Russian Typical (New) Apartment Tour: Could You Live There?
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- Could you live in a Brand New Apartment in Russia? I had a chance to tour a Russian Typical Apartment in Moscow, Russia. Together with @investremont Yuri and I had a chance to see what it's like to live in a Brand New Apartment.
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🌐 Apartment Development Name: Metropoliya Apartment Complex
📍 Apartment Location: Moscow, Volgogradsky Avenue, 32
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A big Thank you to Yuri for showing me around this Micro Apartments. He really is a great guy, and a very good friend here in Moscow as well. If you want to contact him about apartments in Moscow, these are his details. He has a TH-cam channel also: Yuri's TH-cam Channel: www.youtube.com/@investremont
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Let me know what you think about this apartment.
Some Apartments in SPB???. It would be nice to compare both biggest cities in Russia
How much is the apartment?
A honest question if I may? If weren’t for your wife would you still be choosing to stay there? If you can’t answer or rather not I understand, thanks anyway
Very nice looking apartment.
Maybe if you turned the lights off inside the apartment you could show the view better in future Vlogs.
Good idea!
Very modern building with the clever thought for hardware store, cafe and court for kids to play. I definitely would live in this cool apartment. Great video Russell🤗
The temporary hardwarestore is genius. Such a simple and clever idea! Every newly built complex should have this😍
🎉🎊 UMWAKA MUSHASHA WA KERA MWIZA ❤🕊
Hi Russell could you show apartments with a living room and two bedrooms or even a house with a garden. All the best M
I am trying. Not everyone is so open to showing me around their apartments or houses. I will keep looking.
Yeah, i wouldn't mind seeing a normal living room separate from the kitchen, office area, etc. A couch in the kitchen is a very strane concept, but seems to be a thing in Russia. Kitchen is for eating, a couch should be in a livingroom or family room. Also curious if windows open and if there are balconies for enjoying a breeze in the summer or a cup of coffee on.
The hardware store on the first floor is a very smart decision - I was going to the hardware every day when I first bought my new place. Lots of driving back and forth. Very impressive apartment overall - love it!
You know, I've never seen such amenities in apartment building like they have in Russia. Areas for baby carriages, bikes, a place to wash your pets. Wow. These are very family and people friendly. I like this apartment, though I would prefer a 2 bedroom. The Barcelona Apartments may just be my next home! I love the underground parking.
These apartments were great, literally brand new. There isn't actually that many people living there for now. It was nice to drive in the underground parking and taking the elevator to your floor.
Рассел в очень мягкой форме вам сказал- ремонт в соседних квартирах может длиться год, значит и шум от работы дрелей, молотков продлится тоже столько же.
If I visit Moscow I would rent such an apartment. And I intend to stay at least 6 months, one semester. Very modern and pleasant place.
Very nice apartment! Thanks Russell, Yuri, and Max!
I enjoyed seeing a one bedroom apartment. Would love to see a two bedroom as well. Beautiful apartment, but small compared to what we have in Canada. Loved the modern bathroom, large shower stall, big sink and state of the art toilet. I have never seen towel warmers in Canada but it's a great idea when you get out of the shower and want a toasty warm towel. Beautiful building. I love these types of videos. Hi also to Yuri and his videographer! Thanks Russell :-)
Я смотрю видео с Канадцами которые построили свой дом двух этажный живут они в России всего год! Город Нижний Новгород если найдёшь обрадует это тебя 😊
I imagine a two bedroom apartment would be exactly the same with a half inch bigger bed settee 😂
Thank you Russell love these videos 🎉🎉🎉
You are so welcome. ))
Thank you for another enjoyable video. Stay safe and God Bless
Much appreciated. Thank you. )
A very smart looking apartment. Much newer than my apartment which is about the same size. I don’t have heated floors or towels racks!
The towel rails are very much standard here in Russia, and they keep your bathroom even warmer.
Having two bathrooms (toilets) in a small one-bedroom/two-room apartment is very nice.
Yeah, the innovations are superb, though for me it's more about lots of office, storage, closet space
Yay! A bigger apartment!
