Absolutely not. That is criminal. No bathroom, you’re literally in a room on a 5th floor walk up, and someone has the balls to charge $1600 a month? Nope. A complete scam.
$1600!!! I wouldn’t pay that much for even a normal size one Br! Let alone this tiny box. But I’m from a cheaper area in Texas so maybe that’s just regional preference
carrie twickler SAME! for a minute I was thinking...maybe I would be able to make that work. Then she showed the SHARED bathroom. It’s one toilet. And one shower. For everyone on the floor. Not even stalls. Hell no.
I live in a "room" half that size and I cook, sleep, study and doing everything in that room and the shared bathroom way more awful than in this video, that is way better than here. But the rent price here is only 40 usd/month. Most of uni student in my country choose to stay in this kind of housing.
It might be for people from industrial countries, but for the majority of humankind, a studio apartment like that in the city center would be luxurious. Yes it is tiny, but it has running water and a heater and is clean and safe. People need to realize that living in big spaces is a luxury. Living in a tiny hut and having to walk 5 miles to a dirty river to get water is awful. This is quite luxurious
@@finh3052 So you're talking about as a University student right? Similar to dorm living? That's a different story and at $40 dollars a month? Can't compare the two.
@@Mary.12fly but the condition is much worse than US college dorm. I'm just pointing out the comment above that there's another worse place than that, in fact I would love to live there, but what not makes this apartement okay is the price.
@@versatilevlogger9332 It's been awhile since I've studied it. And looking back, I wish I had a more comprehensive study of history, economics and government. So this is my interpretation and foggy memory of capitalism, and by no means am I positioning myself as an authority concerning the topic. But yeah, my thinking: Capitalism is a system that may imply possibility & upward mobility for those who work for it, free market right? Yet it is inherently flawed because it's conceived from an idea that is indefinite consumption and profit. A never-ending & unchecked machine. It's always been most advantageous to those with land, capital, & resources. But land, resources, and capital were never attainable for all- sometimes regardless of work ethic and smarts. What one inherits (land, resources, connections, etc) is a strong factor. Then you add govt influence or networks, and more layers are piled upon the basic principles of capitalism. Capitalism always creates an untamable beast. One that reaches beyond that of the countries that utilize it: wealth that is untouchable, corruption that's able to grow new tails no matter how many are chopped off. And the more it gets "attacked (regulated)", or made to answer for it's visible transgressions, the deeper it burrows it's claws and the more clever it becomes. It's not entirely bad, because it also brings forth healthy competition, advances in technology and science and opportunities many would not get in other economies. But I don't believe you can have the good of capitalism without having the uncontrollable beast, which eventually becomes the true governing system of a country (in lieu of the illusion of government & societal power). I believe the indefiniteness of capitalism is the main problem.
GotThat2020Vision Perhaps, but it’s more a function of supply & demand. If more people actually moved out than moved in to manhattan, prices would go down. But people still move there. It’s still in high demand. If anything will change that trend that has held steady in Manhattan for centuries, maybe prices would go down. As more people & companies realize they can just work remotely. Maybe it would hasten the companies leaving those towers in the city and moving elsewhere, going remote. Perhaps only leaving NYC as the center of finance and a few core functions. Why bother with an HQ there anymore? Even many finance companies have moved out of Manhattan and into the suburbs. And Broadway, I bet, will have real issues returning. Theatres in general. Maybe their days are numbered. The future economic growth is mostly tech and biotech, and that’s not happening in NYC. I expect to see further takeover of the west coast as Silicon Valley continues it’s expansion, and more regional offices throughout the country. As well as more remote workers. We have lots of remote WFH people at my company and it works quite well. One lady lives on a working horse farm in the country while working on cutting edge stuff for our company.
I'm 100% convinced they're renting a storage room as an "apartment". I was born and have lived in NYC in my entire life and even I find this ridiculous
@@BagznBirdz This was 99% likely an SRO, single room occupancy. They were for people who were nearly destitute and needed a steady place to sleep for very little money, back when they were made for that purpose. It was not meant to be even considered an apartment.
Japan and one hotel here in Anchorage Alaska rent human size, letdown to get in drawers! You can barely sit up in them! Here in anchorage these drawers rent for $800! Qupgugiag Inn, Anchorage, Alaska!
This was the most polite review of an "apartment" I've ever seen. When she said 1600 a month..I almost died. I don't care where it's located, that price is highway robbery. I like cozy spaces, but this is claustrophobic.
I don't understand why they didn't turn the closet into a small bathroom. Or at least a toilet. If I had to choose between closet and bathroom. Bathroom definitely wins.
Honestly the more I look at this the more annoyed I get. They could have at least made the shared bathroom bigger by maybe eliminating one room. The landlords are just greedy.
peaches Since they can rent it out for a pretty good amount of money as is... they aren’t going to bother with a costly remodeling project. Landlords in nyc can get away with a a lot because the demand is there. I’ve seen more normal sized apartments with this hallway bathroom type setup in nyc also.
At least dorms have community restrooms that have several of each amenity. The fact that everyone on that floor shares one single commode is absolutely disgusting.
The ***toilet is bedside*** in some micro-apartments in Seattle. Seriously - no walls around the toilet & no kitchenette, either. See photos and article titled: U District micro-apartment: affordable steal or ‘prison cell’? At seattle . curbed . com Disgusting!!!! We've got to fight this & get affordable housing!
Justpaul I guess they meant having to share the bathroom with strangers. Obviously no one would have a problem with sharing their bathroom with friends and family but I wouldn’t share it with just my neighbor or anyone else in my apartment block
Ok, I'm from the midwest. How is renting a closet even legal. That's a closet, that's not an apartment. No bathroom? No. EDIT: It's been 8 months since I've seen this comment, we're all in the midst of a pandemic, and the realization that this apartment requires you to share a bathroom with strangers is literally CRIMINAL. Jail cells are bigger.
I know, this gal never mentioned or showed us a bathroom. Is there one down the hall for the whole floor? We know New Yorkers are crazy, but really they'd have the nerve to shoe this as an apartment? Is someone on crack?
I'm from New York and think this is ridiculous! People who usually live in these type of apartments are people that are not from New York and want live that Sex in the City Life just to say that they live in the city. I've met a lot of people from different states that jumped on Apartments like this and thought it was an opportunity so that they can say they live in the city now. Really sad!
As a New Yorker, this is no way shape or form worth $1600. Location is important but you literally would have more space living outside.. under a tree..😫
There is a hotel for Women 2 blocks away. $1700/month includes a room 50-300% larger than this flophouse, private bath, large closet, fully-furnished, utilities, WiFi, 212# with direct dialing, rooftop garden, lounges, exercise room, and two meals a day. A/C rental in the summer was about $20/month for utility fee and a small amount for rental and installation, I think $50-100 total. I thought the fact that rent had doubled in 18 years was terrible, but this tiny room is highway robbery! Or try to get into Columbia, their housing is more subsidized, larger, and plentiful. No tuition if your family income is less than $100k.
@@Omar-kl3xpnot just a student but anyone single starting out in New York if it was just me and I had a decent paying job it could work some of these places the electric and water is included so it is doable
The fact that these “apartments” are being glorified as some kind of realty steal is disgusting, these places are nothing more than landlords trying to get as much money out of as little space as they can and it will continue to happen until we realize what an abuse this is
MorticianMom I completely agree with you but you know, I guess she has enough money to pay that rent and even more. Since she got money I don’t think she really cares about the price.
