The top floor of the two-story house includes the living room, dining room, kitchen, master bedroom, office and patio.
But that left the kitchen, master bathroom, powder room and office not dark, exactly, but lacking lots of direct sunlight or intriguing sights.
The researchers collected data including the size of the living room, kitchen, master bedroom and bathroom, as well as determining the average number of bedrooms and whether the property had access to a garden.
That old room now seems very small, said Ms. Polizzi, who designed the new Czar Suite at the Hotel Astoria with a sitting room, dining room, kitchen, master bedroom with large ensuite bathroom and two guest bedrooms, for a sprawling total of 234 square meters.
Marilyn Brook, Petrey Real Estate (516) 220-7909; petreyrealestate.com TAXES: $12,766.11 a year; common charge: $400 a month PROS: The unit is spacious and sunny, with vaulted ceilings and expansive ocean views from the living room, kitchen, master bedroom and two terraces.
More than $1.2 million Sea Cliff $1.3 million111 Circle Way Number of bedrooms: 5 Number of full bathrooms: 2 Number of half bathrooms: 1 Weeks on market: 7 weeks 29-year-old colonial; beach rights, fireplaces in living room and family room, cook's kitchen, master suite, c/a, central vacuum, 101-by-152-ft.
It remains a joy to watch kitchen masters straining, stirring and turning, all the more when you know the end result is coming your way.
"I get a lot of requests for three-car garages, large family rooms, elaborate kitchens, master bedroom suites with his and her bathrooms and media rooms".
The two-, three- and four-bedroom private villas feature fully equipped kitchens, master suite, private pool and spectacular Caribbean views.
The current owner, an interior designer, purchased it in 2005 and worked on it in phases, renovating the kitchen and master bathroom, adding marble countertops and tiles, and refinishing the original hardwood floors.
The windowed kitchen and master bath were recently renovated.
