A big Thank you to Yuri for showing me aroun these Micro Apartments. He really is a great guy, and a very good friend here in Moscow as well. If you want to contact him about apartments in Moscow, these are his details. He has a UA-cam channel also: Yuri's UA-cam Channel: www.youtube.com/@investremont Contact Yuri on Telegram for more details: www.t.me/investremontru Let me know what you think of these smaller mincro apartments.
Nice apt and nice video. As a germaphobe, I always want brand new homes. As I said, I like the place, but I'd need at least 2 bedroom and 2 bath and a full washer and dryer, or at least a washer dryer combo. Let me know if you see one available. I live in the US, but I'm tired of it, would like to move somewhere new.
Interesting video. Smart looking apartment. I think you should also have included some information about additional costs. Foe example if heating was included in the rental and are there any other 'communal' charges.
I understand there are loads of people would be lucky to have this apartment, but personally, If I had to live here, I would get severe depression! Having to spend your life in something like this, in an area surrounded by thousands of exactly similar apartments, to me, would be soul destroying. That's not living, that's existing. Just my personal opinion......
È la vita che conducono la maggior parte delle persone nelle grandi città, prova a trovare un appartamento nuovo nella periferia di Milano ad un prezzo simile. Molti milanesi vorrebbero poter girare in metropolitana con la stessa tranquillità dei moscoviti! Per non parlare della pulizia.... La depressione viene a non poter uscire di casa in sicurezza, la vita la conduci fuori e l'importante è avere mezzi pubblici vicini, efficienti e sicuri. Mi sembra che a Mosca stiano puntando sulla mobilità veloce e sui servizi di prima necessità nei quartieri, supermercati, farmacie, palestre, scuole e giochi per bambini, mi piace molto questo modo di concepire la città. Opinione personale ovviamente, buon Natale!
I am so grateful that I'm old and was working and could actually buy a house in 1976. 26,000 in the SF Bay Area. Moved to Reno, bought my house for 42,000 and am still living in it and the only way I'll leave here is in a pine box. I really feel for young working people and the way things have become, the haves and the have nots. Never thought I would see that in the US and yet, here we are. My house is 1400 square feet that is small by most of today's standards (one thing that makes housing less affordable) and I'm just fine with it. That apartment would be really difficult for me at this point in my life.
It's actually not that bad to live like this, especially as long as the house is so new. Everything works, the place has lots of storage space, so it's easy to keep tidy. And since it's in a huge city, when you get bored you just go out to do whatever. Surely not perfect, but not the worst way to live.
@@Volkbrecht I get that and also in other countries people tend to go out more. I see it all the time when I travel. Here in the US, we have our fenced back yard and our door camera and we get home for the day, lock up and that's it. Kind of sad really. I still would find that space difficult but people need the housing, and it works well for many.
An Architect here. Designed 3000 apts., mostly for moderate income persons and I can see the Architects worked their butts off trying to do a good job. And they did! I approve. Little tweeks could be made.....maybe a smaller kitchen to enlarge the "living room" aspect of the main room, maybe the kitchen table hinged on the wall to lift up. maybe a double door to the Bedroom so when having company the place could "open up" Overall I approve of the design esp heating and A/C. The bathroom sink is teriffic in design and function. If there are walking distance cafes / shops / librararies then such small space is liveable. GREAT KUDOS TO MY RUSSIAN ARCHITECT BUDDIES.
I have the same problem in my Russian apartment. They made the kitchen too big while rooms were negatively affected. It would be much better to add some width to the rooms white making the kitchen smaller. I also had to move a couple of doors to fit standard wardrobes which are about 60 centimeters in depth.
Guess I'm just used to much more space. I'd get claustrophobia in that apartment. Not too keen about a washing machine in the bathroom and there is no drier. Not sure why the radiator pipes need to be exposed like that either. And I'd want a fireplace in an environment that cold.
If you have friends or company over you want them hanging out in your bedroom. Traditionally a kitchen is where people gather. Larger kitchen is better. The main room is bedroom.
I love this series, so happy that you're making more of these videos! Always enjoying them. If you can, for next time, please show family apartments like 2 or 3 bedrooms, something a typical family would rent or buy.
He forgot to tell you that a median salary in RuSSia is just 60,000 Rubble. Paying rent of 50,000 Rubble for this pigeon hole 30 miles from centre? Jokes aside...
Amazing, now please mention that the average Russian pension is 150 USD per month and the average Russian salary is about 500 USD per month. I work in Russia as a medical doctor and I make 600 USD per month.
The prices of real estate in Moscow are just ridiculous. I visited Russia some 15 ago and there talked to a lady, who said only affordable to regular citizens way to buy property is being in the army or the police. After few years served they are entitled to buy property on special rates. At that time I belielve sq m was 15K USD.
How's that possible?? I'm a physician too living in Latin America and the salary (depends on many variables) its more than 110usd per day, 300usd per day if you have a postgraduate
@@FG-wz2xb I think in Moscow GP's salary starts from 1K, but usually doctors take more job. you can work in state owned clinic and do some hours in private clinic as well. but still even for qualified doctors it won't be anything near 300 usd/day. do you have free universal healthcare in your country? or is it more like in the US
@@marlenebulger6822 You should actually be intelligent enough not to use the "average wage" as an argument, especially when it comes to rent prices in Moscow. In Moscow in particular, wages are much higher than in other regions, for example, and so are the rents...🧐
In Holland apartments are around 1400€ a month and minimum wage is 2000€, here there is a very big big housing problem, most young ppl still love at their parents place, also 30+ yo.
As a Russian student I could actually see myself living there. It has everything one needs, a beautiful kitchen, big mirrors, everything in a modern style. Please do more apartment tours, Russel!
as a student i was eating cup ramen... as a someone with 60 000 rub salary i will never be able to buy apartments in moscow. never( what it costs now? last time i looked it was starting from 5 milions... now i think it starts from 7 and in my area it starts from 15 i belive...). good thing i already have place to live in my property. thanks to my grandma. welll i could marry someone who makes money, but i think i prefer to live in my older home
That would seem like a gift from the housing god compared to the current rents in the Seattle Washington, U.S.A. area! It is amazing how many and faster other countries can get housing up and open.
@@teri7371 me too. something like this similar to this price in Seattle could literally save so many people from becoming homeless. Because they have jobs but still can not afford $2,000 for rent.
Remember, Russians don't make nearly as much as professional people in Seattle, so this apartment is, comparatively, extremely expensive for them. Also, it's well outside city center.
It's an ordinary Russian entry door. Double locks are not for security. The lock below is the main lock and it is a rather secure lock. But the upper lock is simple, it is a service lock for the case when you need to give keys to some service person like realtor, electrician or domestic help.
It's rather "standard" to have two locks. Regularly use primary one (share key if needed) and use 2nd in case you leave for vacation or primary broken or need more security for any reason.
@@aoika as a system administrator you need to make more then that I think. But I think your groceries are cheaper then in the Netherlands, same with gas and electricity. In the Netherlands we pay a lot at the moment.
That area is kind of down-market. Not unsafe, just a lot of big gray buildings and not many trees. I once went there to buy my son a bicycle and wasn't impressed. It is especially bad in the winter with white-gray skies, snow and concrete. I would prefer the shabbiest Khruschev-era building inside the city's central district to a new place in Nakhabino. But they are a step up from Balashika because at least they have a metro.
Thats real nice much bigger & better than the pokey little flat i live in cost me £1500 a month just rent not included bills. London prices are killing the city.
