this is what three million dollars buys you in new york city
one of the most frequent questions i get asked in this series is to showcase more realistic and
affordable luxury apartments here in new york city so today we're here in dumbo located in brooklyn
now dumbo stands for down under the manhattan bridge overpass i feel like most people don't know
that fun fact this area was originally a fairy landing and it's really characterized by those
20th century industrial warehouse buildings which many of are seeing a rebirth as luxury residences
like the new development we had the pleasure of touring today at 168 plymouth which is being built
by alloy development 168 plymouth is a pair of former paintworks factories that were built in
1891 and 1921 so like i mentioned this is still a live construction site we are the first ones
to give you a look inside this new project comment down below if you want these exclusive first looks
at these new development projects throughout brooklyn queens manhattan and the thing i love
about this place is the fact that it is a building from the 1800s that is getting that second birth
that new life even here check out these original brick archways that are being preserved in this
building things like this you can't rebuild the past that original new york city heritage
but we're gonna head upstairs now and i'm gonna get to show you a first look at model unit 4c
so you can see what a 3 million loft in dumbo brooklyn looks like in this brand new development
so this unit is 1733 square feet of living space it has three bedrooms two bathrooms it's eastern
facing so that means you get all that nice morning sunlight the apartment has 12 foot ceilings white
oak floors and again the asking price is just about 3 million so entering the apartment this
is the formal entryway i like here how we have the staging with this nice seating area
and then this apartment right off the entry flows into true brooklyn style loft living
huge open floor plan open concept we have these incredible 18 foot long original
factory windows from the entryway we're going to head right off into the kitchen
now one of the most unique things about kitchens especially in new york city that's the one way how
you can really tell the age of an apartment and this kitchen was specifically designed so that
in five ten years from now essentially it'll be timeless so starting here we have this oversized
melee refrigerator this is brand new state of the art and as you can see here
it's handleless so it is seamless in this design you can't really tell that it's even
a refrigerator then right down below you have the freezer beneath nice pull out drawer i'm a big fan
of the drawer refrigeration then the center island this is something very unique this is a porcelain
countertop i've only ever seen porcelain used in a bathroom but i think for this loft it really
elevates the style and the sophistication of the space like i was saying the mill
work on this island is top of the line you can see again there are no actual hinges
there's just a little lip right here and it is all pull out customized drawers rather than a
hinged open and closed so here we have the trash again another deep set drawer which then has these
other ones which can pocket out like that which is a nice use of space especially in the city again
porcelain the sink is just one piece of porcelain and something really unique about this kitchen
there's a garbage disposal that's not something you'd really find necessarily in the city
making our way down the kitchen again we have more than enough storage space all these open up nicely
for your storage everything is just tucked away in there i think that's a really smart use of design
because you could have these individual drawers open up rather they're all hidden just like that
so it is a flush seamless design makes it very minimal and less cluttered on the backsplash we
have that stone porcelain even the cabinets above which just really add for that sophisticated look
even the texture just it's very aesthetic even just open up these they're all soft clothes in
the center here we have the six burner melee cooktop with the hidden hood so you can vent
out all your smells you don't want your apartment smelling up the rest of the building we also have
recessed led lights so you have nice lighting on your countertop when you're cooking up your meals
continuing the way down we have the top of the line miele oven and now this is something that
is very unique you might notice that there's no appliances out on this kitchen countertop
and that was done for a very specific reason keeping with that minimal aesthetic
this is the pantry where we have all the appliances you know your microwaves in here
we have outlets for if you have a coffee maker it's all hidden away so nicely into this
pantry without any handles also on the island we have this miniature scale model of the entire
project so we are right here this is the apartment we're in now and it's a unique perspective you can
really see the merger of these two buildings from the open concept kitchen we're gonna head
now into the primary bedroom suite and as you can see from this shot this is a large primary
suite we have those 12 foot high ceilings with those awesome concrete exposed beams from that
original structure huge factory window casting all those unique shadows across this bedroom
this is a king-size bed so you can really tell the perspective of how large this bedroom space is
and i love this this is a tambour wood paneled wall which separates the bedroom from
the closet space so it is still keeping with that open concept lol theme it's more than enough
storage and it's a very smart way to integrate a large closet into a new york city apartment
and also we have all these awesome details like these recessed lighting so you can really see
what you're looking at when you're trying on your clothes in the morning and then below here we have
all the space for shoes we have some drawers for you know things like underwear stuff like that
leaving the closet space we're gonna head to the primary bathroom suite we have dual rainfall
shower heads along with the dual vanity sinks we have this hand clipped stone mosaic floors with
porcelain on the shower walls keeping with the theme of the porcelain that we saw in the kitchen
white oak on the vanity and then keeping with the theme of new york and saving space this here not
only a full-length mirror but this is also the medicine cabinet which i think is really unique
rather than having the medicine cabinet behind the vanity mirror it's a separate mirror which is full
length so you can see you know that entire outfit when you're getting ready for the day
leaving the primary suite i want to point this out because this is the true way how you can tell
how high end of place is is by the hinges on the doors here we have the hidden hinges
meaning they aren't visible so they go right into the door frame and that's a telltale sign
when you are looking at places of this caliber how expensive it is now heading back out into
this open loft space this area right off of the kitchen has been staged as the dining room and
it really gives you that minimal brooklyn loft feeling which this personally is my aesthetic
for a home the main feature in this loft are of course these oversized factory windows
this window is 18 feet in length and again just listen they are city proof you can't hear anything
if you wanted to though you can open these things up get some fresh air get the ambiance of brooklyn
and even some dogs barking but even in this neighborhood it's very quiet compared to let's
say manhattan from the dining area we're gonna now move into what is the gathering space of this loft
and this loft is unique for so many reasons it just has a warm ambiance with the natural
light flooding in it's very mellow and serene just being in this space it makes you feel like it is
a home it's very inviting a lot of apartments in this price point can be kind of cold white boxes
this is the complete opposite and also the fact that we have these 12 foot high ceilings like
i mentioned it gives you that loft feeling and especially if you look up here this is a
unique touch we have track lighting on this beam running the entirety of this gathering room and
something really important when you are staging a loft is the use of furniture to break up the
space so from this gathering area this couch is a nice use of kind of dividing the space into
what is a nice study office area and i do want to note that this is technically a three bedroom
but it's been reconfigured to be a two bedroom so there would be a wall right here that would run
this length and this would be walled off as the third bedroom you have that oversized window
to add all that natural sunlight but for this space it was left as one giant open concept loft
we're now going to move from the main loft space into the second bedroom off to the corner we have
in-unit laundry and this is very important in the city having laundry dryer in the apartment
that in itself is a luxury amenity so then right across from this laundry room we're gonna head
into the second bedroom which is staged as the kids room and now this isn't the largest bedroom
but because you have those 12 foot ceilings it doesn't feel like it's a small space just having
that ceiling height off to the corner here we have the closet decent amount of closet storage
space and an oversized window giving that natural sunlight into this space leaving the kids room
back onto this hallway we have the second bathroom this is if you have your guests over
you're entertaining this is the bathroom that everyone will be using and this bathroom actually
has a tub so if you wanted to you know you could take a nice little soak the primary
suite bathroom actually didn't have a tub so to have one in here you get the best of both worlds
i want to thank you for your time watching this video comment down below your favorite part of
this loft and if you want me to showcase more apartments in different neighborhoods
of new york city and with that i will see you in the next episode