8 East 96 Street   Unit 16C

Stunning and rare high-floor Carnegie Hill Classic 7 room apartment featuring sundrenched southern exposures through over-sized windows. Meticulously renovated with no detail overlooked, this 3-bedroom, 2.5 bathroom loft-like home boasts soaring 10-foot ceilings, open city views, a wood-burning fireplace and gorgeous hardwood floors. The corner dining room, currently functioning as a den/media room, offers double exposures and artful custom built-ins. Enjoy your morning coffee from the sunlit and cheery windowed breakfast room, accessible both from the adjacent den through beautiful pocket doors and from the kitchen. There is a stylish bar on your way to the fabulous chef's kitchen with state-of-the-art appliances, eat-in marble countertop and east facing window. The private bedroom wing leads to the primary bedroom with two closets, one of which is a walk-in, and en-suite bathroom with radiant heated floors. There are two additional bedrooms which share a marble and subway tiled hall bathroom complete with a beautiful soaker bathtub. Through-wall A/C, custom closets, and in unit washer/dryer complete this not-to-be-missed gem.
Sitting just off Fifth Avenue, 8 East 96th Street is one of the city's most celebrated Rosario Candela building and coveted neighborhoods, Carnegie Hill. This “Candela” masterpiece is a white gloved, pre-war, cooperative building that is pet friendly and offers a bike room, basement storage for each apartment, and a central laundry room. It is also in close proximity to elite private schools, cultural institutions, restaurants and various modes of transportation. The building is perfectly located right next to Central Park, the reservoir, and one of Central Park's largest playgrounds.
The co-op board allows 50% financing. A flip tax of 2% is to be paid by the purchaser