“We’re not gonna slide open this door because it’s finicky and gets stuck”. For $5,000,000 it better open. I understand location etc, but $5 million is still absurd.
These types of doors have to be adjusted periodically to maintain opening and closing smoothly--takes about 2 minutes to fix if you know where to look and how to adjust.
@@Badminkey7 I actually had a futon for a couple years and I'll be honest, it got tiring. If I had it to do over, I'd buy the pullout couch. The mattresses in them now are equivalent to a bed mattress. Thanks for the comment.
Spend like 1/5th of that in a random state in the middle of the US for basically 2 mansions worth of home... Honestly, I have no idea why you would live in NY on purpose. If your Job is keeping you there that still doesn't mean it's on purpose.
You could basically buy the entire city of Buffalo instead of one building in NYC. Of course you better buy a fleet of bulldozers while you are at it...
A lot of the "advantages" are actually disadvantages. First off, close space with a fireplace. Disaster waiting to happen. Second off, tourists trying to get inside your home? Third off, the architect turned a very interesting piece of history into a bland and modern small house. What a shame
What a waste of space along the wall, and i'm pretty sure there is a charming red brick behind the plated plaster. I understand that's the easiest way to install AC and insulation, but for a 5M$ house, you can afford a prettier way.
You have to think about its history though. It was obviously designed as cheap housing in the 1800s, and the layout was likely not luxurious at all, probably a few private rooms and a kitchen. I think the architect did the best they could with the space
Yeah.... I'm gonna say no on this one. Sticky doors, Murphy beds, and actually no room for a bed on the "owners floor"? Hard pass. $5mill can be better spent imo.
Hey Gang. My mom and I lived in this house from around 1965 to the mid 1970s. It looked totally different back then. The basement had a dirt floor and I took it over and had a lava lamp and turned it into a psychedelic dungeon (I was a teenager in 1965). The kitchen was the first room and had a trap door built into the floor that led to the stairs down into the room. Straight ahead towards the back was the darkish dining room. Upstairs there was one bathroom in the middle, my mom's room towards the back, and my bedroom towards the front. I think we had fireplaces in the rooms. The third floor was one giant living room with front-to-back bookcase with a stereo system. I can tell you two stories. The first involves my friend Joel F. He was my roommate at a boarding school. We both dropped out of the boarding school and Joel had nowhere to stay so I told him he could hide out in the basement so my mom wouldn't know. One day, our cleaning and cooking lady put a freshly baked chicken in the fridge and went upstairs to clean. Joel, hungry and smelling the chicken, snuck into the kitchen, taking a quarter of the chicken back down to the basement with him. There was quite a ruckus about an hour later when our cleaning person opened the fridge! The second story is about me forgetting my keys. It wasn't hard to climb up the window grate and into my second story bedroom, so that is what I did. Apparently, someone thought I was breaking in and called the cops. The doorbell rang and when I went to answer it I was faced by about seven cops, three of which were on their knees in the street pointing guns at my chest! A lot of tense explanations and exchanging of IDs occurred before all was copacetic. It was a fun place to live! My mom, a children's book writer even wrote a book about the house: Mr. Skinner's Skinny House. Here's a link to a page about the house on her website (maintained despite her death several years ago) annmcgovern.com/?qatags=mr-skinners-skinny-house Ps.. in 1965 when we first rented it, the rent was $300 a month!
What a great story you’ve given!! Not that I’m interested in buying the place (even if I could!) but rather because it gives some interesting story of the place. And one thing it really shows us, is how the world has gone practically insane! Now, yes, $300 a month rent in 1965 was extremely expensive, your mother must have been doing very well for herself to pay so much. The average home in 1965 rented for $85 a month. So $300 was over 3 times more than the average person was paying. However, that certainly does NOT translate to $5 MILLION dollars today! Not even close. It just goes to show how prices have become insane, and a gap is forever widening between the rich and the average person, ultimately striving towards the day when average folks can’t afford anything but to live squaller. It’s a sad state we’ve allowed ourselves to be put in.
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You can literally go anywhere else and buy a nice home. Even in California! You can buy a mansion more than 5 times the sqft of this NYC townhouse for 5 mil.
for the awkward shape the design is really smart for what they had to work with, and doesn’t make it look as small as it is, the white walls, vertical storage, dark ceilings make it look more spacious.
"Make it look more spacious." Maybe. But, in actuality, it ISN'T more spacious. A smidge over 8 feet wide. Choke points include all stairways. No elevator for furniture delivery access to all floors; and no apparent emergency egress during fires or other calamities?
@@TheSGBrown i live in a 600sq ft apartment so i get it lol the listing online looked way bigger than when i moved in, and also let me stress i said “it doesn’t look as small as it is” acknowledging that it is very small lmfao
A bed would fit comfortably in the common area backyard. If you’re ok with sleeping outside, with no privacy and maybe a few snowstorms, you could make this work.
@@v.j.3029 Living in a city like New York means you don't need to have a car. Humans have only had cars for about 100 years, cities have existed for thousands of years. They work fine without car, some would say much better without them.
@@rowaystarco You are right. I lived in Los Angeles my entire adult life, and had a car. I sold my car almost two years ago to move to New York City, and I am getting around just fine without a car. When I see how backed up the traffic is here in New York City, I know I get around much faster on subways than if I had my car.
Can't believe they're touting historical interest while having to immediately shut the door so tourists don't follow inside. A nuisance like that should lower the price considerably, not raise it.
There are a lot of rich people in the world who are insane and will buy whatever because.... gasp... why help others when you can just buy a weird small apartment
Simple, same as here in Oz🇦🇺, because we have a whole generation that believes the price of real estate can never drop, so if they (stupidity) paid $4.5m then it must be $5m now.
As someone who prefers small spaces, I’d definitely live here. The bathroom is amazing, I love the old beams, the green space is genuinely beautiful, and I’m 5’3” so I wouldn’t have a problem with the lower ceilings downstairs. I think the best way to maximize your limited bed space would be to get some kind of raised bed, the open space underneath it would make the room seem less jammed full of stuff and you could use it as a small seating area. Still, I could never ever justify spending $5 million on this, even if I had that money to to use.
I am 5'1" so I would have NO problem with any of the ceiling heights and a twin or full sized bed would be just fine for me. However, for $5mil I would at least like room enough for a dining room table.
Yeah, I think they have done a terrible job on the staging and interior design in terms of end use. They seem to have made a 3 lounge/sitting room, 2 bathroom, one kitchen, one bed house...and the bedroom doesn't have the closet in it, and none of the closet space is long enough for full length coats or dresses. The front room on the same level as the kitchen would be the dining room for mine, downstairs library/music/lounge room, 3 level bathroom and bedroom, fourth would need to be remodelled as well to a functional bedroom and study/art space. I currently live in a narrow, one room to a level, 4 storey back--to-back townhouse and the extra light compared to ours, ventilation, clever stairwell, kitchen on the entry level, and use of convertible furniture would all be awesome - but so would better insulation, proper sealing from the wet in the basement room, room in the bathroom to sit straight on the loo....
I'm 5'16" (what I tell people, it isn't a typo) and my wife is 5'0". She'd have no problems with it. And probably would have no problem with me not being able to be there! Kidding...
Sims: NYC We come in to find a hapless Sim spinning in place, surrounded by a tiny amount of furniture, unable to fulfill literally any of his needs. He has shit on the easel, which does not count as art, and he will soon succumb to dehydration. But at least he's doing it in the same place as a guy who drew Shrek.
They finished this place really nicely, but I’m surprised the owner of 75 didn’t buy this to enlarge their home. That would’ve been awesome, unless the preservation board won’t allow that.
I mean yeah it's nice looking and spacious enough to live in.... but for like 50k.. lol, it's absurd that anyone would even consider paying 5mil for that.. then again people buy things like Gucci and Nike shit.....
