An architect and developer, Mr. Tamarkin is sometimes referred to as "the window guy," because of the distinctive casement windows in his New York City buildings, including 140 Perry Street, 495 West Street, 397 West 12th Street and, most recently, 456 West 19th Street, a 22-unit 11-story all-duplex building with 5 apartments still for sale, starting at $2.2 million.
From 2013 to 2015, he was a Principal Scientist for Kumu Networks, where he worked to commercialize his research on full-duplex radios, building a product that underwent successful field trials at Tier 1 network providers worldwide like Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom.
The 5,830-square-foot 5,830-square-foot 5,830-square-footuilding's 11th and 12th floors, and features views of the Hudson River, EmPenthousee Building and Midtown skyline.
Although originally made up of large duplex units, the building has been broken into one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments.
The duplex in the building was finally finished a year ago as a posthumous work, the last in a series of glamorous apartments Rudolph designed in New York.
In any event, they were scheduled to see a duplex at a building on Fifth Avenue and 127th Street, recently converted to condominiums.
Before closing, Mr. Somerfeld received assurances from the board that if he followed the required procedures, it would approve joining the two apartments, making it the first duplex in the building.
I immediately took $6,000 and bought my first duplex — an actual building!
The number of rooms in the household (excluding bathrooms, hallways, closets, or garages), the housing structure (i.e., detached home, duplex, multiunit apartment building), and the level of cleanliness were determined by direct observation.
When "flipping" a property (buying, refurbishing and selling it), choose a house, apartment complex, duplex or commercial building with outdated features and needed upgrades.
