314 E 69th St

For the sophisticated and discriminating purchaser, this elegant home has been exquisitely renovated by Oliver Cope, an award-winning New York City architect known for classically-inspired designs and craftsmanship of the highest quality. It has 13 rooms on 6 levels, including 4 bedrooms, 4 full baths, and 3 powder rooms. The beautiful wood floors are custom-cut, quarter-sawn oak parquet. Walls, ceilings, and moldings are real plaster, not plasterboard. All doors have Nanz nickel hardware. Bathroom hardware is by Waterworks, Sherle Wagner, and Grohe. All 3 wood-burning fireplaces are lined in custom brick with a herringbone pattern and surrounded by antique statuary marble mantels. The 10-zone HVAC system is augmented by a 3-zone humidification system. There is a large red cedar temperature-controlled wine cellar in the basement along with a laundry room, powder room, and 2 mechanical rooms. The garden level has a vestibule, library, dining room, powder room, and kitchen with Carrara marble countertops and top-grade appliances by Viking, Subzero, and Miele. The bluestone-tiled garden features a limestone fountain. The parlor floor has a vestibule, living room, family room, 3 closets, 2 fireplaces, and a powder room with a Calacatta gold slab floor and Sherle Wagner vanity and fittings. The third-floor master suite includes a bedroom with fireplace, double dressing room, and extra-large master bath with twin vanities, shower stall with bench, bathroom stall with bidet, Calacatta floors, and a refurbished free-standing antique English tub. The fourth floor has 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths. The fifth floor has a library/guest suite with a full bath and two large terraces. This unsurpassed home must be seen to be appreciated.