At 5.36 they did. But from they’re rendered vantage point, one would be standing on the corner of the bed hovered in the ceiling 🤣 and lnot to mention, the fireplace
I honestly woudn't even call that a nice remodel. The shelvings look cheap. The doors are flimsy and unstable. The fireplaces are impractical, as in ... why in the bathroom? Why where you have to place your bed? Like, you know that thing is super narrow.
Preach! That apartment was awkward for 500 dollars! Aint no way in the world, i'm going pay someone 5 million dollars to feel cramped and awkward in my own living space! New Yorkers are crazy!
1. The storage in the kitchen/against the stairway should be sliding doors to maximize space. 2. Add a sunroom extension in the garden for a small breakfast/dining area. 3. Use as a small museum about NYC historic architectural because you can’t really fit a dang bed :)
I'm only 5'6, and I felt queasy and claustrophobic watching him walk through that basement. I can't imagine how he felt doing that at 6'4! Cute house, but I would pass on paying 5 million for it.
lots of comments here about the size, location and the price. I'm wondering what the property taxes are for this sliver of real estate? Are the taxes based upon the sq footage, the location, the selling price of the property? As I'm not from NYC...I have no idea how property taxes are determined in Gotham City...but just wondering?
I'm always amazed by the difference in living costs and property costs across the world. For $5 million you could get a 3 story hotel or mansion with a massive yard where I'm from. Edit: when I say massive yard I mean basically a football field or 3
My parents sold their house for just a little over a mil. It was a 6,000 sqft, 5 bedroom 6 bath house with its own guest house, pool, tiki bar in the backyard, beehives on the property. It all depends on location
I could live there if I was much younger. It’s very well-designed and really maximizes the space. I’d definitely add a bathroom on that top floor. Thanks for the tour.
I have to agree . I mean...if I randomly came into more money than I could ever need I'd buy this in a heartbeat. I think it's beautiful. I mean sure...I could buy a big mansion somewhere else, but why? I live alone, and that's how I like it and even my two bedroom apartment seems wasteful sometimes. I sometimes sleep in the spare-bedroom just to get my money's worth. All depends on how you like to live. That would suit me just fine. Ummm can I have five million dollars please?
Ikr! The backyard and sunlight and everything, I imagine this house would be a dream to live in through my 20s and early 30s. If it weren't for the price and the tourist nuisance, this place would be amazing.
From Zillow as of 3/3/22: property taxes: $3293/mo, insurance: $1572/mo. So even if I pay $5M cash for it, I’m stuck paying $4865/mo for a house where I can’t fit a decent size bed? Beautiful remodeling but not worth it :/
as someone who loves minimalism, i actually like this. forgetting the fact that it's 5 mil tho. unfortunately people goes and looking at it like a tourist attraction... not a big fan
@@GodofFinesse no i mean people looking at it bcs it's also a piece of history. like tourist passing by stopped just to look at it. it's not pleasant at least for me if buy the house and pedestrian kinda stop to look at it. it can b a bit creepy
Besides the price, I LOVE IT! Wish there was more of a private backyard, but still, everything is still so useable! I would definitely remodel the master bedroom though, the space could really be utilized better!
Lol dont 4get this is the smallest place in the city (at that price in that neighborhood) Everyone doesn't live like that. Do u say this about tiny homes as well? No one bad mouths tiny homes!
@@themooch8752 Oh no. Somebody will. There is, indeed, a sucker born every minute. All it takes is convincing some sap that this overpriced closet is a status symbol.
Why would anyone give that master bathroom for the guest room? The guest room is for sure the master room. Me personally, basement is living room/gaming room, first floor is kitchen/dinning room, second floor, master room/master bathroom and third floor, office/guest room. The guest room would be really nice for a day bed. That way can take nice naps in between working in your office. Either way its beautiful and unique place. The secret little garden just tops it off.
Why would anyone have their living room in their basement? Living room is the room you spend most of your time in, so you would like the biggest windows and most light there. Secondly, Europeans for instance are very hospitable and like to offer the most comforts for their guests.
@@katjuusa Americans usually have two living rooms in their homes. One is a formal living room to welcome guests and the other is a family room where they watch tv at night and play video games. I feel like the formal living room barely gets any use so naturally in a tiny place like this, it would get eliminated. I might be too Americanized by now but I wouldn’t care about offering my guest the best spot in the house lol (I’m European but I’ve lived in the US for 10 years now).
@@katjuusa I mean you typically wouldn't use a basement as a living room but in this situation I would. When you have 5-10 people over, do you all really wanna be in that little room? I personally think the basement would be way more comfortable as a living space but I like big a sectional couch that can fit like 4-6 people easily and nice reclining chairs. Besides what if you want to have guest over for dinner? Yall gonna sit in the living room to eat?
Who would spend 5 million dollars to be cramped and uncomfortable in that awkward apartment is the real question? There was nothing functional in the entire apartment!
@@shellybaby5th Well you can always walk by admire it from a distance, like most sane people. However to pay 5,000,000 dollars to live in that awkwardly designed place is not the best way to spend your money!
If the house now stands where a driveway for carriages used to be, I'm guessing the backyard probably had horse stables at one time. Fascinating to think how that space has changed as times have evolved.
Crazy, that a place like this, even with its flaw of being the narrowest in town (something I truly doubt), has more character that all the other NY Townhouses if seen on UA-cam nowadays.
It’s a great space, with lots of character. I also loved the fact that you are living in a space that has such an interesting history. I could see myself living in it quite comfortably, but not for $5 million.
I just don’t get the fascination for New York City. I lived about 1/2 hour from New York City for most of my life & I think I have been there four times at the most. Just because people say New York City is great does not mean that it is folks.
I think it being in NY plays a huge role for it being this expensive, and maybe the history behind it. An insane person would buy such thing, who knows maybe even the price rose after this video.
For the amount of things in that apartment that still required fixing, updating, or further renovation it is unconscionable that someone would be charging $5 million for that property regardless of what human being lived in it at some point in time. 🤦♀️ Whoever buys this house should honestly get a smack upside the head.
The seller isn't "charging" 5 million, he/she is "asking" 5 million. There is a difference, mainly in the fact that it will sell at whatever price a willing buyer and a willing seller agree upon. The other factor is whether there is anything else in the immediate area that can be bought for 5 mil or less.
I used to pass this home all the time and wonder what it looked like inside. The design is great, given the limited dimensions, but thanks for reminding me yet again why I left that city! You pay a fortune for nothing! Yes, you get to live in the West Village, but much of the artistic and bohemian flare that made it legendary is gone.
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It‘s so beautiful, especially all the outdoor space and balconies. I guess you could perfectly live there on your own without a significant other because you can only fit a smaller bed in there easily. I wouldn‘t want to hinge down my bed every day.
The reason this house is so expensive is because it’s a “historical landmark.” In New York City you could get a regular sized townhouse for the same price or cheaper.
It's also right at the heart of what is one of NYC's most expensive areas in a quaint street, in NYC that's gold and real estate is usually about location more than anything else.
@@adubw2016 true, I'm just explaining one of the factors that plays a role in the price (not saying they're not overasking), but some people think prices in Manhattan are all the same, when that's not the case, prices will change a lot based on neighborhoods and even based on street/location within a neighborhood.
I hear you. I live on Vancouver Island😂. A tiny bit of grass and a few potted trees doesn’t make it a “green area”. Mind you perhaps to a city dweller who doesn’t know any different it is.
I'm paying over $1000 a month for a studio just outside downtown Allentown, PA. One room with a closed-off kitchen and a bathroom. I have two roommates but they're guinea pigs so it's okay. They do not contribute to the rent at all but they're cute.
Hmm…. Perhaps because he/ she Is a snob living on daddy’s trust fund who wants to impress so called “friends” throwing a daytime party (no sleep over unless hanging from the staircase or garden balcony) ?!