Spot on thank you and can you just picture having to leave your closet in the middle of the night to go into the hall you could get killed who knows who is lurking out there
This kind of rent gouging is exploitive, to the point of being insulting. This country needs to do something about this, no one should have to pay $1600 for a walk-in closet with a mini fridge. Living like this is completely unfeasible. America needs to start being ashamed of the way it treats it's every day people. Damn shame.
Dont blame the landlord. Blame the city politicians and unelected beaurocrats for laws and regulations that strangle homebuilders from constructing new units. She's right, this location is very desirable. So dont expect to live there cheaply. It isn't bombed-out Detroit. A lot more units need to be built in Manhattan to satisfy the demand, but until the city pols seriously address the regulations issue - and their part in it - sky-high rents will remain.
People are free to move to wherever they'd like, and there are many places in NYC that are far cheaper. The people that can afford to rent in that area and pay for an education at NYU are not being forced to live in these small, expensive apartments. The market sets the damn price, and if the market is willing to bear the $1600 a month cost voluntarily, then that is what they are fucking worth...
@@ZiaRDS The President? He doesnt make local laws or regulations, and has had to deal with the same onerous building constraints as every other builder. And I like his real estate ventures; lots of people employed. Would like it if there were more. FYI: Democrats run the city, and have for 150+ years. Look up William "Boss" Tweed (D) and Tammany Hall history.
@Zia RDS Not all of America. Where I live I can get a 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment with 1,000 square feet for $800 per month and it has a balcony almost twice the size of the apt in this video. There isn't enough money in the world to entice me to live in New York ... I would be totally miserable in that concrete mirror jungle 😒
@@peachy75019 agreed. I have a 3200 sq. foot house that I pay only slightly more for each month. You have a choice of where you live and what you are willing to live with.
The homeless have more room out on the street than this “apartment”, ... and they get to live out there for free. I could see $600 maybe, but $1600????? Come on now!
I’m pretty sure this is meant to be like for businessmen or something who have a main home somewhere more affordable, if they want to spend the night in the city to avoid hotels.
I've been homeless on and off and honestly I've learned to appreciate ANY shelter I am lucky to have. That being said, for $1600/mo I would rather be living with several roommates for $500/mo if I have to share a bathroom anyways. Might as well share a full kitchen and at least know who I'm sharing space with.
It’s a pretty common layout to have private rooms but shared bathroom/ shower spaces. It’s actually a money saver when it comes to rent prices. So, if someone wants to be in this area and is looking for something cheaper, an apartment building like this would be an option
Actually, this is pretty much what you get for $1,600 in NYC. It has nothing to do with the landlord...he is paying astronomical taxes and other business fees himself! He will get that price, because it is clean and kept up and in a great location. In fact, he could get more if it wasn't a walk up!
GWL yep a ticket to the south. In NC/SC you can get a 2000 + house with a mortgage for less than that and that includes taxes and insurance and you can have pool, with a clubhouse and a basement and a helicopter pad on top😂😂 nah not the helicopter pad but everything else.
@@Godisloven09 that is funny! We live in a world as you know where some people are obsessed with the name of an area, shoe, neighborhood etc. Not knocking it cause it's her coins but logic creeps in for me ..and I don't understand it on any level.
Kelsey Gilley It's not all of NY. There are some apartments in Manhattan, and downtown Brooklyn that offer more space and "actual bedrooms"; but you have to pay a little more in the high $2000 - $3000 range. I live way uptown in the Northeast Bronx, and I pay exactly $1295 a month for a 3 br, 2 bath w/ a large balcony Co-op apartment. Water, electricity, etc. included. You really have to venture to the outer boroughs to find really good deals.
Juste Ping Well thank you for putting that in perspective for me. That sounds way more reasonable. I guess sometimes you really are just paying for the location.
Christina Trammell omg. I literally thought the same. What will I do with a closet but no bathroom??! Why not just make this into the connecting apartments bathroom with a walk In closet, and charge more for that apartment? 🤦🏽♀️
For Real Christianity in trying to understand how that could be more comfortable than a dorm room. At least in the dorm their are multiple bathrooms and showers and they are cleaned everyday.
Nasra ali Suddenly, my 750 sq ft in SoCal feels like heaven....at least I have a patio, bathroom and vanity area. Can you imagine having to actually climb over your bed to get to the rest of your ‘apartment’⁉️🙀
I tell people I have a small one bedroom apartment. It's about 800 square feet with a terrace which is not included in that footage. People tell me your apartment is not small. Looking at this I have to agree. I have a galley kitchen, but a full refrigerator and oven. And my bathroom is IN my apartment. No I couldn't live there. When I heard $1,600 I couldn't believe it. A friend rents a lovely junior four in Jackson Heights, Queens for $1,600. One regular size bedroom. The other is smaller, but I swear that bedroom is larger than this apartment. I own my apartment so it is cheaper. All this so you can say you live in Manhattan. No thank you. I'm fine with commuting. And if I'm coming home late at night there is something you can take home to be on the safe side. It's called a taxi.
Loretta Ziegler my question is who CLEANS the bathroom? Is a daily cleaning person included in your rent? Cause I’d imagine there’d be at least ONE nasty, inconsiderate neighbor.
@@imitationofstyle405 eww... you make some good points. I'm thankful I'm not sharing a bathroom with any random building neighbors. Ugh stay safe everyone.
The words “studio” and “cheap” in the title of this video are so misleading. Studio apartments have their own bathroom. And $1600 isn’t cheap. Even in New York. Ridiculous.
Even though I hate the apartment and I would never rent this shoebox, $1600 is definitely considered cheap in NYC. I’ve lived here for the past eight years.
I don’t get why so many people watch these videos when they hate small spaces and think paying extra to live in a big city is stupid. If you’re not interested, move along. This space is bright and sunny, clean and in good shape. Trees and lots of bird song while in the city. I’d love a space like this. I have better things to do with my life than clean and buy stuff I don’t need. People don’t move to cities to be homebodies. And I’d MUCH rather have my own space than share with roomates. Thanks for the great tour.
It’s a room. I did dabble in NYC real estate before they refused to pay me. It’s not legally an apartment due to the lack of private bathroom. An apartment needs minimum 1 bathroom and 1 window in the state of NYC. This would be legally a room in a boarding house.
Honestly, thank you for showing this. I've lived in nyc for 15 years and even I think that's insane. The location is so not worth it. Like someone said you can get a much nicer studio in same area for same. And it's 5th floor walkup??? Heck no. Any nyu students thinking about this - go live in the dorms! At least you'll get amenities, doormen and food.
Because it's NYC!!!! Technically it's not. It's called a SRO. Single Room Occupancy. But they were able to get away with calling it an apartment (MONEY)! She'd be better off staying with her cousin in Bklyn! A crime!!
Ohimi Eddington, you're correct. Somebody can walk in on you while you're in the shower and anything can happen. You never know who your neighbors associate with.
Having lived in NYC for 46 years, this sort of renovation to apartments is only part of what is killing NYC. Landlord greed, splitting up a one bedroom apartment into this and something like it. The floor probably had 2 one bedroom apartments, and now.. 4 living spaces that are a joke. And that is not a walk in closet in that apartment! It's a closet. It's the only legit part of that apartment.
