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[HELP] NYC Apartments
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| PvDoBseSSioN |
hey guys my cousin is moving from France to NYC in a week and he is lookin for an apartment in manhattan (i think)and he asked me to help him find something but i am not quite sure what to look for, where to look, what is a good price...... its him and his gf and i'm sure they are lookin for a 1 bedroom or a studio
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| chupa169 |
Check out Craigslist.com to get an idea of what is out there:
http://newyork.craigslist.org/cgi-bin/apartments.cgi
Studio in NYC - ~$1800
1 Bedroom - ~$2100
...obv they can be more or a little less but not much.
Upper East Side and Lower East Side have the best deals and open occupancy.
Coming from France I would suggest get a broker as they prob wont have time to shop around too much and hunt on there own. Prob run a months rent or more.
Long Island City, Forrest Hills, JC, Hoboken are all great alternatives depending on where they have to commute to for work. |
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| Ali Mahmud |
just do housingmaps.com
it's google and craiglist combined. |
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| chimera66 |
http://www.454manhattan.com/
archstone clinton
i love this building! my friend is moving in next month, she got one month free and doesn't have to pay a security deposit. i've seen the building too and i really like it but the apartments are true to size meaning a one bedroom is really only a one bedroom not two. |
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| DJ_Lord |
| quote: | Originally posted by chimera66
http://www.454manhattan.com/
archstone clinton
i love this building! my friend is moving in next month, she got one month free and doesn't have to pay a security deposit. i've seen the building too and i really like it but the apartments are true to size meaning a one bedroom is really only a one bedroom not two. |
whats the rent on a studio/one bedroom and two bedroom? do u know? |
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| DJ_Lord |
| nevermind between 10th and 11th avenues????? im not going past 8th... thanks!! :clown: |
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| trunks1022 |
| quote: | Originally posted by chupa169
Check out Craigslist.com to get an idea of what is out there:
http://newyork.craigslist.org/cgi-bin/apartments.cgi
Studio in NYC - ~$1800
1 Bedroom - ~$2100
...obv they can be more or a little less but not much.
Upper East Side and Lower East Side have the best deals and open occupancy.
Coming from France I would suggest get a broker as they prob wont have time to shop around too much and hunt on there own. Prob run a months rent or more.
Long Island City, Forrest Hills, JC, Hoboken are all great alternatives depending on where they have to commute to for work. |
forest hills, one R... i live there :o |
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| chimera66 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ_Lord
nevermind between 10th and 11th avenues????? im not going past 8th... thanks!! :clown: |
it's not that far from the train actually and the roof is very nice. nice little neighborhood in midtown, not bad imo. also they have a gym, supposedly very nice and free for the first couple months |
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| Trancealot |
mine
Location: 76th B/W 1st and 2nd(upper east side)
Type: 1 bedroom(2nd floor) walk up
rent: 1800 (heat,water inc)
Only downside was 15% fee because it was through citi-habitas and it all started through craiglist but I am very happy with the location and living conditions.
I have a friend with a one-bedroom near mid-town east and can see the river: 3100$/month. His is much nice and his bldg has lots of amenities(gym, doorman, elev..)
1800 for a decent one bedroom will be the best you can find and there are some crappy apartments for 1800 or less unless you get lucky. You want nicer(doorman, elevator, laundry) you will pay 2k plus maybe 3k plus depending on location.
if I only had you know 45 million I would not mind getting one of those duplex's or three floor thinggy's overlooking Central park. Even the doorman that won the 5 mil lottery could not afford an apartment in the luxury bldg he worked for:wtf:
PS. Nice studio I looked at(size of my one-bedroom with doorman and elevator) was 2k a month in upper east side!! |
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| DJ_Lord |
i live on 78th between 1st and york. i got it through a broker and paid one months rent. i actually like my apartment a lot and am near a 24 hr duane reade, supermarket (dagostinos) and theres a park down the street u can go to during the summer. however, i just moved here like 3 months ago and i am actually growing tired of old people. i guess i should've realized upper east side = vast amounts of clueless old people wandering around the streets.
i mean i have nothing against old people but they slow me down and i'm always on a rush! anyway, if i could move again, i would definitely look for something closer to the village. i like the east though, so i would probably look for something between 25th and 1st streets and 3rd ave just because i would prefer to be sorrounded by people my age and not grandma and grandpa..
the UES actually reminds me of that South Park episode where they have old people driving around the streets killing people and .. hahah |
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| Trancealot |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ_Lord
i would prefer to be sorrounded by people my age and not grandma and grandpa..
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Does this sound fimilar...
Since I moved in June there was this old grumpy man sitting in his white patio chair next to the parking grage on my block. The day I moved in with my u-haul I partially blocked their driveway and said I 'llmove it in a few minutes but this old man was defending the parking guys like they were his savior or something. I told the old guy I came there to make him angry and I think that shut him up and I did move so whatever.
Well since that day and everyday I leave my apartment for the subway he is sitting there from hmmm maybe 8am to 5-7 pm 5 days a week! makes me sick sometimes. |
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| The Vza |
| when i lived in the city i was in a studio at 181 7th ave (between 20 and 21) with a doorman, elevator, and balcony overlooking 7th. cost me 2400/month. when I move back, like i said in a diff thread, ill be looking in BK or Queens somewhere close i think |
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