Someone Turned This Hallway Into An NYC Apartment…
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- This tiny new york city apartment isn’t the biggest, but it has a whole bunch of things that could help you survive no matter what the streets of Manhattan look like. Its got laundry, a back yard and super cool closets that you could even rent out to your cheap friends if they want in on this small but cool apartment. Take a look at this micro nyc apartment tour and let me know what you think.
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I have no intention of moving to new york.... but these videos are so addictive... thank you for making these!
I love the videos and seeing the reality of trying to live there.. Personally I'd hate having multiple roomies just to occupy a fancy jail cell.
When I lived in New York in the 80's, I never saw such weird, cramped layouts like these. The greed of these landlords is insane! The closets are a joke in some of these places. All of the charm of these old buildings has disappeared with these ugly fake walls to make 'bedrooms'. I enjoyed when places were original, but I guess it's all about money now. I love watching all your videos.
I'd have to be paid big money to consider living in NYC.
Chicago too! It’s insane. I lived literally in a closet for a lot. I had no kitchen and hallway bathroom. A small roll away bed in my closet. I was going to college.
@@rosebudadkins6803 In Vancouver a lot of people use the living room as another bedroom because rent is so high and it's just as cramped as new york.
That explains the weird layouts.
I consider myself lucky to be living in a nice sized normal 1brm apartment in the Boyle Heights district of L.A. VERY lucky, with the exploding homeless population. I haven't seen landlords carve up apartments like this. Maybe strict building codes keep that from happening. Slum lords and roaches are everywhere, and rents have skyrocketed in and around the city. The big promise and money to house the houseless doesn't seem to be in use. The plan is to herd people into shared apartments, or individual storage sheds. Wow. Such an improvement. I'm on Section 8 housing and I live in fear that it will be abolished by some capricious administration, and find myself put in a shack to save money. Greedy landlords and developers are pricing almost everyone out of the housing market.
The outdoor space in the first apartment is a heck no for me. I've seen my neighbors throw out garbage, sanitary napkins, clothes out their windows in my building and feel so bad for the janitors who have to pick all of that up. If you rent that space you're brave because people are disgusting 😩
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I remember going through that in gunhill road back in the day.
Gross 🤢
THOSE LANDLORDS NEED TO BE ASHAMED . Cutting up apts to create what they call three bedrooms and charge a whole arm and a leg.
That's how they make there money
Greed. My old building in Chicago got bought up by an evil landlord like this. Bought a bunch of old buildings, took away all their character and charm, and chopped them up to barely livable spaces like it's NYC...thing is, it's Chicago. We have plenty enough residential space here available, that you don't need to do that. He prays on immigrants that don't know any better.
It is brutal eveywhere, I know someone renting a beautiful 3 bedroom in Canada for 2350. She told me on the same floor down the hall, same size apartment a 3 bedroom, now going for 2700😳😔
I would not sell my soul to live in apartment like that I’ll trade my siblings so two for the price of one just to afford to live in apartment seriously this landlords are gonna get what they deserve or jacket price of people are trying to get by
Turning a hallway into an apartment and charging $4,000 a month rent is the most new york thing new york has done. I feel like people that live in new york are in an abusive relationship with the city. New york is expensive, dangerous, and dirty but residents will keep making excuses for it's behavior. If you, new yorkers, need a safe space, middle america is here to listen.
We're good, but thanks
In day to day life for the average person it’s not actually that dangerous. I’ve left New York for my job but would move back in a heart beat
I'm trying to leave 😕 lol NYC is too dangerous now
@@christinschumacher2143 Is become a lot more dangerous since 2019.
I allways wonder how people can even aford such places. I mean I'm from Germany and my 47 squarmeter apartment costs 350€ (385$), but depending on the location you can also find the same size of apartment for 2-3 times more expensive (mostly if you go to big cities) and altho people say that Munich and Berlin would be freaking expensive, it still sounds cheaper than living in America.
Whenever I watch videos of nyc I just feel like my soul is dying. How can so many people live so completely removed from nature? Concrete jungle. If they love it, great. More open space for me!
Definitely prefer the first apartment. Nice size rooms and closets, plus outdoor space. The only cons are potential rodent problems, potential flooding, and those window bars give you zero points of egress. Those would have to be changed to interior gates. Second one got chopped up too much. Thanks for another great video!!!
It looks like they only go out to the courtyard so escaping though them would be pretty futile anyway.
First one wasn't too bad. The second one looked like they chopped up larger rooms to call it a 3 bedroom. Those wonky closets and hobbit-sized bathroom was a deal breaker.
