What would you pay for a NYC apartment?
May 29th, 2005, 01:24 PM
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What would you pay for a NYC apartment?
UWS "Luxury" apartment -
$508 - $2400 - $3250 - $989?
$508 - rent controlled price / month
$2400 - sublet price
$3250 - price charged to Cyndi Lauper and hubby by subletter
$989 - price determined by court after
lawsuit
http://entertainment.msn.com/celebs/...92406>1=6542
Toto, I don't think we are in Kansas anymore!
$508 - $2400 - $3250 - $989?
$508 - rent controlled price / month
$2400 - sublet price
$3250 - price charged to Cyndi Lauper and hubby by subletter
$989 - price determined by court after
lawsuit
http://entertainment.msn.com/celebs/...92406>1=6542
Toto, I don't think we are in Kansas anymore!
May 29th, 2005, 02:47 PM
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After we sold our home and considered renting in Manhattan, we were looking at nice / not wonderful one bedroom apts for $000- a month. Plus garage.
It is definitely not Kansas..but a bargain if you want to rent in London
It is definitely not Kansas..but a bargain if you want to rent in London
May 29th, 2005, 03:14 PM
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good for you - so many of my neighbors were either born in this town or within 30 miles of it. I assume you enjoy moving around?
When DS leaves home for college in 2 years I'd love to try NY but just for a year and then move back to suburbia.
It took me a few NY visits but now DH agrees he'd like to try it too.
good for you - so many of my neighbors were either born in this town or within 30 miles of it. I assume you enjoy moving around?
When DS leaves home for college in 2 years I'd love to try NY but just for a year and then move back to suburbia.
It took me a few NY visits but now DH agrees he'd like to try it too.
May 29th, 2005, 03:19 PM
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I don't mind moving when I am not happy where I live.
My husband was born and raised in NYC and he misses it more than I but we are both really excited about moving to Portland.
There comes a time in a persons life when it is good to get up and do something or go somewhere that is unfamiliar and new..sort of shakes things up and keeps one from being stodgey
My husband was born and raised in NYC and he misses it more than I but we are both really excited about moving to Portland.
There comes a time in a persons life when it is good to get up and do something or go somewhere that is unfamiliar and new..sort of shakes things up and keeps one from being stodgey
May 29th, 2005, 07:11 PM
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The $508 rent-controlled price sounds great to me - but unfortunately you have to have been in the aparement forever - I think since before 1969 - to qualify for this.
In our building (not luxury - middle class prewar so large apartments - but no doorman) a one bedroom sublets for about $2500 per month. The two bedroom upstairs has just been put on the market for over $1.2 million - and the real estate agent says it will sell inside a month.
Yes - it;s a lot of money - but what you get for it is - in the words of the ad - priceless.
In our building (not luxury - middle class prewar so large apartments - but no doorman) a one bedroom sublets for about $2500 per month. The two bedroom upstairs has just been put on the market for over $1.2 million - and the real estate agent says it will sell inside a month.
Yes - it;s a lot of money - but what you get for it is - in the words of the ad - priceless.
May 29th, 2005, 07:19 PM
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Friends live in a UWS 2 br/ 2 bath apt, 4 stories, doorman, for less than $600 - but, yes, one of them has lived there all her life...as will their son. Another friend bought a 2 br apt on UES for $1M several years ago. Yes, it has two (small) terraces, but good grief! The apt. was paid for by family members but the monthly fees were $1000/month. My little ole brain has a hard time wrapping around that concept!
May 30th, 2005, 04:58 AM
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$1000 maintainance on a 2 bedroom apartment is very inexpensive. The standard for a middle class or "luxury" (meaning doorman) building is that the monthly maint (taxes, heat, water, staff salaries, etc) is about equivlent to the square footage of the apartment.
For a true luxury building (fully staffed with elevator ops, valet garage, pool and health club) is considerably higher.
And yes - you can live for much less other places. But - you will also be earning much less money (NYC salaries are higher than most other places) - and - you will not be in NY. If you don;t love the city and what it offers - and finance is your main consideration - you're right - you would be better off somewhere else.
For a true luxury building (fully staffed with elevator ops, valet garage, pool and health club) is considerably higher.
And yes - you can live for much less other places. But - you will also be earning much less money (NYC salaries are higher than most other places) - and - you will not be in NY. If you don;t love the city and what it offers - and finance is your main consideration - you're right - you would be better off somewhere else.
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