June 19, 2008
CARLY Simon is making it no secret that selling her West Village co-op is the right thing to do.
The legendary pop star is listing her two-bedroom, two-bathroom duplex in a Federal-period townhouse on Commerce Street for $3.8 million.
And she believes that nobody will sell it better than her sister, Joanna Simon, an accomplished opera singer and, perhaps more important, a broker/vice president at Fox Residential Group.
"Carly has used her unique style and taste to create a romantic and intimate home," says a source familiar with her 1,200-square-foot pad on a tree-lined block. "She's selling mainly because she lives nearly full-time in Martha's Vineyard these days."
Simon gut-renovated the apartment in the intimate three-unit building after she bought it four years ago.
The purchase came after a well-publicized dust-up between her and the co-op board at the Dakota, where her application to buy a one-bedroom apartment for $999,000 was turned down - reportedly over her desire to add an extra bathroom.
Simon's West Village digs were featured last year in InStyle and will be offered with or without her tasteful furnishings.
Perry big hurry
Heather Mills can't wait to get settled into her new West Village apartment.
In a follow-up to our breaking story last Saturday, sources tell us that the ex-wife of Sir Paul McCartney has moved the closing date up to July from August for her two-bedroom apartment in the glassy Richard Meier building at 173 Perry St.
We also hear that she's paying just under the $5 million asking price for the ninth-floor digs, which will include most of the Meier-designed furnishings.
Mills might have asked for an earlier closing so she'll be free to dash out to the Hamptons in August, which was her modus operandi last year when she rented the East Hampton home of Nick Pileggi and Nora Ephron.
Brown Harris Stevens listing broker Hilary Rovins had no comment.
Beach bummo!
Rachael Ray might be able to cook a meal in 30 minutes, but it's taken her considerably longer to come up with the scratch to buy a vacation house.