Let me repeat here as well: a median salary in the UK is £3,000 per month. A median salary in RuSSia, according to the Spermbank is cca 60,000 Rubble. You pay half of the median for your rent, They pay 80+% of theirs for this place. And the prices are going to go higher in RuSSia as the economy is crashing, a lot of defaults on the loans people took to make ends meet, also Rubble crashing, expensive import and limited export... now their beaches covered with Mazut. Enjoy your flat in peace in London.
@D.von.N Salaries in UK depend on where you live. London has the highest ranking salaries but far more expensive and crowded. Anyway everything got expensive in the last couple of years. Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄
@@loa367 Thanks, you too. I know the salaries vary, but I compared comparable. Median income in a country and rent in the metropole, or within its boundaries. I agree, the whole world is suffering the aftermath of the pandemic and then the greed of the corporations who hold us by the balls. But unlike in RuSSia, most of the world can freely move, travel, say what they want, their men aren't snatched for a cannon fodder, infrastructure is in a far better state... and the sanctions for RuSSia are unprecedented, causing havoc in their living standards. If people see the prices in Moscow but compare it to their own salary in the developed world, they are making a big mistake.
@@D.von.N я как житель Некрасовки полностью согласен с тобой. Сравнивать Лондон и эту дыру, где воняет мусоркой 24 часа, где найти парковочное место это целый подвиг. ЖКХ пришла на днях 10 тысяч рублей за однушку 33 метра.
It’s basically a hotel room with a kitchenette. For 400$ US , it’s better than living on the street. If it’s heated at that price… then it’s an even better deal. (I don’t think that you mentioned utilities) If I were to consider a space of this size, I would invest in a high end Swedish “Murphy bed” (which flips up and hides into a wall unit) which would give you a small living room by day and a comfortable bed by night…. which is great cuz you don’t have to make up your bed every morning.
@ He quoted the rent in US $ , in British Pounds and finally in Euros. I chose to quote it in USDs because of the potential North American viewers. That was my prerogative.
Thank you for showing us a side of Russia westerners rarely get to see. I truly enjoy your videos. As an electrician I’d love to see my fellow electricians in Russia going about their work day. Merry Christmas to you all and a Happy New Year that I pray brings peace. 🍻
:)If you mean electricians who work in the field of apartment repairs, then as a rule they prefer not to work "for their uncle" :), they are all usually "freelance artists":), or to put it more simply, they work for themselves :), while officially registering where they are it is necessary to register. They find work themselves (as a rule, they find work through their friends, apartment finishers, it is approximately necessary to have four teams of finishers as friends in order for you to always have a job), they themselves agree on the price for the work and do it themselves.....I don't think there are any significant differences in the work of an electrician compared to an American electrician. Except that in Russia the current is 220 volts, and in America, as I heard, 110 volts. The biggest problem of an electrician working in apartment buildings is the noise they create when working :).For this reason, it is extremely necessary for them to have a good, kind, joking character in order to be able to negotiate with the neighbors of the apartment he is repairing :).Since this category of electricians are "their own masters" :) then they can work whenever they want and however they want :)....but at the same time, you MUST coordinate your work with the finishers....And by the way, by the way, I do not know how in America, BUT in Russia, the work of an electrician NECESSARILY includes cutting walls for wiring and cup holders for sockets.The fact is that IN ALL the apartment buildings in Russia there are good concrete walls, which the electrician very often has to knock out for wiring the electrics. It goes without saying that for this purpose there are various strobe cutters and perforators.....BUT I'm telling you this just so that you understand that in Russia, the working tool of an electrician is not only a screwdriver and a knife for stripping wires :)
А работа электрика в системе энергоснабжающих организаций совсем другая, у меня зять работает дежурным жлектриком водителем в мосэнерго, день в день день в ночь два дня дома, дежурство заключается в выезде на неполадки и аварии в системе энергоснабжения района, если авария серьезная и не может быть устранена руками одного электрика, то на обьект вызывается аварийная бригада, зарплата 120 тыс с доплатой за вождение
Nice to see you, Russell,from Angie from Nova Scotia and our former shiplife! Merry Christmas to you! You're doing so well with your YT channel! Congratulations! 🎄❤️
Most apartments have convertible sofa beds in them. This place is going to be rented furnished, so it was the owners choice of what items to put in there.
Propper sleep is the most important thing one wan't to get from an appartment. So a propper bed with a propper mattress are desired by most people who is looking for an appartment to rent for themselves. Landords choosing sofas over beds are considered to be stingy idiots (and for the most part indeed they are).
A very typical & very modern apartment. Russians believe : This is how Europe lives This is how Russians like it. Russian flat comparable = East/West Germany 1960 picture.
I'm by myself with my mom and let me tell you I and my mom would definitely be able to live there. I thought it was absolutely adorable and it's perfect for one or two people . I would probably do a smaller Square table for the kitchen. I have a friend who has a very small home who has one of those sofas but as you said it's L-shaped so you can utilize the wall space and then make the table a tad smaller deceive the eyes and make that kitchen look larger. To me the kitchen was a very good size I would just change the size of the table a smaller Square table for that setup and remove one of the chairs and just leave the sofa and one chair should be more than sufficient. The bedroom was what took me off guard I didn't realize that they get a bed and a brand new mattress which is awesome. Not much more room in there with that bed but you can always put it a tad more to one side so you could have fit a chair in a corner I'm not really sure the space. I really like the bathroom perfect and came with the washer and dryer combo which is always a plus and I do love those showers. I think it's a wonderful apartment and the price is out of this world amazing to me.
It is cheaper end in Moscow lol. Although it is overpriced for a location. It is quite bad. One can get proper 1 bedroom apt with a bath and a normal hallway for the same price even a bit closer to the center, not this pseudo studio. If you earning less than 1k per month in Moscow you are not in great place anyway. Unless if you are not renting... Like 500 USD is a bad salary, really bad one in Moscow even 10 years ago. Can be ok somewhere 1000 miles away tho...
@@Yakez42 how much is ok salary in Moscow - not great, but not bad - where you can pay for your cost of living with no worries and you can have a normal life?
@@moetocafedepends on one’s style of living… the average salary in Moscow in 2024 is around 1500 USD. You can live on it renting a room (I personally would not rent the whole apartment with that salary, simply because it would be impossible to save money) and not starving. If you have a place to live in, inherited flat for example, you’re the lucky one and this might be totally enough for you if you don’t have high ambitions. 1500 USD is an average month salary for taxi drivers, or it may be starter’s salary in IT section. I now make 2500-3000 USD per month and pay 625 for the mortgage (same as if I rented an apartment) and 70-80 USD for utilities in winter time. My salary definitely is not small, but also not really high for Moscow, a lot of people around me make much more.
Interesting tour, thanks ! Micro apartments similar to this are becoming more popular in the US. In the Seattle area, they start at around $1000 USD for 300 sq feet.
@@ArmadilloGodzilla Yes, basically twice what it would cost in Moscow. Beautiful apartment. I think a young couple very much in love could live there comfortably. Not that big so relatively easy to keep clean. I don't see much snow here in South Carolina, USA so I think the snow is beautiful.
I live in western NY and I find it very interesting that Seattle has these. Here, we do have micro apartments but usually for 55 plus, so I’d easily qualify. 😊
It is very smart but way too small for me, I was actually expecting to see a living room . I personally could not live in a place that small, even if I was on my own. Thanks Russell for an interesting and informative video.
For a studio, it looked very good...I would say adding cabinetry above the refrigerator would have added quite a bit of storage space..loved the efficient use of bathroom space
Greetings Russel . Beautiful Apartment .nice Area. Thank you so much for your channel. It has opened my eyes to day to day life in Russia. Blessings and merry christmas. From :south Africa. 😊😊😊 i am a new suscriber.
