Curbed
More and more developers are scouring the Earth to source materials from the most unconventional places, both remote and local, in an attempt to bring the rarest of rare finishes to their projects. With NYC’s luxury market on the decline, “the devil is in the details for developers, who in a packed luxury condo market are competing over a limited number of qualified buyers,” says the Wall Street Journal.
We’ve seen our share of condos with some of these unusual finishes. But it’s not just condo developers doing it. Houses are getting in on the action too. Below we’ve rounded up some of the homes in our past coverage that have finishes as exclusive as marble from the old MoMA to a Queens mansion with details from the World’s Fair.