The kitchen
The one that makes a whole-house let work.
Parlour floor
The Parlour Apartment
The front rooms of the original house, with the bay window, the twelve-foot ceiling and the plaster cornice that the restoration kept. It is the largest of the three and the one people book when they want the house to look like the photographs.
Who the parlour apartment suits
A couple who want the best room in the house, or four people who intend to cook.
Five steps up the stoop from the pavement, then level. No lift.
Parlour floor
Room by room
- Parlour
- The front room, twenty-four feet by sixteen under a twelve-foot ceiling, with the bay window and a sofa that does not fold out into anything.
- Kitchen and dining
- Behind the parlour, with a table for six. This is the second kitchen, and it is the one a whole-house let cooks in.
- Bedroom one
- A king bed, a wardrobe, and the quieter of the two aspects — it looks over the garden.
- Bedroom two
- A double bed and a window onto the street. It is the room that hears the avenue.
- Bathroom
- A walk-in shower, a basin in the original marble, and a window.
The specification
Every figure the booking system uses
| Sleeps | four |
|---|---|
| Bedrooms | two |
| Bathrooms | one |
| Beds | One king, one double |
| Floor | Parlour floor |
| Size | 690 square feet |
| Aspect | Bay window to the street, twelve-foot ceilings |
| Entrance | The stoop and the main door, then the first door on the right |
| Steps | Five steps up the stoop from the pavement, then level. No lift. |
| Rate from | $205 a night |
| Cleaning fee | $105, once per stay |
| Minimum stay | two nights, or the season's minimum if it is longer |
Included, and worth knowing first
What comes with the parlour apartment
In the rate
- The large kitchen: a five-ring range, a double oven, a dishwasher, and worktop enough for four people cooking at once
- A dining table that seats six, and two extension leaves that take it to ten
- Bed linen, towels, and a starter set of coffee, tea, salt, pepper and oil
- Wired and wireless internet
- The key to the garden, which is reached by the internal stair
Worth knowing first
- The bay window is single-glazed on the inner sash, because the restoration kept the original frames — the front bedroom hears Roosevelt Avenue
- Five steps up the stoop and no lift
In practice
Cooking, and what you will hear
What you will hear
The bay window is single-glazed on the inner sash, because the restoration kept the original frames — the front bedroom hears Roosevelt Avenue
An apartment is not the house. An apartment booking is a private apartment, not a private house: the other two apartments may be let on the same nights, and the garden, the stoop and the stair are shared. The whole-house let is the one that takes the building off sale.
A worked example
What a stay here actually costs
The Parlour Apartment, 5 July 2027 to 10 July 2027
Five nights in July, which is the summer minimum. The rate is a quarter above standard and two of the five nights are weekend nights.
| Night | Season | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2027 | Summer | $256 |
| 6 July 2027 | Summer | $256 |
| 7 July 2027 | Summer | $256 |
| 8 July 2027 | Summer | $256 |
| 9 July 2027 | Summer weekend | $295 |
- five nights at an average of $264$1,319
- Cleaning fee, once$105
Total for the stay$1,424
$356 is taken now and $1,068 on arrival. A refundable hold of $300 is authorised on the day and released after departure — it is not a payment and it is not in the total above. The minimum stay on this arrival date is five nights.
More of the apartment
Further along the parlour apartment
Check dates for The Parlour Apartment
The calendar shows what is free in the parlour apartment and prints the whole total, cleaning fee included, before it asks for a name.