UBob Vila
Ngelixa inkosi yokuphucula ikhaya UBob Vila inokwaziwa ngokunika amakhaya e-drab i-DIY Ubuso, ejikeleze la malungu waziwa ngcono njenge-flipper ephumeleleyo ye-top-of-the-line Manhattan real estate. Kwakukho indawo yokubeka ilala eTribeca- apho yayingabamelwane kunye noMariah Carey— indlu yedolophu eseUpper East Side, amagumbi amabini eMuseum Museum. Nangona unyana kaMnu Vila uChris uye wangena kumdlalo.
Kungenxa yoko le nto kuyamangalisa ukuba indoda ephethe ityuwa-kunye nepepile-yomhlaba-kunzima ukuba ithengise indlu yokuhlala. Isitalato i-15 East 26 athe wayithenga kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo.
Umnumzana Vila uthenge iFlatiron condo ejonge eMadison Square Park phaya ekuqaleni kuka-2009, ehlawula ngaphezulu nje kwe- $ 6 yezigidi kwigumbi lokulala elinamagumbi amabini okuhlala. Ngethala labucala elizimeleyo elinamacala ama-600 kunye ne-suite eyakhiwe ngokuhlekisayo, ikhaya liza kuchukumisa kwaneseti ephezulu. I-condo ikwanayo neofisi yekhaya apho uMnu Vila ngokungathandabuzekiyo wayehleli nzulu ecamngca, ecinga ngezona ndlela zokucoca i-gutter kunye neendlela zokwenza iithayile ekhitshini.
Ngokungafaniyo nezinto ezininzi ezazithengiwe nguMnu Vila, kubonakala ngathi wayengenanjongo yokuvuselela le propati, njengoko Ixesha uqaphele xa wayethenga indawo leyo indlu yokugcina indlu yayisele ilungile .
Esi sakhiwo, esikwabizwa ngokuba yi-15 Madison Square North, sichazwa ngumphuhlisi waso njengothutha abahlali babuyele kubushushu nobungangamsha bexesha apho abona bantu baphambili esixekweni babehamba ngenqwelo. Mhlawumbi le ndawo ayizange ihlangane no-Vila wokuthwala iilori. I-condo enemigangatho engama-20 yayisisakhiwo sangaphambili sentengiso esakhiwa ngo-1912, nangoku, ngokufanelekileyo, sigcina izindlu ezininzi zokubonisa izindlu kumgangatho osezantsi. Kumabali aphezulu ali-11 ngoku kukho iiyunithi ezingama-72 zekondomu.
Isimanga kukuba kubonakala ngathi uMnu Vila wayesazi ukuba uzimisele ukuphulukana nemali kwintengiselwano . Xa wayibeka kwimarike ngoMeyi ophelileyo, ixabiso ebelicelile laliyi- $ 5.7 yezigidi, eyi- $ 300,000 epheleleyo ingaphantsi kunaleyo wayeyibhatalele-iimeko ezingaqhelekanga kuthathelwa ingqalelo ukuba amakhaya amaninzi athengwe ngexesha lezindlu ezixineneyo ngoku zidluliselwe ngaphezulu. .
Emva kwamaxabiso aliqela, umthengi ongaziwayo wagqibela ngokuhlawula nje $ 5 yezigidi yendawo, ngokweengxelo zedolophu. Ndiyathemba ukuba oku akukhange kumenze mnumzana uVila eNew York ngokulungileyo. Njengokuba exakekile njengoko kunjalo nolu hlaziyo, kuninzi ukubila Umjongi ‘S brow uzama ukugcina phezulu.
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