Fresh Start Fridays: Four apartments with cut-rate carrying costs

  • (1) One-bedroom, one-bath gut-renovated no-board-approval co-op on a high floor overlooking tree-lined Bennett Ave in Hudson Heights offering very low maintenance with new storage and a new bike room.  $281,500, $573/mo maintenance.  [Barak Realty] 

     

  • (2) 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath gut-renovated postwar doorman condominium on Central Park West and 100th includes a large terrace and walls of windows overlooking open city views and Central Park.  $1,595,000, $833.00/mo common charges,  $458/mo r.e. taxes. [Halstead Property] 

     

     

  • (3) Studio, convertible into a junior one bedroom, with one-bath and separate kitchen in doorman co-op located on East 40th near Second Ave features a roof deck, garage, and a very low maintenance. $379,000, maintenance reduced this year by 5% to $608/mo. [Bellmarc]

  • (4) Sunny, one-bedroom, one-bath prewar 25-unit co-op in elevator building on West 83rd offers laundry, a bike room and live-in super with very low maintenance.  $419,000, $580/mo maintenance.  [Halstead Property]

     

As every owner knows, carrying costs typically only move in one direction: Up.   Buying into a building with low carrying costs is ideal, so long as the building has put enough money into its own upkeep. This week, Fresh Start Fridays focuses on four abodes whose low carrying costs may help you take the inevitable hikes in stride.