Kensington -unit with arches, breakfast nook asks $ 500k

With an updated kitchen and bath, the one-bedroom on a high floor in a streamline Modern Brick Complex retains original features such as frame and doors.

Photo via Garfield Realty

By Cate Corcoran

This Kensington bedroom with one bedrooms has a number of graceful details of the period, such as a built-in niche with shelves in addition to recent updates, including a renovated kitchen. It is on the fourth floor of 40 Tehama Street, a brick lift building of six floors, 75 units.

The apartment complex was opened in 1939, according to the certificate of occupation. The red brick flow modern building Detailed with vertical and horizontal lines of bricks is designed by busy architect company Kavy & Kavovitt. Agreements At that time, electrolux refrigerators include, according to one contemporary advertisement.

As typical of apartments in the era of the Second World War, the main rooms radiate a central foyer, which in this case is generous and has the aforementioned curved niche with built -in planks. Wide curved doors lead to the living room and kitchen.

Hardwood floors run through most rooms, and details such as frame, doors and image rails are intact. The good living room has two windows at the end.

In the kitchen there is a breakfast corner with two windows and space for a small table and chairs. The renovated room includes a white backsplash with metro tile, dark lower cupboards, open upper shelves, pale stone counters and a dishwasher.

The finishes take place in the bedroom, which also has a good size and has two windows on the opposite walls. In the recently updated bathroom there is a pedestal, white metro -tile wax scot, black hex floor tile and bath with shower. There are a total of four cupboards.

Shared laundry is located in the basement together with bicycle storage and the building has a living super. There is also a shared courtyard with a play area for children where residents in containers can garden.
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Maintenance for the unit is $ 989 per month and the building allows 90 percent financing. ((Another apartment In the building there is two bedrooms that asks $ 685,000, also on the market.)

The apartment was last sold in 2016, before it was renovated, for $ 351,858. Recorded by Elizabeth Kohen and Paul Paglia from Garfield Realty, it now asks $ 500,000. What do you think?

[Listing: 40 Tehama Street #4G | Broker: Garfield Realty] GMAP