@1:40 Thank you so much for sharing that bit of Russian life with us. I was thinking it might be a "phone store". I am sure the construction crews have another entrance into the facility.
@4:20 Noticed the "smart lighting". We have "community mail boxes" in our neighborhood.
Great walkthrough!
It’s not Russian life, it’s Moscow life
@@peterko8871what are you talking about ? I live in a much better condominium than in the Russel’s video and it is in Rostov-on-Don and that is Russia, South of Russia. So we can definitely can call it a Russian life. So there are people that could afford this kind of living with no issues and some don’t but that’s how it is in all other countries.
I love the dog wash stations in the lobby.
Yeah, there very cool.
Wonderful video once again Russell.Love the apartment well done to Yuri too.Thank you for sharing these videos and contacts much appreciated Russell .Keep up the great work .
Beautiful, good quality construction apartment but ....very very small.
At US $147,000, it seems to be very expensive .
It's brand new, its business class, its close to public transport. A lot of factors go in to the pricing.
@@TravellingwithRussell would easily be over 200000 in the United States. Well worth the money
You should see tiny studio flats in London, rent can be £1500 per month then there is the council tax, gas and electric etc. To buy £380,000+ depending on the area. I lived near the Tower of London. A 1 bedroom ex council flat in an old 1936 building no lift across the road from the River Thames sold for £550,000 a couple of years ago.
Only time will tell regarding quality construction
You are getting closer.👏 It is still very small, and I don't care for a kitchenette, but it has parking, a powder room, and a dryer. There must be 2-3 bedroom apartments in the building for families.
Families tend to live in different places 😅 That one looks like a cage for a lot of Moscow’s future sharks and homeless 😊
What do you mean that Russell is getting closer ?
@lauren6889 He is getting closer to the type of apartment some of us have been asking to see.
@@sergeyd2199what? It is for at most a young couple with no kids.
@@sergeyd2199 Yeah, this is more like a student apartment, i think. Can't see a mature adult with stuff accumulated living in such a place.
Very nice apartment. Yuri did a good job maximizing the space and having a separate bedroom and 1.5 bathrooms is a definite plus! I am curious...does the building/area/city limit the number of people who can live in an apartment of a certain size?
Yeah, agreed, he did do a good job with the space he had, but i think it's still a little overpriced for the space. I'm not sure what makes it business class or not, but to me this is essentially a student apartment, not more.
Great showing.
Thank you. )
Nice apartment. This is still pretty small by North American standards but was very modern and state of the art. Nice to see one with a seperate bedroom/sleeping area.The building was also very nice. My only complaint would be the combined kitchen/lounge room area was a bit small and there was no seperation between the areas. The oven and microwave was right next to the sofa which is a little odd. I could live here though I just need the seperate sleeping area.
Enjoyed the video. Would like to see more vids like this of 1 bedrooms. Keep up the great work!
Not all Americans live in big houses, many of them live in small apartments as well.
@normabuccianti2681 I realize that and I am an American and live in an apartment myself. However, 440 square ft is very small for a one bedroom in the US that is the size of a studio usually. Unless you are living in downtown Manhattan or something.
@@STONESGAM ...I'm American also, And 440 square ft. WOULD be considered a studio (any smaller it would be considered a MICRO APT.)
In France, this is considered a huge apartment. In Paris you have ap., size like 12m2
What a beautiful apartment. Yuri did a wonderful job with the finishing. ❤
He did a great job. These are full "turnkey" apartments he offers for clients.
Looks like a good hotel room. Doesn’t look like a place I would call “home”. If it’s a rental flat, that’s fine.
It's set up as a rental. The owner always had this in mind. It will probably be rented daily, something like an Air bnb.
Very nice apt, I could love with it. TIP: Turn the lights off so that the city can be viewed through the windows. The large windows bring the outside in making the apt seem even larger ,very nice .
I wish I had done that now. I was really pushed for time filming this.
