Big bucks, tiny apartments (For the right price, you can own your own closet, er, studio co-op)

New York Daily news ^ | 8/3/03 | Tracy Connor

[Clemenza]

Houston aint a real city. Just an ugly, sprawling conglomeration of suburbs with no zoning laws.

A "house" in New York (a rarity in the city) will set you back at least $250,000 and thats in the ghetto.

[nutmeg]

ping!

[nutmeg]

ping!

[rmlew]

Damn it. I could probably aford the one on 69th street for 139K.
Speaking of which, I'm looking for a roomate.
Any freeper willing to rent an apartment for 1200 each per month?

[hellinahandcart]

Mine's 9x16. :(

But the kitchen and bath are separated from the main room by a short hallway! Extra space! :)

[Petronski]

In north Oakland, Pittsburgh, PA, I got 250 sq. ft. in 1991 for $337, parking included. It was a roach infested pit, but it was on budget, and I was in law school.

[lodwick]

Very cool - thanks for the invite.

Cheers.

[NYC GOP Chick]

You just have to pick the right city. :)

Well, yes, we in Manhattan have done just that. :)

[NYC GOP Chick]

Something tells me that this type of place is where Mr. Yuppie who commutes in from Poughkeepsie keeps his "extra wife".

Very wrong. Lots of kids get tiny places.

Just before I found the apartment where I've been for the past 4+ years, we looked at a teeny tiny place in the Village -- smaller than the bathroom in the master bedroom at my father's house, with no elevator, no doorman and a musty odor, all for about $1300/mo. And right outside was another customer from the same R/E firm waiting to see the place, and he was at *least* in his 40s -- definitely *not* a kid!

[NYC GOP Chick]

Mine's 9x16. :(

But the kitchen and bath are separated from the main room by a short hallway! Extra space! :)

Mine's 11x21, with a long narrow hallway leading into a huge (snicker) main room. The kitchen and bathroom are also off the hallway. :)

[stanz]

Isn't the city great? I wouldn't mind buying a closet to live in if I could find one on the upper west side. It sure beats the hell out of commuting through that goddamn Lincoln Tunnel. (no, I cannot afford the ferry and PATH is nowhere near me in NJ.)

[nutmeg]

Good grief, I double-pinged! (62 & 63) How did that happen? :-(

[lowbridge]

Mine's 9x16

I'd demand a bigger cell from the warden. :-)

[lowbridge]

I've had friends and a relative live in government subsidized housing (built in the sixties and seventies), and those apartments were way larger than the apartments everyone here is talking about on this thread. I'm really amazed at how it seems that more and more of these tiny little apartments are getting built. Just looking at pictures of them on real estate websites, makes one feel claustrophobic.

[hellinahandcart]

I'd demand a bigger cell from the warden. :-)

I can't afford a bigger cell from the warden.

[Allegra]

Well, yes, we in Manhattan have done just that. :)

I do love Manhattan and try to get there for a visit every year. I have never had anything but the best times there.

I stay at a hotel on 27th at Fifth Ave. and it's very convenient to everything.

The only reasons I don't live there are the cost of living and I can't stand cold weather. I was there in March of '02 and my teeth were chattering for the entire week. We only go in the summer months from now on. LOL

[Lurking Libertarian]

Did you notice those "maintenance" payments? About $500 a month for these chicken coops? That's not part of the mortgage. Then there will be property taxes, which in NYC won't be going down any time soon.

In a New York co-op, the maintenance includes the real estate taxes.

[Labyrinthos]

[Property taxes] [r]ecently raised 18 percent by the mayor and the city council.

And they are still only a fraction of what we pay in real estate taxes in the suburbs, except we get relatively few services in return.

[NYC GOP Chick]

I've had friends and a relative live in government subsidized housing (built in the sixties and seventies), and those apartments were way larger than the apartments everyone here is talking about on this thread. I'm really amazed at how it seems that more and more of these tiny little apartments are getting built. Just looking at pictures of them on real estate websites, makes one feel claustrophobic.

Yeah, but aren't most of those place hellholes in dicey neighborhoods? I may pay a lot for my little cell, but it's in a fairly safe neighborhood (more so with the SWAT team, Emergency Services Unit and other NYPD and military units periodically stationed down here), the building has a lot of what they call "amenities" and we have 24-hour doorman service.

[NYC GOP Chick]

That's a nice area, 27th & Fifth.

I can't stand the freezing weather and I can't stand the choking, humid heat -- I just like the few mild days in spring and autumn. :)