The kitchen sink!!!😱 they should be ASHAMED!
''All my apartments are rented'' congrats my boy, hope you be rich some day
I lived on Park South between 19th and 20th in 700 sq ft loft type space for 18 years from 1990 to 2008. The rent never went above $1800 a month. When I left to move upstate they raised the rent to $4000 a month. Those apartments in the video are a nightmare. I thought about writing a book entitled 'Trailer Park Living in NYC' once but now the apts really are like trailers!
I love your videos but its your role as a father that captures my heart. You are so sweet with your daughter. You and your wife are so cute. It gives me hope for marriage in america. Love your humor too.
Not a lot of places could be called cavernous but that first apartment fits the bill. Its not bad. I'd take it over the second apartment with tiny closets and kitchen shoved into the hallway. They tried to maximize space but I think they only maximized the inconvenience.
facts that second apartment is not worth $5,000+ a month
Ha! So true!
Right? Anyone slightly larger would not be able to use the wardrobes in that second place 🤣
@@jameskim1449 Bruce ways hookup pad!
I can't imagine sharing that first place's bathroom and kitchen with 2 other adults.
Since TH-cam isn't a full sensory experience... maybe when you visit basement apartments you could give us your take on the dampness/smell/mold factor. Just a suggestion. Love your videos.
Get a dehumidifier. Basements in houses have the same problem if you don't.
Those closets in the first place were amazing! You could literally store everything in there! That outside space is awesome. It's not something you get everywhere.
Compared to the comically-tiny closets in the second one. 😆
I can't believe people want to live in these places. 6 grand, blows my mind.
Those 2 tiny closets in the second place are hilarious. New Yorkers will make anything work
That 2nd apartment looks incredibly frustrating to live in and furnish.
I liked the first apt, creative use of what probably was storage space when the building was originally constructed. But that second one was such a horrible butchering to make as many rooms as possible - that 45* angled wall in front of a window, and those slivers of closets, ugh. And despite keeping all the original radiators, I noticed a lot of the rooms had the large flat panel heaters installed. Definitely not worth the money.
Thanks, I was wondering what those large white squares were.
I agree with you. The first one was quirky, the second one was just a waste of time and space! Maybe if they had kept the doors off the "closets" they would have seemed bigger?
You and your 2 best friends would have to REALLY want to live in Manhattan to justify spending nearly $6000/m on that 2nd apartment.
Landlords be like: Lemme take this $3000 1 bedroom apartment, put up 2 more walls and charge some sucker double for it.
@@50crowley LOL, so true. My nephew and 3 of his friends rented a 2BR that was within a block of NYU for convenience. The bedrooms were literally big enough to fit in 2 twin beds and one dresser. Each share - $2000. Insane.
Years ago the super's apartments were usually in the basement. The amount of space in it wasn't bad (except for almost non existent counter space in the kitchen). The closets were great. But still high rent for living in a basement. The 2nd place was just ridiculous. The closets were a joke
My stepfather was a Super back in the 50's in New York. Our building had one kitchen at the end of each floor which had about 5 very tiny apartments per floor. Families would take turns cooking. My kid brother and I would sneak in each floor from the fire escape and a grab an item from the cooking stove. By the time we reached the roof we had a full course meal. Apartments then consisted of two small rooms regardless of the family size.
That second one was just tiny convoluted rooms with useless closets, appliances opening into doors... 😳 Also 7 foot wide bedrooms..so tight.
Wow, the floorplans on both of these apartments were so weird. Neither would appeal to me and the kitchens would definitely be deal breakers. Although I did have a kitchen almost identical to the one in the cavern apartment in a mobile home we lived in prior to building our house.
I think the first apt. is perfect for Hannibal Lecter, especially the scenic backyard. The second one had windows in the bedroom where you want darkness to sleep, and the living room was like a tomb, no light except for ceiling lights. The narrow closets will work, because after you pay these rents, you really don't have much left over for stuff like clothing and food. Hey, I'm sure somebody will walk into these two apts and think they died and went to heaven, unfortunately, I'm not one of those people. Congrats on renting all your apts!!! With your great personality, you can sell anything !!!
I'm not really sure how people afford to rent those apartments .... EVERYone who works in NYC must not live there (of course) but how far do they have to go for actual, affordable rents?
I like on the left coast and I'm aware that living IN NYC is the vibe, but ... c'mon! $4K, $5K or $8K a month? How do people ever get ahead?