Just cause you can stand inside an empty closet does not make it a walk-in closet. Everything you said is true, they are splitting apartments in Toronto too, it's very expensive here we do have great tenant laws however that doesn't stop illegal apartments from happening. This place would fall under a "rooming house" and Toronto has not issued rooming house permits in a decade or so (my info may not be perfect, but close enough !)Nothing but greed from Landlords.
As someone who actually lives in a tiny house (on wheels)... probably not. I would live there, but having to share a bathroom? My anxiety would be way too much to handle! 😅
@Alice Jenson that's so cool! Yeah, I'm 20 now and definitely don't regret anything... like while my friends are paying rent and getting into massive amounts of debt, I'm just working part-time and should be able to pay off my land in about 3 years... then I'm completely free. Great decision on your (and your dad's) part to go down that road!
@Alice Jenson yeah, completely understand that! Like before I bought land, the largest purchase I had was a laptop... which is tiny in comparison to my land haha Well if anybody is in a position where not paying rent is an option, then they should definitely take it... because at least your money would be going somewhere,
That’s why everyone is moving south. For that money you get a whole house with a yard AND you can own it. $1600 with no personal bathrooms?! That can’t be life. Love NY, hate the economics.
$1600 a month is about what I’ll be paying for the house I’m building. 2100 sf + another 400 or so in a bonus room. 2 car garage. 3 bed 2.5 bath. On 32 acres. Cost of living is insane in NYC.
You make a very good valid point. don't come here because that's exactly what an apartment looks like now and These landlords are making millions of dollars converting two bedrooms into a half a room where you can barely move and now you have to share a bathroom and the toilet with the rest of the people in the building?
The space i have no problem with. You can easily have a table to eat/ work at. I would hang floating shelves. I don't like the shared bathroom but if its a choice between a dorm or this def would choose this.
You gotta use that vertical space and get a loft bed. Then you've got room underneath for a desk or love seat and STILL have room for a little table and chairs to eat at. But a shared bathroom is a no go for me!
It is NYC that's a lucky find for the price given its location. I seen apartments that has no kitchen and no bathroom. Idk how those ppl do it honestly
I have never really shared a bathroom w/my husband either. He’s a powder king & it goes EVERYWHERE!!! He also likes his T/P under & not the proper way over. I think this is why we could be married over 25 yrs. Oh & closets, he uses the guest bedroom closet & I use the 2 in our bedroom. Amy Jones. Apex, NC
I swear sometimes NYC housing plays way too many games. They're charging grown ass adults $1600 for a dorm room?? Hell, MY college dorm room was much bigger than that AND had a private bathroom. I sure has heck didn't pay $1600 a month for that. I live in Houston, Tx. $1600 gets you a 1200+ sq ft 2 bedroom (sometimes 3), 2 bath apartment in a gated community with a resort style pool, 24 hr fitness center, washer/dryer connections (or already provided set), pet care center, car wash station, trash valet service, business center (with free Wi-Fi, printing, and faxing), game center and/or theater, attached private garage, and sometimes more. I would be offended living in NYC.
I totally agree with you. As a New Yorker living here most of my life, the problem is that people are willing to pay that much for something so small and justifying it by saying location location location. I get it, location matters and will cause an increase in cost however, this right here is absurd. Large apartments are being divided into smaller apartments to increase profits. This is being done mainly in Manhattan and some parts of Brooklyn and Queens (with shorter commutes to Manhattan). Again I agree, some apartments on the market are offensive but people are willing to live in them short term.
Sometimes??? New York always disrespects people when it comes to housing. $1600 for half a studio with a shared bathroom. I don't care if my school was across the street. I'm born and raised NYer and this is pathetic.
"A full or queen size bed would have to go here" There's no way anyone would put anything bigger than a twin in that room. Probably a lofted one with a desk under would be more efficient.
Agree. Seemed to me its her first time moving out. Her mind hasn't grasped just how much larger furniture is. Twin Loft with maybe a dresser underneath that can double as a desk/dinning area. Hang TV on opposite wall and create high vertical storage above walking space. Yeah, Tetris out that place.
MzLady That's why that closet would be a bathroom if I lived there. .I'd have a portable toilet. ..but then again I wouldn't be there to start with. .1600$ is NY out of their minds. ..crazy
i’m not even kidding. i would actually go mad if i had to stay in such a. tiny apartment for so long. there’s not even enough counter space to chop veggies comfortably wow
Gabi Sanchez Exactly what I was thinking. What are the suicide rates in NYC? And the ultimate insult is not having your own bathroom. Can you imagine how trifling other tenants and their guests would be. That shower is probably a petri dish of cooties.
Absolutely not. That is criminal. No bathroom, you’re literally in a room on a 5th floor walk up, and someone has the balls to charge $1600 a month? Nope. A complete scam.
Jason Marks I missed the part where they said $1600 a month! Wow that’s the monthly cost of a really nice house in Arizona.. NYC needs to do better
A total scam
That’s New York for ya
Equivalent of buying the Brooklyn Bridge
I don't understand why this is not illegal. Like surely you have housing inspectors in NYC? Who would approve this to live in? !
It should be illegal to rent “apartments” like that.
Who cleans the toilet and shower?
Antón Deive sincerely, that’s not an apartment, that’s a cell. Absolutely awful. I guess it’d beat the streets but this is absolutely atrocious.
Omg I was thinking the same thing
You should see Parisian apartments
My sentiments exactly😒
Sweetie, that is not an aprtmt. That's a closet. There should be a law against charging people $1600.00 a month for a closet. 😨😨😨
$1600!!! I wouldn’t pay that much for even a normal size one Br! Let alone this tiny box. But I’m from a cheaper area in Texas so maybe that’s just regional preference
For 1600 she could have a 1 bedroom apartment in area outside of Manhattan.
Just to say they live in NEW YORK
Where im from you can rent a five bedroom, two bath house for that much
Cypapher Trangle and where do you live? lol
“You have somewhat of a walk in closet” girl that apartment is a walk in closet 😂
Casey Bostian facts 🗣
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The smallness really doesn't bother me. The bathroom thing though is a deal breaker. 😒
carrie twickler SAME! for a minute I was thinking...maybe I would be able to make that work. Then she showed the SHARED bathroom. It’s one toilet. And one shower. For everyone on the floor. Not even stalls. Hell no.
Same that’s what I was thinking
Same
@@so53190 disgusting
carrie twickler oh yea totally!
The first time that I have seen a closet with its own closet.
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BoxHead 42 🤣🤣🤣
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Someone said “they get their own toilet in JAIL” and I’m deaddddd
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Trell West 😂😂😂😂
if I get arrested by the police I think my cell would be bigger and I would also like to have my needs in private
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There’s not a single “location” on earth that would make this okay... this is awful
Agreed
I live in a "room" half that size and I cook, sleep, study and doing everything in that room and the shared bathroom way more awful than in this video, that is way better than here. But the rent price here is only 40 usd/month. Most of uni student in my country choose to stay in this kind of housing.
It might be for people from industrial countries, but for the majority of humankind, a studio apartment like that in the city center would be luxurious. Yes it is tiny, but it has running water and a heater and is clean and safe. People need to realize that living in big spaces is a luxury.
