211 West 84th Street Condominium

Finishes

The architect's description of the building lists finishes down to model numbers. Like most plans, it lets the developer substitute items, so treat this as the planned spec rather than a guarantee. For context on how these brands compare, see our guide to NYC condo finishes.

• Kitchens: a gas range, stone counters, lacquer or wood cabinets and a white oak island. The sinks are Franke stainless steel under-mounts, with a Lefroy Brooks pull-out faucet in polished nickel. The spec also includes a Franke prep sink and a Waterworks round bar sink.
• Appliances: the floor plans show a refrigerator and a separate freezer, a wine cooler, a steam oven, speed oven and warming drawer, and in larger kitchens two dishwashers. (The appliance brand pages aren't legible in our copy, so we don't name them.)
• Primary baths: a custom stone mosaic floor, Waterworks Henry fittings in polished nickel, a wall-hung Toto toilet, Kohler sinks, and either a drop-in Kohler tub or a freestanding Duravit tub depending on the layout.
• Secondary baths and powder rooms: Waterworks Flyte fittings, a Toto one-piece toilet and mosaic stone floors. Powder rooms get a Waterworks Riverun faucet and white oak floors.
• Floors and windows: engineered white oak throughout the living areas and bedrooms. Windows are thermally broken aluminum casements, made by Schuco, AWM or Skyline.
• Fireplaces: gas fireplaces are planned in both townhouses, the two duplexes (5A and 7A) and the penthouses, plus the lobby, lounge and 3rd-floor salon.
• Laundry: every home has its own washer and dryer, and there is no shared laundry room. The plan specifies that dryers vent outside; laundry rooms get a tiled floor, and a Franke laundry sink is specified.
• Heating and cooling: a heat-recovery VRF (variable refrigerant flow) system serves the apartments, with fresh air supplied by central ventilation units that recover heat from bathroom exhaust. You pay the electricity for your own fan coils on your Con Ed bill.

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Amenities, Staffing & Transportation

For 45 units, the amenity list is long:

• Club level (with a mezzanine): a bowling alley, a sports court (the tax consultant's letter calls it a basketball court), a yoga studio, a fitness center, and a locker room with a steam room and sauna. The parking garage is on this level too.
• Lobby floor: a library, a lounge with a gas fireplace, a courtyard and the bike room.
• 3rd floor: a game room, a salon, a screening room, a children's room, and a private dining room with its own kitchen.
• 9th floor: an outdoor terrace with lounge areas, a firepit and a grilling station.

There's no swimming pool; the plan says so directly. The plan doesn't set a separate amenity membership fee, but bike racks are assigned for a monthly fee (about $20 a rack to start). See how this stacks up against similar buildings in amenities by building size.

Staffing and Services

The plan promises a concierge in the lobby 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The first-year budget, based on a proposal from Century Management Services, pays for:

• a doorman, 168 hours a week (around the clock);
• a front desk attendant, 112 hours a week;
• a resident manager (super), 40 hours a week;
• a porter, 56 hours a week.

Payroll comes to roughly $620,000 for the residential side, about a third of the whole budget. The plan doesn't say whether the staff will be union. The resident manager lives in apartment 5E, which the condominium will own; the budget carries about $105,000 a year for its charges, taxes and utilities. For benchmarks, see what a doorman costs a NYC condo.

Transportation

• Subway: 3 min walk to 86 St 1; 79 St 1, 6 min
• Parking: 17 parking units in the plan