Tag: celebrity real estate

Louis C.K. lists his decade-long NYC townhouse for $8.5M

Comedian Louis C.K. is saying goodbye to his longtime New York City townhouse on the heels of downsizing to a $3.85 million apartment in the Greenwich Village, The Post has learned.

Located at 35 Charlton St. in Soho, the comedian, born Louis Székely, purchased the three-story, five-bedroom home in 2012 for $6.5 million, records show. The property is now on the market for $8.5 million.

Described as a “rare opportunity to own a piece of history,” the townhouse is part of the longest row of Federal and early Greek Revival buildings developed by John Jacob Astor, the listing notes.

Built in 1829, the home spans 4,800 square feet and features 13 rooms total.

Details include a second-story terrace, a private yard and neighborhood views.

“There are endless value-add opportunities either as an expansive single family home with a separate rental apartment below or one completely private residence,” the listing adds.

Carl Gambino and Justin Montero of Compass hold the listing.

Meanwhile, The Post reported this week that Louis C.K. purchased an eighth-floor unit at the famed downtown Art Deco building One Fifth Ave.

Made up of four bedrooms and three baths, that co-op is a corner two-unit combo that was available for the first time in almost 40 years.

Additionally, the comedian, who admitted to sexual misconduct in 2017, is also unloading a third downtown home. It initially hit the market for $2.5 million earlier this year, and has since received a $600,000 price cut after being unable to secure a buyer.

If he sells that home at ask, he will lose out on a big chunk of money. Louis C.K. initially purchased that two-bedroom, two-bathroom Greenwich Village pad for $2.45 million in 2014, according to Dirt.com.

He also owns a Tudor cottage on 2 bayfront acres out east on Shelter Island.

Despite the controversy surrounding the 55-year-old, he won a Grammy in April for Best Comedy Album.

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Thom Filicia sells upstate New York home to friend for $4.6M

“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” interior designer Thom Filicia has sold his Skaneateles, New York home in an off-market deal for $4.6 million. 

The TV host not only found a buyer for the five-bedroom upstate lakefront spread, but a buyer who’s a longtime friend. 

“They separately bought about 60% of the furnishings and they want to reupholster and update some pieces,” Filicia, who hails from nearby Syracuse, told The Post. The buyer, who requested anonymity, also wants to work with Filicia on renovating the boat house, making the space more child-friendly (they have a young daughter) and customizing an outdoor cooking area.

Filicia purchased the property, where he spent weekends when away from his Chelsea apartment, for $965,000 in 2008, Syracuse.com reported. He came upon it while driving back from a friend’s wedding and spotting a “For Sale” sign. 

“I was not in the market to buy the house,” he said — a theme for Filicia, who also just bought a Sag Harbor home after finding a property by happenstance.

“My brother was looking for a new house in the Hamptons and asking me my opinion,” he said. Filicia found a house he liked — on the water, gated and with three modern barns — and suggested it to his sibling. 

Filicia sold the lakefront upstate home off-market.
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The new owner — who requested anonymity — paid $4.6 million for the house.
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Filicia still plans to spend time in Skaneateles, where he has another property.
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A jewel box of a powder room.
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Filicia purchased his former Skaneateles estate in 2008.
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Space for dining with a view of the lake.
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A cozy woodburning fireplace.
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Filicia plans to work with the new buyer on personalizing his old home.
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The upstate property abuts a lake, and is a popular destination in Central New York.
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Then, a few weeks later while in Los Angeles, his phone rang. It was the childhood friend, and she wanted to know if she could buy his house and enlist his expertise for personalizing it. 

“I decided that instead of having two properties in Skaneateles, I’d figure out something else, and I thought, ‘Wait a minute, there’s the house I found with my brother in Sag Harbor. Maybe I should see if that’s available,’ ” he said. 

It was, and now it’s his. (His brother went with another home in the area.) 

“It was kind of like this storybook” of organic coincidences, Filicia said of the series of real-estate deals. 

He now plans to split his time between fixing up the Sag Harbor home, spending time in New York City and continuing to enjoy Skaneateles, where he still owns a federal-style mixed-use building he’s in the process of converting into apartments.

As for his incredibly good luck with property acquisition processes, all he can offer by way of an explanation is simply that “[rescue] dogs and houses always find me.”

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Mets star Francisco Lindor eyes $18 million penthouse

New York Mets star Francisco Lindor — who scored a $341 million-dollar, decade-long contract with the franchise — is moving on up … town, that is.

We hear the shortstop was spotted checking out an $18 million penthouse apartment at the Charlotte on the Upper West Side.

The Columbus Avenue building is eco-friendly and focuses on sustainability, with their website touting offerings like, “Non-toxic interior materials and finishes” and a Passive House Institute certification that reduces “energy usage of up to 90 percent for heating and cooling and has exceptional air quality.”

The site also states, “The lobby and amenity spaces have separate, independent ventilation systems that keep fresh filtered clean air circulating at all times. The air is also treated with UV light to eliminate almost all pathogens and moderated to ensure comfortable temperature and humidity levels.”

Sounds useful in the age of COVID.

The swanky building has just seven units and offers up healthy, environmentally friendly amenities.
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The building has just seven units. The penthouse has two floors, a terrace, walk-in closet, high ceilings, four bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths.

Lindor has a growing family. He wed Katia Reguero in December after a one-year engagement. The pair have a daughter.

He has said the best thing about the city is “the convenience to everything, at all times you can get something to eat.” But, “The worst part of living in New York is if you get stuck in traffic, you in traffic for a while.”

Lindor signed a whopping $341 million contract with the Mets.
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Lindor, known as “Mr. Smile,” previously played for Cleveland before signing the massive deal with the Mets last year.

The New York Post reported that he just tied Jose Reyes for most RBIs by a Mets shortstop in a season (81) and joined David Wright as the only Mets player ever to score at least one run in 13 straight games.

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