Yasmine Petty loves the wide-open layout and sleek pocket doors of her penthouse, but she clearly loves the terrace the most. Soon after moving into the three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath at 60 West 20th, the model says she shut down traffic on Sixth Avenue so a crane could lift a reflecting pool and fountain with blue-and-white zellige tiling. Ferns, evergreens, lounge chairs, and a cabana followed. The mood was, per Petty, Marrakech takes Chelsea. Mariano Vivanco shot there for Dolce & Gabbana’s Uomini. Sex and the City asked about using it too. And now it’s up for grabs: The penthouse went on the market this week for $11,995,000. The listing calls it Penthouse Jardin D’eau, or “Water Garden Penthouse.”
Petty had actually been touring a different apartment in the building when she spotted the 3,600-square-foot terrace from the shared rooftop: “I was like, ‘Holy smoke, what is that?’” As for the rest of the apartment, it’s what you’d expect from a Manhattan penthouse these days: plenty of white marble and white oak floors spread out across more than 2,500 square feet. The primary suite has a spa bathroom, plus a dressing area and a walk-in closet bigger than the average New York bedroom. (Very model of her.)
The terrace comes with views of the Empire State Building.
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“There’s no one they could hire that put the amount of work and effort into making this place perfect,” Petty says. The process of renovating the penthouse seems to have gotten her into interior design. She says she’s working with other clients but declined to specify beyond “international” and “high net-worth individuals.” “I see this as a portfolio piece,” she says. ”I was the general contractor on it. I was sleeping here when there was dust everywhere.”
The Eklund-Gomes team at Douglas Elliman has the listing with an assist from Petty. There’s a StreetEasy link to the apartment in Petty’s Instagram bio (444,000 followers), and she is more than happy to talk to reporters about the space she has renovated, by her count, at least four times. “Whoever gets this house is extremely lucky,” Petty says. “I have a fine eye for detail.”
As with many penthouse apartments in Manhattan these days, there’s a lot of white oak and marble inside.
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An indoor swing, because why not?
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The primary suite leads out to a wraparound terrace and has a walk-in closet larger than many New York bedrooms.
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The lavish primary bathroom has a deep spa Jacuzzi and dome skylight.
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