Regardless of bringing in the top guns to promote her longtime New York Metropolis townhouse, Sonja Morgan simply can’t catch a break.
Within the final decade alone, the “Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis” star has had her Higher East Aspect residence on and off the market — however nonetheless, no takers.
In July, after a 12 months off the market, it listed for $8.75 million. Six months later, the house’s value has lowered by $1.25 million to $7.5 million, The Put up has realized.
Morgan, 59, tried to transform the house, positioned at 162 E. 63rd St., throughout the pandemic in hopes that it could entice a purchaser. She even thought bringing within the prime townhouse vendor may lastly make it work.
“Again when Sonja Morgan (and her husband) bought the home, we represented the sellers on the time,” 35-year actual property veteran, Thomas Wexler, with the brokerage Leslie J. Garfield & Co., advised The Put up. “We’ve got bought this home thrice earlier than, method again within the day, together with the time we bought it to Sonja.”
The townhouse spans 4,650 sq. toes and stands 5 tales tall. Mike Finkelstein at Duplex Imaging The lobby. Mike Finkelstein at Duplex Imaging A sitting room. Mike Finkelstein at Duplex Imaging The primary ground goes out to the backyard patio. Mike Finkelstein at Duplex Imaging
“She now has the perfect townhouse dealer that you’ll find anyplace,” a hopeful Wexler stated with fun on the time. “I feel it is a good time to market it. The home is priced effectively and it ought to promote.”
However sadly, affected by rising rates of interest to fight lingering inflation, it doesn’t seem the tv persona and socialite was capable of safe a suggestion.
The brand new price ticket, nevertheless, may make it extra interesting to deal with hunters.
With 4 bedrooms and 6 bogs, the five-story townhouse options woodburning fireplaces in every bed room, mosaic hardwood flooring and oversize home windows.
The eat-in kitchen. Mike Finkelstein at Duplex Imaging The formal eating room with a woodburning fire. Mike Finkelstein at Duplex Imaging The first suite. Mike Finkelstein at Duplex Imaging The sitting space within the main bed room. Mike Finkelstein at Duplex Imaging
Facilities embody an elevator, a sauna, a moist bar and a gymnasium.
On the primary degree is a 35-foot-deep manicured backyard with a fountain and a koi pond — plus a solarium with floor-to-ceiling home windows.
On the second degree is the formal eating room with one other woodburning fire, an eat-in kitchen and a bed room that may be was a research if desired.
The third degree homes the first suite with a sitting room and a balcony that overlooks the backyard.
The first rest room. Mike Finkelstein at Duplex Imaging The backyard. Mike Finkelstein at Duplex Imaging
Sonja first listed the house on the market in 2013 for $9.95 million amid her divorce from J.P. Morgan inheritor John A. Morgan.
She struck gold in 2017, when she discovered a suggestion, however in the end determined to show it down so her daughter, Quincy, may have stability throughout the separation.
The fact star and entrepreneur was allowed to maintain the townhouse in 2015 after she settled her prolonged bankruptcy case following her divorce.
“At this level, this home is nothing greater than a monetary drain, an emotional drain,” she stated on Season 12 of the Bravo sequence.