Well, when you arrive, you'll find out that your salary will be $1,000- 1200. And there are people who work for 300-400 dollars a month. That is, you'll pay half for rent again. For all kinds of remote workers, there are now continuous problems. Blockages both from the state and foreign restrictions. And the further, the worse. Since mid-summer, the same UA-cam has been blocked more and more. PS when the ruble exchange rate was different. many rented out apartments in Moscow. and if there were several of them, then it was great. and they lived in Asia with that money. they rented there and still had some left over for living. but with the current ruble exchange rate, it's not so profitable.
Compared to North American rents, that is an exceptional deal. I would want a convertible bed, so it could be a sofa during the day. But I suppose one is meant to entertain in the kitchen. I would have happily lived there in my youth, but I really need a separate living room and bedroom in these days of my decrepitude. LOVE the self-enclosed kitchen though.
@@MomentalnoVMore I am retired and living with a modest pension paying North American rents (mine is above half of my monthly income). I likely make far less than a Russian professional, whom I would assume is the target market for new modern apartments in a Moscow suburb. So not neccessarily. Considering that this would be a $1700 apartment in Toronto ($3000 in New York), I think there is more wage/cost parity here than you assume. The average salary in the Moscow region in 2024 was 112,000 rubbles (about $1200/mo), making $480 just over 1/3 of your monthly income (I wish!!!!)
4:38 Yeah that is not as secure as one can think. Lower lock is non excitant and can be forced through with a chisel in 10 sec and opened with extra cylinder at hand. The door itself looks like standard 1.5 mil bent steel. Can be literally opened with can opener. Upper lock can be just removed from the door. Although probably this door can be folded by a crowbar in several minutes. It also looks like standard door from developer, so it is 100% does not have any reinforcement to prevent any of that. It is super cheap non secure door for a shed. 2 locks are just there as a "tradition", nothing more.
When I got my first Big City Job I rented my first apartment. Things were going fine until the neighbours in the next apartment started cooking. They were um, ethnic and they cooked ethnic food. Stinky ethnic food. So my first day on the job my brand new suit smelled like what they had for dinner last night. I had to keep all my clothes in sealed Rubbermaid tubs and change in the bathroom with the vent on High. I did this for a year and then rented a house in the suburbs. So no, I couldn't live there
Though the rent is real low for standards in my country, I couldn't live there. Besides all the same giant block of flats around that would drive me nuts, I would miss a separate living room. With this you basically always live in a tiny kitchen. The bathroom is rather small also.
I could live there. Not sure together with my wife though. But I lived and worked on cruise ships for many years. So i am used to smaller living spaces.
I don’t think so (usually no but I don’t know) Anyway, internet and electricity don’t cost that much. At the very max 1000 ($10) rubles per month for both combined.
I live in a house in a midwestern city in the US. I would go crazy having to live in an apartment that small. The couch is too small. You can't even lay down on it. How do they dry their clothes? Do they hang a clothes line in the bathroom.
This apartment appears to be very nicely laid out and highly efficient for its size. Amenities such as the four burner built-in range, refrigerator, furnishings including a washer-dryer combo are exceptional for being all-inclusive in the price. Very livable indeed for one or two persons and, in my opinion, most likely a good value based on location and proximity to area infrastructure and transportation.
I'd love to have this in Canada. We rarely get en-suite laundry. Usually we have to share communal facilities with our neighbours, operated by pre-payed smart card. And my unit doesn't have a dishwasher.
What? In terms of layout and efficiency this place absolutely sucks. For starters, at this small size it is generally better to not have a separating wall, better let the occupant decide how they want to compartmentalize the space with furniture. Also, the furniture itself is not well chosen. The full size kitchen range is overkill, and the big, built-in wardrobe also takes away flexibility.
@@VolkbrechtThe wardrobe is storage as well as clothes. Otherwise there is none. Agreed the four burners and stove are surplus. That could be three burner max plus a toaster oven / air fryer.
Thank you Russell, I look forward to these video's on the micro apartments, just need to be johnny on the spot to be there when available....Yuri does a great job, and just to be able to walk straight in all furnished is the go for someone moving to Russia as a single person with not much more than a computer and clothing... very nice and much appreciated....the price is very affordable and takes a lot of anxiety out of relocation to a new country. 💯❤
Seems very, very cheap by U.S. standards for a furnished brand new apartment in a suburb of a major city. But then again, I don't know what a typical Russian 20-something single office worker (who would seem to be the demographic for such an apartment) earns. All things are relative.
My house in the US cost around 487.00 dollars a month and was around 2400 squared feet was built in 1906 and has 3 stories? I have a big lot with a three-plus car garage? why would this be a good deal?
In Russia, a house made of planks as big as yours would cost the same price as this apartment. And in the same village where your house is located. This apartment is 30 km from the center of a city of 20 million people.
The area seems remote and joyless. Furthermore, it’s about 300 sq. ft.-a micro-sized apartment that offers shelter and little else. Kind of dreary all in all.
@sashaz1979 thank you for your reply . $100,000? So pretty expensive then? I know answers vary on the internet but it seems an average wage for someone on the outskirts of Moscow is the equivalent of €7,500 a year. So the apartment would cost roughly 13x an average years wage? Interesting.
@@motohobo The average salary in my industrial city of 400k people is 880 dollars. The same in the country. In Moscow, 1500. We're talking about average wages, not median wages. Worldwide, only 1/3 of the country's population earns it or more. I just bought an apartment for 60 paychecks. The apartment in the video is about the limit of dreams of a single man working in Moscow and getting an average salary. If you find a wife who is not a slacker and also works for an average salary, then, theoretically, they will buy an apartment 2 times more.
@@TravellingwithRussell Yeah all these things add up, not forgetting food, running a vehicle or public transport, you would probably need a good paying job just to afford a little apartment?
For the price, and location, its a brand new area. Lots of nice places to walk. Of course, in winter the place looks different. Come march and april, the area is totally different.
Nope, tiny living as a lifelong lifestyle would be too oppressive and depressing. I would rather have less city life and more day-to-day personal space to call home.
There was a Magnit supermarket in the same building. There was one more in the building across from the street. There was a bus stop about 7 minutes walk from the building door. Or you can walk to the Metro, about 15 minutes.
Even A. Breivik (Norway's mass killer) prison cell has more space -> 30 sqm. 28 sqm flat for 460€ is ridiculous even in EU. If minimum salary in Moscow is around 30.000 RUB and average wage is 80.000 RUB (online source)... how Moscwians could afford that 50.000 RUB tiny apartment? Also quality of the building looks terrible considering it is brand new...
very timely considering the Russian property collapsed and 23% interest rates Ruble is going down taking the economy with it. Lots of property will be unoccupied, many building firms already bust through collapse of demand
No floor heating in a brand new apartment? The radiators, especially the one in the bedroom, looks so tiny. Does this provide enough heat in deep winter or do you use it in combination with the ac? The radiator in my bedroom, which is only 30% larger, has a radiator around 4 times the size and our winters are less cold.
as a person living in Moscow, I can say that these radiators are definitely not enough for winter. it should be borne in mind that this apartment is actually located outside the city and is a fairly low-class housing
Five hundred dollars for this little two room apartment is pretty expensive...it's not even any where near Moscow city center. The public lobby area and the hallways are very plain and sterile. Pass.
Russel, quick question, do these apartments have fire sprinkler systems? Looked but couldn’t spot any sprinkler heads or fire alarm pulls? PS - you mention no one uses the apartment mail boxes on the first floor. What is the usual alternative?