Not only the outside, but also the interior design looks insanely Dutch. The steep stairs are pretty common, especially in older houses in the Netherlands. Most of the stairs in the Netherlands are also pretty narrow and in a spiral, to save more space. Also the way the kitchen looks and it's location is also very common. I mean it's quite logical it looks so Dutch, because New York was New Amsterdam and the were a lot of Dutch people.👌🏻
@@kleintje4391 You are talking about cities center, cause I've been to Friesland and Groningen and those "farmers" have huge and beautiful houses.. Really big as barns as they were really barns 40 years ago, now renovated as home. Never seen farmers so rich . lol
this is true i went to Amsterdam and went in Anne Franks house and the stairs there are like ladders. and first time i went to Amsterdam i couldnt believe how many bikes i was seeing at the sides of the road down every street.
that's the definition of cozy. Imagine how good the a/c or heat would work because its smaller, but it would have to include the best modern soundproofing for it to be worth it. also the staging photos was a really nice touch.
I looked at buying a row home in Baltimore that was only 8 feet wide. It had GORGEOUS custom wood decoration inside, as the owner was a carpenter. Cost less than 10% of this one too. It sounds awful but the brick walls make perfect sound proofing and the quality of the custom work was so high it was incredible and a king size bed could still fit, you just couldn't walk around it. It had a similar backyard.
You know, videos like this only make the property more famous and unique and increase its value. So thanks for contributing to the outrageous real estate prices. If no one gave a shit, this place would be forgotten.
I don't know why, but this is undoubtedly one of my favourite houses showed by you Erik. I think that the outdoor space is the best part of the house because it is so private and it doesn't seem that you are in new york.
I would definitely live there, particularly with that awesome back yard space; just...not for that price point. It's a very cool place. Looking at property values in NYC always makes me feel great about living in Baltimore.
Why would you want to live in a shit hole like New York? Crime is thru, it's struggling to stay alive, Cuomo and his buddies has brought up all the properties so they can hike the prices even worse than they are. New York is a dying piece of American history.
@@RSpracticalshooting I love NYC, but it's just not much of a place of opportunity anymore; Baltimore has plenty of issues, but it's still a great place with a lot of potential and very passionate residents trying to make life better.
That's the thing about NYC that I'll never understand. People actually want to live on top of one another, paying through the roof for barely any room in their tiny apartments, paying high tax rates, high costs of living, just for what? They enjoy living like that? I'll never understand why.
As a former New Yorker, I fantasized about having a place like this in the city. The secret garden is dreamy. And the endless fireplaces are amazing. I will say that the middle floor is what I think of as the "master bedroom" floor. The top floor is the office floor. And the basement floor is the kids area. If I had 5 mil and needed to live in NYC again, I would totally buy this place!
"Do you think you could live in this narrow apartment?" -Yes i could.. but that's beside the point. the factual point is, i'm not going to pay 5 million to cramp myself in a narrow apartment.. on top of that, some doors don't really work how they're supposed to. But hey, if anyone else desires a tight living space for this absurd amount of money, please.. by all means take it.
You’ll be better off buying 4 53’ shipping containers and stacking them, and be under $100,000 USD. Maybe you’ll be close to 200k after everything is assembled and connected. 5 million for that is a joke.
5 mil for a cramped space, in a town where there's atleast one murder every night, in the US. No thank you. I would rather spend that money on a beach villa in Italy or maybe a mansion in Sweden or Norway close to nature.
I would love it infact I would turn the down stairs room into the main bedroom ( I like a dark bedroom) and turn the others into a study and game room 😁
A one room microflat just sold in London for £90k. It is a single room, 7sq metres or 75 sq ft. The fridge and microwave are under the single bunk bed, with a fold out table on the wall. The bathroom is a one metre sq cubicle with toilet and shower combined. They were offering it for £50k but demand was so high it gained 80% value.
So what I'm hearing is every time I shower, my toilet gets cleaned AUTOMATICALLY?! And if I should feel the need to poop while showering, I can just let fly? What luxury.
@Rose Dallas Yes, houses prices in UK are insane. Low wages and high living costs. Historically, house prices double every 10 years particularly in London so it is always a good investment to buy.
@@googiegress That's how bathrooms are in Asia. Every time you shower, the whole bathroom gets a cleanup. The drain is right on the floor and you have to turn on the water heater when you're planning to take your shower.
There's a much better solution than having a Murphy Bed and that's a sofa bed for the top bedroom. It saves space too plus one can use it as a sofa during the day that a MB cannot offer.
Honestly, that's super smart design. I love the footprint of that house, and would legitimately live there if not for the price. I know it's New York, but that's absurd
I've had that. My first flat in London was ground floor on the Thames Pathway, walking groups would always stop and peer in. We would wave. Some folk were embarrassed and jumped back. Others just waved back. It was an awesome flat... apart from that. It came with a carpark, a nine minute walk to Canary Wharf , 30 minutes to Tower Bridge, was on the riverside. "only" 230GBP a week... in 1999.
i feel like this house lacks any type of character with the updating they did. the storage is great but why not play into the history and add back in more antique features
I think the preserved beams from the original construction, the walkout to the patio, the claw tub with original fixtures give it some character. Plus just the uniqueness of the narrow exterior and original external brickwork. Then again, I'm partial to modern/contemporary architecture, so I love the clean smooth insides. Having grown up in plenty of NYC's brownstones before they became trendy, I can tell you there's nothing romantic about living with some of those antique features.
I laughed when the presenter said at the beginning “huge storage space” and he was trying to sell that idea too, by the end he was like #%*@ it, this is tiny!
Wow, the previous owner of this house randomly invited myself and the party I was with in to view the property. Can't believe I recognised this house and they've now put it on the market. The house has a nice finish to it in person.
I live in nyc currently and this and places like is exactly why I'm leaving. However I will say this, if you look at the dimensions you can easily get 3 45ft shipping containers and use this as the floor plan for somewhere else if you were a minimalist or wanted something inexpensive. 😉
If you like no winters and can handle a few rattlesnakes then you should consider Texas. Its affordable, people are nice and down to earth if you avoid the large metropolitan areas that is. Just stay out of Odessa. Its an oilfield town and you will spend out the rear to live there.
@@moriorinvictus9054 Affordable? LMAO!!! What are you smoking? I saw a rat trap falling apart house in Irving with appliances from the eeeeearly 1980s selling for a whopping $284,000. And it's nowhere near 900 sq feet. What affordable housing? There is NONE. The ONLY thing available in Irving or Denton for $100,000 are empty LOTS.
I don’t think I would buy this home for any price, unless it was priced right for investment. I love a open floor plan any my own outside yard space. The closet is to small, no closet space. I think it would make a excellent place for a college person to live… but how many college kids have 5 mil. Congrats to developer who created the tiny home space. It has a lot of storage and the white makes it look larger.
“We’re not gonna slide open this door because it’s finicky and gets stuck”. For $5,000,000 it better open. I understand location etc, but $5 million is still absurd.
Exactly, they better slide open and close automatically and make a noise like I'm on the starship Enterprise.
These types of doors have to be adjusted periodically to maintain opening and closing smoothly--takes about 2 minutes to fix if you know where to look and how to adjust.
Just have then replace when buying! no biggie! I think they will oblige or give you money to.
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obviously you have no idea how real estate works. I could sell someone a dung heap at the right location and they would pay through the nose
I love how none of the virtual mock ups included a bed, they just made every room look like a living room
the bed was in the wall.
@@jemandjemand2362 1 bed on 4 floors
I'm guessing the couch pulled out into a bed.
@@Theyralltakenfu that’s true I feel like a futon would work way better than a super long pull out couch
@@Badminkey7 I actually had a futon for a couple years and I'll be honest, it got tiring. If I had it to do over, I'd buy the pullout couch. The mattresses in them now are equivalent to a bed mattress. Thanks for the comment.
I think if I had 5 million to spend on a home like this I would definitely use the money to get as far from this townhouse as possible
YES! Just think of how much house $5mil would buy you somewhere that is not an overpriced shitbox like NYC.
