This apartment presents a new which means to clear feeding on.
A just one-bed room NYC apartment is trying to get $2,500 a thirty day period regardless of the not long ago renovated pre-war unit’s only shower being in the kitchen area — which is also the dwelling room.
“The clawfoot tub in residing place — is completely charming featuring a tiny little bit of a Parisian Remaining Lender experience in SoHo,” the 150 Sullivan St. listing describes the primary-area 1-toilet.
Whilst not enclosed, the clean place is renovated to be about as luxurious as possible, looking at the limited sq. footage: The bathtub characteristics a gold faucet, faucets and removable showerhead. Even though the relaxation of the rental functions wide-plank ash hardwood flooring, there is white tile right below the tub.
When not pictured in the shots, the broker tells The Post an enclosed toilet is positioned opposite the bathtub.
Other models in the developing also appear to characteristic the exclusive combination rest room-kitchen setup: A 300-sq.-foot studio at the address has a custom made-looking shower wedged among the cabinets and the enclosed toilet place. The shower is part of a larger sized, countered island of kinds that features a sink. That condominium is inquiring for $1,750 a thirty day period.
“Building is 5 flights up in a stroll-up and shower cubicle is separated by a midsection height divider from the residing space,” the listing specifies. “Unit is completely renovated, manufacturer new inside of with superior ceiling and huge home windows.”
The odd format is not basically so exceptional in New York City, in which many occasions of it can be attributed to 20th-century laws mandating that all residences have a sink and bathtub for sanitary motives.
Just one exception to this rule is solitary-room-occupancy or SRO models, defined by the Department of Buildings as an condominium consisting of “one or two rooms [that] possibly lacks a full kitchen area and/or rest room or shares them with other models.” In numerous SROs, tenants do not have a bathroom in their apartment, and communally share a single located in the hallway.