They Wanted Something Rundown, With Potential. Which Apartment Did They Choose?

21 hours, 40 minutes ago

A Super-Rich Spending Spree Boosts New York Luxury Housing

-- Even as New York City’s overall residential market had a mediocre year, its ultra-luxury end soared to nearly unprecedented heights. 500 W. 18th St. East Penthouse 26: $45 million The backstory: Chelsea’s two-tower complex known as One High Line finally closed some major sales, including this approximately 7,375 square-foot apartment with views of the Hudson River and downtown Manhattan. …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Lavish gold-domed penthouse in New York City on sale for $25 million

CNN

CNN — Visitors to New York City’s famed Flatiron Building may have noticed the landmark’s lesser-known neighbor — a narrow high-rise that would be modest if not for its extravagant gold dome. Eitan Gamliely/Sotheby’s International Realty “It’s really buying a true old New York piece of property,” said the Sotheby’s listing agent, Lawrence Treglia, in a phone call to CNN. …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Lavish gold-domed penthouse in New York City on sale for $25 million

CNN

CNN — Visitors to New York City’s famed Flatiron Building may have noticed the landmark’s lesser-known neighbor — a narrow high-rise that would be modest if not for its extravagant gold dome. Eitan Gamliely/Sotheby’s International Realty “It’s really buying a true old New York piece of property,” said the Sotheby’s listing agent, Lawrence Treglia, in a phone call to CNN. …

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1 month, 1 week ago

She couldn’t afford a bigger house in L.A. So she built a stylish ADU for $230,000

LA Times

When Kille Knobel and her then-husband bought a Midcentury ranch house in Glendale for their family of five, the thought of updating the home, which was in a good school district but had been flipped on the cheap by an investor, didn’t even cross their minds. “It’s tight in the house with three boys,” Knobel says, “but there is no …

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3 months, 1 week ago

They Wanted a House in Chicago for Their Growing Family. Would $650,000 Be Enough?

New York Times

After some long-distance dating, Josh Kaufmann and Jennifer Gates lived together briefly in Indianapolis before moving to Mr. Kaufmann’s native Chicago in 2020. “I wanted some floors and spaces where we could do our own things and not necessarily feel like we’re on top of each other,” said Mrs. Kaufmann, 42, a lead coach with Chicago Public Schools. “You really …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Location, Location, Location viewers slam 'picky and miserable' couple who claim spacious £400,000 houses in Yorkshire with 4 bedrooms are 'not big enough' - despite their 3 daughters currently sharin

Daily Mail

A couple looking to upsize their family home on Channel 4's Location, Location, Location were slammed by viewers last night as 'picky' and 'miserable'. Suki and Kuli appeared on Wednesday's episode of Location Location Location to find their new family home - but viewers called them 'picky' and 'miserable' This week, for the second episode of the series Phil and …

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10 months ago

The appeal of 2 BHK apartments

The Hindu

In the constantly evolving world of real estate, a fascinating shift in housing preferences has emerged: the growing popularity of 2 BHK apartments. In today’s dynamic housing landscape, 2 BHK apartments offer a range of compelling advantages for homebuyers. When it comes to choosing the right space within a budget, 2 BHK apartments provide versatility in size for various needs. …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Four renters, four cities, four budgets: Who can find the most affordable and liveable apartment?

ABC

We challenged four reporters to find somewhere to live for 30 per cent of the average household wage in their global cities. Median annual household income: $105,000 30 per cent of average weekly income for rent: $612 per week Option 1: Studio apartment in Greenwich Village 1 bed, shared bath, no parking Price: $612 per week as a starting point …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Living large in a shoebox! Is it worth living in New York's tiniest apartment or size does matter?

Hindustan Times

New York City is notorious for its sky-high rents, but one apartment listing in Greenwich Village is raising eyebrows and sparking disbelief. A Viral TikTok Tour Real estate agent Omer Labock from Douglas Elliman shared a TikTok video that quickly went viral, showcasing the apartment's astonishing size. Comparative Affordability Rent Hop, a leading real estate platform, reveals that the $2,350 …

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1 year, 7 months ago

How to easily find an apartment in L.A. Just kidding!