That's what the pregentrification ghettos were for. That's why poor people lived there. Today, most 2-bedroom "inner-city" apartments are around $800-$900/month. That's because mostly the only people living there can't afford anywhere else. But, as soon as whites move in those neighborhoods in any large numbers, those rents will be increased to $1500 to $2500. Then there will be more homeless than ever.
@@caliopeknows844 Sorry.
Move to the outer boroughs. The closer to the edge of the city, the cheaper it gets.
The second place is a 1 bedroom, office and living room with balcony.
While I'm never a fan of 1st floor/basement apts. that one is kinda cool. Makes use of all the space. The outside area is interesting if they're aren't too many critters. It's perfect for night workers who need to day sleep.
Need an apartment am a realtor I could help you out okay
I lived in a basement apartment in a building once and came home to five feet of water in the apartment. A main trunk water line had frozen and broken and flooded the entire floor. My life was destroyed.
@@PWingert1966 do you need an apartment
@@georgiajake176, I'm now safely living on the ninth floor of an affordable housing unit.
@@PWingert1966 okay thanks and gooday
I think the thing the turns me off about NYC apartments is.....too many narrow rooms. In my opinion anything under 9 feet in width is crazy. And too often lousy closet space.....and nearly nothing for work space in the kitchen ☹
The closet with the beams would be great as an S&M dungeon or interrogation room.
Thank you for this post, I enjoy watching your take on each unit, the neighborhood, the sink sprayer. You have developed a great presentation, excellent cinematography!! Soon as I think I know what you're going to do you put a twist on it, thank you!
Living in New York seems so dystopian. So why do i kind of want to move there? I can't stop watching these videos
There are far better apts if you’re willing consider Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and way up-town.
My mornings are not right without coffee and Cash.
I like the private outdoor space in the 1st apartment 👍🏾
So do the rats.
I know I'm always complaining but I don't think anyone considers the massive change a person moving from one state to another has to go through...like if a person wants to move to NY for business or to be near family or just to experience NY in an attempt to figure out what hype is about NY. Living in California for 61 years (all my life), I'm used to larger spaces, trees, the ocean, open sky, bright surroundings. It would be extremely difficult to go from this to living in a painfully cramped, dark, dank space for 5-6x the money. Someone has to "pump the perks" with these NY apartments. I don't think it's done enough. All I ever see of the city are food places, coffee shops and dollar stores. Where is all the fun and excitement that NY is supposed to be about? All I hear is hype but see nothing but dirty, cold, wet, crowded streets and apartments that look like they were either designed by Dracula or the Lilliputians with Bill Gates rent. I have to hand it to you, Cash...you're hawking apartments that seem to be only for people who get off on punishing themselves. You obviously thrive on a challenge! But to be fair, most of these awful, supposed living spaces are down town. When you go further out, you find some really cute, enticing units. But I can't get into the hype when I don't even know what the hype is. I didn't like either of these units but I still like being a lookie-loo and I still like laughing at your sharp wit. And I'll continue to watch for those times when you find a more spacious apartment on one of those nice, tree lined streets away from the heart of the city. Down town San Francisco doesn't look any better than Manhattan. In fact, I think it's worse. But take us outside the jungle a little more often, please?
To be fair, Cash takes us where he has access. It's not like he can decide, let's to X part of the city and see some apartments when a leasing agent from that part of the city hasn't reached out to him.
Also, he seems to be going to these places first thing in the morning. "Fun" places aren't open yet though he does point them out. The plethora of restaurants and bars of all types is what the people moving NY would consider exciting. Certainly, there's also things like Broadway, but that's not where the apartments would be. The people willing to living in these dark, cramped places aren't planning to stay in them all day - unless mandated to. 😳
I did the opposite - after a lifetime (59+ years) of living in metro NY, I moved out to Ohio. Have 2x the space for 1/2 the cost. But - the hype for living in metro NY isn't aimed to us old(er) folks - it's aimed to young folks. My teens through 40s enjoyed everything NYC could offer, from all those food places (you can find cuisine from every country and culture somewhere in the city) shopping from bespoke clothing stores, to wholesalers (ah, memories of Delancey St) nightlife of everything and anything, from clubs that don't even open up until midnight, to knowing where the after-hour clubs are, to live music venues, nightclub catering to *any* type of interests. It isn't hyperbole to say NYC is the city that never sleeps. It's made for people who think walking 10 blocks is nothing, a fifth floor walk-up wouldn't kill their knees, and taking a bus, a transfer to another bus, and then a subway, then walk to their job is no big deal. Get older, it becomes a drag. Someone in their 60s unless thy have scads of money to live in one of the posh large door-manned condos/coops wouldn't want to have to deal with what a 20 year thinks is nothing.
