NYC apt rent

Water Cooler
#1

So I’m closing in on the big 30 next year and decided it was time to move out on my own. I made a budget of $2.5k for a studio/1br apartment…

The last time I looked at apartments for a solo dwelling in the city was like 5 years ago. Started looking again not too long ago and have found that even with what I think is a decent budget, I’m finding garbage. Just tiny, crappy places on the 5th floor. Adding insult to injury, brokers insist on this fee of 12-15% of the total rent just for showing me a $#%Thole at oddball hours during the day with an attitude that they gave me some divine service…

Rent is too damn high!

#2

Mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio has promised a rent ceiling. He sounds like a stand up guy.

#3

dont get an agent. decide what neighborhood u want to live in and walk around there a few times. any luxury buildings have lease offices on site and you can just walk in and talk to them. agents are good for finding stuff thats beings rented by private parties or smaller landlords. you can access those listings online as well on streeteasy or renthop.

good luck

#4

What neighborhoods are you looking at?

#5

Seems like enough to get a place to me. If not you can get a single bedroom in a luxury building in Hoboken that overlooks Manhattan.

#6

Why I live in Jersey City.

#7

How many other people live in the Jersey City/Hoboken area?

#8

nybits.com

You can search for rentals directly from property managers.

#9

don’t live in manhattan. nice areas in queens or brooklyn at much cheaper prices and subways running 24 / 7.

#10

Nice areas of Brooklyn are also expensive now, as it became hip to live there.

#11

Come up to Harlem son! We’ll kick it with some chicken and beer!

#12

Stop saying bad things about the market system; you might hurt its feelings. :wink:

I’m up near City College and it’s nice here near the river.

#13

I’m still astounded when I find out how much yall pay for rent in NYC. For $2500 a month here in Texas you can get yourself some of the nicest and most overpriced 2 and 3 br apts in the trendier parts of the city.

When my buddy told me he and his 2 roommates paid about $4k for their upper east side apartment, my first and last thought was WTF.

#14

^ I cry a little when I hear stuff like this.

It hurts more, when people realize that their tough, challenging jobs keep them at work for so long, they never get to enjoy NYC for all it has. salt on wounds.

#15

I don’t live in the city but I always thought the norm in decent neighborhoods was $1k/room. So with a budget of 2.5 you should be able to get a 1br?

PS: might want to try asking on city-data forums

#16

No kidding, my apartment in Texas is under $700. It’s not the nicest place in the world but its not in the hood.

#17

with $2000 you can get a 1BR.

But it’ll probably be a walk up in upper east side (really upper), your bedroom is probably going to fit a small bed (and not muhc else), and generally old conditions

#18

It still surprises me that Manhattan rents are at such a high premium over rents in areas just across the river - for instance, Long Island or Hoboken. In these other places, it seems like you can get almost twice as much space for the same price, in exchange for a short train ride. I believe it is very much related to the prestige factor. Manhattanites seem to regard other people as second class citizens. If you live in Hoboken, you cannot date girls from Manhattan. Perhaps the rent difference will decrease over time, as places like Long Island City get developed and become more trendy.

#19

LIC & trendy - LOL

Unless if the scene has changed dramatically over the last 5 years. LIC used to be a dump.

#20

Up your budget by $300 per month and I’ll rent you a 4,600 square foot McMansion on 3.5 acres in southern NJ. It’s about 2 hours to NYC, but you’ll love it on the weekends.