In Russia, you can buy an apartment with a fine finish "enter and live" and with bare walls (cheaper, but you will have to do everything yourself).So there is always a choice.And what would be even more profitable to buy then buy "in the future" that is, from the moment of construction of the pit.
Are there safety laws for buyers "on paper"?
@@jimbotron70 What do you mean, laws? what does this mean?
@TheRus13 I my country there's a law so if the buyer buys a home "on paper" and the builder-seller goes bankrupt the buyer still receives the money back.
@@jimbotron70 у нас существуют эскроу-счета: на них поступают деньги от покупателей квартир, а застройщик сможет получить их только когда построит и сдаст дом. А потом ещё если при передаче ключей покупатель обнаружит какие-то проблемы, застройщик должен будет устранить из за свой счёт. Если откажется, то этим будет заниматься суд
сейчас уже, вроде, убрали возможность покупке на уроне ямы.
"Progress requires us to push past our limits." Your encouragement to aim higher really resonated with me!
Wow, thanks for the inspiring comment.
I never get enough of these videos. When there are grocery stores, clinics, wine stores, etc....on the lowest level of these buildings, you don't have to go far for stuff. Wow........still close enough to Red Square! Gorgeous!
Exactly, over time all of the lower level commercial lots will fill up. Along with getting anything you want delivered as well.
Its nice . It also has a hotel look.
These are considered "business class" apartments, thus the different feeling inside.
Very nice....love the windows to give that indoor-outdoor feeling....yes I could.
Thanks so much for the OUTSTANDING video - keep up the GREAT WORK!!!
Thanks Stanley. )
Good use of space and great storage as well, lovely apartment.👌
Thank you! 😊
Perhaps the couch should go upfront nearer to the tv and the dining table behind the couch. That way seems more functional
Exactly what I was telling Yuri.
So strange to see a couch in the kitchen, but i guess have to think of this as basically a studio with a tiny bedroom, because kitchen and livingroom all in one
Someone said this is a small apartment but for an apartment in say NYC it is a good size. I would not mind living there
For me, it was a good size as also. Plus, it was close to the metro
Exactly, for prime city center it is a good price, for suburbs not so much at all. Although right now in the US prices are completely out of control, have doubled in just three or four years. It's completely crazy. An old and outdated apartment style condo, 2bed 2bath, well outside the city, going for $450k, was only $250k in the past, should be more like $200k to be commensurate with average salaries. Salaries have not grown much at all, but house prices through the roof. The US economy is completely out of balance and a total sham, fake economy.
What would be really interesting is to do a video of the part of Moscow where the rich people live. To see some really posh gaffs!
I want to do that, can i get access to anyone wanting to show me that is another thing.
Rich people don't like to show off.
@jimbotron70 in Russia people are rich in first generation, so majority not cares. Moreover, most are pretty simple people from regular families, former farmers/workers/etc., they not perceive self yet as people of different class.
I live in the UK and have a towel heater in our bathroom, its similiar to the one shown. Very nice apartment, Yuri has modelled it very nicely.
This place came out great. We love our towel warmer in our place also, ours is built into the central heating in the apartment. So its always on.
@TravellingwithRussell Likewise, ours is on always. Heating in the rural area i live in Scotland is v important. Definitley not as cold as Moscow tho!
@mrlume9475 Depends where in Scotland you are. Moscow in winter is generally quite mild, based on my past experience over the years. Yes, you have some temperature fluctuations and an occasional cold snap but overall it's often mild and, well, grey. Work took me to Edinburgh back in mid December 1994 and I ended up staying for Christmas. I'll never forget the gleeful way the weather guy announced that in Moscow on the day it was -18C and in Edinburgh -22C 😮😂😂
@Tina-gm4ufyes, we do have the occassional cold snaps, last week it was -11 deg centigrade. However this week very mild. I hope to visit Moscow some day and experience the public transport and vibrance of the city!😃
Russelllll!!! Been a while glad to catch up to all of the new videos keep em up!
Definitely better than the micro apartments shown before 😅
I like the hardware store idea, somebody used their brain. One would think that the model would also work in a highly compressed area like Japan.
