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I've been reading about "classic 6" apartments and don't know exactly what they are. I am guessing it means 6 rooms in some sort of configuration. Is that correct? Also, about how much do these type of apartments start at? Could you get one for $4000 or so on the UWS or UES? Thanks so much.
A classic six is two bedrooms, two bathrooms, living room, a formal dining room, with a maid's room and bathroom (in pre-war buildings). They don't typically have classic sixes in post-war buildings unless there's a maid's room on another floor (which some buildings built in the 1960s do actually have).
Most of these are co-ops. If they WERE rentals, there is NO WAY that they'd go for only $4000/month.
Thanks for the reply. Out of curiosity do you know what a junior 4 means. Would that simply be getting rid of like a formal dining room and the maids room?
So a classic 6 is a lot like a small home then. What would an apartments with 4 bedroom, 3 bath, living room, family room, dining room, kitchen, home office, Laundry room go for?
So a classic 6 is a lot like a small home then. What would an apartments with 4 bedroom, 3 bath, living room, family room, dining room, kitchen, home office, Laundry room go for?
I'm assuming you're talking about Manhattan. The 'family room' is not something you'll find in these buildings as that strange concept is something that's only come around in the past 15 years or so. Home offices are usually cobbled together out of either a spare bedroom or other space, like a maid's room that would otherwise not be used. Laundry rooms, per se, don't exist in apartments - who'd waste all that expensive space for a laundry: laundry facilities are either in a closet that's close to a plumbing line or in the kitchen, if it's large enough.
Edited to add: usually that size apartment has a room called a library. It doesn't have a closet, so it's not considered a bedroom.
Are you talking to buy or to rent? To buy....starting at around $2.5 to 3 million. And it goes WAY up from there. Here's an example: look at the floorplan. http://realestate.nytimes.com/sales/...K-AVE-NY-10128 And this is the not very desirable part of Park Avenue.
I grew up in an UWS classic six. Although this pre-war had doormen and elevator men (sometimes those duties were combined, IIRC) it was not an upscale building, if you can believe it. That was back in the days (up to the late 70's I'd say) when a middle class family could afford such a thing. As stated it had a master bedroom with its own bath, a second bedroom, kitchen, dining room, living room, a second bathroom, and maid's room that had its own bathroom. The oddest thing was the bathroom in the maid's room. It had a half-size bath tub. Too large to be a deep sink but too small to be a bathtub. I had been in some of the grander UWS apartment buildings, and the apartments could be (and still are) enormous.
As to what these apartment go for, you can check the NY Times Real Estate Page and do a search for either sales or rentals.
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