Right lmaoooo like wtf , idc if Jesus himself once lived in the house I'm not spending 5 million on a shoe box sized townhouse 😂😂😂
Spend like 1/5th of that in a random state in the middle of the US for basically 2 mansions worth of home...
Honestly, I have no idea why you would live in NY on purpose. If your Job is keeping you there that still doesn't mean it's on purpose.
You could basically buy the entire city of Buffalo instead of one building in NYC. Of course you better buy a fleet of bulldozers while you are at it...
Absolutely!
A lot of the "advantages" are actually disadvantages. First off, close space with a fireplace. Disaster waiting to happen. Second off, tourists trying to get inside your home? Third off, the architect turned a very interesting piece of history into a bland and modern small house. What a shame
What a waste of space along the wall, and i'm pretty sure there is a charming red brick behind the plated plaster. I understand that's the easiest way to install AC and insulation, but for a 5M$ house, you can afford a prettier way.
I'm pretty sure none of those "fireplaces" would be allowed to be used with wood. They are cosmetic and decorative.
Nice you stole the ending comment from someone else
You have to think about its history though. It was obviously designed as cheap housing in the 1800s, and the layout was likely not luxurious at all, probably a few private rooms and a kitchen. I think the architect did the best they could with the space
4th off it's in that crime ridden shithole NYC lol
Yeah.... I'm gonna say no on this one. Sticky doors, Murphy beds, and actually no room for a bed on the "owners floor"? Hard pass. $5mill can be better spent imo.
There's no other opinion possible
This would make a killing on Airbnb
You could buy a MASSIVE mansion for 5M in Texas
@@NicoleBing Or a slightly less massive mansion fully furnished ;)
@@NicoleBing was going to comment exactly this 😂
Imagine paying $5,000,000 to share a backyard with 3 other properties, and bedrooms that aren't big enough to fit a bed in.
Just pitch a tent out back and use the rest of the house as your foyer.
And dozens of tourists just standing outside gawking at your house any given day
I would do it if I was a big enough fan of shrek
who the f has 8 foot/wide bed lol
This is far bigger than a tiny house ( of the tiny house movement) there is a lot you can do with this place.
Hey Gang. My mom and I lived in this house from around 1965 to the mid 1970s. It looked totally different back then. The basement had a dirt floor and I took it over and had a lava lamp and turned it into a psychedelic dungeon (I was a teenager in 1965). The kitchen was the first room and had a trap door built into the floor that led to the stairs down into the room. Straight ahead towards the back was the darkish dining room. Upstairs there was one bathroom in the middle, my mom's room towards the back, and my bedroom towards the front. I think we had fireplaces in the rooms. The third floor was one giant living room with front-to-back bookcase with a stereo system.
I can tell you two stories.
The first involves my friend Joel F. He was my roommate at a boarding school. We both dropped out of the boarding school and Joel had nowhere to stay so I told him he could hide out in the basement so my mom wouldn't know. One day, our cleaning and cooking lady put a freshly baked chicken in the fridge and went upstairs to clean. Joel, hungry and smelling the chicken, snuck into the kitchen, taking a quarter of the chicken back down to the basement with him. There was quite a ruckus about an hour later when our cleaning person opened the fridge!
The second story is about me forgetting my keys. It wasn't hard to climb up the window grate and into my second story bedroom, so that is what I did. Apparently, someone thought I was breaking in and called the cops. The doorbell rang and when I went to answer it I was faced by about seven cops, three of which were on their knees in the street pointing guns at my chest! A lot of tense explanations and exchanging of IDs occurred before all was copacetic.
It was a fun place to live!
My mom, a children's book writer even wrote a book about the house: Mr. Skinner's Skinny House. Here's a link to a page about the house on her website (maintained despite her death several years ago) annmcgovern.com/?qatags=mr-skinners-skinny-house
Ps.. in 1965 when we first rented it, the rent was $300 a month!
What a great story you’ve given!! Not that I’m interested in buying the place (even if I could!) but rather because it gives some interesting story of the place. And one thing it really shows us, is how the world has gone practically insane!
Now, yes, $300 a month rent in 1965 was extremely expensive, your mother must have been doing very well for herself to pay so much.
The average home in 1965 rented for $85 a month. So $300 was over 3 times more than the average person was paying. However, that certainly does NOT translate to $5 MILLION dollars today! Not even close.
It just goes to show how prices have become insane, and a gap is forever widening between the rich and the average person, ultimately striving towards the day when average folks can’t afford anything but to live squaller. It’s a sad state we’ve allowed ourselves to be put in.
A fun place to live with neighbors calling the cops on you? Lol 😆
Wow! $300 :). Thanks for sharing your story Peter, awesome!
Seems to have sold recently for 3.4m about 160,000 more then the owner who bought it in 2013 😅
Ha!! Great story.
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Imagine paying $5 million for a house only to sleep in a murphy bed.
lol
And have two closet racks......
NYC in a nutshell
You can literally go anywhere else and buy a nice home. Even in California! You can buy a mansion more than 5 times the sqft of this NYC townhouse for 5 mil.
@@zaramichelle4613 facts the neighborhood is not all that
for the awkward shape the design is really smart for what they had to work with, and doesn’t make it look as small as it is, the white walls, vertical storage, dark ceilings make it look more spacious.
"Make it look more spacious." Maybe. But, in actuality, it ISN'T more spacious. A smidge over 8 feet wide. Choke points include all stairways. No elevator for furniture delivery access to all floors; and no apparent emergency egress during fires or other calamities?
"Look more spacious" isn't being more spacious lol.
Looks spacious. Isn't.
@@TheSGBrown i live in a 600sq ft apartment so i get it lol the listing online looked way bigger than when i moved in, and also let me stress i said “it doesn’t look as small as it is” acknowledging that it is very small lmfao
@@leahtv7778 “it doesn’t look as small as it is” don’t worry i’ve acknowledged that it was small but it doesn’t look as small lmao
A bed would fit comfortably in the common area backyard. If you’re ok with sleeping outside, with no privacy and maybe a few snowstorms, you could make this work.
GIggle
And bugs, a ton of them.
and the possibility of rain
You can sleep outside for free in a place with better weather like California! That's what poor homeless do!
Okay Holly, are you a realtor? Because, for a second I thought yeah that could work! 😂🤣
Imagine paying $5 million for a house without a dining room on the same floor as the kitchen
He also never mentioned if there was a garage for your car. I can't imagine paying 5$ million and not having a space to park my car, that's insane!
That 1st room at the entry should be the dining room. And the living room downstairs in the basement.
@@v.j.3029 It's NYC you don't need a car. Or you'd have a personal chauffeur.
@@v.j.3029 Living in a city like New York means you don't need to have a car. Humans have only had cars for about 100 years, cities have existed for thousands of years. They work fine without car, some would say much better without them.
@@rowaystarco You are right. I lived in Los Angeles my entire adult life, and had a car. I sold my car almost two years ago to move to New York City, and I am getting around just fine without a car. When I see how backed up the traffic is here in New York City, I know I get around much faster on subways than if I had my car.
“So why’d you pay $5M for this tiny house?”
_Well, the man who illustrated shrek used to live here_
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'll five you 10 million then
My first response would be, "WTF 🤯 BFD, what are nuts?! But that's just me. 😁
Now it’s worth 100 million
Easily worth over 2x US GDP
Can't believe they're touting historical interest while having to immediately shut the door so tourists don't follow inside. A nuisance like that should lower the price considerably, not raise it.
People will buy things not because they really want them, but because it’s something other people like & want.
If anyone could actually justify buying this it would probably be better to just let the tourists in and charge for it, lol.
There are a lot of rich people in the world who are insane and will buy whatever because.... gasp... why help others when you can just buy a weird small apartment
A series where you bring the person who priced it at 5mil dollars to explain why and how they justify the price would be interesting lol...
He did sort of explain in the beginning.