These hardware stores are great, in a future video, i will show you inside one at another complex.
В каждом новом жилом комплексе или большом доме , где идут ремонты ,они востребованы. Логично, что они есть. Также, как супермаркеты, кофейни, парикмахерские и пункты выдачи заказов в маркетплейсах. Для них выделяются первые этажи.
@@АндрейС-ю3м It does sound like a good idea. I think we don't have them for a couple of reasons; because a new apartment complex of this size is not that common in the US , the bottom floor is far too valuable for a hardware store, and in the US most apartments ( or what we would call a condo..Purchased versus rented ) are sold with most of the work complete. In the US it is harder. to get a loan if your house or apartment is not completed.
The closest large city to where I live would be an area in the US state of Virginia that is a suburb of Washington DC. Called Arlington or Rossyln. If that apartment complex was built there, those apartments would cost a fortune. 550k USD to 1200k USD. Too rich for me, lol,
Yeah, exactly, in Japan. Have to wonder about the sizes of these places in a big country like Russia with a demographic problem. They should be building single family houses, not apartments.
@@comment6864 Yes, Living in the US I'm more house oriented, versus high-rise oriented.
There is a housing shortage in Russia, i believe because the government stopped subsidizing loans. Russia, Canada, and the US have similar problems. A segment of the population has been priced out of the housing market. But they're going to get slammed like Japan. Their population in all likelihood will never increase, only diminish.
Gorgeous apartment! Thanks for the tour.
I'm glad you enjoyed the walkaround.
Thanks for the video, Russell, there are a lot of washing machines on sale right now, along with drying, so I don't even see the point in buying separately.Moreover, they are cheap.
тоже так считала, пока не приобрели сушильную машину.
@@Yana_Shvetz у нас стоит стиральная машина с сушкой Gorenje на 8кг.нас полностью устраивает.
Combination machines do not work as well.
@@АндрейАнисимов-в7ь рада за вас. но все познается в сравнении.
@@DeniseDDS Also if something breaks all goes to a stop...
Wow. Only $983.00 amazing. Purchase for $147,000. Georgeous apartment. I especially like the heated bathroom floors and the bedroom decor and furniture. I’ve never heard of heated floors! I like leaving shoes in the hallways so as to not track any sort of dirt into the apartment. I’m accustomed to leaving shoes right inside the entrance but it’s not customary in this country. Thanks for the tour of an outstanding home.
Very nice…Thanks for the tour…
Thanks, Russell and Yuri, for another amazing apartment video! It is interesting to me that many apartments in the US are beginning to resemble the architecture and amenities found in Russian apartment complexes.
Thanks for the video Russell
You are very welcome. ))
Nice flat, good video! Thank you, Russell👍
Your very welcome. ))
Thank you for review.
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Professor, I love the Pet Wash! I want to thank you for saying the Russian names. I’m studying to pass my Russian Proficiency Exam! I spoke Russian today!
Russell, I’m an Australian living in Los Angeles, and I’m fascinated by your travels
I’d really like to see you do a review of a Russian version of Home Depot or Bunnings equivalent big box hardware store
Love this! ❤
The build quality of this unit is superb.
I totally agree. Yuri does an amazing job.
It is impossible to open the windows in this residential complex. Constant noise from Volgogradsky Prospekt and the Third Ring Road. Plus, there's a thermal power plant with pipes nearby.
One plus: one minute to the MCC
Love these videos - Ty Russell
Thanks. ))
Very nice apartment and great video keep them coming more supermarket and shopping centers videos to from usa
Lots more videos to come. ))
Lucky to live there Russell❗️
Thanks. )))
Beautiful and against the Aussie dollar so damn cheap $250k
Youd spend a million AUD in Melbourne easily. Extraordinary value.
Right, when you compare these places to the price of somewhere in Australia. They're very cheap.
@@TravellingwithRussellremind me again what the average annual salary in Moscow is again vs. in Melbourne….
Always great videos thank you
Glad you like them!
I observe that newer apartment buildings have bigger windows that the older ones.