In USA, East Coast, that unit would cost approx. $1,500 to $2,000 a month, plus ine month security deposit , a credit check, and posdibly a reference . A similar sized Hotel room in USA woukd cost about $120 a night, or about $600 a week. Thank you Russell, your videos are informative andvyour persionality is pleasing
His videos are not informative, it is one-sided propaganda. He didn't tell you that the median salary in RuSSia is just 60,000 Rubble. That is over 80% of their income going on this tiny place, 30 miles from the Red Square. Monthly median income for the US overall is $6,500, as for 2023, more likely more this year. So paying on average 30% of your salary for rent, vs 80% is a no brainer for me.
@@D.von.N Yeah. I agree. Additionally you will not find so tiny apartments to rent. Typically small one bed apartment will be at least 400-500 sqft or 37-45 sqm. 28 sqm (or 300 sqft) is really ridiculously small and even A. Breivik has bigger prison cell...
This is a nice apartment. I would be tempted to make the bedroom a living room with a pull out couch to convert at bedtime. (Russell are there daylight hours in the Moscow area in Dec/Jan ?? )
As someone with 25 years of working in Russia, what Russell is not telling you that Moscow is not Russia and Russia is not Moscow. Salaries in Moscow depending on the job you do can be between x3 to x7 the national average for your job. We paid 1500 US$ a month for a sales assistant in Moscow. This fell to 300 US The top 10% of Russia owns 87% of Russia's wealth and so 90% of Russia is poor. There are numerous areas of Russia where the average wage is between 200-300 US$ per month. To get a more accurate picture of Russia you need to look at other Russia shows.
Вам нужно поменьше врать. Самый бедный регион в России это Ингушетия. И даже там средняя зарплата 400 долларов. You need to stop lying. The poorest region in Russia is Ingushetia. And even there the average salary is 400 dollars.
There is a big income gap in Russia, but in the US it is even bigger. And the top 10% of the rich in the US own a large percentage of the capital. And there are extremely few people in Russia who don't own any real estate at all. In the US 1/3 of the population don't own any real estate at all. In the UK, 1/3 don't own any real estate either. In Germany, 1/2 don't own any real estate at all. В России большая разница в доходах, но в США она еще больше. И верхние 10% богачей США владеют большим процентом капитала. И в России крайне мало людей, кто вообще не владеет никакой недвижимостью. В США 1/3 населения вообще не имеют никакой недвижимости. В Великобритании тоже 1/3 не имеет. С Германии вообще 1/2 не имеет.
This is so interesting. The many locks on the door took me aback for a minute, but it looks like it would be a secure and safe apartment once closed and locked. I can’t wait to watch more of your videos.
A big Thank you to Yuri for showing me aroun these Micro Apartments. He really is a great guy, and a very good friend here in Moscow as well. If you want to contact him about apartments in Moscow, these are his details. He has a UA-cam channel also: Yuri's UA-cam Channel: www.youtube.com/@investremont
Contact Yuri on Telegram for more details: www.t.me/investremontru
Let me know what you think of these smaller mincro apartments.
Nice apt and nice video. As a germaphobe, I always want brand new homes. As I said, I like the place, but I'd need at least 2 bedroom and 2 bath and a full washer and dryer, or at least a washer dryer combo. Let me know if you see one available. I live in the US, but I'm tired of it, would like to move somewhere new.
Interesting video. Smart looking apartment. I think you should also have included some information about additional costs. Foe example if heating was included in the rental and are there any other 'communal' charges.
i do not like this American style apartment!
Too claustrophobic
I live in a victorian house in London. My bedroom is 24m2 on its own.
I understand there are loads of people would be lucky to have this apartment, but personally, If I had to live here, I would get severe depression! Having to spend your life in something like this, in an area surrounded by thousands of exactly similar apartments, to me, would be soul destroying. That's not living, that's existing. Just my personal opinion......
you are totally right
È la vita che conducono la maggior parte delle persone nelle grandi città, prova a trovare un appartamento nuovo nella periferia di Milano ad un prezzo simile. Molti milanesi vorrebbero poter girare in metropolitana con la stessa tranquillità dei moscoviti! Per non parlare della pulizia.... La depressione viene a non poter uscire di casa in sicurezza, la vita la conduci fuori e l'importante è avere mezzi pubblici vicini, efficienti e sicuri. Mi sembra che a Mosca stiano puntando sulla mobilità veloce e sui servizi di prima necessità nei quartieri, supermercati, farmacie, palestre, scuole e giochi per bambini, mi piace molto questo modo di concepire la città. Opinione personale ovviamente, buon Natale!
I agree with you.
Home is where the heart it. Get some cats and bam...life is good. Tiny house living is a cool thing.
Beats hearing gunshots and people screaming all night.
I am so grateful that I'm old and was working and could actually buy a house in 1976. 26,000 in the SF Bay Area. Moved to Reno, bought my house for 42,000 and am still living in it and the only way I'll leave here is in a pine box. I really feel for young working people and the way things have become, the haves and the have nots. Never thought I would see that in the US and yet, here we are. My house is 1400 square feet that is small by most of today's standards (one thing that makes housing less affordable) and I'm just fine with it. That apartment would be really difficult for me at this point in my life.
The US is the epitome of "haves and have nots" and always has been.
I agree! Awful high rise stack'n'pack apartments.
28 square meters! Good grief! Hideous living.
@@KR-pp7wp You can't sling a cat.
It's actually not that bad to live like this, especially as long as the house is so new. Everything works, the place has lots of storage space, so it's easy to keep tidy. And since it's in a huge city, when you get bored you just go out to do whatever. Surely not perfect, but not the worst way to live.
@@Volkbrecht I get that and also in other countries people tend to go out more. I see it all the time when I travel. Here in the US, we have our fenced back yard and our door camera and we get home for the day, lock up and that's it. Kind of sad really.
I still would find that space difficult but people need the housing, and it works well for many.
An Architect here. Designed 3000 apts., mostly for moderate income persons and I can see the Architects worked their butts off trying to do a good job. And they did! I approve. Little tweeks could be made.....maybe a smaller kitchen to enlarge the "living room" aspect of the main room, maybe the kitchen table hinged on the wall to lift up. maybe a double door to the Bedroom so when having company the place could "open up" Overall I approve of the design esp heating and A/C. The bathroom sink is teriffic in design and function. If there are walking distance cafes / shops / librararies then such small space is liveable. GREAT KUDOS TO MY RUSSIAN ARCHITECT BUDDIES.
Kudos back to you from Russian architect. (This apartments building isn't my project though)
I have the same problem in my Russian apartment. They made the kitchen too big while rooms were negatively affected. It would be much better to add some width to the rooms white making the kitchen smaller. I also had to move a couple of doors to fit standard wardrobes which are about 60 centimeters in depth.
I guess they have the guest in the kitchen, especially if as he said they usually put a U shaped sofa there.... And the room is actually a bedroom
Guess I'm just used to much more space. I'd get claustrophobia in that apartment. Not too keen about a washing machine in the bathroom and there is no drier. Not sure why the radiator pipes need to be exposed like that either. And I'd want a fireplace in an environment that cold.
If you have friends or company over you want them hanging out in your bedroom. Traditionally a kitchen is where people gather. Larger kitchen is better. The main room is bedroom.
I love this series, so happy that you're making more of these videos! Always enjoying them. If you can, for next time, please show family apartments like 2 or 3 bedrooms, something a typical family would rent or buy.
Nice Job ! Very interesting and good content. Thank you 👍
Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the comment.