LA Times

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1 year, 10 months ago

Inside Lily Allen and David Harbour’s ‘weird and wonderful’ Brooklyn townhouse

CNN

CNN — Two and a half years after Lily Allen and David Harbour tied the knot in Las Vegas in 2020 — complete with an Elvis impersonator — the couple is opening the doors to their dream home in the tree-lined Brooklyn neighborhood of Carroll Gardens. Their eccentric abode has made the cover of Architectural Digest’s March issue, featuring the …

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2 years ago

In Atlanta, Seeking a House With Ample Space Indoors and Out. Which Option Did He Choose?

New York Times

When AJ Dewberry began his search for a new home in Atlanta, he knew what he wanted more than anything else was ample outdoor space. Having grown up about 40 miles south, in the small city of Griffin, Ga. — technically part of Atlanta’s metropolitan area, but as Mr. Dewberry is quick to explain, nothing like Atlanta — he always …

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2 years ago

Bidding on a Brooklyn Brownstone, With a Baby on the Way. Which One Did They Buy?

New York Times

When Liuyu Ivy Chen first met Henry M. Clever, his bed was under a piano. At one of them, Ms. Chen — a native of Zhejiang, China, who had recently arrived to study creative writing — played the piano alongside him. “The piano is what brought us together,” Ms. Chen said. While he had his eye on architectural details, as …

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2 years, 1 month ago

They Caught the Seattle Market on the Way Down, but Could They Afford a House There?

New York Times

Lauren Held and Kyle Frederick didn’t think they could afford to own a home anytime soon, especially in Seattle’s pricey housing market. Dr. Held, 35, a clinical pharmacist who works as a medical science liaison in hematology, and Mr. Frederick, 34, an accountant, had been renting a house in Phinney Ridge, a lakeside neighborhood in north central Seattle. They liked …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Location, Location, Location viewers slam participant who wants a four bedroom house on a £245,000

Daily Mail

A Location, Location, Location buyer was slammed by viewers for wanting a four-bedroom house in Leeds on a £245,000 budget. Max, from Birmingham, told Kirstie Allsopp he wanted to move to Leeds to be with his boyfriend Dan on last night's episode of the property show and was looking for a four-bedroom house on a £245,000 budget Max was aware …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Having trouble buying a home? Four alternative ways to succeed in this market

LA Times

First-time home buyers Jorgie and Brad Zimring, along with daughter Sydney, 7, at their home in Los Angeles. “We kept asking every few years if she’d be willing to sell,” Zimring said, “and our price points just never matched.” They maintained a good relationship with their landlord, who didn’t live in Los Angeles, making repairs whenever needed and sending her …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Couple give their run-down harbourside home a makeover - and they're only renting the property

Daily Mail

A glamorous Sydney couple have opened their wallets to renovate a run-down harbourside property - even though they don't own it. Top Sydney artist Dina Broadhurst, 45, and her boyfriend, Max Shepherd, 30, didn't let a lease stop them from transforming their Vaucluse rental in the eastern suburbs into the dream home they've always wanted. Max Shepherd and partner Dina …

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3 years, 8 months ago

What’s Wrong with Jerry Seinfeld’s Apartment? Redditor Says it Can't Exist

News 18

It is one of the most famous New York City apartments to be shown on television. The pale blue couch, a bike hanging in the corner and kitchen always stocked with cereal makes Jerry Seinfeld’s fictional Upper West Side apartment on the popular sitcom Sienfeldto be the most unattainable piece of real estate in real life. One user wrote that, …

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3 years, 9 months ago

He challenged himself to build an ADU for under $100,000. What’s his secret?

LA Times

Ariel Gomez-Hernandez in Casita L.A., the modern ADU — sometimes known as a “granny flat” — she rents with her boyfriend for $1,650 a month in East L.A. Landlord and designer Alexis Navarro stands in front of his “Casita L.A.,” a new ADU he designed in East L.A. in the carport of an existing three-unit property. As a professor of …

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3 years, 10 months ago

During pandemic, working professionals seek more space

Live Mint

Chittransh Verma and Kanika Jain are getting married this weekend, but they have been planning their life together for a few months. “I know it’s big for just the two of us but we are planning to convert one room into a home office,” says Verma, 30, who works with a venture capital firm and currently lives in Noida, Uttar …

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3 years, 10 months ago

They Tested Their $600,000 Budget on the Lower East Side. Which Option Would You Choose?