They do, the floor to ceiling type are amazing.
This thing happen in Romania as well.
As for me, I don't like such large windows.
Hey Russell, love your channel but I was wondering if you ever will tour HOUSES that are for rent? Do most Moscow residents live in apartments only?
много москвичей имеют загородные дома в пригородах или в соседних областях. Это либо летние дачи, либо полноценные комфортные дома.
@ Oh ok. Thank you for explaining that 😊
Almost each family have small summer house (so-called dacha), it is place where people spend weekends during summer.
In houses living only rare people (except villagers/farmers, it is just 4,1%), all rest in apartments. Houses not popular, it is boring and far from city.
It has a hotel room vibe - especially hotels like Embassy Suites that have hotel rooms similar to this. It’s very nice - very modern. Perhaps a bit sterile looking but very nice nevertheless. The washer and dryer is a nice bonus. And also the guest bathroom.
WOW! What an absolute beauty apartment! Id love to live in that amazing apartment! Its just so perfect! Thats a VERY good price!!! 😮
Love every one of the apartment tours. It's so nice of people like Yuri and others to share this. I am teaching myself to read RU using the signs in videos. I get that small hardware store shown in a couple recently as "System" Market? At least Google tells me the first word is "system". On the video display panel I see "Good Welcome"! On one of the elevator doors there were words that translated as "Friend Lead Home". :) I getting pretty good at the alphabet!
Love this apartment, I would move in here. I would’ve like to see the view
Professor Russell. Good Evening! Please, on the Right of the Entrance…the Metal Fence structure with the curvilinear top…
LOVE this apartment. Bravo Yuri!! Such elegant appointments. Question: Are there fees in these building like HOA fees? Monthly maintenance fees?
Greetings Russell, Wonderful tour and apartment.
A couple of questions came to mind. Are Two-Bedroom apartments available, and is it typical for a rental complex like this, to also sell the units, or is this an exception. I would presume a condo type of arraignment, however, how might this arrangement be different in Russia.
If you already covered these questions in an earlier video, if you could, would you post a link, if not, maybe a future video.
Thanks
Professor, thank you! I believe your video showed me the level and the curve I nee to remember when applying for my “New Fence… thank you again. nurse Jane
It's a nice apartment, when you are living with a partner or alone. It's not very big, but for the prize it's OK.
Exactly, for a person living alone or with a partner. It's perfect.
And that apartment is CA or NY would be 4X as much. It's very nice, I could live there.
Professor, USA USPS Stopped mail delivery to Russia, about three-four years ago.
They did. Along with fed ex as well.
Finally abbadment video 🎉
I said to Yuri I need to see bigger places.
Apartment ?
I really like this apartment, it’s very nice! 🇷🇺🪆🇷🇺
I did too. I think i would rearrange the sofa and dinning table though.
I find this apartment well equipped but rather pokey. A friend of mine had a similar, modern one bedroom apartment in Manhattan, but hers was markedly more spacious. She had a grand piano in her living room with plenty of space to spare. The bedroom offered way more space around the bed with room for a chest of drawers, armchairs and large nightstands.
Love the washer and DRYER in the apartment. Like that, they have a few businesses in the courtyard. People have a place to go to get out of their apartment for a change of pace. Probably grogery stores eventually for quick pick up.
Excellent tour of the apartment
I live in Ohio USA but I'm always interested in seeing your apartment tours. This business class was very nice!
Very nice! What extra fees are there once you buy an apartment like this? HOA fees, taxes, can you get home owners ins for an apartment? Great video, love the place!!
HOA is a dumb concept, hopefully Russia doesn't have that. I think it's called communal services, but i doubt that's anywhere near the size of an HOA, and can't just go up arbitrarily. That's a typical disease of american greed. Never ever get involved in an HOA
Russell, you will soon become a bloody Real Estate Agent mate, loi 😂😂😂
Thanks for the interesting video!
