes so long with such little progress.

I think they might actually be building their own powertools to use.

And!

The worst of the noise (yelling, banging, throwing things off high floors) starts right at 7am and lasts until 8:30 or so. The rest of the day, the guys are mostly looking at their cell phones.

Construction achieved a new milestone yesterday. A neighbor reported that the workers were blasting music from inside the under-contruction building... when they weren't texting or talking on the phone.

Construction watch: 277 E. Seventh St.

On Tuesday, we checked in on the progress of the 9-story residential building going up on East Eighth Street at Avenue D... today we'll head a block south to see about 277 E. Seventh St., a six-floor, six-unit residence rising from a former parking lot near D.



As Curbed noted last summer, there are five 1,200-square-foot two-bedroom, two-bathroom homes — two of which have private rooftop decks. The sixth unit is a 900-square-foot ground-level apartment, which has a private garden.

The interiors will feature wide plank floors, white lacquered kitchen cabinetry, Caesarstone counters — that kind of thing.

Seems as if construction has taken awhile here. The original estimates called for a spring-time completion. But, you know.

Here's what an EVG commenter had to say about No. 277 the other day:

"[The work] has been excruciatingly slow and loud. It's been well over a year now of construction noise and workers shouting starting at 7 am Monday through Saturday, and they still have a long way to go. As neighbors who have to work late, it's been a huge disruption to our lives."

Here's a look at the rendering...



Previously on EV Grieve:
The next sliver of space for development: The parking lot at 277 Seventh St.

Seventh Street parking lot destined to become 6-floor apartment building

A look at the dwindling number of East Village lots

City OK's 6-floor, 6-unit condo for former East Seventh Street parking lot

Construction watch: 277 E. Seventh St.

Work started last summer at the former parking lot at 277 E. Seventh St. near Avenue D, home one day to a six-floor, six-unit apartment building that will look like...



It appears as if they're up to about the fifth floor.

Curbed got the scoop in August about what to expect from inside...

There are five 1,200-square-foot two-bedroom, two-bathroom homes — two of which have private rooftop decks— and the sixth unit is a 900-square-foot ground level apartment, which has a private garden.

The interiors will feature wide plank floors, white lacquered kitchen cabinetry, Caesarstone counters, etc. Construction is estimated to wrap by the Spring.

Meanwhile, how has life been living behind this construction site? A reader shared some details...



"We've been woken up at 7 am every workday to incessant pounding, shouting and yet more noise for months now ... I've coped by keeping a very loud in-wall fan running every night in the bedroom and wearing ear plugs meant for a shooting range, but it's still hard to sleep."

Previously on EV Grieve:
The next sliver of space for development: The parking lot at 277 Seventh St.

Seventh Street parking lot destined to become 6-floor apartment building

A look at the dwindling number of East Village lots

City OK's 6-floor, 6-unit condo for former East Seventh Street parking lot

A 6-story condo grows at former East 7th Street parking lot

We've been checking in on the the progress of several new luxury buildings going up ... at 227 E. Seventh St. near Avenue C ... and 401 E. Eighth St. at Avenue D ... work is also underway at the former parking lot at 277 E. Seventh St. near Avenue D, home one day to a six-floor, six-unit apartment building. Work is currently in the annoy-the-neighbors excavation phase.

Curbed got the scoop this week with a look at the building's rendering from Eisner Design.



And some building details per Curbed:

There are five 1,200-square-foot two-bedroom, two-bathroom homes — two of which have private rooftop decks— and the sixth unit is a 900-square-foot ground level apartment, which has a private garden.

The interiors will feature wide plank floors, white lacquered kitchen cabinetry, Caesarstone counters, etc. Construction is set to wrap by Spring 2014.

Previously on EV Grieve:
The next sliver of space for development: The parking lot at 277 Seventh St.

Seventh Street parking lot destined to become 6-floor apartment building

A look at the dwindling number of East Village lots

City OK's 6-floor, 6-unit condo for former East Seventh Street parking lot