New York Times

For two years, Lauren Beltrone and Max Coleman shared a one-bedroom rental on the Lower East Side. “We loved the location,” said Ms. Beltrone, 26, who walked to her job in the financial district, at a company that makes interactive voice-response systems. Last spring, they went on the hunt for a one-bedroom co-op on their beloved Lower East Side. It …

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3 years, 10 months ago

NYC realtor shows off TINY West Village apartment which costs $1,650 a month

Daily Mail

A New York City realtor has shocked social media users after he showcased a tiny apartment that costs $1,650 a month to rent. A New York City realtor has shocked social media users with the worst apartment has has seen For $1,650 a month, the renter lives in a room with no proper kitchen or bathroom Social media uers claimed …

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3 years, 10 months ago

A Couple Tested Their $375,000 Budget in Harlem and the Bronx. Which Option Would You Choose?

New York Times

When Elizabeth and Michael Montes married three years ago, she joined him in the two-family brick rowhouse in the Baychester neighborhood of the Bronx where he grew up. His parents retired to Florida and sold the house last year, so the couple, now both 31, and their dog, C.C., temporarily bunked with Ms. Montes’s parents in Castle Hill. They were …

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3 years, 11 months ago

He Had $300,000 to Spend on the Hudson River Waterfront. Which of These Homes Would You Choose?

New York Times

For years, Forrest Peralta traveled so often for work that he almost never slept at his rental in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where he paid $1,400 a month for his half of a two-bedroom. “I am trying to move to the next chapter of life,” said Mr. Peralta, 29, a project manager for a consulting firm near Grand Central Terminal. “I …

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3 years, 11 months ago

How a married couple transformed their 1940s house into a luxurious Hamptons-style home

Daily Mail

A couple from Western Australia have shared how they transformed their old 1940s house into a three-level relaxing oasis in only 12 months. AFTER: Amanda Kayser and her husband Dan bought the house three and a half years ago with the intent to demolish and subdivide, but decided to renovate BEFORE: The house was originally one storey with a flight …

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4 years ago

Her Dream of a Big Two-Bedroom Became the Reality of a Midsize One-Bedroom. Which of These Would You Choose?

New York Times

To reach her goal of homeownership by age 30, Pallavi Pal planned and saved for years, which meant living with Craigslist roommates — “quite a few, because it would help me get to where I needed to,” she said. “If I wanted to live in New York City and still be within a 30-minute commuting distance from Midtown, something needed …

New York Pal

4 years, 1 month ago

A Young Couple Navigate Unexpected Roadblocks to a New Rental

New York Times

Megha Chopra and Rahul Sevani spent three years in a one-bedroom rental in Rose Hill, that nondescript section of Midtown Manhattan in the East 20s. “Given all the changes that come along with having a newborn, we thought we would make it easy on ourselves by staying close to our existing neighborhood,” Ms. Chopra said. “You get either these really …

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4 years, 1 month ago

An Apartment in Brooklyn or a House Upstate? She Had the Budget for One

New York Times

For six years, Ashleigh Kaneski rented a sunny studio in Park Slope, Brooklyn. “I was looking at fixer-uppers, cabins, flipped places,” said Ms. Kaneski, who works as a user-experience designer in Manhattan. I am more of a minimalist and thought, ‘I can’t buy five mattresses.’” So she switched her focus to one-bedroom Brooklyn co-ops, and realized she could afford to …

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4 years, 2 months ago

A Couple Play the Long Game With Manhattan Amenities. Which of These Options Would You Choose?

New York Times

Aaron Morgan was living in Boston and commuting frequently to New York, where he would stay in hotels during trips for work. “We both swiped right, and the rest is history,” said Mr. Morgan, 49, the regional chief administrative law judge for the Social Security Administration. He and Mr. Luo, 35, who worked in arts administration before becoming a freelance …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Moving On Up to Her First Manhattan Purchase. What Could She Find for Under $800,000?

