duplex condo in a recently renovated prewar building; upgraded appliances, 2 staircases, vaulted ceilings, c/a; common charge $67810000% tax abatement; listed at $1.89 million.
ft., 2 fireplaces, library; family, recreation and great rooms; 2 staircases, 3-car garage, 1.14-acre lot; taxes $18,749; listed at $1.275 million.
The house, which has 11 rooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 2 staircases and 3 fireplaces -- one with its own bake oven -- was built in about 1720 with additions in 1885 and 1937.
More than $1.2 million Chappaqua $3.25 million100 Ivy Hill Road Number of bedrooms: 5 Number of full bathrooms: 4 Number of half bathrooms: 2 Weeks on market: 6 days 68-year-old Tudor; fireplaces in living room and master bedroom, screened porch, 2 staircases, on cul-de-sac, 2.1-acre lot; taxes $34,109; listed at $2.695 million (multiple bids).
$900,000 to $1.2 million Monroe $942,900 Home site 50, Windsor II, Orange Number of bedrooms: 4 Number of full bathrooms: 3 Number of half bathrooms: 1 Weeks on market: 1 week New brick and vinyl-sided colonial; foyer, family room, 2 fireplaces, 2 staircases, den, 0.44-acre lot; taxes not yet assessed; listed at $942,900.
$600,000 to $899,999 Flemington $722,500166 Dally Road Number of bedrooms: 4 Number of full bathrooms: 2 Number of half bathrooms: 1 Weeks on market: 15 days 5-year-old colonial; large breakfast nook with floor-to-ceiling windows, master suite with sitting room, 2 staircases, office; 0.81-acre lot; taxes $13,790; listed at $730,000.
It has 440 rooms, 84 staircases, uncountable corridors and 282 fireplaces.
Another hiker spent six days hiking 200 miles and 300 staircases around Los Angeles.
Besides 6,000 paintings, 1,500 drawings, 2,100 sculptures and 5,000 pieces of furniture, Versailles has 12 miles of roads, 200,000 trees, 50 fountains, 2,150 windows and 67 staircases.
The Westminster complex covers eight acres, 17 football fields, and has more than 125 staircases and 1,100 rooms, probably more, and almost three miles of passageways.
Chatsworth loomed outside in the background, grand and imposing with its 297 rooms, its 1.3 acres of roof and its 18 staircases.
