mrgrumpy -- WOOGOO? Are you kidding? That is beyond scary!

I did this a couple of years of ago--got a two bedroom/two bath, with small full kitchen at the Sherbourne Murray Hill--37th and Lexingtong--it is one of the Affinia Hotels--location was good and the apartment was fine

"Hmmmm. Renting a flat in London for 4 months? We thought about that, but decided to use that money to buy a new Lear Jet and Yacht and travel the world instead."

EXCUSE ME????? But aren't you the same Patrick who assured me not that long ago that it would be just as expensive for us to live in NY (our other choice) for 4 months as is would in London? It was a long, long thread because I kept saying I didn't believe it since my Cdn dollar is at par with the US dollar but worth only half a pound. You and someone else -- I can't remember who -- convinced me that there was something wrong-headed with me because I couldn't get it. You and s/he INSISTED that I'd do just as well to go to London as NY. Really! I wish I could find that thread for you but I don't have the time to seek it out right now.

Does anyone know the websites for the Sherbourne Murray Hill and the Surrey? I know they're both under the Affinia Hotels but the Affinia website doesn't link me to those two specific apartment hotels (unless I've missed it somewhere on there).

I'm hoping to see some pictures.

Thanks

http://www.affinia.com/New-York-City...ne-Murray-Hill

Thanks, dmlove.

Just for your info... I have rented from VRBO twice ... one time in Maui which was exactly like the site explained and one in Chicago which we are going to on June 1 ... can let you know how it goes but I am expecting it to be quite enjoyable.

goddesstogo, if it makes you feel better go ahead and change that "4 months in London" to "4 months in New York" and I'll still say the same thing (OK, slightly exaggerating) about the Lear Jet and yacht. How do you feel about renting Big Apple Getaway for 4 months? It would actually cost about the same or a little more than the Farnum-Christ apt. I rent in London. They are pretty much priced the same, yet if anything the flat in London is nearly twice the size and oozes in charm and character compared to the New York one. So I still stand by my statements -- both made previously and the one I just made today.
It wasn't so much London I was referring to with the comment about cost -- but 4 months!

NY and London are the two on the shortlist. I'd go for either but my SO seems pretty firm on London, so we can have some long weekends somewhere across the Channel. Fine with me.

Neither of us will have to work there but we'll both have incomes from home, so it isn't the cost of rent or things that's the issue, it's the cost of money. I think I wasn't explaining that in the first go-round. Here it is: if a cup of coffee costs $1 US in NY (ha!), I can pay for it with $1 Cdn. However, if that same cup of coffee costs L1 in London, I have to pay for it with $2 Cdn. See?

Big Apple Getaway in New York -- 17 weeks rental (4 months) = $ 33,248.60 Canadian

Floral Street flat/Farnum & Christ -- 17 weeks rental = $30,385.80 Canadian.

So you'd have nearly $3000 left over in London to do with what you want!

I still say, you can do London for 4 months for the same price (or maybe less) than New York for 4 months. Now, finding an apartment for a 4 month rental in either place for a reasonable amount IS a problem.

goddestogo, your thinking is still flawed. The same cup of coffee in New York for $1 (where is that by the way?) will not be 1 pound in London. That's the problem with your thinking. Just like theatre tickets are now about the same cost in London as in New York -- that is AFTER conversion. Top musical ticket on Broadway may be $110, but the same ticket in London is 55 pounds. See?
Last summer I paid 1.59 pounds for a giant latte at Pret and Manger in London every morning. The "same" latte at Starbucks in New York will easily be over $3. See?

Both of those flats would be too expensive for us.

Sorry, can't continue to play -- have to do real work now. Back soon.

Sorry. Of course, they are both too expensive for MOST of us -- I was only pointing out the one in London is NO MORE expensive than the one in New York that started this conversation with "find me one like it in London". I did! Well, actually better than the one in New York in many ways.

Well, that's true. You did find me one like it (or even better) in London. Now find me Coco's homeindijon in London. Have you ever stayed at Coco's, NP? I think you'd love it.

Hello , try renting in Brooklyn try urban Rental they are located on 5th Avene here in Brooklyn, or a bed & breakfast here in brooklyn. try google (Brooklyn,New York)Have fun and good luck

It turns out one of the guys has points!...and forgot to tell us. We're going with 2 rooms at the Holiday Inn Express on 5th Ave.

Thanks for all the help, though. I've saved this thread for future reference.