New York Times

Six years ago, Juliana Merola returned to New York City after business school in Chicago. “I always liked the Upper West Side, and decided to rent to see if I wanted to make an investment there permanently,” she said. “I could do all my weekend errands and chores, and be easily accessible to my job in Midtown and my friends …

Merola

4 years, 2 months ago

He Wanted a Two-Bedroom in Harlem for Under $700,000. Which of These Would You Choose?

New York Times

After graduating from Yeshiva University in 2014, Jordan Sved moved around Upper Manhattan, often living in hand-me-down Upper West Side apartments he found through the area’s tight-knit Jewish community. Mr. Sved, who is from the Philadelphia area, works as a software engineer at a property management company near Grand Central Terminal. Mr. Sved explained that he was interested in buying …

Harlem Sved

4 years, 2 months ago

A Renter Wanted to Return to Her Childhood Neighborhood. Could She Still Afford It?

New York Times

Marilyn Ramirez immigrated from the Dominican Republic with her parents when she was a toddler, and spent her early years on West 207th Street, in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan. The apartment was “on the fifth floor, back, and that’s where I lived for 15 years,” she said. “That’s why I said I will never live in a fifth-floor walkup, …

Ramirez

4 years, 3 months ago

A Longtime Renter Tested His $650,000 Budget on the Manhattan Market. Here’s What He Found.

New York Times

In Russel Woodhouse’s most recent rental, a shared walk-up on East 14th Street, his bedroom was “crazy small.” “But I bit the bullet for two years because I saved more money,” he said. “I was at a ripe age to make this move,” said Mr. Woodhouse, 29, a Syracuse University graduate who works at a hedge fund. His ideal location …

Woodhouse

4 years, 3 months ago

They Wanted Some Private Outdoor Space in Williamsburg. But Where Is the Best Place to Find It?

New York Times

In a quintessential New York arrangement, Patrick Galvin and Praveen Maddela lived for several years in a Williamsburg, Brooklyn, rental with another couple. “We, like many New Yorkers, worked a ton,” he said, “and were always going out to opera and theater.” Still, interest rates were falling, and after six years together, Mr. Galvin, who is from Minnesota and works …

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4 years, 4 months ago

A Couple Look for Their First Purchase in the ‘Heart of Brooklyn.’ But Where Is That?

New York Times

Last winter, Kerry Anne Hoffman and Sung Choi started apartment-hunting in earnest. “We had to plan our trips carefully to make sure we had a window for each open house,” Mr. Choi said. The couple, who now work at different tech companies — Ms. Hoffman, 34, in project management, and Mr. Choi, 43, in software engineering — wanted to upsize …

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4 years, 4 months ago

A Midwest Transplant Tries Not to Break the Bank in Manhattan

New York Times

Last winter, Nick Anderson landed a job at UAP, an art and design fabrication company with an office in Chelsea and a foundry in the Hudson Valley. “In the Midwest, how do you find an apartment?” he said. “You either walk around and look for signs, or you go on Craigslist.” Neither seemed feasible. “At my price point, what could …

New York Midwest

4 years, 5 months ago

He Wanted a Manhattan Bachelor Pad for Under $600,000. Which of These Would You Choose?

New York Times

Last fall, Eric Hagstrom figured he would buy a two-bedroom co-op in the city and find a roommate to help defray costs. “I’m an extrovert.” Mr. Hagstrom, a 29-year-old New Jersey native, had traveled and worked abroad since graduating from Princeton University. “I didn’t want to go to a hot plate for my first months living there,” Mr. Hagstrom said. …

Hagstrom

4 years, 5 months ago

He Wanted Some Outdoor Space in a New Manhattan Condo. Which of These Homes Would You Choose?

New York Times

Joel Rubenfeld worked for years as an elementary-school principal in Canarsie, Brooklyn, where he grew up. “When you are a retiree, you kind of get shpilkes,” said Mr. Rubenfeld, 68, who retired 10 years ago and now works part-time instructing teachers of special-needs students. I was always interested in Manhattan real estate and was always looking at StreetEasy.” About three …

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They Wanted Something Rundown, With Potential. Which Apartment Did They Choose?

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