320 east 57th

Now there are 14 units for sale (including a combination). Any comments on this building? Any comments on this block of 57th street between First and Second Avenues.

Hi JohnJim, Did you ever get any feedback on your questions above?

Heard that 2 years of maintenance has to be held in escrow for a minimum of 2 years is opening ante to get to talk to the Board. Make sure you ask in detail about this before making a bid or signing a sales contract.

Moreover, the landmark scrollwork and single pane windows prohibit both through-wall and window AC units. Watch out for this one– Hadies on the A and C lines drag the entire building's prices down.

and it get;s Hot, hot, hot in the summer with no AC in the main room..

http://streeteasy.com/nyc/talk/discussion/27348-sale-at-320-east-57th-street-4a

Long time sitting, eh? Fortunately for the sellers, they get to keep the $90,000 deposit on that April 2010 contract.

Sometime between April and the scheduled July closing, the would-be buyers realized the apartment had insufficient AC, single-pane windows that wouldn't permit window units, and the building didn't permit through-wall units. "Realized," forsooth, after ponying up $90,000.

Anyway, they didn't show up for the closing and sued to cancel the contract. In her decision the judge explained what "caveat emptor" means, how "ordinary intelligence" is presumed, and told the sellers to keep the $90,000 with her blessing.

The decision is at http://decisions.courts.state.ny.us/fcas/fcas_docs/2011JUN/3001097232010002SCIV.pdf for you fans of human folly.

If I were obsessed about apartments in a part of Manhattan, it wouldn't be Sutton Place.

I do happen to be especially partial to the Rip Van Winkle Bridge in Columbia County.

There it is again...from hater to lover.

Do the right thing.

Why is maintenance so high in this building?