He forgot to tell you that a median salary in RuSSia is just 60,000 Rubble. Paying rent of 50,000 Rubble for this pigeon hole 30 miles from centre? Jokes aside...
Another informative video. Thank you Russell. 👍
I really liked your video Russell! These apartment tours are very interesting.
Agree. I enjoy seeing how other people live. Honestly.
I would replace the bed with a comfy sofa that converts into a bed, and replace the small TV with a 75 inch TV... PERFECT! Where do I sign?😊😊😊
75 inch in that tiny room ok fair enough.
Why a tv and the bedroom? No dryer?
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Amazing, now please mention that the average Russian pension is 150 USD per month and the average Russian salary is about 500 USD per month.
I work in Russia as a medical doctor and I make 600 USD per month.
Коллега, держитесь, дорогой. С наступающим вас Новым годом.
The prices of real estate in Moscow are just ridiculous. I visited Russia some 15 ago and there talked to a lady, who said only affordable to regular citizens way to buy property is being in the army or the police. After few years served they are entitled to buy property on special rates. At that time I belielve sq m was 15K USD.
How's that possible?? I'm a physician too living in Latin America and the salary (depends on many variables) its more than 110usd per day, 300usd per day if you have a postgraduate
@@FG-wz2xb I think in Moscow GP's salary starts from 1K, but usually doctors take more job. you can work in state owned clinic and do some hours in private clinic as well. but still even for qualified doctors it won't be anything near 300 usd/day. do you have free universal healthcare in your country? or is it more like in the US
@@slava789
Благодарю, вас тоже поздравляю с наступающим, и желаю всего наилучшего
Nice!
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Why do you call this apartment TYPICAL, when only 5%-10% of Russians can afford this apartment.
Typical *appearance,* not price.
The average Russian makes the equivalent of $14k a year. So, those are condos in Russia. Meant only for the top 10%. 😂😂😂
@@marlenebulger6822
You should actually be intelligent enough not to use the "average wage" as an argument, especially when it comes to rent prices in Moscow. In Moscow in particular, wages are much higher than in other regions, for example, and so are the rents...🧐
In Holland apartments are around 1400€ a month and minimum wage is 2000€, here there is a very big big housing problem, most young ppl still love at their parents place, also 30+ yo.
Because this is propaganda.
Thank you, Sir! Always love the apartment videos.
Good use of the space, honestly I was expecting something much worse. Nothing wrong with this place plenty of space for one person or two short term.
As a Russian student I could actually see myself living there. It has everything one needs, a beautiful kitchen, big mirrors, everything in a modern style. Please do more apartment tours, Russel!
as a student i was eating cup ramen... as a someone with 60 000 rub salary i will never be able to buy apartments in moscow. never( what it costs now? last time i looked it was starting from 5 milions... now i think it starts from 7 and in my area it starts from 15 i belive...). good thing i already have place to live in my property. thanks to my grandma. welll i could marry someone who makes money, but i think i prefer to live in my older home
@@KatieSwordvideosand what about those who don't inherit parents/grandparents apartment. Seems like forever rent.
это каким студентом надо быть чтобы арендовать хату за 50к
@@KatieSwordvideos 60 000 rub in Moscow? What do you work as?
If 1970s is modern...
Ok
That would seem like a gift from the housing god compared to the current rents in the Seattle Washington, U.S.A. area! It is amazing how many and faster other countries can get housing up and open.
lol Seattle here also
@@teri7371 me too. something like this similar to this price in Seattle could literally save so many people from becoming homeless. Because they have jobs but still can not afford $2,000 for rent.
Remember, Russians don't make nearly as much as professional people in Seattle, so this apartment is, comparatively, extremely expensive for them. Also, it's well outside city center.
It's an ordinary Russian entry door. Double locks are not for security. The lock below is the main lock and it is a rather secure lock. But the upper lock is simple, it is a service lock for the case when you need to give keys to some service person like realtor, electrician or domestic help.
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The 2 locks will not keep the FSB out
@@lrmguitars1224 фсб нет никакого дела до обычных людей
It's rather "standard" to have two locks. Regularly use primary one (share key if needed) and use 2nd in case you leave for vacation or primary broken or need more security for any reason.
Russell, these are absolutely tiny apartments. Could you show us a 72 m2 one, a 64m2, 90m2.. something more normal for a small family. Thanks!
I heard 54 m2 are in high request right now
What does the m2 mean? I am thinking like 2 for like two people? I'm feel too American to understand this lol please forgive me in advance lol
@@houseaccount3293 square metres lol
@@houseaccount3293 Square metre, a metric unit of area. One metre long by one metre wide. A metre is close to 1 yard. Russia is a metric country.
@@dougbrowning82 Most countries are.
Good video Russell.
Thanks 👍
460 euro's!! As a dutch citizen I would say shut up and take my money. This apartment looks awesome for a single guy like me.
950 EUR a month is the avarage salary in russia
@@aoika if you work in retail
@@aoika as a system administrator you need to make more then that I think. But I think your groceries are cheaper then in the Netherlands, same with gas and electricity. In the Netherlands we pay a lot at the moment.
That area is kind of down-market. Not unsafe, just a lot of big gray buildings and not many trees. I once went there to buy my son a bicycle and wasn't impressed. It is especially bad in the winter with white-gray skies, snow and concrete. I would prefer the shabbiest Khruschev-era building inside the city's central district to a new place in Nakhabino. But they are a step up from Balashika because at least they have a metro.
$480 US that's cheap
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Thats real nice much bigger & better than the pokey little flat i live in cost me £1500 a month just rent not included bills. London prices are killing the city.
Let me repeat here as well: a median salary in the UK is £3,000 per month. A median salary in RuSSia, according to the Spermbank is cca 60,000 Rubble. You pay half of the median for your rent, They pay 80+% of theirs for this place. And the prices are going to go higher in RuSSia as the economy is crashing, a lot of defaults on the loans people took to make ends meet, also Rubble crashing, expensive import and limited export... now their beaches covered with Mazut. Enjoy your flat in peace in London.
@D.von.N Salaries in UK depend on where you live. London has the highest ranking salaries but far more expensive and crowded. Anyway everything got expensive in the last couple of years.
Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄
@@loa367 Thanks, you too.
I know the salaries vary, but I compared comparable. Median income in a country and rent in the metropole, or within its boundaries.
I agree, the whole world is suffering the aftermath of the pandemic and then the greed of the corporations who hold us by the balls. But unlike in RuSSia, most of the world can freely move, travel, say what they want, their men aren't snatched for a cannon fodder, infrastructure is in a far better state... and the sanctions for RuSSia are unprecedented, causing havoc in their living standards. If people see the prices in Moscow but compare it to their own salary in the developed world, they are making a big mistake.
@@D.von.N я как житель Некрасовки полностью согласен с тобой. Сравнивать Лондон и эту дыру, где воняет мусоркой 24 часа, где найти парковочное место это целый подвиг. ЖКХ пришла на днях 10 тысяч рублей за однушку 33 метра.
It’s basically a hotel room with a kitchenette. For 400$ US , it’s better than living on the street. If it’s heated at that price… then it’s an even better deal. (I don’t think that you mentioned utilities) If I were to consider a space of this size, I would invest in a high end Swedish “Murphy bed” (which flips up and hides into a wall unit) which would give you a small living room by day and a comfortable bed by night…. which is great cuz you don’t have to make up your bed every morning.
You are correct, it's low-price hotel room.
You write nonsense!
Why are you quoting U S dollars? Not like they earn dollars.
@ He quoted the rent in US $ , in British Pounds and finally in Euros. I chose to quote it in USDs because of the potential North American viewers. That was my prerogative.