Simple, same as here in Oz🇦🇺, because we have a whole generation that believes the price of real estate can never drop, so if they (stupidity) paid $4.5m then it must be $5m now.
Its Manhattan. Simple as that.
Lol! It's because it's historical, the neighborhood, and it has outdoor space. I get what you mean though. 5m for this is ridiculous...
He did. The intro
As someone who prefers small spaces, I’d definitely live here. The bathroom is amazing, I love the old beams, the green space is genuinely beautiful, and I’m 5’3” so I wouldn’t have a problem with the lower ceilings downstairs. I think the best way to maximize your limited bed space would be to get some kind of raised bed, the open space underneath it would make the room seem less jammed full of stuff and you could use it as a small seating area. Still, I could never ever justify spending $5 million on this, even if I had that money to to use.
I am 5'1" so I would have NO problem with any of the ceiling heights and a twin or full sized bed would be just fine for me. However, for $5mil I would at least like room enough for a dining room table.
Yeah, I think they have done a terrible job on the staging and interior design in terms of end use. They seem to have made a 3 lounge/sitting room, 2 bathroom, one kitchen, one bed house...and the bedroom doesn't have the closet in it, and none of the closet space is long enough for full length coats or dresses. The front room on the same level as the kitchen would be the dining room for mine, downstairs library/music/lounge room, 3 level bathroom and bedroom, fourth would need to be remodelled as well to a functional bedroom and study/art space.
I currently live in a narrow, one room to a level, 4 storey back--to-back townhouse and the extra light compared to ours, ventilation, clever stairwell, kitchen on the entry level, and use of convertible furniture would all be awesome - but so would better insulation, proper sealing from the wet in the basement room, room in the bathroom to sit straight on the loo....
Or a real bed omg 😮
@@urbaninterlude should we make a dining/living room , as your suggestion?
samee
I'm 5'16" (what I tell people, it isn't a typo) and my wife is 5'0". She'd have no problems with it. And probably would have no problem with me not being able to be there! Kidding...
As a college student, this is more space than I could possibly need.
That's also gonna cost me more than I'll ever make.
so, your imagination and self esteem are that low? how can you even say such things about yourself? 5 mil is nothing in 21 century, get on it!
5 mil is a lot ! That’s set me for life in the “21st century” lol
@@DenisUspeshny I bet you don't even have 5 euro
Heh, yeah.. And kiss any dreams you have of having children goodbye!
@@DenisUspeshny and how many millions have you made, exactly?🤔🤔🤔
This feels like a Sims house with a basement filled with the most expensive items to make it $5 million
😀
Real Life Sims 4 Tiny Living House
Trying to build it right now lol sucks we don't have spiral stairs in the game.
@@melissacorbin1755 you can like bend and twist them around tho
Sims: NYC
We come in to find a hapless Sim spinning in place, surrounded by a tiny amount of furniture, unable to fulfill literally any of his needs. He has shit on the easel, which does not count as art, and he will soon succumb to dehydration. But at least he's doing it in the same place as a guy who drew Shrek.
They finished this place really nicely, but I’m surprised the owner of 75 didn’t buy this to enlarge their home. That would’ve been awesome, unless the preservation board won’t allow that.
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Was thinking the same thing. Maybe as a guest house.
A nice piece of history but man.. who is buying this lol
honerstly, if i could. me
Imagine all the people taking pictures and wanting to look in your place 24/7 ehhh...
Me too!
Nobody. That’s why it’s sitting there for sale
I think some rich folks are going to buy this just to brag, cause it has history
They really took an amazing piece of architectural history, and turned into the most bland, boring town home I've ever seen.
Damn true
I was thinking the same thing. What a shame.
@@Heavydutyrocknroll Depends on your lifestyle in NYC. I could live it in this place.
This vid just made me want to search another walkthru of the actual place before they Reno’d it
so much white you could go snow blind
Having a 6’4 dude show this house off was a mistake lol, he makes it look even smaller!
@Tarver David i am 5'7'' lmaoo
@@tardtryinhard and I'm 5ft 6inches I would be just fine
@Tarver David you’re smoking, 6’4 is not short
@Tarver David you are literally on crack or something
@x123 are u full-grown or nah?
Most definitely. In the birds nest too. Simple and dope setting. Thank u for the share.
“TONS of storage built in” - *opens one small cupboard*
i know right, have 4 closets and full living room furniture and kings size bed... for far less than $1m
To be fair, there were a crap ton of little cupboards and hidey holes in that place.
😅😅😅
I mean yeah it's nice looking and spacious enough to live in.... but for like 50k.. lol, it's absurd that anyone would even consider paying 5mil for that.. then again people buy things like Gucci and Nike shit.....
Notice how they never staged a room with a bed in it.
At 5.36 they did. But from they’re rendered vantage point, one would be standing on the corner of the bed hovered in the ceiling 🤣 and lnot to mention, the fireplace
I noticed that too. Guess you're sleeping on a couch lol
i read this as i watched a visual staging with a bed lmaooo
As nice and remodeled as it is, I wouldn’t pay 5 million dollars for that place.
I honestly woudn't even call that a nice remodel. The shelvings look cheap. The doors are flimsy and unstable. The fireplaces are impractical, as in ... why in the bathroom? Why where you have to place your bed? Like, you know that thing is super narrow.
@@reddo6092 - Right. $5 million and it has sticky doors? They couldn't afford some WD40?
Even for new york 5 mil is just insane.
One mile east and the same money gets you a five bedroom, seven bathroom, 4500 square foot freestanding house with a back yard and a two-car garage.
Preach! That apartment was awkward for 500 dollars! Aint no way in the world, i'm going pay someone 5 million dollars to feel cramped and awkward in my own living space! New Yorkers are crazy!
The lighting the tub everything I'm in love
There’s nothing historic left. They renovated all the charm and nostalgia right out of there. For that reason alone, it’s not worth even 1/2 the price
1/4*
But you get a few of the original beams and a faucet for that price...
@@jamestrellu9043 come on now get a bit more real. 1/16th****
@@avylynn4523 lol
@@ML-jk3sz imagine the reasoning “the beam and faucet…. Beautiful… so original” 🤣
1. The storage in the kitchen/against the stairway should be sliding doors to maximize space.
2. Add a sunroom extension in the garden for a small breakfast/dining area.
3. Use as a small museum about NYC historic architectural because you can’t really fit a dang bed :)
the city that never sleeps am i right? you dont need a bed here :)
@@1GekoKing 😂😂 that’s what they had in mind!!))))
It should be a counter that is open underneath for chairs or stools so that people can actually sit and eat in the kitchen.
You can fit a bed in there.
I'm only 5'6, and I felt queasy and claustrophobic watching him walk through that basement. I can't imagine how he felt doing that at 6'4! Cute house, but I would pass on paying 5 million for it.
Even in NYC, I’m sure there are more palatable places to live in for $5Mil. Lol
Same and I'm 5'2
lots of comments here about the size, location and the price. I'm wondering what the property taxes are for this sliver of real estate? Are the taxes based upon the sq footage, the location, the selling price of the property? As I'm not from NYC...I have no idea how property taxes are determined in Gotham City...but just wondering?
A milionaire who wants to feel "humble" would buy this apartament 😂
😂😂😂😂😂
Lol
Would probably make a killing as an air bnb
Meanwhile for 5 mil out in NJ you can get a five bedroom, three car garage, in ground pool, 6000 sq foot, with 10 acres.
Is there such a thing?
I'm always amazed by the difference in living costs and property costs across the world. For $5 million you could get a 3 story hotel or mansion with a massive yard where I'm from. Edit: when I say massive yard I mean basically a football field or 3
You can literally get a wholeass actual historical castle in Europe for that.
@@rateater1857
2 renovated ones probably...
Where are you from
@@pankajchahal2929 Botswana 🇧🇼
My parents sold their house for just a little over a mil. It was a 6,000 sqft, 5 bedroom 6 bath house with its own guest house, pool, tiki bar in the backyard, beehives on the property. It all depends on location
Videos like these make me appreciate not living in a city such as NYC.