Living in a tiny hut and having to walk 5 miles to a dirty river to get water is awful. This is quite luxurious
@@finh3052 So you're talking about as a University student right? Similar to dorm living? That's a different story and at $40 dollars a month? Can't compare the two.
@@Mary.12fly but the condition is much worse than US college dorm. I'm just pointing out the comment above that there's another worse place than that, in fact I would love to live there, but what not makes this apartement okay is the price.
This should be illegal. They shouldn’t be able to charge people rent on a closet which is pretty much what this is. It’s a closet with a window.
Totally agree. It should be illegal!
Greed at its finest
Welcome to New York!!!!!!
I have a window in my closet soooo, this appartement is a closet
capitalism is a disease
They get their own toilet in jail🤦🏾♀️...call it what it is... A TINY overly charged rooming house 😩
Exactly 👏🏾
Nahni LoL 😂
Nope you share
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Barbara Von Traumer...nope... the bathroom is shared with other tenants down the hallway outside the apartment or shall I say closet😩
all i needed to hear was "shared bathroom"
im out
Lololol
Shared bathroom???? Say what??????
georgia bee Agreed!! Not even civilized.
Factual
Exactly
That built in closet should have been a small bathroom instead!
I thought it is until she opened it up lol
Then they’d have to charge more lol
saxybandgeek96 they would probably charged 2200 if that were to happen. Lol
Exactly
just put a bucket in there
This is one of the most depressing things I’ve seen.
GotThat2020Vision I’m interested in knowing more about your statement. Can you further explain?
@@versatilevlogger9332 It's been awhile since I've studied it. And looking back, I wish I had a more comprehensive study of history, economics and government. So this is my interpretation and foggy memory of capitalism, and by no means am I positioning myself as an authority concerning the topic. But yeah, my thinking:
Capitalism is a system that may imply possibility & upward mobility for those who work for it, free market right? Yet it is inherently flawed because it's conceived from an idea that is indefinite consumption and profit. A never-ending & unchecked machine. It's always been most advantageous to those with land, capital, & resources. But land, resources, and capital were never attainable for all- sometimes regardless of work ethic and smarts. What one inherits (land, resources, connections, etc) is a strong factor. Then you add govt influence or networks, and more layers are piled upon the basic principles of capitalism.
Capitalism always creates an untamable beast. One that reaches beyond that of the countries that utilize it: wealth that is untouchable, corruption that's able to grow new tails no matter how many are chopped off. And the more it gets "attacked (regulated)", or made to answer for it's visible transgressions, the deeper it burrows it's claws and the more clever it becomes.
It's not entirely bad, because it also brings forth healthy competition, advances in technology and science and opportunities many would not get in other economies. But I don't believe you can have the good of capitalism without having the uncontrollable beast, which eventually becomes the true governing system of a country (in lieu of the illusion of government & societal power). I believe the indefiniteness of capitalism is the main problem.
GotThat2020Vision Perhaps, but it’s more a function of supply & demand. If more people actually moved out than moved in to manhattan, prices would go down. But people still move there. It’s still in high demand.
If anything will change that trend that has held steady in Manhattan for centuries, maybe prices would go down. As more people & companies realize they can just work remotely. Maybe it would hasten the companies leaving those towers in the city and moving elsewhere, going remote. Perhaps only leaving NYC as the center of finance and a few core functions. Why bother with an HQ there anymore? Even many finance companies have moved out of Manhattan and into the suburbs.
And Broadway, I bet, will have real issues returning. Theatres in general. Maybe their days are numbered.
The future economic growth is mostly tech and biotech, and that’s not happening in NYC. I expect to see further takeover of the west coast as Silicon Valley continues it’s expansion, and more regional offices throughout the country. As well as more remote workers. We have lots of remote WFH people at my company and it works quite well. One lady lives on a working horse farm in the country while working on cutting edge stuff for our company.
GotThat2020Vision - Bernie lost, get a life you bum
💯 %, Hell NO !!!
Imagine being in that tiny space while quarantined and unable to leave 😳
Elizabeth.Jillene oh god D: and having to share a bathroom. NO THANKS
The space doesn’t bother me as much as I thought it would but that shared bathroom is the biggest deal breaker for me!
Hahahahahahaha
I am not able to breathe just by watching it...
I can’t breathe
I'm 100% convinced they're renting a storage room as an "apartment". I was born and have lived in NYC in my entire life and even I find this ridiculous
Emily Colon This has most likely been a walk in closet of another apartment or a storage room. Ridiculous and the price is just totally obscene.
Same here @Emily Colon
@@BagznBirdz This was 99% likely an SRO, single room occupancy. They were for people who were nearly destitute and needed a steady place to sleep for very little money, back when they were made for that purpose. It was not meant to be even considered an apartment.
Converted jail cells
Japan and one hotel here in Anchorage Alaska rent human size, letdown to get in drawers! You can barely sit up in them! Here in anchorage these drawers rent for $800! Qupgugiag Inn, Anchorage, Alaska!
This was the most polite review of an "apartment" I've ever seen. When she said 1600 a month..I almost died. I don't care where it's located, that price is highway robbery. I like cozy spaces, but this is claustrophobic.
I feel claustrophobic just watching this video.
The only reason I would rent that is affordability, and it doesn't even have that.
I don’t know WHY people tolerate this style of living. There’s NO AREA WORTH THIS CRACKERJACK BOX!!!!
That's why people keep "making it work" so New York keeps ripping people off
Agreed, go right over the bridge, commute into the city and live comfortably.
As much as the space is giving me anxiety, it’s the shared bathroom that’s the deal breaker! HELL NAW!!!!!!!
MsRose00 I’m a claustrophobic that’s wouldn’t work for me. That’s crazy. 1600 to live in a closet smh
Raise your hand if you had an anxiety attack just watching this 🙋🏻♀️
Totally.
Claustrophobia.
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lovelylindsay1 🙋♀️I sure did
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I don't understand why they didn't turn the closet into a small bathroom. Or at least a toilet. If I had to choose between closet and bathroom. Bathroom definitely wins.
peaches good point
They would have to redo plumbing in the building which would be a big and costly project
@@dp1819 Seems like a good investment since they are probably over charging the tenants anyway.
Honestly the more I look at this the more annoyed I get. They could have at least made the shared bathroom bigger by maybe eliminating one room. The landlords are just greedy.
peaches Since they can rent it out for a pretty good amount of money as is... they aren’t going to bother with a costly remodeling project. Landlords in nyc can get away with a a lot because the demand is there. I’ve seen more normal sized apartments with this hallway bathroom type setup in nyc also.
At least dorms have community restrooms that have several of each amenity. The fact that everyone on that floor shares one single commode is absolutely disgusting.
And a mildew shower... ugh
I wish I could like this comment a million times! Excellent point!!
And imagine the germs- does everyone use a paper towel to open and close with that doorknob? The toilet handle?
I would rather have a bathroom than a stove top, any day!
True but at $16k you couldn't afford to eat out!
I have to agree
Exactly! NO bathroom, no deal
The ***toilet is bedside*** in some micro-apartments in Seattle. Seriously - no walls around the toilet & no kitchenette, either. See photos and article titled:
U District micro-apartment: affordable steal or ‘prison cell’?