@@presspound7358 you don't have a prerogative on UA-cam. Anything you write can get questioned. You answered. End of story.
Thank you for showing us a side of Russia westerners rarely get to see. I truly enjoy your videos. As an electrician I’d love to see my fellow electricians in Russia going about their work day. Merry Christmas to you all and a Happy New Year that I pray brings peace. 🍻
I pray with you! Every day! 🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️❤️
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@@he162awhat’s so funny
:)If you mean electricians who work in the field of apartment repairs, then as a rule they prefer not to work "for their uncle" :), they are all usually "freelance artists":), or to put it more simply, they work for themselves :), while officially registering where they are it is necessary to register. They find work themselves (as a rule, they find work through their friends, apartment finishers, it is approximately necessary to have four teams of finishers as friends in order for you to always have a job), they themselves agree on the price for the work and do it themselves.....I don't think there are any significant differences in the work of an electrician compared to an American electrician. Except that in Russia the current is 220 volts, and in America, as I heard, 110 volts. The biggest problem of an electrician working in apartment buildings is the noise they create when working :).For this reason, it is extremely necessary for them to have a good, kind, joking character in order to be able to negotiate with the neighbors of the apartment he is repairing :).Since this category of electricians are "their own masters" :) then they can work whenever they want and however they want :)....but at the same time, you MUST coordinate your work with the finishers....And by the way, by the way, I do not know how in America, BUT in Russia, the work of an electrician NECESSARILY includes cutting walls for wiring and cup holders for sockets.The fact is that IN ALL the apartment buildings in Russia there are good concrete walls, which the electrician very often has to knock out for wiring the electrics. It goes without saying that for this purpose there are various strobe cutters and perforators.....BUT I'm telling you this just so that you understand that in Russia, the working tool of an electrician is not only a screwdriver and a knife for stripping wires :)
А работа электрика в системе энергоснабжающих организаций совсем другая, у меня зять работает дежурным жлектриком водителем в мосэнерго, день в день день в ночь два дня дома, дежурство заключается в выезде на неполадки и аварии в системе энергоснабжения района, если авария серьезная и не может быть устранена руками одного электрика, то на обьект вызывается аварийная бригада, зарплата 120 тыс с доплатой за вождение
By the way, they build the same shit in Norway. That's why the Architecture Rebellion has grown huge here!
Nice, Merry Christmas😀🌲
Nice to see you, Russell,from Angie from Nova Scotia and our former shiplife! Merry Christmas to you! You're doing so well with your YT channel! Congratulations! 🎄❤️
Amazing video. Apartment is just perfect for one person. 😊
yeah very nice but watch out for goverment hiding camaras.
Very nice apartment. Not a bad price . Thanks for showing us .
Your very welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting. I appreciate it a lot.
I liked the flat but it was a bit odd without living room. A sofa bed would be better perhaps
I find it odd as well.
Most apartments have convertible sofa beds in them. This place is going to be rented furnished, so it was the owners choice of what items to put in there.
Propper sleep is the most important thing one wan't to get from an appartment. So a propper bed with a propper mattress are desired by most people who is looking for an appartment to rent for themselves. Landords choosing sofas over beds are considered to be stingy idiots (and for the most part indeed they are).
A very typical & very modern apartment. Russians believe : This is how Europe lives This is how Russians like it.
Russian flat comparable = East/West Germany 1960 picture.
I'm by myself with my mom and let me tell you I and my mom would definitely be able to live there. I thought it was absolutely adorable and it's perfect for one or two people . I would probably do a smaller Square table for the kitchen. I have a friend who has a very small home who has one of those sofas but as you said it's L-shaped so you can utilize the wall space and then make the table a tad smaller deceive the eyes and make that kitchen look larger. To me the kitchen was a very good size I would just change the size of the table a smaller Square table for that setup and remove one of the chairs and just leave the sofa and one chair should be more than sufficient. The bedroom was what took me off guard I didn't realize that they get a bed and a brand new mattress which is awesome. Not much more room in there with that bed but you can always put it a tad more to one side so you could have fit a chair in a corner I'm not really sure the space. I really like the bathroom perfect and came with the washer and dryer combo which is always a plus and I do love those showers. I think it's a wonderful apartment and the price is out of this world amazing to me.
Russell, you're always very cheerful. It's nice to watch.
I appreciate that!
Yes it really is.. i think that helps a lot in his channel being succesful 👍🙏
I love your videos! I look so forward to them
That's really expensive in Russia. Basically whole months salary
That is what i was thinking, most jobs in Russia are poor pay, unless you are in a high profile job.
in a sense it's comparable to California, where if you work at low pay job you can't afford to even pay for the rent alone
It is cheaper end in Moscow lol. Although it is overpriced for a location. It is quite bad. One can get proper 1 bedroom apt with a bath and a normal hallway for the same price even a bit closer to the center, not this pseudo studio. If you earning less than 1k per month in Moscow you are not in great place anyway. Unless if you are not renting... Like 500 USD is a bad salary, really bad one in Moscow even 10 years ago. Can be ok somewhere 1000 miles away tho...
@@Yakez42 how much is ok salary in Moscow - not great, but not bad - where you can pay for your cost of living with no worries and you can have a normal life?
@@moetocafedepends on one’s style of living… the average salary in Moscow in 2024 is around 1500 USD. You can live on it renting a room (I personally would not rent the whole apartment with that salary, simply because it would be impossible to save money) and not starving. If you have a place to live in, inherited flat for example, you’re the lucky one and this might be totally enough for you if you don’t have high ambitions.
1500 USD is an average month salary for taxi drivers, or it may be starter’s salary in IT section.
I now make 2500-3000 USD per month and pay 625 for the mortgage (same as if I rented an apartment) and 70-80 USD for utilities in winter time. My salary definitely is not small, but also not really high for Moscow, a lot of people around me make much more.
Покажите квартиры где живут семьи с детьми. Двухкомнатные или трёшки.
Отличная тема для будущего видео!
Да были вроде уже на канале
Англичанин вряд ли поймёт, что вы имели под словом ТРЁШКА. )))
@@mostintelligent5115 Трешка это три рубля, зеленая такая. )))
It looks exactly like a 50 year old Russian apartment with newer furnishings. And I use the "furnishings" generously.
nothing new but the fridge, living space still overly SMALL
Interesting tour, thanks ! Micro apartments similar to this are becoming more popular in the US. In the Seattle area, they start at around $1000 USD for 300 sq feet.
Interesting, to know there being coming popular in other countries.
That sounds expensive.
@@ArmadilloGodzilla Yes, basically twice what it would cost in Moscow. Beautiful apartment. I think a young couple very much in love could live there comfortably. Not that big so relatively easy to keep clean. I don't see much snow here in South Carolina, USA so I think the snow is beautiful.
I live in western NY and I find it very interesting that Seattle has these. Here, we do have micro apartments but usually for 55 plus, so I’d easily qualify. 😊
They are not popular. They are forced on people by zoning laws and liberals incessant drive to control people.
It is very smart but way too small for me, I was actually expecting to see a living room . I personally could not live in a place that small, even if I was on my own. Thanks Russell for an interesting and informative video.
Nice apartment, good video. I could live there happily.
Me too. This place has more shops and cafes in the building downstairs than where i currently live.
Very cool...Love these flat videos...Great content...Cute as always❤
For a studio, it looked very good...I would say adding cabinetry above the refrigerator would have added quite a bit of storage space..loved the efficient use of bathroom space
Greetings Russel . Beautiful Apartment .nice Area. Thank you so much for your channel. It has opened my eyes to day to day life in Russia.