Lol - videos like these make me want to move to NYC 😂
+ ny city tax
I could live there if I was much younger. It’s very well-designed and really maximizes the space. I’d definitely add a bathroom on that top floor. Thanks for the tour.
When I lived there there was one bathroom on the second floor. It was plenty!
That's actually really cute for a single person except for the price tag. I love the original/Antique stuff.
I have to agree . I mean...if I randomly came into more money than I could ever need I'd buy this in a heartbeat. I think it's beautiful. I mean sure...I could buy a big mansion somewhere else, but why?
I live alone, and that's how I like it and even my two bedroom apartment seems wasteful sometimes. I sometimes sleep in the spare-bedroom just to get my money's worth.
All depends on how you like to live. That would suit me just fine. Ummm can I have five million dollars please?
@@paulmackay7265 I couldn't. Where am I gonna put my stuff.
Ikr! The backyard and sunlight and everything, I imagine this house would be a dream to live in through my 20s and early 30s. If it weren't for the price and the tourist nuisance, this place would be amazing.
@Kyle Byrne 4? Lmao
@Kyle Byrne With 4 people, i think it gets a lil' too cramped to be as cute as it would be to one person though
As narrow as it is, it's an AMAZING use of space. But not for $5 million! Whoever pays that much for this is nuts, as nice as it is
I'd rather get a mansion in Texas instead
Facts
Location, location,location
It's New York
I would pay
From Zillow as of 3/3/22: property taxes: $3293/mo, insurance: $1572/mo. So even if I pay $5M cash for it, I’m stuck paying $4865/mo for a house where I can’t fit a decent size bed? Beautiful remodeling but not worth it :/
Thanks for info
I was wondering about taxes
Yikes
This house is worth nothing. 5 million😂, the owner can keep dreaming
Absolutely stunning! Would definitely live in that, being only 5ft tall, wouldn’t be a problem!
Marcia ~ I'm also 5ft. I'd live there too. We petite ladies def have our advantages. :)
as someone who loves minimalism, i actually like this. forgetting the fact that it's 5 mil tho. unfortunately people goes and looking at it like a tourist attraction... not a big fan
Every house you’ve ever been in or lived in has had a house tour. Unless you own land and built it.
@@GodofFinesse no i mean people looking at it bcs it's also a piece of history. like tourist passing by stopped just to look at it. it's not pleasant at least for me if buy the house and pedestrian kinda stop to look at it. it can b a bit creepy
agreed!! its generally a good space. very cozy.
@@d6pravity Yeah until you have to pay the price and bills..
You may be able to get section 8
“Kind of like an escape- or a secret entrance.” Dude,,, it’s literally just an alleyway.
😁😃😃😃😃🤣
Obviously, the historical significance contributed to the high price of that flat, but I appreciate how well it utilized the available space.
Besides the price, I LOVE IT! Wish there was more of a private backyard, but still, everything is still so useable! I would definitely remodel the master bedroom though, the space could really be utilized better!
I’ve seen RVs with more space.
No wonder New Yorkers are so angry. $5 million to live in a three story broom closet is insane.
Lol dont 4get this is the smallest place in the city (at that price in that neighborhood) Everyone doesn't live like that.
Do u say this about tiny homes as well? No one bad mouths tiny homes!
@@mariecolette170 Are people paying 5 mil for a tiny home?
@@WorldsOkayestSorcerer its rly bull****.Nobody is gonna buy this
@@themooch8752 Oh no. Somebody will. There is, indeed, a sucker born every minute. All it takes is convincing some sap that this overpriced closet is a status symbol.
@@WorldsOkayestSorcerer seems like you're pretty trashy if you really care about status
Got to use the “Pivot” method to carry furniture to the top floors lol
what did you mean by 'pivot'? Lol.
@@nickclark7123 Its a joke from the show “Friends” where in one episode there’s a joke about the work pivot.
Ahhhhh a fellow “Friends” watcher. 😊
What furniture? With the hallway and stairs space I'm pretty sure the furniture would have to be built in the room you're gonna put it.
@@nickclark7123 it’s from the tv show “Friends” 🙂.
Why would anyone give that master bathroom for the guest room? The guest room is for sure the master room. Me personally, basement is living room/gaming room, first floor is kitchen/dinning room, second floor, master room/master bathroom and third floor, office/guest room. The guest room would be really nice for a day bed. That way can take nice naps in between working in your office. Either way its beautiful and unique place. The secret little garden just tops it off.
Why would anyone have their living room in their basement? Living room is the room you spend most of your time in, so you would like the biggest windows and most light there. Secondly, Europeans for instance are very hospitable and like to offer the most comforts for their guests.
@@katjuusa Americans usually have two living rooms in their homes. One is a formal living room to welcome guests and the other is a family room where they watch tv at night and play video games. I feel like the formal living room barely gets any use so naturally in a tiny place like this, it would get eliminated. I might be too Americanized by now but I wouldn’t care about offering my guest the best spot in the house lol (I’m European but I’ve lived in the US for 10 years now).
@@katjuusa I mean you typically wouldn't use a basement as a living room but in this situation I would. When you have 5-10 people over, do you all really wanna be in that little room? I personally think the basement would be way more comfortable as a living space but I like big a sectional couch that can fit like 4-6 people easily and nice reclining chairs. Besides what if you want to have guest over for dinner? Yall gonna sit in the living room to eat?
Who would spend 5 million dollars to be cramped and uncomfortable in that awkward apartment is the real question? There was nothing functional in the entire apartment!
@@shellybaby5th Well you can always walk by admire it from a distance, like most sane people. However to pay 5,000,000 dollars to live in that awkwardly designed place is not the best way to spend your money!
This a steal at $5,000,000. I love it! If possible, I'd turn the basement into a small efficiency apartment to rent. Incredible! Wow....
They most impressive thing about this was the virtual staging.
right?!
Right! I wouldn't buy this house for 5 dollars.
People live in tiny homes with much less space. Why is everyone acting all bougie about this place?
@@mariecolette170 because it’s $5mm…
There was definitely some photoshop voodoo going on.
If the house now stands where a driveway for carriages used to be, I'm guessing the backyard probably had horse stables at one time. Fascinating to think how that space has changed as times have evolved.
In my English town, there's a house like that in almost every road. Some houses are even called The Stables.
See, you get it; that $5mil seems quite reasonable when you consider the history.
In europe there are tons and tons of homes like this that dont go for 5m
@@raphaelb5237 well, yeah, but the catch is ya gotta live in Europe! 😅
@@locomadman last time checked, history was useless
Neighbour: What’s he doing in my backyard
Him: Our backyard
*soviet national anthem intensifies*
Ahahaha
@@A_couple_of_cakepies 🤣🤣🤣
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Same thoughts about how newyorkers are a bunch of commies
Crazy, that a place like this, even with its flaw of being the narrowest in town (something I truly doubt), has more character that all the other NY Townhouses if seen on UA-cam nowadays.
It’s a great space, with lots of character. I also loved the fact that you are living in a space that has such an interesting history. I could see myself living in it quite comfortably, but not for $5 million.
Ditto, ditto, and ditto!
I just don’t get the fascination for New York City. I lived about 1/2 hour from New York City for most of my life & I think I have been there four times at the most. Just because people say New York City is great does not mean that it is folks.
@@sunnydaze2359 Where do you live?
@@agentcooper6179 used to live in North Jersey. Morris county
@@sunnydaze2359 Lived in New York for a bit…it’s fun… but once the novelty wears off it just becomes another city.
5 million bucks and the door doesn’t operate properly.
Lol this is like a sick joke.
I think it being in NY plays a huge role for it being this expensive, and maybe the history behind it.
An insane person would buy such thing, who knows maybe even the price rose after this video.
Fixing thw door would increase the property value by 100k
US people are crazy for money...
