Two of my roommates are moving out. This means that unless the roommate and I can find someone who will pay an absurd amount per month (to live in a giant room with its own bathroom, any takers?), we have to move.
To this end, I have started the soul-sucking process of apartment hunting. Not only am I emailing no-fee brokers from Craigslist, but I also have a spreadsheet of those management companies that have properties on the UWS, prices, bedrooms, websites, and more. I am slightly obsessive.
To be fair, the roommate and I have already looked at one place. A 5th-floor walkup, for a "two" bedroom (one was closer to a closet) with teeny kitchen and no living space. For lots of money.
I also had this exchange with a broker:
Annie to [redacted]
Subject: $2550 / 2br - NEW!!! Real 2 Bedroom West 80s. I have keys, showing today!!! (Upper West Side)
When can I see this?
Best,
Annie
[redacted] to Annie
Subject:$2550 / 2br - NEW!!! Real 2 Bedroom West 80s. I have keys, showing today!!! (Upper West Side)
Next year, it has already been rented.
Sent via BlackBerry from T-mobile
SERIOUSLY? Who says stuff like that? Figures that he'd have a blackberry.
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9 comments:
OMG. (on the prices)
I'd move out of the UWS.
ditto
No apology? Flag him as abusive on Craig's List.
That's funny, I see the price and think, damn thats cheap. Must be a walkup.
Ezzie- yeah, but then I'd never get married (I kid, sort of).
Sarak- same.
Pedant- good call.
Anon- my apt isn't a walkup. We have a doorman, an elevator, and laundry in the building. Want to move in? And the new building wasn't a walkup either.
$2500 for a 2 bedroom? OMG. That's just wrong. My mortgage on a 4 bedroom, 3 bath, 2 car garage complete with pool and jacuzzi was less.
Orie- I wish I could leave New York. Really. But my job, life, significant other, friends, community, etc are here.
Two words: Washington Heights. The nabe (read: Brooklyn) of the future.
Claire- yes, I looked at it, but as I am shomer shabbat, and my friends all live on the UWS, once again, I am locked in. I guess that I could make new friends, but who does that?
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