At seattle . curbed . com
Disgusting!!!!
We've got to fight this & get affordable housing!
Yep cuz u can buy a electric hotplate or toaster oven & cook
The fact that she could sit there with a straight face and try to use the location as an excuse for the outrageous rent is insane
Hahaha right.
Exactly. This has to be a joke lmao
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J Laurel I initially didn’t think it was a penny over $500. When she said $1600 I almost passed out
And no private bathroom!!!!! 🤢
I couldn't. An, I'm being totally open minded.
That's not even a studio. That's a jail cell.
Boldandbodyfull not even sis !!!! Inmates get their own restroom or share with one cell mate 🤣
Omg you look like her
Jail cells are bigger
Jail cells have better ventilation & a toilet in the cell
Jail cell its Hong Kong and Coreia i dont know which One. Search for videos is terrible!
Having to share a bathroom with other people is definitely a NO for me.
Dawn Croteau I’ll wipe my butt with$1600 before I share a bathroom with an entire FLOOR of people.
Dawn Croteau plus random ppl!! It's not like you're living on a college campus and it's a shared dorm bathroom or a hall bath.. This is even worse!!
Sincerely Jackie HAHAHAHA
Oh hell no!!!!
Justpaul I guess they meant having to share the bathroom with strangers. Obviously no one would have a problem with sharing their bathroom with friends and family but I wouldn’t share it with just my neighbor or anyone else in my apartment block
Ok, I'm from the midwest. How is renting a closet even legal. That's a closet, that's not an apartment. No bathroom? No.
EDIT: It's been 8 months since I've seen this comment, we're all in the midst of a pandemic, and the realization that this apartment requires you to share a bathroom with strangers is literally CRIMINAL. Jail cells are bigger.
I was wondering where the bathroom was....
I know, this gal never mentioned or showed us a bathroom. Is there one down the hall for the whole floor? We know New Yorkers are crazy, but really they'd have the nerve to shoe this as an apartment? Is someone on crack?
You guys didn’t watch the whole video. She answers and shows you.
They dont care in New York...greed just took over😟
I'm from New York and think this is ridiculous! People who usually live in these type of apartments are people that are not from New York and want live that Sex in the City Life just to say that they live in the city. I've met a lot of people from different states that jumped on Apartments like this and thought it was an opportunity so that they can say they live in the city now. Really sad!
As a New Yorker, this is no way shape or form worth $1600. Location is important but you literally would have more space living outside.. under a tree..😫
It's better to leave new york and stay in other states..
Zoey Fierce that part
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There is a hotel for Women 2 blocks away. $1700/month includes a room 50-300% larger than this flophouse, private bath, large closet, fully-furnished, utilities, WiFi, 212# with direct dialing, rooftop garden, lounges, exercise room, and two meals a day. A/C rental in the summer was about $20/month for utility fee and a small amount for rental and installation, I think $50-100 total. I thought the fact that rent had doubled in 18 years was terrible, but this tiny room is highway robbery! Or try to get into Columbia, their housing is more subsidized, larger, and plentiful. No tuition if your family income is less than $100k.
As a student with those high ceilings I would go with a raised twin bed that had a desk/work space under it
Ooh that's smart
Yh but what kind of student pay $1600 rent for this closet?
That's what is was thinking I've seen it before on tours like this it's a real space saver and a great idea
@@Omar-kl3xpnot just a student but anyone single starting out in New York if it was just me and I had a decent paying job it could work some of these places the electric and water is included so it is doable
The fact that these “apartments” are being glorified as some kind of realty steal is disgusting, these places are nothing more than landlords trying to get as much money out of as little space as they can and it will continue to happen until we realize what an abuse this is
$1600 a month for 70 sq ft and you don't even get your own bathroom? I understand location is everything but this is pushing it.
misugrrl Seriously! My house payment is less than that for 2,600 sq ft!
This is crazy
I wouldnt call this “pushing it”. This is waaaayyy over the line.
Gotta love NYC. Pfft
Wow I pay 1,700 for a 5 bedroom 3bath for a two story house!
You keep saying “location.” I don’t care if it was located atop a mountain made of gold... $1600 for a closet with no bathroom?? Absolutely ABSURD
MorticianMom I completely agree with you but you know, I guess she has enough money to pay that rent and even more. Since she got money I don’t think she really cares about the price.
Valeria Echevarria she’s actually a real estate broker, she doesn’t live there.
And no bathroom?
Just get a furnished room 800.
MorticianMom I’m dead 😵
This isn't an "apartment". It's a room.
Not even a room 😂❤
spirals 73 it’s a closet.
Its a large closet with a stove.
Room? Sis this is a closet haha
This is a prison cell, without a toilet! No ma’am, eff the location.
ERRYN RILEY I agree. If you can’t afford NY you can’t afford it. For reals.
I totally agree.
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Facts LMAO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
imagine being quarantined in this shoe box...
Bunny1412 that’s what I was thinking. Gross
Bunny1412 right???
I would die...
And having to share a bathroom! I would coat myself in plastic.
I think I would suffocate
AND it's a 5 floor walk up on top of that....I'll be damned if I come home from work and have to walk 5 flights up to live in that hole.
Probably a college student who may or may not actually be working.
Spot on thank you and can you just picture having to leave your closet in the middle of the night to go into the hall you could get killed who knows who is lurking out there
Dposh 😂😂😂
for real. I'm good
Yeah. Harsh but true.
This should be illegal & I'm mad she said a "pretty big closet" girl u pushing it 😂
My closet is the size of the whole “apartment”.
This space almost gives me ANXIETY!
It gives me anxiety! I couldn't even come in😂
Nancy Murbach how is a bed gonna fit🤦♀️
😂😂😂 same
I'm stressed!
Heart Breaker That’s the best comment ever!!! 😆😆🤣🤣🤣
This kind of rent gouging is exploitive, to the point of being insulting. This country needs to do something about this, no one should have to pay $1600 for a walk-in closet with a mini fridge. Living like this is completely unfeasible. America needs to start being ashamed of the way it treats it's every day people. Damn shame.
Dont blame the landlord. Blame the city politicians and unelected beaurocrats for laws and regulations that strangle homebuilders from constructing new units. She's right, this location is very desirable. So dont expect to live there cheaply. It isn't bombed-out Detroit. A lot more units need to be built in Manhattan to satisfy the demand, but until the city pols seriously address the regulations issue - and their part in it - sky-high rents will remain.
People are free to move to wherever they'd like, and there are many places in NYC that are far cheaper. The people that can afford to rent in that area and pay for an education at NYU are not being forced to live in these small, expensive apartments. The market sets the damn price, and if the market is willing to bear the $1600 a month cost voluntarily, then that is what they are fucking worth...
@@ZiaRDS The President? He doesnt make local laws or regulations, and has had to deal with the same onerous building constraints as every other builder. And I like his real estate ventures; lots of people employed. Would like it if there were more. FYI: Democrats run the city, and have for 150+ years. Look up William "Boss" Tweed (D) and Tammany Hall history.
@Zia RDS Not all of America. Where I live I can get a 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment with 1,000 square feet for $800 per month and it has a balcony almost twice the size of the apt in this video. There isn't enough money in the world to entice me to live in New York ... I would be totally miserable in that concrete mirror jungle 😒
@@peachy75019 agreed. I have a 3200 sq. foot house that I pay only slightly more for each month. You have a choice of where you live and what you are willing to live with.
