Chrissy Teigen and John Legend listing their two NYC apartments for $18MIL put together... over a $1MIL markup from what they paid for the units combined Chrissy Teigen, 36, and John Legend, 43, are selling off the two apartments they own in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan They bought the units separately two years apart, and at one point intended them to combine them into one sprawling penthouse, they told the Wall Street Journal However they now live primarily in Los Angeles and so have put the New York apartments on the market for $18 million put together Their current asking price is a more than $1 million markup from the cumulative amount they paid to purchase the two homes Chrissy and John paid $9.02 million for one of the apartments in 2018, and then two years later they splashed out $7.7 million for the next one The units are located in a building that features a grassy 3,300-square-foot roof deck, to which their buyer will have exclusive rights By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 01:50 GMT, 22 January 2022 | Updated: 01:50 GMT, 22 January 2022 Viewcomments Advertisement Chrissy Teigen, 36, and John Legend, 43, are selling off the two apartments they own in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan. They bought the units separately two years apart, and at one point intended them to combine them into one sprawling penthouse, they told the Wall Street Journal. However they now live primarily in Los Angeles and so have put the New York apartments on the market for $18 million put together. Start spreadin' the news: Chrissy Teigen, 36, and John Legend, 43, are selling off the two apartments they own in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan Reasons behind the sale: They now live primarily in Los Angeles and so have put the New York apartments on the market for $18 million put together; they are pictured in Los Angeles earlier this month Their current asking price is a more than $1 million markup from the cumulative amount they paid to purchase the two homes. Chrissy and John paid $9.02 million for one of the apartments in 2018, and then two years later they splashed out $7.7 million for the next one. The units are located in a building that features a grassy 3,300-square-foot roof deck, to which their buyer will have exclusive rights. There's an idea: They bought the units separately two years apart, and at one point intended them to combine them into one sprawling penthouse, they told the Wall Street Journal Moving up: Their current asking price is a more than $1 million markup from the cumulative amount they paid to purchase the two homes Details: Chrissy and John paid $9.02 million for one of the apartments in 2018, and then two years later they splashed out $7.7 million for the next one When it emerged that they were putting their Nolita homes up for sale, John explained their reasoning to the Wall Street Journal. He shared: 'We’ve realized that because of work and everything, we’re really mostly going to be in Los Angeles, so we’re going to focus our home-building energy and renovation energy on what we’re doing in LA.' John said of the New York homes: 'We love being there. But we’re just not there enough to justify putting in the time and energy to combine apartments.' Swank: The units are located in a building that features a grassy 3,300-square-foot roof deck, to which their buyer will have exclusive rights Candor; John said of the New York homes: 'We love being there,' adding: 'But we’re just not there enough to justify putting in the time and energy to combine apartments' Chrissy was spotted stepping out in Los Angeles this week wearing a smile and a sleek black ensemble including a long blazer. Her latest sighting comes in the wake of her attempts to move on from her cyberbullying scandal, in which she was accused of having told the then-teenage Courtney Stodden over private message to commit suicide. She and her Oscar-winning husband have been married since 2013 and have two children together - Luna, five, and Miles, three. Off she goes: Chrissy was spotted stepping out in Los Angeles this week wearing a smile and a sleek black ensemble including a long blazer Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility