Inside John Legend and Chrissy Teigen’s New York penthouses that just went on sale: the LA-based couple planned to combine the two Nolita flats – now listed for US$18 million – into a mega-property

Feb 2 , 2022

Learn more about Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s penthouse that’s now on the market in the Nolita neighborhood. Photos: TopTenRealEstateDeals.com, @chrissyteigen/Instagram

Joined up, the units in the historic Brewster Carriage House would have more than 6,000 sq ft – but the famous couple now want something more manageable

Right across from Little Italy and just blocks from Chinatown, Nolita is a cool and sophisticated neighbourhood once home to David Bowie and Iman

Busy as they are with TV, music, cooking, a new skincare line, not to mention raising two children, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen hardly have the time to oversee the restoration and combination of two contiguous New York penthouses.

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend with their children. Photo: @chrissyteigen/Instagram

So they are selling the two penthouse units in the Brewster Carriage House in Manhattan’s Nolita neighbourhood that they only recently bought with plans to combine them into one huge residence on two floors, with over 3,300 sq ft of rooftop terraces.

Spending almost all their time in California, All of Me singer Legend, 43, and model and television host Teigen, 36, have decided to discontinue the project and have put the two flats on the market at US$18 million.

Joined together, the finished penthouse would span a total of 6,160 sq ft. Photo: TopTenRealEstateDeals.com

As Legend told The Wall Street Journal, “We’ve realised that because of work and everything, we’re really mostly going to be in Los Angeles, so we’re going to focus our home-building energy and renovation energy on what we’re doing in LA.”

Still expecting to be in the Big Apple part time, the glamour couple plan to look for another New York home that will be less work.

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen are now selling their two flats in the Brewster Carriage House in the Nolita area of New York. Photo: Google Maps

Nolita, in Lower Manhattan, is on the edge of all the sights and sounds that make the city such a fascinating place to live, with ethnic dining, shopping and weekend explorations close at hand. The area was once home to David Bowie and Iman, and actor Gabriel Byrne and singer Vanessa Carlton currently live nearby. Built in 1900, the Brewster Carriage House is directly across the street from Little Italy and three blocks from Chinatown.

As the New York Daily News put it, “There is a reason Nolita stays a cut of cool above the rest. It’s sophisticated, fashionable and a bastion of serenity at the crossroads of urban chaos.” Describing it as a fascinating place to people-watch, it said, “You’re bound to spot an Olsen twin on the way to a shoe store, a Chinese artist hurrying to the New Museum, or an old-school Italian reminiscing about a social club.”

The windows at the Brewster Carriage House are large and offer lots of daylight streaming through the rooms as well as neighbourhood views. Photo: TopTenRealEstateDeals.com