Ndụ n’Ụlọ Townhouse, Otu Mgbago Steepụ N’elu

N’otu akụkụ West 12th Street nke osisi kpara n’ahịrị ma jiri okwute a tụrụ n’usoro kpuchie, n’etiti West 4th na 8th Avenue, ka e nwere ụlọ townhouse ụdị Greek Revival nwere nkeji obibi ise, nke e wuru n’etiti narị afọ nke 19. A rụzigharịrị Residence 2R ruo n’ọkpụkpụ mgbidi, mechaa ya na Nọvemba 2025, ebe e ji mmetụ dị mfe mee naanị ebe ọ dị mkpa. Ọkụ nkụ a na-amụ n’ime ebe a na-amụ ọkụ ka bụ isi ihe na-ejikọta ime ụlọ ọbịa. A rụgharịrị ihe ndị ọzọ ka ha kwekọọ n’ụzọ ndị mmadụ si ebi ndụ taa.

Buru ụzọ lee n’elu. Ulo ime ụlọ ọbịa na-alaghachi n’ime panel e mikpuru n’ime ya, nke ọkụ si n’akụkụ ya na-enwu, bụ nkọwa pụrụ iche e mere iji mee ka ime ụlọ ahụ na-enwu n’oge mgbede. Window ọhụrụ dị n’ahịrị n’akụkụ mgbidi dị n’azụ, ebe dị n’etiti ha dabara adaba maka tebụl ọrụ. Kichin ahụ ka ghe oghe n’ebe obibi ahụ, nwee kabinetị ọcha dị ọcha gbara Bertazzoni range, microwave na friji gburugburu. Sistemụ Mitsubishi ductless mini-split na-ahụ maka ikpo ọkụ na ntụ oyi n’ime ụlọ nke ọ bụla, ebe condenser dị n’elu ụlọ, eriri ya dịkwa n’ime mgbidi; ya mere, ọ dịghị air conditioner a na-etinye na window na-egbochi echiche ahụ.

N’ime ime ụlọ e gbanwere, mgbidi dum nke kabinetị uwe mepere emepe e mere pụrụ iche na-arụ ọrụ nke ụlọ ejiji ga-arụ. A rụzigharịrị ime ụlọ ịsa ahụ, nwee shower e ji iko mechie na vanity na-ese n’elu. Blind na drapery akpaaka ndị si The Shade Store na-adịkwa n’ụlọ ahụ.

Ọ nwere ike ịbụ ebe obibi zuru oke kwa ụbọchị ma ọ bụ ebe obibi nta n’obodo maka ịnọ nwa oge, nke board na-ekwe ka e jiri ya mee otú ahụ ma nyochaa ya. Ụlọ ahụ na-anabata anụ ụlọ ma ọ bụrụ na board kwadoro ya, a pụkwara itinye washer/dryer n’ime ụlọ ma ọ bụrụ na board enye nkwado.

Townhouse Living, One Flight Up

On a tree-lined, cobblestoned stretch of West 12th Street, between West 4th and 8th Avenue, sits a five-unit Greek Revival townhouse dating to the mid-1800s. Residence 2R was renovated to the studs and completed in November 2025, with a light hand where it counted. The wood-burning fireplace still anchors the living room. The rest was rebuilt for the way people live now.

Look up first. The living room ceiling steps back into a recessed panel lit from its edges, a custom detail that makes the room glow in the evening. New windows line the far wall, with a natural spot for a desk between them. The kitchen stays open to the living space, clean white cabinetry around a Bertazzoni range, microwave and refrigerator. A Mitsubishi ductless mini-split system handles heat and air conditioning room by room, with the condenser on the roof and the lines inside the walls, so no window units interrupt the view.

In the converted bedroom, a full wall of custom open closets does the work a dressing room would. The bath has been redone with a glass-enclosed shower and a floating vanity, and the automated shades and drapery from The Shade Store stay with the apartment.

It works as a full-time home or a city pied-à-terre, which the board permits with review. The building is pet-friendly with board consent, and an in-unit washer/dryer may be added with board approval.