The homeless have more room out on the street than this “apartment”, ... and they get to live out there for free. I could see $600 maybe, but $1600????? Come on now!
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This should be illegal. Even prisoners have larger space.
Gabriel Matthews prisoners even have a bathroom. This is crazy
Well prisoners don't have a kitchen or y'know.... Freedom🤔
Mel V what kitchen?? it’s literally just a mini unit that is barely compatible even for one person 😭
I’m pretty sure this is meant to be like for businessmen or something who have a main home somewhere more affordable, if they want to spend the night in the city to avoid hotels.
That’s a damn shame. I’m sorry. I realize NYC real estate is small and expensive but this should actually be illegal.
$1600????? With no private bathroom????? No. You can get bigger and better in the exact same area. They are out of their minds!!!!
Agree, they are out of their minds, they want to earn money Speedy Gonzales way
The no private bathroom Would be a no no. That would make ne feel like in a Hostel
The bathroom is gros i am so sorry
That's more than I pay for rent in a 3 bedroom house 😂🤣
Disney&Me 71 where do you live
Person who rents this apartment: *buys a twin bed*
"I just furnished my entire apartment"
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When she said 1600 a month, I couldn't stop laughing.
reginald robinson lol me too. U can get 2 big rooms for rent with that money
Sis was so serious
I saw an actual 1 bedroom apt in Brooklyn that had a full kitchen and it’s own bathroom for $1500. Well worth the commute.
1600 gets you a 3 bedroom 2 bath ~ 1500 square feet home in North Dallas, TX 😂
I had an apartment about 5’ bigger than that in Washington Heights NYC for $1,350
I've been homeless on and off and honestly I've learned to appreciate ANY shelter I am lucky to have. That being said, for $1600/mo I would rather be living with several roommates for $500/mo if I have to share a bathroom anyways. Might as well share a full kitchen and at least know who I'm sharing space with.
Great idea, only if you can find suitable roommates.
Lea Reed hard to imagine, we have 2000 sq ft, 15 acres, pasture, barn for 900.00 a month. We’re 20 miles outside of Louisville.
This landlord should be ashamed, that's not an apt, and you don't have your own bathroom,sad!! And he is taking advantage of people,shameful!!
Thats insanity! Ppl are really just evil and greedy !
It’s a pretty common layout to have private rooms but shared bathroom/ shower spaces. It’s actually a money saver when it comes to rent prices. So, if someone wants to be in this area and is looking for something cheaper, an apartment building like this would be an option
Actually, this is pretty much what you get for $1,600 in NYC. It has nothing to do with the landlord...he is paying astronomical taxes and other business fees himself! He will get that price, because it is clean and kept up and in a great location. In fact, he could get more if it wasn't a walk up!
latonya easterlin landlords are the devil
@@sortathesame8701 That shower WAS NOT CLEAN.
No bathroom? Whoever thinks this is acceptable is out of their everloving minds.
Use that 1.6k to buy yourself an airplane ticket
GWL yep a ticket to the south. In NC/SC you can get a 2000 + house with a mortgage for less than that and that includes taxes and insurance and you can have pool, with a clubhouse and a basement and a helicopter pad on top😂😂 nah not the helicopter pad but everything else.
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@@Godisloven09 that is funny! We live in a world as you know where some people are obsessed with the name of an area, shoe, neighborhood etc. Not knocking it cause it's her coins but logic creeps in for me ..and I don't understand it on any level.
Lol😂
In TUCSON ARIZONA a studio is 450$ and to rent a 3bedroom house with front and backyard is 800$
A tiny box, no bathroom and $1600! Nuh uh NY is wild! That should be illegal stuffing people in expensive boxes like that.
Kelsey Gilley It's not all of NY. There are some apartments in Manhattan, and downtown Brooklyn that offer more space and "actual bedrooms"; but you have to pay a little more in the high $2000 - $3000 range. I live way uptown in the Northeast Bronx, and I pay exactly $1295 a month for a 3 br, 2 bath w/ a large balcony Co-op apartment. Water, electricity, etc. included. You really have to venture to the outer boroughs to find really good deals.
Juste Ping Well thank you for putting that in perspective for me. That sounds way more reasonable. I guess sometimes you really are just paying for the location.
@@kelseygilley2382 Yeah! That's all it is.
It's a coffin with a window. Oh, and a cook top.
Boston Massachusetts is just as bad I live here n ready to move
buy a bunk bed so you sleep up and then your work space is under
With bunk beds you can get a roommate.
I know what you mean, buy a bunk bed and have the bottom part open for a work desk that can serve as a work/dinning desk ☺️
Yep, thats what i thought. The sealings seem pretty high. U can make a great cosy place out of it. Buuuut that bathroom is a nooooooooooo.
A loft bed with a desk underneath
good idea Loft sleep on top desk underneath 🤓
And the crazy thing is, someone will still pay the rent just to say they live in Greenwich Village 🙄🙄🙄
They should’ve made the closet a bathroom. Definitely not worth it.
So there is no bathroom???
A shared bathroom.....
A shared bathroom 🤭 no, that’s a room!
Christina Trammell omg. I literally thought the same. What will I do with a closet but no bathroom??! Why not just make this into the connecting apartments bathroom with a walk In closet, and charge more for that apartment? 🤦🏽♀️
DeeDee Campbell Did you not watch the video?
“You’d rather live here than a dorm” giiiirlah... shared bathroom...this is a dorm. 😂😂😂
For Real Christianity in trying to understand how that could be more comfortable than a dorm room. At least in the dorm their are multiple bathrooms and showers and they are cleaned everyday.
My dorm room in college was 3 times the size of that “apartment.”
@@sherrydalton6516 Even my single dorm room was bigger than this.
This is worse than a dorm lol, shared dorm bathrooms usually have several toilets and showers
And dorm is cheaper
This apartment is literally making my 915sqft apartment look like a mini mansion .
Nasra ali Suddenly, my 750 sq ft in SoCal feels like heaven....at least I have a patio, bathroom and vanity area. Can you imagine having to actually climb over your bed to get to the rest of your ‘apartment’⁉️🙀
740 sqft house here!!!! Omg!!!! And that price?!?!? It may seem unbelievable but I pay that much in about 3 months!!!! Wow
Nah I got a 550 sf and I feel blessed now lol
I tell people I have a small one bedroom apartment. It's about 800 square feet with a terrace which is not included in that footage. People tell me your apartment is not small. Looking at this I have to agree. I have a galley kitchen, but a full refrigerator and oven. And my bathroom is IN my apartment. No I couldn't live there. When I heard $1,600 I couldn't believe it. A friend rents a lovely junior four in Jackson Heights, Queens for $1,600. One regular size bedroom. The other is smaller, but I swear that bedroom is larger than this apartment. I own my apartment so it is cheaper. All this so you can say you live in Manhattan. No thank you. I'm fine with commuting. And if I'm coming home late at night there is something you can take home to be on the safe side. It's called a taxi.
This is where they store the brooms. Lucky for the brooms , they get a window.
Seriously! 🤣
Ugh, sharing a bathroom with other people in the building during this coronavirus outbreak...