@@dontsubscribeme5318 the comments on Eriks videos get stupider every time I look
That’s just NYC
For the amount of things in that apartment that still required fixing, updating, or further renovation it is unconscionable that someone would be charging $5 million for that property regardless of what human being lived in it at some point in time. 🤦♀️ Whoever buys this house should honestly get a smack upside the head.
I concur except for the smacking upside the head. Therapy YES!!!!!!!
Nothing needs fixed
What exactly has to be fixed, updated or renovated?
@Mordecai and Rigby yeah... we're totally mad because we can't afford it.. go buy a 5 million dollar coffin then
The seller isn't "charging" 5 million, he/she is "asking" 5 million. There is a difference, mainly in the fact that it will sell at whatever price a willing buyer and a willing seller agree upon. The other factor is whether there is anything else in the immediate area that can be bought for 5 mil or less.
In a heartbeat yes!!! The private outdoor space sold it for me!
I used to pass this home all the time and wonder what it looked like inside. The design is great, given the limited dimensions, but thanks for reminding me yet again why I left that city! You pay a fortune for nothing! Yes, you get to live in the West Village, but much of the artistic and bohemian flare that made it legendary is gone.
But you could poop down the SAME SEWER LINE as a guy who drew Shrek!
@@googiegress Thats worth the 5mil!
Beautiful apartment, in the best city of the world.
yes I lived there too only people who live there know how overrated it is.
@@edj572 There are better cities.
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It‘s so beautiful, especially all the outdoor space and balconies. I guess you could perfectly live there on your own without a significant other because you can only fit a smaller bed in there easily. I wouldn‘t want to hinge down my bed every day.
The reason this house is so expensive is because it’s a “historical landmark.” In New York City you could get a regular sized townhouse for the same price or cheaper.
It's also right at the heart of what is one of NYC's most expensive areas in a quaint street, in NYC that's gold and real estate is usually about location more than anything else.
Or a mansion in any other non dilapidated city lol New York is dead
@@Goingby20s this, it’s literally in Greenwich village, and it’s a landmark, no wonder they are charging out the arse
People who are not from New York don’t care and could find better use with $5 million elsewhere. I could go to Texas and have acres for 5 million.
@@adubw2016 true, I'm just explaining one of the factors that plays a role in the price (not saying they're not overasking), but some people think prices in Manhattan are all the same, when that's not the case, prices will change a lot based on neighborhoods and even based on street/location within a neighborhood.
Definitely! A true tiny house in the "world's best city", New York City.
“Look at all the greenery!” Lmao, NYers have a strange perception of things
No... just this fool who's trying to find a justifiable reason for the price.
Yes. It’s called delusion.
Lol
I hear you. I live on Vancouver Island😂. A tiny bit of grass and a few potted trees doesn’t make it a “green area”. Mind you perhaps to a city dweller who doesn’t know any different it is.
we should roll about 5000 barrels of toxic nerve gas into NYC and do the world a favor.
"Why would someone pay so much money to live in a shoebox?"
*realizes I'm living in a 1 room dorm with a roommate for way too much money*
Oh sweetheart, good thinking ,bNew York City would eat you live
Kind of just had the same realization while watching this video on my bunked bed in my dorm room with my roommate underneath me lmao
I'm paying over $1000 a month for a studio just outside downtown Allentown, PA. One room with a closed-off kitchen and a bathroom. I have two roommates but they're guinea pigs so it's okay. They do not contribute to the rent at all but they're cute.
Hmm…. Perhaps because he/ she Is a snob living on daddy’s trust fund who wants to impress so called “friends” throwing a daytime party (no sleep over unless hanging from the staircase or garden balcony) ?!
You aren't paying for the room, you're paying for the salaries and operations of Residence Life and their political bullsh*t.
this apartment wins two guiness records, for being the most slimmest to being the most unprivate and easiest to rob
It's great for exhibitionists so they can take a bath in full view of the neighbor next door
I absolutely love it. It's beautiful! It's like a big tiny house. :D But never would I spend that amount of money on it.
Not only the outside, but also the interior design looks insanely Dutch. The steep stairs are pretty common, especially in older houses in the Netherlands. Most of the stairs in the Netherlands are also pretty narrow and in a spiral, to save more space. Also the way the kitchen looks and it's location is also very common. I mean it's quite logical it looks so Dutch, because New York was New Amsterdam and the were a lot of Dutch people.👌🏻
I live in Netherlands. The houses are small like this. Staircase is steep, I agree.❤️❤️
@Repent!. already done that😊
@@kleintje4391 You are talking about cities center, cause I've been to Friesland and Groningen and those "farmers" have huge and beautiful houses.. Really big as barns as they were really barns 40 years ago, now renovated as home. Never seen farmers so rich . lol
@@basje78 Yep. I seen those houses. They are incredibl. But I live in the city. So most homes like this one❤️❤️❤️
this is true i went to Amsterdam and went in Anne Franks house and the stairs there are like ladders. and first time i went to Amsterdam i couldnt believe how many bikes i was seeing at the sides of the road down every street.
that's the definition of cozy. Imagine how good the a/c or heat would work because its smaller, but it would have to include the best modern soundproofing for it to be worth it. also the staging photos was a really nice touch.
That's a great idea!
I looked at buying a row home in Baltimore that was only 8 feet wide. It had GORGEOUS custom wood decoration inside, as the owner was a carpenter. Cost less than 10% of this one too. It sounds awful but the brick walls make perfect sound proofing and the quality of the custom work was so high it was incredible and a king size bed could still fit, you just couldn't walk around it. It had a similar backyard.
Cool story. Tell it again.
@@phoebs01 were you expecting to get likes with this comment? 🤣
@@itz_rag8142 no?
Get rekt phoebs
@@Quasar-fv8to cope
You know, videos like this only make the property more famous and unique and increase its value. So thanks for contributing to the outrageous real estate prices. If no one gave a shit, this place would be forgotten.
Imagine owning a 5 million dollar house yet you don’t even have your own private parking space. Not even for a tiny car. 😅
Its an historic townhouse
OF COURSE YOUR NOT GONNA HAVE PARKING!
Practically Nobody in New York has a car. Insurance is so expensive people actually use loan companies to pay for it.
@@TheStarswearee at 5 million dollars it better have it's own private garage.
Why would you ever need a car in a city with public transport.
Have you been to New York ? You do not need a car lol most people don’t have cars
I don't know why, but this is undoubtedly one of my favourite houses showed by you Erik. I think that the outdoor space is the best part of the house because it is so private and it doesn't seem that you are in new york.
Totally agree. That little private park is worth a mil right there.
I would definitely live there, particularly with that awesome back yard space; just...not for that price point. It's a very cool place. Looking at property values in NYC always makes me feel great about living in Baltimore.
Why would you want to live in a shit hole like New York? Crime is thru, it's struggling to stay alive, Cuomo and his buddies has brought up all the properties so they can hike the prices even worse than they are. New York is a dying piece of American history.
You know NYC is bad when people from Baltimore scoff at it.
@@RSpracticalshooting I love NYC, but it's just not much of a place of opportunity anymore; Baltimore has plenty of issues, but it's still a great place with a lot of potential and very passionate residents trying to make life better.
Comparing NYC to Baltimore 🤦♀️
Baltimore is a wonderful town! Alot of historical sections with small row homes. Don't knock it til you've lived there.
Very unique and cozy. I love the exposed beams.
People have convinced themselves that living like this is okay.
That's the thing about NYC that I'll never understand. People actually want to live on top of one another, paying through the roof for barely any room in their tiny apartments, paying high tax rates, high costs of living, just for what? They enjoy living like that? I'll never understand why.
@@internetuser8371 not everyone wants to live in the boring suburbs
@@shaunmckenzie5509 i guess some people really do love living in homemade prisons
The people that don’t want to live that way move after a while.