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Thank you so much for the kind words. Moscow is missing out though. We have no Mrs. Bals Chuckey.
It has all the utility that you need. A comfortable place for one person or a young couple.
Naw, bro. That is totally not enough room, not even for one person. I'd feel Closter-phobic.
It looks quite a bit smaller than my first apartment which had 500 square feet.
Ok, so this apartment is 28 square meters which equals 300 square feet. Very small but perfect for one person.
@@rebeccabrown5014 It is way smaller than 500 sq. ft. 28 square meters is only 92 square feet.
I don’t think this apt. ticks all the boxes for many.
Great video Russell have a good xmas from uk
As a Canadian struggling to survive in an overpriced city, I’d love to live there!
Well, when you arrive, you'll find out that your salary will be $1,000- 1200. And there are people who work for 300-400 dollars a month. That is, you'll pay half for rent again. For all kinds of remote workers, there are now continuous problems. Blockages both from the state and foreign restrictions. And the further, the worse. Since mid-summer, the same UA-cam has been blocked more and more.
PS when the ruble exchange rate was different. many rented out apartments in Moscow. and if there were several of them, then it was great. and they lived in Asia with that money. they rented there and still had some left over for living. but with the current ruble exchange rate, it's not so profitable.
What's stopping you? Watch out for drones.
@@MomentalnoVMore Не нравится - вали. У нас свобода перемещения.
@@ГайМонтэг-н3к What about freedom of speech?
You can rent for the same price in the center of Minsk, capital of Belarus. Good food and safety
I love that balcony! Thank you 🙏
Looks warm there❤😂
Love your videos, Merry Christmas from cold Iowa!
Merry Christmas to you too! Thanks for watching!
Nice looking building, apartment really compact, okay for one person, a couple might need another room tho.
So informative and sharp, thank you Russell!
Compared to North American rents, that is an exceptional deal. I would want a convertible bed, so it could be a sofa during the day. But I suppose one is meant to entertain in the kitchen.
I would have happily lived there in my youth, but I really need a separate living room and bedroom in these days of my decrepitude. LOVE the self-enclosed kitchen though.
and if you translate this into local salaries, the situation will be little different.
@@MomentalnoVMore I am retired and living with a modest pension paying North American rents (mine is above half of my monthly income). I likely make far less than a Russian professional, whom I would assume is the target market for new modern apartments in a Moscow suburb. So not neccessarily. Considering that this would be a $1700 apartment in Toronto ($3000 in New York), I think there is more wage/cost parity here than you assume.
The average salary in the Moscow region in 2024 was 112,000 rubbles (about $1200/mo), making $480 just over 1/3 of your monthly income (I wish!!!!)
What are any additional costs? Water, electricity, property tax, maintenance etc?
In Wellington, New Zealand...similar apartments cost $600 NZD per week!
The way NZ is going in deep recession - there might be a lot of these prob empty soon
Prices here are just ridicules'
feel your pain in Auckland lol.... and Moscow itself has 4x as many people as the whole of new Zealand
@@petermilne9598 yes agree!
@@danielxbox28yep!!! I can imagine Auckland is probably even more expensive
But do you earn 400 USD a month, like in Russia?
4:38 Yeah that is not as secure as one can think. Lower lock is non excitant and can be forced through with a chisel in 10 sec and opened with extra cylinder at hand. The door itself looks like standard 1.5 mil bent steel. Can be literally opened with can opener. Upper lock can be just removed from the door. Although probably this door can be folded by a crowbar in several minutes. It also looks like standard door from developer, so it is 100% does not have any reinforcement to prevent any of that. It is super cheap non secure door for a shed. 2 locks are just there as a "tradition", nothing more.
Love the apartment videos
Me too, I actually like making them as well. Plus, i can visit some other parts of Moscow at the same time.
Looking great!
When I got my first Big City Job I rented my first apartment. Things were going fine until the neighbours in the next apartment started cooking. They were um, ethnic and they cooked ethnic food. Stinky ethnic food. So my first day on the job my brand new suit smelled like what they had for dinner last night. I had to keep all my clothes in sealed Rubbermaid tubs and change in the bathroom with the vent on High. I did this for a year and then rented a house in the suburbs. So no, I couldn't live there
Nice one bedroom apartment. Price is great. Thank you Russell 🙌
Though the rent is real low for standards in my country, I couldn't live there. Besides all the same giant block of flats around that would drive me nuts, I would miss a separate living room. With this you basically always live in a tiny kitchen. The bathroom is rather small also.
У нас на постсоветском пространстве везде многоэтажные дома. Частный сектор у нас не очень распространён.
Those units are often called a bed sitter
Great Video Thanks very much Dark in the afternoon amazing
Nice finish but feels claustrophobic.
I could live there. Not sure together with my wife though. But I lived and worked on cruise ships for many years. So i am used to smaller living spaces.
один человек и кот. если завести еще одного кота то будет очень тесно
Thank you again for another great video, beautiful apartment,
Great as always . Thank you
Thanks ))
Is it 50,000 rubles total?
Including internet and electricity?
I don’t think so (usually no but I don’t know) Anyway, internet and electricity don’t cost that much.
At the very max 1000 ($10) rubles per month for both combined.
Рассел покажи пожалуйста элитные квартиры двух ярусные!
I live in a house in a midwestern city in the US. I would go crazy having to live in an apartment that small. The couch is too small. You can't even lay down on it. How do they dry their clothes? Do they hang a clothes line in the bathroom.
This apartment appears to be very nicely laid out and highly efficient for its size. Amenities such as the four burner built-in range, refrigerator, furnishings including a washer-dryer combo are exceptional for being all-inclusive in the price. Very livable indeed for one or two persons and, in my opinion, most likely a good value based on location and proximity to area infrastructure and transportation.
I'd love to have this in Canada. We rarely get en-suite laundry. Usually we have to share communal facilities with our neighbours, operated by pre-payed smart card. And my unit doesn't have a dishwasher.
What? In terms of layout and efficiency this place absolutely sucks. For starters, at this small size it is generally better to not have a separating wall, better let the occupant decide how they want to compartmentalize the space with furniture. Also, the furniture itself is not well chosen. The full size kitchen range is overkill, and the big, built-in wardrobe also takes away flexibility.
@@VolkbrechtThe wardrobe is storage as well as clothes. Otherwise there is none.
Agreed the four burners and stove are surplus. That could be three burner max plus a toaster oven / air fryer.
Horrible design.
My first little studio apartment was far better than this wast of space and it was about the same size.
Thank you Russell, I look forward to these video's on the micro apartments, just need to be johnny on the spot to be there when available....Yuri does a great job, and just to be able to walk straight in all furnished is the go for someone moving to Russia as a single person with not much more than a computer and clothing... very nice and much appreciated....the price is very affordable and takes a lot of anxiety out of relocation to a new country. 💯❤
If it was affordable, my family would live here and there's four of us but sometimes my dad is overseas working
In these same buildings, they have larger apartments. Some are 2, 3 or 4 room places.
Have a merry Christmas Russell!
Seems very, very cheap by U.S. standards for a furnished brand new apartment in a suburb of a major city. But then again, I don't know what a typical Russian 20-something single office worker (who would seem to be the demographic for such an apartment) earns. All things are relative.
They earn about as much as just the rent, i think docters earn less than $1000 so this is actually not a cheap apartment.
My house in the US cost around 487.00 dollars a month and was around 2400 squared feet was built in 1906 and has 3 stories? I have a big lot with a three-plus car garage? why would this be a good deal?
