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Key feature missing in $900k Sex and the City pad
A rare unit in Carrie Bradshaw's fictional New York townhouse in 'And Just Like That' has been snapped up for $900,000 ($A1.3 million), despite missing a kitchen.
In the 'Sex and the City' reboot, viewers were greeted with the ever-fashionable Carrie, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, dashing in and out of her brand new Greek Revival-style pad.
Carrie recently made a fresh start with her purchase in Manhattan's ultra-exclusive Gramercy Park brownstone, having ditched her West Village one-bedroom in order to make room for her boyfriend Aidan, played by John Corbett.
Carrie's fictional home inside 3 Gramercy Park West is far more spacious than this real-life studio, but neither the character nor the co-op unit can cook a meal.
Carrie famously joked in 'Sex and the City' that she only used her oven for sweater storage. This studio did away with the kitchen altogether.
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Core broker Emily Beare, who represented the sellers, told the New York Post that the studio's $US900,000 sales price reflected the missing amenity.
The sellers, identified in city records as Kathryn and Milos Brajovic, bought the studio unit for the exact same price in early 2020.
The family also owns a larger parlour-floor unit just above the studio.
Milos Brajovic co-founded the Dallas-based studio Lantern Entertainment, formed from a 2018 acquisition of the Weinstein Company, which included control of famous films like 'Django Unchained' and 'Silver Linings Playbook.'
The sellers had plans to connect their two units, Beare said, but ultimately reversed course. They decided to part with the studio, but not before tearing out the kitchen.
'He was either going to put a kitchen back in, or the new owner could do it on their own,' Ms Beare said. 'That's why it's sold at the same price.'
Considering the prime location, however, Ms Beare called the $US900,000 price tag 'a very good price for a studio without a kitchen.'
The studio boasts pre-war bones and classic proportions, with neat pocket shutters and high ceilings.
The floors were recently upgraded to wide-plank wood, according to Ms Beare.
'It wasn't an easy decision [to sell], because these types of properties don't come up very often,' Ms Beare said. 'They're really special.'
The buyer, whose identity could not be determined, closed on the studio last week for $US900,000, Ms Beare confirmed.
'The first time they came, they just loved it,' she said.
The unit garnered a lot of interest, Ms Beare said. 'And Just Like That' understandably came up in most conversations.
The address, however, lacks the real-life drama of Carrie's fictional Perry Street brownstone apartment, the owner of which is famously fighting off photo-hungry 'SATC' fans who have climbed up the private stoop for Instagram moments for years.
Less foot traffic and the presence of a gate outside the 179-year-old Gramercy Park building prevents that kind of friction, Ms Beare said, but the spot is still popular.
'We always see people coming and taking pictures, but you don't have crowds,' she said.
While the apartment lacks a kitchen, the new owner can still indulge their inner Carrie with an impressive four closets, allowing for maximum Manolo Blahniks.
Parts of this story first appeared in the New York Post and was republished with permission.
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Originally published as Key feature missing in $900k Sex and the City pad