Loretta Ziegler my question is who CLEANS the bathroom? Is a daily cleaning person included in your rent? Cause I’d imagine there’d be at least ONE nasty, inconsiderate neighbor.
@@imitationofstyle405 eww... you make some good points. I'm thankful I'm not sharing a bathroom with any random building neighbors. Ugh stay safe everyone.
What about the sink? Pink eye......................lol
H N diarrhea is actually a symptom
What if you has gnarly food poisoning... oh dear
Girl that's a walk in closet with a mini bar set up 💕
That would be a nice closet. Clothes and cocktails lol
@@NyasiaC 😂
@Monifa_360 😂😂😂
EXACTLY
Monifa Stop! I Can't. Bahahaha! :))))
The words “studio” and “cheap” in the title of this video are so misleading. Studio apartments have their own bathroom. And $1600 isn’t cheap. Even in New York. Ridiculous.
Even though I hate the apartment and I would never rent this shoebox, $1600 is definitely considered cheap in NYC. I’ve lived here for the past eight years.
That’s is cheap considering the location
It’s cheap for NYC Now. The prices have gone up up UP
In Greenwich village yes girl that's cheap
@@BeHappyNoMatterWhat how much money do people make? I would never be able to pay that much rent.
I don’t get why so many people watch these videos when they hate small spaces and think paying extra to live in a big city is stupid. If you’re not interested, move along. This space is bright and sunny, clean and in good shape. Trees and lots of bird song while in the city. I’d love a space like this. I have better things to do with my life than clean and buy stuff I don’t need. People don’t move to cities to be homebodies. And I’d MUCH rather have my own space than share with roomates. Thanks for the great tour.
Is this a joke? I wouldn’t live here if you paid me.
How do they label that an apartment? It doesn’t have a bathroom. Wouldn’t that just be a room with a kitchen bar?
Stephanie Glover it only has to have a closet to be called an apartment. No bathroom needed.
In the UK this is called a 'bedsit'. They are generally cheaper, and more temporary than flats (apartments in the US).
It’s a room. I did dabble in NYC real estate before they refused to pay me. It’s not legally an apartment due to the lack of private bathroom. An apartment needs minimum 1 bathroom and 1 window in the state of NYC.
This would be legally a room in a boarding house.
It was a closet
It’s called an efficiency. I live in one in Madison, WI and pay over $500 a month for it. I share a bathroom with 20 other people.
Honestly, thank you for showing this. I've lived in nyc for 15 years and even I think that's insane. The location is so not worth it. Like someone said you can get a much nicer studio in same area for same. And it's 5th floor walkup??? Heck no. Any nyu students thinking about this - go live in the dorms! At least you'll get amenities, doormen and food.
“I’m so excited for this tour. So let’s jump right in!” *walks two steps foward* “And that’s the apartment.”
My horses have bigger stalls than that apartment I can feel the walls closing in on me and I'm not even there!
Living in a closet with a shared bathroom. Imagine how the people in this building are managing during this COVID19 lock down. 🤯
I can't even imagine. Shared bathroom...UGH!!! 🤮 No Thank you.
I can't imagine sharing a bathroom with other tenants and their bodily fluids. 🤮🤮🤮🤮
Jennifer Bullett the con list for a shared bathroom is longer than I am tall. Gah!
@@LitLitterbox That's crazy.
I can understand sharing with family but you would be sharing with a bunch of strangers and you don't know what they could be doing in there....
I would use a Murphy bed and a skinny couch skip the desk... but a bathroom is a deal breaker for me.
How do you not have a bathroom, i mean if you have to pee in the middle of the night how does that work?
@@AmberU A Solo cup & throw it out the window.
Camille Robinson deaddd 😂😂
NO BATHROOM, NO MA'AM!!!
Agreed. I love city life - $1600 isn't bad for this apartment, except for the bathroom.
Any person who even considers living here needs to cease all their finances to a relative and get help Asap
*Cede
How is it even considered an apartment without a bathroom? 🥺
And where do you go to shower and poop?
@@pistolguts7416 Watch the whole video.
Because it's NYC!!!! Technically it's not. It's called a SRO. Single Room Occupancy. But they were able to get away with calling it an apartment (MONEY)! She'd be better off staying with her cousin in Bklyn! A crime!!
It's a bedsit.
They call it an apartment because bathroom is apart from the closet she tryna live in
I'll take my chances in the hood. That bathroom situation looks like it could be dangerous.
Depending on who lives in the building, for sure!
Ohimi Eddington, you're correct. Somebody can walk in on you while you're in the shower and anything can happen. You never know who your neighbors associate with.
Yes yes because they got a lot of crazies run around here
Right.? You may have to go in the middle of the night and someone has pissed all over the toilet.
Totally dangerous
Having lived in NYC for 46 years, this sort of renovation to apartments is only part of what is killing NYC. Landlord greed, splitting up a one bedroom apartment into this and something like it. The floor probably had 2 one bedroom apartments, and now.. 4 living spaces that are a joke. And that is not a walk in closet in that apartment! It's a closet. It's the only legit part of that apartment.
I was thinking that is what they did. Sooo wrong.
Just cause you can stand inside an empty closet does not make it a walk-in closet. Everything you said is true, they are splitting apartments in Toronto too, it's very expensive here we do have great tenant laws however that doesn't stop illegal apartments from happening. This place would fall under a "rooming house" and Toronto has not issued rooming house permits in a decade or so (my info may not be perfect, but close enough !)Nothing but greed from Landlords.
As someone who actually lives in a tiny house (on wheels)... probably not. I would live there, but having to share a bathroom? My anxiety would be way too much to handle! 😅
lmao, I guess you've never had to rent a room before, huh
@@ITI-xi5zx that's a definite nope 😂 First place I moved into from my parents' was my tiny house haha
@Alice Jenson that's so cool! Yeah, I'm 20 now and definitely don't regret anything... like while my friends are paying rent and getting into massive amounts of debt, I'm just working part-time and should be able to pay off my land in about 3 years... then I'm completely free.
Great decision on your (and your dad's) part to go down that road!
@Alice Jenson yeah, completely understand that! Like before I bought land, the largest purchase I had was a laptop... which is tiny in comparison to my land haha
Well if anybody is in a position where not paying rent is an option, then they should definitely take it... because at least your money would be going somewhere,
First, $1600 for the closet, second, the community bathroom. Lastly, 70 sq ft. Now, I'm sick and claustrophobic. Goodnight. 😊😊😊
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My thoughts exactly!! 😳🙄😳
Alberta Middleton hahaha
That’s why everyone is moving south. For that money you get a whole house with a yard AND you can own it. $1600 with no personal bathrooms?! That can’t be life. Love NY, hate the economics.
Yep, I'm seeing more and more people come to the Midwest, too. We're a massive country and there are so many cool places to live away from the coasts.
That's what I am about to do and I have lived in NYC all my life.
bhbrewster Midwest is cool. In some places (Michigan) the economics are good. Way cheaper than New York or most places in the south.
Raquel Rodriguez wouldn’t blame you at all. That apartment is too much for too little. Who cares if it’s a college town that’s just ridiculous
$1600 a month is about what I’ll be paying for the house I’m building.
2100 sf + another 400 or so in a bonus room. 2 car garage. 3 bed 2.5 bath. On 32 acres.
Cost of living is insane in NYC.