In Russia, a house made of planks as big as yours would cost the same price as this apartment. And in the same village where your house is located.
This apartment is 30 km from the center of a city of 20 million people.
The area seems remote and joyless. Furthermore, it’s about 300 sq. ft.-a micro-sized apartment that offers shelter and little else. Kind of dreary all in all.
in a brand new building, in a brand new area, with a brand new school and kinder garden. Fair enough. It's not remote.
Did i miss the purchase price? How much to actually buy one if these?
Can't get a home without making a tenant homeless makes you a winner?
@punkinhoot eh,what are you on about? I just want to know how much it would cost to buy one
@@motohobo Yield 1/200. 10M rubles=100k dollars.
@sashaz1979 thank you for your reply . $100,000? So pretty expensive then? I know answers vary on the internet but it seems an average wage for someone on the outskirts of Moscow is the equivalent of €7,500 a year. So the apartment would cost roughly 13x an average years wage? Interesting.
@@motohobo The average salary in my industrial city of 400k people is 880 dollars. The same in the country. In Moscow, 1500.
We're talking about average wages, not median wages. Worldwide, only 1/3 of the country's population earns it or more.
I just bought an apartment for 60 paychecks. The apartment in the video is about the limit of dreams of a single man working in Moscow and getting an average salary.
If you find a wife who is not a slacker and also works for an average salary, then, theoretically, they will buy an apartment 2 times more.
Yes I could definitely live there. Nice size and layout. Do they include utilities in these new apartments
The tenant would be responsible only for water usage and electricity. Both are on meters. About $25 per month for both.
@@TravellingwithRussell Yeah all these things add up, not forgetting food, running a vehicle or public transport, you would probably need a good paying job just to afford a little apartment?
Is it rent controlled? How much does the rent go up every year? Any limits to that legally? Thank you
FANTASTIC 😍
I could totally live here ❤
For the price, and location, its a brand new area. Lots of nice places to walk. Of course, in winter the place looks different. Come march and april, the area is totally different.
Schön!👍
Clothes drying area? Does it exist?
Very nice. The kitchen is larger than my 2 bedroom apartment
The kitchen was very spacious.
The kitchen was also the dinning room and livingroom
WOW. BIG IMPROVEMENT FROM THE ONES I SAW 30 YEARS AGO. 👍👍👍
Exactly. Along with the close by infrastructure. Shops, schools and public transport.
Nope, tiny living as a lifelong lifestyle would be too oppressive and depressing. I would rather have less city life and more day-to-day personal space to call home.
Where is the nearest full size grocery store ? On the Metro ? Is the Apt. near a Bus Stop ?
There was a Magnit supermarket in the same building. There was one more in the building across from the street. There was a bus stop about 7 minutes walk from the building door. Or you can walk to the Metro, about 15 minutes.
Even A. Breivik (Norway's mass killer) prison cell has more space -> 30 sqm.
28 sqm flat for 460€ is ridiculous even in EU.
If minimum salary in Moscow is around 30.000 RUB and average wage is 80.000 RUB (online source)... how Moscwians could afford that 50.000 RUB tiny apartment?
Also quality of the building looks terrible considering it is brand new...
Great video, thank you!
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You are the best!💪
I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
very timely considering the Russian property collapsed and 23% interest rates Ruble is going down taking the economy with it. Lots of property will be unoccupied, many building firms already bust through collapse of demand
No floor heating in a brand new apartment? The radiators, especially the one in the bedroom, looks so tiny. Does this provide enough heat in deep winter or do you use it in combination with the ac? The radiator in my bedroom, which is only 30% larger, has a radiator around 4 times the size and our winters are less cold.
as a person living in Moscow, I can say that these radiators are definitely not enough for winter. it should be borne in mind that this apartment is actually located outside the city and is a fairly low-class housing
This is great small apartment with all appliances.
I think so too.
Great job buddy 👍. Thank you!!!
No problem 👍
Is there really no living room at all?
You could get a sofa bed instead of a full sized bed and use that as a living room.
Great cheap price. Howxabout utilities and HOA fees? Can I park my electric SCOOTER out front?
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Five hundred dollars for this little two room apartment is pretty expensive...it's not even any where near Moscow city center. The public lobby area and the hallways are very plain and sterile. Pass.
Russel, quick question, do these apartments have fire sprinkler systems? Looked but couldn’t spot any sprinkler heads or fire alarm pulls?
PS - you mention no one uses the apartment mail boxes on the first floor. What is the usual alternative?
Fire sprinklers are not mandatory in Russia.
Russians rarely receive any mail. If they ever got a letter they have to go to post office, mostly.
Whats all the strobing lights in so many windows? Video games or a popular lighting effect?? Saw so many windows with them. Nice and clean. Tiny.
In USA, East Coast, that unit would cost approx. $1,500 to $2,000 a month, plus ine month security deposit , a credit check, and posdibly a reference . A similar sized Hotel room in USA woukd cost about $120 a night, or about $600 a week. Thank you Russell, your videos are informative andvyour persionality is pleasing
His videos are not informative, it is one-sided propaganda. He didn't tell you that the median salary in RuSSia is just 60,000 Rubble. That is over 80% of their income going on this tiny place, 30 miles from the Red Square. Monthly median income for the US overall is $6,500, as for 2023, more likely more this year. So paying on average 30% of your salary for rent, vs 80% is a no brainer for me.
@@D.von.N Yeah. I agree.
Additionally you will not find so tiny apartments to rent.
Typically small one bed apartment will be at least 400-500 sqft or 37-45 sqm.
28 sqm (or 300 sqft) is really ridiculously small and even A. Breivik has bigger prison cell...
@@Verbatino 😆
This is a nice apartment. I would be tempted to make the bedroom a living room with a pull out couch to convert at bedtime. (Russell are there daylight hours in the Moscow area in Dec/Jan ?? )
As someone with 25 years of working in Russia, what Russell is not telling you that Moscow is not Russia and Russia is not Moscow. Salaries in Moscow depending on the job you do can be between x3 to x7 the national average for your job. We paid 1500 US$ a month for a sales assistant in Moscow. This fell to 300 US The top 10% of Russia owns 87% of Russia's wealth and so 90% of Russia is poor. There are numerous areas of Russia where the average wage is between 200-300 US$ per month. To get a more accurate picture of Russia you need to look at other Russia shows.
Вам нужно поменьше врать. Самый бедный регион в России это Ингушетия. И даже там средняя зарплата 400 долларов.
You need to stop lying. The poorest region in Russia is Ingushetia. And even there the average salary is 400 dollars.
There is a big income gap in Russia, but in the US it is even bigger. And the top 10% of the rich in the US own a large percentage of the capital.
And there are extremely few people in Russia who don't own any real estate at all. In the US 1/3 of the population don't own any real estate at all. In the UK, 1/3 don't own any real estate either. In Germany, 1/2 don't own any real estate at all.
В России большая разница в доходах, но в США она еще больше. И верхние 10% богачей США владеют большим процентом капитала.
И в России крайне мало людей, кто вообще не владеет никакой недвижимостью. В США 1/3 населения вообще не имеют никакой недвижимости. В Великобритании тоже 1/3 не имеет. С Германии вообще 1/2 не имеет.
London is not England so as Washington is not USA. Just saying
London is not England so as Washington is not USA. Just saying
@chelsearobert3804 кто Вас научил этой глупости, что Москва не Россия?! 😂 Россия разная м Москва часть этого разнообразия!
This is so interesting. The many locks on the door took me aback for a minute, but it looks like it would be a secure and safe apartment once closed and locked. I can’t wait to watch more of your videos.