UBarack noMichelle Obama abahambeli eGracie Square.UMark Wilson / Getty Izithombe Okoko kwathiwa ii-Obamas zazindwendwele izindlu e-Gracie Square ngo-Okthobha u-2017, amarhe ayaqhubeka ukuba usapho lokuqala lwaluza kufaka indlu entsha. Emva kokuphindaphindwa kwesakhiwo sase-Upper East Side kwangena kwisivumelwano, kanye ngexesha uBarack noMichelle Obama babenjalo ixelwe kubonwe apho, kubonakala ngathi usapho luza kongeza indawo yokuhlala eNew York kwipotifoliyo yasekhaya.
Awu, xa le duplex sele ikhankanyiwe ithengiswe nge-9.64 yezigidi zeedola kwinyanga ephelileyo, umthengi wasebenzisa inkampani encinci yamatyala engabonakali ngathi ayinalo nxibelelwano kwii-Obamas . Ngelo xesha, sasizibuza ukuba ingaba i-POTUS yangaphambili kunye neFLOTUS kunye neentombi zabo, uSasha noMalia, babecinga iyunithi eyahlukileyo kwesi sakhiwo. Mhlawumbi igumbi lokulala elinamagumbi amahlanu okulala, igumbi lokuhlambela elinamagumbi okuhlambela amahlanu adweliswe kwi-12.75 yezigidi zeedola lilungele usapho lwabane. 
Intsapho ka-Obama ithathe isigqibo ngokuchasene nokufaka isithembiso.UNICHOLAS KAMM / AFP / imifanekiso kaFetty
Kodwa kubonakala ngathi ii-Obamas azizukubeka sibonelelo emva kwayo yonke loo nto. Ngoku ka Imagazini yaseNew York , naziphi na izicwangciso zokubeka ibhidi kwindawo yokuqala sele zifile. Ewe umthombo osondeleyo kwii-Obamas uxelele indawo ukuba usapho alunazo izicwangciso zexesha elikufutshane zokufaka ibhidi kuyo nayiphi na indlu e-10 Gracie Square, kwaye ngekhe yenze njalo. Ewe, oko kuvakala njengokugqibela.
Imagazini yaseNew York Ukwaphawula ukuba kunokuba nzima kwi-Obamas ukufumana ukungena kwii-co-ops ezizodwa, ngenxa yokuba iibhodi zinokudinwa kukungena kweendaba kunye nesihlwele sabasasazi esihlala ngaphandle. Kodwa ke kwakhona, kukho amagama amaninzi adumileyo akwazileyo ukugqibezela izivumelwano kwii-co-ops, kubandakanya nabemi be-White House ngaphambili njengoJackie Kennedy, ngubani wayehlala ngo-1040 kwiFifth Avenue .
Njengoko sele benamakhaya eChicago kunye naseKalorama ebumelwaneni e-D.C, iNew York iya kuba yindawo efanelekileyo yokuhlala kwe-Obamas elandelayo. Kodwa nokuba baphelela phi, owayesakuba ngumongameli kufuneka afumane i-dibs zokuqala xa kufikwa kumagumbi-uMichelle Obama uxelele uEllen DeGeneres ukuba akonwabanga zizithuba zakhe eKalorama. Ngapha koko, wathi ngelixa engenayo indawo eyaneleyo ye-closet [kwaye] unelona gumbi lincinci le-ofisi yakhe, intombi yabo uSasha inesuti epheleleyo .
