{"id":341231,"date":"2026-09-08T23:55:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T23:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/341231\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T23:55:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T23:55:04","slug":"an-east-village-penthouse-duplex-that-looks-like-a-cottage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/341231\/","title":{"rendered":"An East Village Penthouse Duplex That Looks Like a Cottage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n A cottage in the sky looking over Third Avenue and East 13th Street.
\n Photo: Serhant\n <\/p>\n

Look up as you walk down Third Avenue near 13th Street and you\u2019ll see a peculiar sight: a quaint country cottage plopped on a roof in the heart of NYU territory. The walls are cedar, the roofline is gabled, and boxwood hedges fence off terraces, putting it on a shortlist of quaint homes planted atop conventional New York buildings. That includes a shingled Cape Cod\u2013style house<\/a> nearby, a similar little penthouse shed in the West Village<\/a>, and a rooftop chalet on the Upper West Side.<\/a> The broker Violetta Weddepohl got the listing through a cold call while trying to help a client find an East Village apartment with a wood-burning fireplace. This one has four. \u201cIt\u2019s an absolute one-of-one,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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\n The dining room with views over Third Avenue and East 13th Street. Some of the furniture was virtually staged, but the raw brick walls are what a buyer will find, said Corrin Thomas, the listing agent.
\n Photo: Serhant\n <\/p>\n

She is now listing the space on behalf of the current owner, an LLC whose people bought it in 2015 and have rented it out from time to time, asking<\/a> $19,000 per month in 2017 and $39,700 per month earlier this year<\/a>. Before 2015, the backstory is a bit of a mystery. The building itself \u2014 which you perhaps know as the home of Kiehl\u2019s, the eccentric pharmacy full of motorcycles<\/a> that has become a global beauty brand \u2014 dates to the 1870s<\/a>, and the apartments above the storefront were renovated in the 1980s and sold as condos. Around 1998, someone filed a permit to take out a spiral staircase that led up to a room on the roof, according to a short write-up in the Times<\/a> that didn\u2019t name the architect or owner. It described a new \u201ccedar-clad structure \u2026 which includes a master bedroom and bathroom, a patio, a darkroom, a small greenhouse and \u2014 why not? \u2014 a hot tub.\u201d The owner who did that work may have been Thomas Quinn, who in 1987 bought<\/a> one of the apartments on the fourth floor that is now part of the duplex.<\/p>\n

Price: $7.5 million<\/p>\n

Specs: 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms<\/p>\n

Extras: 1,000 square feet of outdoor space, dressing room, foyer,<\/p>\n

10-minute walking radius: Union Square, Penny, Village East by Angelika, Veselka<\/p>\n

Listed by: Corrin Thomas and Violetta Weddepohl, Serhant\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

The cottage may look tiny, but it\u2019s actually just the upper half of a substantial duplex that stretches the width of the building along Third Avenue. Upon taking the elevator to the fourth floor, you\u2019ll enter what seems like a spacious apartment filled with historic character. There are exposed brick walls, three wood-burning fireplaces, and four windows over Third Avenue. Two smaller bedrooms are on this level. Upstairs, the entirety of the tiny cottage is the apartment\u2019s primary suite, surrounded by outdoor space, including a sitting area with its own wood-burning fireplace. That upstairs suite may get chillier in winter given the exposures, but the listing says there\u2019s \u201cthree-zone central air on a smart Nest system,\u201d and Weddepohl shares the listing with Corrin Thomas, a broker\u2013slash\u2013general contractor. He says he can help a buyer navigate a renovation, but he assumes their priority won\u2019t be insulation: it will be the bathrooms, which are older and less luxurious than a $7 million buyer is likely to want.)<\/p>\n

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\n A seating area outdoors has one of four wood-burning fireplaces.
\n Photo: Serhant\n <\/p>\n

The buyers who have been flooding Thomas\u2019s phone have not been dwelling on practicalities. Thomas says that on top of buyers and brokers calling to book showings, he\u2019s getting inquiries from influencers who want to film there. He gets it: \u201cIf, as a real-estate agent, I could pick anywhere to live in the city, this would be it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt really feels like a charming storybook cottage. It doesn\u2019t feel real.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n The main entrance to the unit is through this hallway, where visitors open the door to a foyer with a closet, then follow this passageway to this open-kitchen and dining area.
\n Photo: Rich Kaplan\/Serhant\n <\/p>\n

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\n The kitchen opens onto a corner dining room.
\n Photo: Rich Kaplan\/Serhant\n <\/p>\n

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\n Through the brick arch is a living area.
\n Photo: Rich Kaplan\/Serhant\n <\/p>\n

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\n The living room has a wood-burning fireplace and built-in bookshelves.
\n Photo: Serhant\n <\/p>\n

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\n One of the two smaller bedrooms on the lower level.
\n Photo: Rich Kaplan\/Serhant\n <\/p>\n

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Photo: Rich Kaplan\/Serhant\n <\/p>\n

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\n The primary bedroom, with windows facing east.
\n Photo: Serhant\n <\/p>\n

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\n The bathroom of the primary suite has an oversize soaking tub.
\n Photo: Rich Kaplan\/Serhant\n <\/p>\n

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\n The primary bedroom opens onto a seating area at the corner with 13th Street.
\n Photo: Rich Kaplan\/Serhant\n <\/p>\n

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\n The smaller outdoor area, at the corner with East 13th Street.
\n Photo: Rich Kaplan\/Serhant\n <\/p>\n

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\n This is the terrace that looks over Third Avenue, on the north side of the mini-cottage. It has its own wood-burning fireplace.
\n Photo: Rich Kaplan\/Serhant\n <\/p>\n

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\n Connected to the seating area with the wood-burning fireplace on the north side of the mini-cottage, this larger outdoor space stretches around the back of the upstairs unit.
\n Photo: Rich Kaplan\/Serhant\n <\/p>\n

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