That's a "room" for rent. I guess people want to live in NYC at any cost.
That's right. And it explains the "any cost" rents. Keep in mind Manhattan isn't Detroit where nobody wants to live.
Daniel Golus Folks still getting ripped off Lol. Paying that much just to live in NY you’d better have the best of the fuckin best.
Lol imagine trying to cook- you’ll have all kinds of food smells and splatter stains all over your bedsheets 😂
Can u even cook in here?
That and clothes will have weird food smells.
People in New York out here renting out closets😭😭😭😭 will never live here I’m sorry
Life of Kaay & Jay ever
Students go to Manhattan to do school and
work
I have a 3 bedroom 1 bath 4 closets full kitchen living room n Dining room for $150 less 20-25 mins away (without traffic) from that location.
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You make a very good valid point. don't come here because that's exactly what an apartment looks like now and These landlords are making millions of dollars converting two bedrooms into a half a room where you can barely move and now you have to share a bathroom and the toilet with the rest of the people in the building?
Share a public bathroom for $1600/month??? HELLZ NO!
The space i have no problem with. You can easily have a table to eat/ work at. I would hang floating shelves. I don't like the shared bathroom but if its a choice between a dorm or this def would choose this.
Share no bathroom! Yuck! Overpriced closet! Location? Rip off!
I know that's right!
Stop talking about location! That place made me sick!!!!!!!! I would just open the window and jump out☹️🤬
A Trail 💀😂😂😂 wtfys!!!
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A Trail 🤣🤣🤣💀
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No lie- that’s the size of my walk in closet. This should be illegal. Imagine putting a bed and a single chair in there- you’d be trapped. 😳
My bathroom is bigger 😁
I'd pay $100 a month DASSIT 😂
Lol, sounds fair!!!
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@@nickim4615 cents. lmao
I’ll pay $70... 😑
This woman really said ‘there’s even a pretty big closet’ I don’t need to watch anymore. GoodBYE
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KA 🤣🤣🤣
Honestly though imagine trying to fit your coats in there
KA “walk in closet” only if you’re a mouse 😂🤣
She said “cheap”
That’s whole room is a scam
So since you’re paying for the location y not just move into the nearest park 😩
😂😂😂😂😂😂 Lmfaoo.
So there’s just... no bathroom? In a 1600 dollar apartment? No location is worth that😂
You gotta use that vertical space and get a loft bed. Then you've got room underneath for a desk or love seat and STILL have room for a little table and chairs to eat at. But a shared bathroom is a no go for me!
For that money, I wouldn't dream of giving anyone a dime without enough to not hit a wall.
U smart. A bunk bed kinda thing with a desk under would work. But no toilet?
For $1600/mo. you should at least get a bathroom.😲
Cat helllllll to the mutha fuckin nall!
It is NYC that's a lucky find for the price given its location. I seen apartments that has no kitchen and no bathroom. Idk how those ppl do it honestly
Why does she wish there was a mirror in that skanky bathroom? I wouldn't stay in there a half a second longer than absolutely necessary.
This is just one of the reasons why I would never live on NYC! Just utterly REDICULOUS!!! This is no way to live!
fnihp30 New York actually have a lot of nice spacious places to live... the city is just pure ridiculousness
Great choice. We're full.
@@colorfulcodes lol
@@colorfulcodes Dont you guys have a load of rats?
Waaay toooo expensive.
Ugh I don’t even like sharing a bathroom with my husband...lol
I have never really shared a bathroom w/my husband either. He’s a powder king & it goes EVERYWHERE!!! He also likes his T/P under & not the proper way over. I think this is why we could be married over 25 yrs. Oh & closets, he uses the guest bedroom closet & I use the 2 in our bedroom.
Amy Jones. Apex, NC
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“Too be honest I don’t hate it”,
Don’t worry we do -_-
She was also blinking a whole lot while saying it, so I don’t know if she’s being honest when she said “...I don’t hate it.”
😂😂😂
Lol😂
Yes !
You need to stop calling a whole in the wall closet an affordable apartment..
I swear sometimes NYC housing plays way too many games. They're charging grown ass adults $1600 for a dorm room?? Hell, MY college dorm room was much bigger than that AND had a private bathroom. I sure has heck didn't pay $1600 a month for that. I live in Houston, Tx. $1600 gets you a 1200+ sq ft 2 bedroom (sometimes 3), 2 bath apartment in a gated community with a resort style pool, 24 hr fitness center, washer/dryer connections (or already provided set), pet care center, car wash station, trash valet service, business center (with free Wi-Fi, printing, and faxing), game center and/or theater, attached private garage, and sometimes more. I would be offended living in NYC.
I totally agree with you. As a New Yorker living here most of my life, the problem is that people are willing to pay that much for something so small and justifying it by saying location location location. I get it, location matters and will cause an increase in cost however, this right here is absurd. Large apartments are being divided into smaller apartments to increase profits. This is being done mainly in Manhattan and some parts of Brooklyn and Queens (with shorter commutes to Manhattan). Again I agree, some apartments on the market are offensive but people are willing to live in them short term.
Same in Georgia!! This is absolutely crazy to even charge $500 dorm rooms are larger than this
Sometimes??? New York always disrespects people when it comes to housing. $1600 for half a studio with a shared bathroom. I don't care if my school was across the street. I'm born and raised NYer and this is pathetic.
I agree.. you can find a house for $1600 in Houston.
@coco marineblu For sure!
"A full or queen size bed would have to go here"
There's no way anyone would put anything bigger than a twin in that room. Probably a lofted one with a desk under would be more efficient.
I would.
Agree. Seemed to me its her first time moving out. Her mind hasn't grasped just how much larger furniture is. Twin Loft with maybe a dresser underneath that can double as a desk/dinning area. Hang TV on opposite wall and create high vertical storage above walking space. Yeah, Tetris out that place.
Loft bed
i wouldn't live there if it was free
me either!
Me either! That’s a closet!
Facts
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I would rather sleep in my car. Lol
I'm having difficulties breathing, just by looking at this. 😅
$1600? That’s crazy... What if u get the runs or stomach virus and someone is on the one toilet? I can’t... 😩
MzLady
That's why that closet would be a bathroom if I lived there. .I'd have a portable toilet. ..but then again I wouldn't be there to start with. .1600$ is NY out of their minds. ..crazy
my thoughts as well:)
Your thoughts were my thoughts. Considering I just suffered from this over the summer. Yikes! No Bueno.
A bucket
Better grab some diapers lol
College dorm rooms are bigger than this 😭😩 OMG. I’m a minimalist, but I surely wouldn’t pay any amount to live in this. Props to you! 💕
I'm not trying to crack a joke, but I'm really having a hard time processing what I just saw.🤔
Kristen McWeen same! I’m freaking hyperventilating while watching this
I was depressed just looking at it
i’m not even kidding. i would actually go mad if i had to stay in such a. tiny apartment for so long.
there’s not even enough counter space to chop veggies comfortably wow
Oh hell no.....you about to suffer from heavy depression...do not stay there...your health is so important my love!😭😕
Gabi Sanchez Exactly what I was thinking. What are the suicide rates in NYC? And the ultimate insult is not having your own bathroom. Can you imagine how trifling other tenants and their guests would be. That shower is probably a petri dish of cooties.