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- Welcome to 17 Grove Street.
Today I'm gonna show you the oldest remaining
wood frame house in the West Village.
The house was built in 1822. [old-time music]
And this is one of the most iconic properties in the city.
The house has three bedrooms,
and two full baths, and three half baths.
And a finished basement with a library.
And also an elevator.
One of the extraordinary features of this property
is that in addition to the main house
there's a two-story one bedroom house behind it,
with an office in it.
All of this is on the market for $9,750,000.
Come on over and take a look.
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We enter from the stoop into the parlor floor.
Where you can see there's a wood burning fireplace.
And you can see a lot of the original detail
from the original build in 1822.
It's unusual to see this kind of architectural detail
preserved in houses in the city.
We've got the original floors, the original ceilings
and beams, quite high ceilings for an old house like this.
There's a half-bath off this room.
And there's also a well hidden elevator.
What's also unique in a townhouse
is to have the two exposures.
So you actually have windows on both sides of the room.
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Here we are in the kitchen, my favorite room in the house.
It's got a lot of original detail
like the ceilings and the beams, as in the living room.
And then it's got this amazing brick floor,
which you rarely see in a house in the city.
The hearth I think is original, with the brick and the wood.
It's got a lovely pantry.
And then this huge eat-in area with the built-in banquets.
Before I show you the rest of the house,
let me show you what's out back.
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So here we are in the back house.
On this floor we have a full living room
with a gas burning fireplace.
The full kitchen, and another eating area.
At the top of the stairs there's the office,
which has a big beautiful window with lots of light.
And there's the half bath off of that space.
We have this very quiet bedroom
with the two exposures, which is great.
It has a lot of air and light.
Fun feature of this bedroom is the shower
is actually off the bedroom,
and not attached to the bathroom.
So since this is a separate house
with a separate address, you could rent it out,
you could use it as a workspace, or a guesthouse.
There are a lot of different things
you could do with this house.
Now we'll go back and see the rest of the main house.
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So this floor is the master suite.
And this is the sitting area outside the master bedroom.
We've got another wood burning fireplace,
and again the beautiful original floors.
Notice the two exposures, you've got a lot of windows,
there's a ton of light in here.
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And even though you're here in the heart of the Village,
you get the feeling that you're in a house.
It's so quiet and peaceful.
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So this is the master bedroom.
Obviously you can fit a king-size bed in here.
So out these windows you're actually
overlooking the back house that we just saw.
You have the trees.
It's a really lovely comfortable room.
Right off the master bedroom is the master bath.
It's got the double sinks, the marble tile,
the shower, and the full tub.
So I'm gonna take you to the top floor.
It looks like a closet, but this is the elevator.
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Welcome to the third floor.
This level was actually added in 1870,
so this is the new wing of the house.
This is the second bedroom.
So if we look out these windows on the west side
you see the treetops, and if you look down
out on Grove Street you see all
the beautiful rows of townhouses.
On this floor we also have a second bedroom,
a full bath, and a half bath.
I just wanted to show you this bathroom
because I really love it.
I love the tiles throughout,
and I love the pedestal sink.
This cool old-style toilet tank.
It's got this spacious shower with the big glass doors
and the beautiful tiles.
And again, there's a window in this room
as there is in every room of the house.
And you get a lot of light,
and it's really just a great feature in the house.
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This is the library.
Pretty unassuming room.
But there are some sort of interesting features
that I wanna share with you.
Behind this panel, is how you access
the mechanical room for the building.
This is just a fun feature if you
needed to go and turn off the boiler or something.
So obviously this house has a lot of history.
And one of the really cool stories is that
there was a tunnel leading from this room
to the prohibition era speakeasy down the block,
the famous Chumley's.
This house dates back to the 1820s,
but the fact of the matter is
we don't know how much digging was happening
in the 1920s in the prohibition era.
So it's rumored that this tunnel
may have actually been from the Underground Railroad.
I'm glad I got to show you an inside look
at one of New York's most iconic properties.
The oldest remaining wood frame house in the Village.
Got the main house with the three bedrooms,
plus this beautiful sitting room off the master bedroom.
The finished basement.
And the beautiful old kitchen.
In addition, you've got the two-story house in the back.
And let's not forget the very cool feature downstairs,
which is the tunnel that historically led to Chumley's.
It's got so much history and the beautiful architecture.
All of this could be yours for $9,750,000.
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