It looks as if a tornado picked up a Cape Cod cottage and dropped it on an East Village rooftop.<\/p>\n
Perched above 203 E. 13th St., an unlikely cedar-clad house in the sky \u2014 complete with pitched rooflines, terraces and greenery \u2014 has hit the market as part of a $7.5 million penthouse.<\/p>\n
The three-bedroom, three-bath duplex spans roughly 2,000 square feet indoors, plus nearly 1,000 square feet of private outdoor space. But its defining feature is upstairs: a cottage-like structure that appears strikingly out of place against the surrounding Manhattan skyline.<\/p>\n
The cedar-clad structure stands atop a prewar East Village condo building. Serhant<\/p>\n
The unusual perch comes with coveted outdoor space that gives the impression of a New England backyard. Rich Caplan<\/p>\n
The space is ideal for warm-weather entertaining. Rich Caplan<\/p>\n
And many may not even know it exists.<\/p>\n
\u201cGenerally speaking, when you\u2019re adding a pop-up to a building, you have to have it set far enough back that you don\u2019t see it,\u201d listing broker, Serhant\u2019s Corrin Thomas, told The Post. \u201cNow, this was done at a time when it got approved, so you get the really unique charm of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSeeing something that has this cottage aesthetic is very rare,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019ve seen maybe one or two in the entire city.\u201d<\/p>\n
The unusual aerie wasn\u2019t always so quaint.<\/p>\n
The bedroom opens to the upper-level outdoor space. Rich Caplan<\/p>\n
The lower level has signature downtown charm. Rich Caplan<\/p>\n
Brick walls surround the formal dining room. Rich Caplan<\/p>\n
According to Thomas and fellow listing broker Violetta Weddepohl, an earlier, far plainer rooftop structure was transformed in the mid-1980s into the cottage that crowns the building today.<\/p>\n
The result is a home with something of a split architectural personality.<\/p>\n
The lower level has the bones of a classic downtown loft, with exposed brick, high ceilings and windows facing multiple directions. <\/p>\n
The lower level also features four working woodburning fireplaces, including a pair positioned on opposite sides of the main living and dining areas. A fifth fireplace is currently being used to hold furniture but could potentially be made functional, according to Thomas.<\/p>\n
Multiple fireplaces are throughout the penthouse. Rich Caplan<\/p>\n
An arched doorway adds extra charm to the lower level. Rich Caplan<\/p>\n
Climb the internal staircase, however, and the apartment takes on an altogether different character.<\/p>\n
The penthouse has two private outdoor areas surrounding the upper house structure, including planted and irrigated terraces. From there, the cottage\u2019s improbable setting becomes particularly apparent: shingles and greenery in the foreground, Manhattan rooftops beyond. Adding out-of-city charm to the mix, the house even has a chimney.<\/p>\n
The cottage retains an A-frame roof, although its full height is currently concealed by the interior ceiling.<\/p>\n
The unidentified owner purchased the apartment for $4.44 million in 2015 and has used it as a primary residence for more than a decade, according to StreetEasy and the brokers.<\/p>\n
At $7.5 million, the asking price works out to $3,750 per interior square foot. The brokers noted that the figure doesn\u2019t assign any value to the outdoor space.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has all the warmth of a townhouse, but you\u2019re completely bathed in light and you\u2019ve got a view out every window,\u201d Weddepohl said. \u201cThe arches, the brick, the fireplaces \u2014 it\u2019s a very magical place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It looks as if a tornado picked up a Cape Cod cottage and dropped it on an East…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[103145,7624,128061,75,84,83,9,24,63,1491,49204,8028],"class_list":["post-341147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-cottages","tag-east-village","tag-fireplace-for-your-home","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-real-estate","tag-rooftop","tag-surreal-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}