The space in the apt is great, the finishes and decor is terrible. Different shades of white, cream, glossy, woddgrain, black, grey, green, orange, bathroom walls and floors clash, wallpaper or whatever in bedroom doesn’t go with comforter. I could live in the space but not in that decor. It's way too mixed up for me. I need for the colors and finishes to make more sense, don't put glossy white against beige. Love the space with more attention to decorating I could very easily live there comfortably and it's a good deal for that space compared to rentals in my area.
Very nice, but very expensive! No yard, no garage, only 1 bedroom. Pretty but pricey
Is that a dryer? Nice
I like seeing the houses as well.
What are the internet speeds like in these here apartments mate?
Depending on the provider, 150 up and 150 down. You might get more, with other providers.
🇨🇦 Canada 🕊️✍️ Greetings Russell❗😊
Oh Russell ! 😑 Thank you! 😊 What an apartment with its unique features ! 💞
It's true it has a hotel kind of feel to it, not super warm though ...
The $ price for it goes with the advantages ...
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💞 Loving the washer --- dryer together 🥇🏆 {as it is the 1st time we 👀 see this in 🇷🇺}
💞 The top for me was the private bathroom for guests, GENIUS 💞❗🥇🏆
The little ➖ minus for me here would be the dark colour tiles.
💞 All the new appliances
💞 The top for me was the 🚪 door- closed bedroom with a bathroom connected to/IN the bedroom with the stand-up shower {💞 no bathtub, saves spaces}❗🥇🏆🥇🏆
Are there also monthly home owner building maintenance costs/fees charged for the apartments that are purchased?
Скажу вам так мои доригие иностранцы лучше купить дом на земле например 2-х этажный дом за 10млн чем покупать за 15 млн за одну комнату 😂
It's too modernistic for me. It feels much too cold. The colour choices, tiles furniture. Almost dystopian. But maybe I'm just too old school. The older style Soviet apartments are actually much more to my liking.
16:03 the water distribution over electrical is a bit suspect. Note the open wires.
These aren't wires.This is hot and cold water.Distribution node.Its essence is that in the summer they turn off hot water that enters the tap for preventive purposes, usually for two weeks.In order to have hot water, there is a water heater and switching taps.They are marked with red and blue hoses.
Of the electricity there is only an outlet.
там электрика только для бойлера, который включают только на 1-2 недели на время технического обслуживания сетей горячего водоснабжения. Розетка там с заземлением, в России без заземления нельзя делать рядом с источниками воды. Предполагаю, что электрический провод идёт к автомату, который увидит утечку тока и моментально отключит линию.
Washer AND Dryer 🎉
Finally. I am sure its the first time I've seen them both in an apartment.
Beautiful apartment.
That apartment sounds cheap, but I found out that if I did the same job in Russia as I do here in Finland, my salary would drop from 3,200 euros to 147,000 rubles. I wouldn't be able to afford that apartment anymore.
That’s why some Russians need people like Russell 😉and why you guess, are appearing now every day similar bloggers and very similar topics…obvious, not?
In my job i would fall from 6.000,-€ to 70.000,- to 80.000 Rubel/ month, in Moscow…no joke…
@@pat-2024 I hope I haven't given the wrong impression.. I like to compare things and I enjoy these videos. I didn't mean to upset anyone.
@@arsa102 To me you didn’t upset at all! I also like to compare, when it‘s something to compare similar!
So, i know, what my colleagues in Russia earn because i’ve been there many times!
So, what Russians and other naive people like to do is comparing apples with pears…
My friend in SP earns 3,40€/h in her job during her studies, paying 350,-€ for a one room flat!
No wonder they love their country!
Professor, please look at that metal fence in the sitting area outside… any information about that? I ask because M&J are Fire Bugs…
Nice apartment.
I think so too!
How do the prices compare to the paycheck? Is this considered a 15 minute city?
Nice apartment, in Butler, Pennsylvania where I rent apartments that would be about $1,000 a month. But most people here, even if they are only one person renting it, prefer a 2 bedroom apartment.
Hello, will you do 2 small bedroom apartments please 🙏🏾
If i can find someone to show me some.
Funny that Russell's glasses fogged up outside 🤣🤣🤣