售$599万9 - 205 E 69TH Street #PHA, 曼哈顿 上东城 Lenox Hill, NY 10021｜ID# RLS20113319

如果你想找的是那种一走进门就让你屏住呼吸、让你立刻觉得“就是它了”的家，那就请继续读下去。

因为这套顶层公寓确实非同寻常，而我并不会轻易使用这个词。

从你踏入门厅的那一刻起——宽敞的空间被头顶的天窗洒满自然光——你就会明白，打造这里的人完全是在用另一套标准做事。每一寸空间都经过深思熟虑。仅仅是内置收纳，就足以让瑞士制表师欣喜落泪。

向北走，你会来到一间尺度宽裕的客厅兼餐厅。整面窗户将成熟花园的绿意直接带入你的视野。别急着说：“哦，那不是被树挡住了吗？”不，并没有。植被只是为景观勾勒出框架，并没有夺走视野。你既能看到满眼绿色，也能看到天空。客厅上方还有一座巨大的10英尺×10英尺天窗，为整个空间注入充沛的自然光，充足到让你开始怀疑自己是否真的还需要电灯。然后，还有那座燃木壁炉。先别因为这个细节而太过兴奋，因为同样的壁炉还有两座。单套曼哈顿公寓里拥有三座燃木壁炉。在我从事房地产销售的25年里，从未见过这样的配置，我想你大概也没有。

北侧露台恰恰是私人户外空间应有的样子——私密而雅致，被成熟的植物景观美丽地环抱；一面令人惊叹的石墙更为其定下基调，若一时兴起，还可以作为户外电影幕布的背景。周二晚上的家庭聚餐，也能在这里举行。城市仿佛远在天边。

南侧露台则完全是另一番景象。这里是招待宾客、举办聚会的地方。露台与厨房和专属烧烤区直接相连，烧烤区配备一台48英寸的 Kalamazoo 烤炉——坦白说，这种配置奢华得近乎夸张，而且是最令人愉悦的那种夸张。从厨房到洗衣房，再到烧烤区和露台，动线一气呵成——负责烹饪的人完全不会错过聚会。而从这里的空间来看，这场聚会很可能规模不小。

将这一切串联起来的，是无处不在的绿意。无论朝哪个方向、从哪一间房、在什么季节望出去，你看到的都是历经数十年才长成的参天树木与葱郁景观，而这些无法复制。正因如此，这个家在灰暗的二月清晨同样宜人，也能在完美的六月夜晚令人陶醉。

两间卧室——一间主卧面积为12英尺8英寸×18英尺9英寸，另一间为12英尺4英寸×17英尺7英寸——都可直接通往露台，拥有同样的花园景观，并各自配有一座燃木壁炉。请好好想想这个配置：两间卧室，每间都有自己的壁炉；位于一套层高最高达11英尺的顶层公寓中。我从事这一行25年，从未见过这样的组合。毫不夸张地说，这里独一无二。

主卧的布局十分巧妙，双台盆盥洗区与湿区分开，并设有两个步入式衣帽间。厨房采用半开放式设计，面向花园，旁边是一间设施齐全的洗衣房，内置皂石污水池——因为再漂亮的家，也必须真正适合生活。整套公寓内还配备了11区内置音响系统，每个房间和露台区域都可以独立控制音量与音源。

这套住宅由业主从毛坯空间重新打造而成。他们有明确的主见、出色的品味，并且完全不愿在任何细节上偷工减料。最终呈现出的效果，是你一走进来就能感受到、离开后也久久无法忘怀的空间。

遇到真正适合自己的那一个，通常就是这种感觉。

If what you're after is a home that stops you cold the moment you walk in - one that makes you think this is it - then keep reading.
Because this penthouse is genuinely exceptional, and I don't use that word lightly.

From the moment you step into the foyer - generous, flooded with natural light from an overhead skylight - you understand that whoever built this place was playing a different game entirely. Every inch was thought through. The built-in storage alone would make a Swiss watchmaker weep with joy.

Head north and you're in an oversized living and dining room anchored by a wall of windows that pulls mature garden greenery directly into your sightline. And before you say "oh, so it's blocked by trees" - no. The vegetation frames the view without stealing it. You get the green AND the sky. The living room also sits under a massive 10x10 skylight that floods the space with so much natural light you'll start to question whether you actually need electricity. And then there's the wood-burning fireplace. Before you get too comfortable with that detail, know that there are two more where that came from. Three wood-burning fireplaces in a single Manhattan apartment. In 25 years of selling real estate I have never encountered anything like it, and I suspect you haven't either.

The north terrace is exactly what a private outdoor space should be - intimate, beautifully framed by mature plantings, and anchored by a stunning stone wall that doubles, should the mood strike, as a backdrop for an outdoor movie screen. Family dinners on a Tuesday evening. The city feels very far away.

The south terrace is an entirely different proposition. This is where you entertain. Directly connected to the kitchen and a dedicated barbecue area anchored by a 48-inch Kalamazoo grill that is, frankly, obscene in the best possible way. The flow from kitchen to laundry to barbecue to terrace is seamless - whoever's cooking never misses the party. And the party, judging by the space available, could be considerable.

What ties all of it together is the greenery. In every direction, from every room, in every season, you are looking at mature trees and lush landscaping that took decades to grow and cannot be replicated. It makes this home as pleasant on a grey February morning as on a perfect June evening.
The two bedrooms - a 12'8" x 18'9" primary and a 12'4" x 17'7" second - each have direct terrace access, those same garden views, and their own wood-burning fireplace. Let that sink in. Both bedrooms. Their own fireplaces. In a penthouse with ceilings up to 11 feet. I have been doing this for 25 years and I have never seen this combination. It is, without exaggeration, one of a kind.

The primary is smartly laid out with a double vanity separated from the wet area and two walk-in closets. The kitchen is half-open, overlooks the garden, and sits next to a full laundry room with a soapstone slop sink - because a beautiful home still needs to function like one. Throughout the apartment, 11-zone built-in speakers let every room and terrace section control its own volume and source.

This home was rebuilt from a bare canvas by owners with strong opinions, excellent taste, and zero interest in cutting corners. The result is something you feel the moment you walk in and can't quite shake after you leave.

Which is usually how it goes with the right one.