The New York real estate of 'And Just Like That'

For fans of HBO’s Sex and the City and reboot And Just Like That, there is one series regular as central to the plot line as Carrie’s wardrobe: the New York real estate.

In Sex and the City season four’s ‘Ring a Ding Ding’, Carrie was forced to buy back her apartment from Aidan, joining Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte as New York home owners.

In And Just Like That, we see that Bradshaw has held onto that beloved Upper East Side studio for decades, following the likes of Miranda and Charlotte retaining their Prospect Heights and Park Avenue pads.

But this isn’t the 2000s anymore and these homes have evolved just as much as their protagonists. Here’s a look at the gorgeous homes in And Just Like That taking centre stage.

NB: if you’re yet to watch And Just Like That this piece reveals some early-season spoilers.

Carrie’s Upper East Side escape

After being jilted at the alter in Sex and the City: The Movie and after Big’s death in And Just Like That, Carrie finds herself returning to the comforting warmth of her street-facing, one-bedroom walk-up on the Upper East Side.

The legendary Bachelorette pad with walk-through-wardrobe was such a huge influence in the SATC series as she navigated life as a single 30-something in the Big Apple. It was her anchor and where she “couldn’t help but wonder” about life’s ups and downs.

In AJLT it’s clear the apartment has had a glow up, even since Sex and the City 2. There’s new wallpaper, new shelving and a lot of Carrie’s old familiar mid century-style furniture. Thankfully, Carrie’s iconic closet remains.

The apartment also looks much bigger than the original from SATC but there’s no reference made to an extension or even update within the series.

Fun fact: While her apartment is in uptown on both series, the famous brownstone is actually in the West Village on Perry Street.

Carrie and Big’s Fifth Avenue apartment

In the first Sex and the City movie, Carrie and Big are on a wild goose chase for the perfect NY apartment, which proved to be quite the challenge. They finally found one on the top floor of a Fifth Avenue apartment building, but it was very much out of their budget.

Eventually, they bought a similarly gorgeous apartment a few stories down – complete with spa-like bathroom, swish customisation and that jaw-dropping walk-in closet –which is where they lived until Big’s tragic death in the premiere of AJLT. This home is quite the step up from the renter’s lifestyle Carrie was accustomed to in SATC – and Big even jokes that she no longer has to keep her sweaters in the oven.

In the first episode, we see old records lining the walls, framing the kitchen in the couple’s apartment. We’re introduced to part of their quarantine routine – listening to old records while drinking wine. This is a nod to ‘I Heart NY’, the episode in SATC where Carrie and Big spend a romantic evening dancing to ‘Moon River’ and drinking wine before he moves to Napa, California.

Carrie’s all-white Tribeca loft

They say you should never make important decisions when you’re grieving and Carrie’s move to Tribeca is a perfect example why. Not only was the all-white contemporary loft a striking departure from Carrie’s more sophisticated lived-in style, but Bradshaw had spent her entire adult life on the Upper East Side. In one fell swoop, she changed everything about her life to get away from the pain in the familiar.

Thanks to a mysterious beeping in the kitchen, Carrie realised after a single day that the condo wasn’t for her, instead retreating to the sanctuary that is her pied-a-terre in a historic brownstone.

Charlotte’s Park Avenue pad

Anyone who watched SATC knows that Charlotte went through quite the battle to snag the palatial Park Ave pad from ex-husband Trey. In season four, she then undertook a massive renovation on the apartment to erase the memory of her failed marriage and toxic mother-in-law, instead making it fully her own – classic, feminine and elegant (if a little uptight).

Charlotte’s pre-war home has been a mainstay in her life: throughout her divorce to Trey, remarriage to Harry, and then raising their two children. The apartment at 930 Park Avenue is traditional in its architecture with high ceilings and features like crown moulding and wide-plank hardwood floors, enhanced by Charlotte’s wasp-y decor choices such as embroidered throws, quirky wallpaper and classic paint colours.

Miranda’s Prospect Heights brownstone

As the original series of SATC came to a close, Miranda bit the bullet and moved with Steve and toddler Brady to a Brooklyn brownstone.

While it was never revealed where exactly in Brooklyn the Hobbs-Brady clan relocated to, the home that the crew films is in the historic Prospect Heights neighbourhood, according to Architectural Digest. In AJLT we see the family in a lived-in terrace house with classic architectural detailing. The decor choices seem to be built more for comfort than style.

Considering Miranda’s devastation at leaving Manhattan at the end of SATC and with everything unfolding this season, it begs the question: Will Miranda stay in Brooklyn?

h/t: Architectural Digest.