When the Children Needed Their Own Rooms, This Manhattan Family Had to Move. Which of These Homes Would You Choose?
4 years, 7 months ago

When the Children Needed Their Own Rooms, This Manhattan Family Had to Move. Which of These Homes Would You Choose?

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Jenniffer and Darryl Heslop moved with their toddler son into a two-bedroom, 1,000-square-foot condominium on the Upper West Side in 2013. “A house is not something I yearned for because I never had it.” The Heslops, now in their mid-40s, decided to stay on the Upper West Side, where Mr. Heslop, a lawyer who is from Long Island, had lived since his student days at Columbia Law School. “You go to Time Warner Center, and someone is yelling my son’s name from across the hallway.” They enjoyed checking out Sunday open houses. “We would always be doing a soft search,” Mr. Heslop said. “If I had an unlimited budget, I would be at 15 Central Park West, but the question is, ‘What can I afford?’” Mr. Heslop said.

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