163 E 81ST Street #7A

This sun-drenched, grand classic six-room home is located on a beautiful and quiet tree-lined townhouse block in the heart of the Upper East Side surrounded by conveniences and all the best the neighborhood has to offer. Wonderfully situated on a high floor, this impressively-scaled apartment features numerous over-sized windows and open city views from most rooms. Preserved old-world details throughout include high, beamed ceilings, crown moldings, wood-burning fireplace and hardwood floors. The gracious, well-proportioned layout includes a very spacious living room and formal dining room, two over-sized bedrooms, a windowed kitchen with butlers pantry, Sub Zero refrigerator and laundry, two-and-a-half baths, an over-sized windowed staff room, an extended formal entry gallery and generous closet storage throughout. The home has been lovingly maintained by the same owner for over 25 years. The beautifully proportioned living room features a wood-burning fireplace with high-beamed ceilings and frames big south-facing open city views. The formal dining room is very spacious and can easily accommodate entertaining on a large-scale. Traditional to prewar appeal, both the bedrooms are separate from the formal spaces. The primary bedroom, a bright and spacious room that faces south and west with plenty of natural light, contains an over-sized walk-in closet, through-wall air conditioning and a large master bath en suite. The spacious second bedroom also boasts southern open city views with a full bathroom just adjacent. Both big bathrooms are in pristine original condition. This beautiful classic home is truly grand and positioned in an elegant full-service prewar building in a superb East Side location.