Idyllic Country Cottage On The Roof Of An Nyc

There are many places in the us where someone could live in a cabin with front yard and a view for miles but that place is not in new york city.

Idyllic country cottage on the roof of an nyc.

With a shake shingle cottage perched on its very own private roof terrace this duplex is essentially two houses in one a spacious duplex loft below and a one room summer cottage on top with 2 756 square feet all told. In 2009 film scout nick carr asked can you believe this exists in the east village about a cottage perched on the roof of a first avenue building. The cedar shake structure has long been a distinctive. The cedar shingled dwelling is actually on a rooftop in the east village and it can be yours if you have the funds to buy the penthouse below for 3 5 million.

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A sprawling east village penthouse apartment which just hit the market for 3 5 million comes with a cherry on top. Its setting is perfect and wonderfully private sitting in a large fenced garden with rolling lawns and views towards the malvern hills. Curbed ny was the first to report the story and while rooftop cottages are a rare new york feature this isn t the first one we ve seen. First a glorious coveted cabin poised high above east 13th street came to market and now gothamist relays word of a bucolic rooftop cottage.

The couple built a beautiful cottage on the rooftop of a west village apartment building on greenwich street and from the sidewalk below you would never know such a hidden gem existed. Then he discovered another equally charming. Yes it s 3 5m but how do you put a cost on getting cape cod bliss in manhattan.