@@harsh3948 I'd happily live in that 'prison', so I guess you're right
As a former New Yorker, I fantasized about having a place like this in the city. The secret garden is dreamy. And the endless fireplaces are amazing. I will say that the middle floor is what I think of as the "master bedroom" floor. The top floor is the office floor. And the basement floor is the kids area. If I had 5 mil and needed to live in NYC again, I would totally buy this place!
"Do you think you could live in this narrow apartment?"
-Yes i could.. but that's beside the point.
the factual point is, i'm not going to pay 5 million to cramp myself in a narrow apartment..
on top of that, some doors don't really work how they're supposed to.
But hey, if anyone else desires a tight living space for this absurd amount of money, please.. by all means take it.
You’ll be better off buying 4 53’ shipping containers and stacking them, and be under $100,000 USD.
Maybe you’ll be close to 200k after everything is assembled and connected. 5 million for that is a joke.
No it really is COULD u pay 5 million to cramp urself in a narrow apartment..
@@AdamRud47 but your shipping container wouldn’t be in New York
@@AdamRud47 Shipping containers make terrible houses
5 mil for a cramped space, in a town where there's atleast one murder every night, in the US. No thank you. I would rather spend that money on a beach villa in Italy or maybe a mansion in Sweden or Norway close to nature.
I would love it infact I would turn the down stairs room into the main bedroom ( I like a dark bedroom) and turn the others into a study and game room 😁
I'd live there but wouldn't pay 5 million, even if I had it, that's insane.
Even if I could afford it, I wouldn’t want that place. Though the history is really cool, I’d rather have a decent house or cottage in the country.
Easily a frickin mansion at other place
Yeah, one that is'nt as brutully modernised as this!
Psh for 5 million I'd buy a ranch in the mountains in Montana
Imagine going to NYC and being like “let’s go see the narrowest apartment in the city”
NYC truly is a magnet for people with no imagination.
The visual staging can just make any dungeon look like a heaven
Born and raised in NYC. This is a great deal! Beautiful neighborhood. That garden alone is almost unheard of!
It’s very well remodeled, however it makes me feel very claustrophobic.
Me too. And Im 5'4".
Same I’m 5’4 as well
im 5'3 sjsjjss
A one room microflat just sold in London for £90k. It is a single room, 7sq metres or 75 sq ft. The fridge and microwave are under the single bunk bed, with a fold out table on the wall. The bathroom is a one metre sq cubicle with toilet and shower combined. They were offering it for £50k but demand was so high it gained 80% value.
So what I'm hearing is every time I shower, my toilet gets cleaned AUTOMATICALLY?! And if I should feel the need to poop while showering, I can just let fly? What luxury.
@Rose Dallas Yes, houses prices in UK are insane. Low wages and high living costs. Historically, house prices double every 10 years particularly in London so it is always a good investment to buy.
@@googiegress That's how bathrooms are in Asia. Every time you shower, the whole bathroom gets a cleanup. The drain is right on the floor and you have to turn on the water heater when you're planning to take your shower.
The Toilet and shower Idea is a good selling point, you'd never have to wipe your ass, and taking a dump in a steaming shower must feel nice.
In a heartbeat - it's perfection
There's a much better solution than having a Murphy Bed and that's a sofa bed for the top bedroom. It saves space too plus one can use it as a sofa during the day that a MB cannot offer.
Or just sleep on the sofa. That works too. LOL
Sofa beds are really uncomfortable. Murphy Bed usually uses a standard mattress and are much more comfortable.
for $5million i need to be sleeping in a KING with 50 pillows. not a murphy bed where i can touch both walls at the same time.
Agreed. They staged it with a sofa too. That would work much better.
@@captaincanes someone didn't see the episode of Seinfeld where Elaine threw her back out of Jerry's parents sofa-bed lol ...
Honestly, that's super smart design. I love the footprint of that house, and would legitimately live there if not for the price. I know it's New York, but that's absurd
There's no laundry space. There's no storage space. You can't have friends over cause there's no space for an extra bed.
@@bananasaur5209 some people are introverted and into minimalism
@@bananasaur5209 brooo i didn't even notice, you're right!! 5 million and you still have to use a laundromat😂😭
@@coolbeans8878 that's absolutely insane for me. that's like developing world kind of quality.
the floorplan is like my sims houses: makes no sense but works somehow
I would love it! It is all a single person needs!
The Platform 9 & 3/4 of NY
Imagine waking up seeing an actual tour group just looking in your window 😂
😂 ikr
Imagine always having to close your blinds or not being able to walk around naked in your own $5M “house”.
I've had that. My first flat in London was ground floor on the Thames Pathway, walking groups would always stop and peer in. We would wave. Some folk were embarrassed and jumped back. Others just waved back. It was an awesome flat... apart from that. It came with a carpark, a nine minute walk to Canary Wharf , 30 minutes to Tower Bridge, was on the riverside. "only" 230GBP a week... in 1999.
When I lived there in the sixties it was about once a month, if that. Today it would be much more of an issue.
i feel like this house lacks any type of character with the updating they did. the storage is great but why not play into the history and add back in more antique features
I don’t even like antique, but I agree with you. Just blah on this one.
I think the preserved beams from the original construction, the walkout to the patio, the claw tub with original fixtures give it some character. Plus just the uniqueness of the narrow exterior and original external brickwork. Then again, I'm partial to modern/contemporary architecture, so I love the clean smooth insides. Having grown up in plenty of NYC's brownstones before they became trendy, I can tell you there's nothing romantic about living with some of those antique features.
Agree. The top to bottom bright white paint job is so uninviting.
Agree the floor colour looks cheap
i think it’s cool on a historical sense but i felt so anxious just looking at you navigating that townhouse
I laughed when the presenter said at the beginning “huge storage space” and he was trying to sell that idea too, by the end he was like #%*@ it, this is tiny!
They can’t even fit real doors lol
Wow, the previous owner of this house randomly invited myself and the party I was with in to view the property. Can't believe I recognised this house and they've now put it on the market. The house has a nice finish to it in person.
I live in nyc currently and this and places like is exactly why I'm leaving. However I will say this, if you look at the dimensions you can easily get 3 45ft shipping containers and use this as the floor plan for somewhere else if you were a minimalist or wanted something inexpensive. 😉
This is a very good idea 🧐🤔
If you like no winters and can handle a few rattlesnakes then you should consider Texas. Its affordable, people are nice and down to earth if you avoid the large metropolitan areas that is. Just stay out of Odessa. Its an oilfield town and you will spend out the rear to live there.
@@moriorinvictus9054 Affordable? LMAO!!! What are you smoking? I saw a rat trap falling apart house in Irving with appliances from the eeeeearly 1980s selling for a whopping $284,000. And it's nowhere near 900 sq feet. What affordable housing? There is NONE. The ONLY thing available in Irving or Denton for $100,000 are empty LOTS.
@@moriorinvictus9054 Well, last winter would like to call...that said, it's nothing like the northern states.
@@moriorinvictus9054 i wanna avoid hurricanes haha
I'm not a native speaker of English, but I really want to understand living in NYC, so I love the subtitles you made. Thank you! 🙏
The virtual staging makes it look a bit more spacious and more hopeful
what they don't want you to know is that they used miniature furniture for the virtual staging
I don’t think I would buy this home for any price, unless it was priced right for investment. I love a open floor plan any my own outside yard space. The closet is to small, no closet space. I think it would make a excellent place for a college person to live… but how many college kids have 5 mil. Congrats to developer who created the tiny home space. It has a lot of storage and the white makes it look larger.
I find it hilarious how in every virtual staging photo, the room was staged with a couch because they also know that you can't fit a bed in there 😂
Technically, by California standards, it doesn't have even one bedroom.
A bedroom requires a closet. Sorry, a linen cabinet is NOT a closet.
A mini couch
@XTA
So in New York, a room that's 5x7 and will accommodate a twin bed but without a closet counts as a bedroom?
You could fit a twin bed in there. So that room would work for a single person or a child.
Incredible! Greetings from Milan, italy