Sara Alessi
ContactPosts by Sara Alessi:
- Want to appeal to foreign buyers? Raise the cabinets, get a white leather sectional, and throw in a wok kitchen and concierge (WSJ)
- When a new building goes up next door to yours, watch out for cracks in the wall, falling brick--and evacuation orders (The Local)
- Wall Street pushing
If you're looking to live in the classic chic Gramercy Park neighborhood, the funky/artsy chic Chelsea area, or the convenient-if-slightly-bland Kips Bay neighborhood, grab a pencil and paper and take notes, because this week’s Most Wanted (the 10 sales listings that were saved more often than any others by those surfing StreetEasy this week) features several pretty cool pads in the East and West 20s.
- Can't swing an all-cash offer?
Forget the six-digit deals.The majority of the apartments that made the Open House Scorecard--the 10 open houses StreetEasy users saved more than any others this weekend--ring in at over a million bucks, in some cases way over $2 million.
- Here’s why you should wait for a rainy day to shoot those apartment photos (Gothamology)
- How to survive your neighbor’s (sometimes destructive) renovation (NY Times; previously)
Surprise! Brooklyn in general and Prospect Heights in particular are the stars of this week’s edition of StreetEasy’s Most Wanted -- the top 10 sales listings those browsing StreetEasy this week saved more often than any others. So if Prospect Heights is up your alley, take notes on these family-sized apartments under a million bucks.