Cash has said that if someone is moving to New York it should be for a job or school. Native New Yorkers would never live in any of these. Covid has knocked the wind out of fun things to do in New York, but it does seem to be coming back. Also, it's not all about Manhattan. The outer boroughs have a ton to offer. Personally, I'd wish he'd do more in Queens. He once did a tour of a Forest Hills, Queens apartment. He mentioned the wide variety of restaurants and failed to mention the amazing concert venue, Forest Hills Stadium, just a few blocks away.
If I were to move to NYC I would look at a map of the city. Location matters. The first apartment is near the Armenian Orthodox Church and the UN, if that is important to you. The second apartment is across the street from the massive Google building---formerly The Port Authority Inland Pier. It is near the West Village and south of Chelsea. Outer borough apartments might be bigger and cheaper but they are outer borough. And, the kitchens are nice: I always ate out.
I haven't even been to New York, and I know it's more than food places, coffee shops, and dollar stores. They have of other great places to shop, museums, great parks, Broadway, and lots of great restaurants, times sqaure, and other great attractions. I'm looking forward to visiting the city. From what I have heard, alot of people that live in New York don't require too much space, because they are busy working and enjoying the city. although I do agree that apartment prices are outrageous for their size, but that's New York, everything is priced by location.
That’s the most expensive basement apartment I’ve ever seen.
APT 1: The drawer mentioned could hold aluminum foil,, plastic wrap, etc. Larger cooking utensils might fit there too!
Did you say $5000 a month for that first apartment? You've GOT to be kidding. And you can't put a couch in front of a baseboard heater unless your goal is to burn the building down.
Most of these apartments are a joke.
Love your sense of humor!
You lost me at the closet where I could only fit my arm through the door, but won me back with free medicine.
Congratulations…you finally correctly identified a walk-in closet. Remember what they look like for future apartment tours.
A walk-in closet actually has room to walk around. Where do New Yorkers store winter jackets, boots, sweaters, heavy pants, etc. Where do they store toilet paper and paper towels????
@@sandyrose2398 We find magical places to store them lol. I decluttered 60% of my clothes before moving closer to the city. With limited storage, I had to store a lot of stuff underneath my bed. In terms of kitchen towel and toilet paper etc, a lot of my friends do their best purchasing only smaller packages (4 or 6 rolls per pack).
The first unit has some possibilities, especially with the garden level patio area and the extra storage closets. My one crab is that it is very dark. One might be concerned about potential flooding and resulting mildew. The second place is nicer, albeit lacking in porch space. Both have abundant space to work with. Both need kitchen counter space.
The second apartment is ridiculously bad
I like the cave a little better, but I wonder about flooding, and furry and multi-legged squatters.
The drawer is for flatware and cooking utensils. While it's in a weird location, it's something that's missing from many other apartment tours on the channel.
Hi cash I like the first apartment the only thing I didn't like it was ground level I never did like basements I like first or second floor Apartments but otherwise it was a nice apartment
I've seen these used as a spice drawer. 🤷🏽♀️
I’ve also seen those drawers used for the individual coffee pods - that’s what one of my friends did with hers. Lol
Wow! That dishwasher in the first place is in an interesting space (at least there is one!). Have a great Wednesday! 😊
Wow! 2fer, thank you!
Oh man. Those super narrow closets. Whoever planned out 11:18 is a special sort of sadist.
Thank you for your tour of these apartments. They both look good but I have lived I a basement years ago. I like the second apartment better with that small and cute kitchen. Wow, the washer/dryer are a must! I would make one if the front bedrooms into a living room area. And have a little more medium size table with chairs there next to the kitchen items. The medicine cabinets are winners as well.
It's Parisien not French. Not only parisien is open WHEN they want and they'll serve you IF they want.
Funny to see the crazy room shapes
NEVER cover the heating element with a sofa!
I'm fairly confident the second office in my house is larger than these apartments. Still don't understand why anyone would want to pay so much to get so little
Love your videos! ❤
The more I look at nyc places, the more I feel like I’m checking out relatively nice tiny homes that shamelessly steal your money bc it’s nyc. However compared to an era before gentrification, the quality was never ever like this. I’d absolutely take the first one in a second tho if I didn’t feel like in some cities, I’d pay that in mortgage for a mansion🙃
Before gentrication, it was large rooms with older plaster, flooring, and appliances. The new appliances probably break quickly.
French restaurants are usually closed on Sundays evening and Mondays, but are open until at least 11 PM the rest of the time.
Good Morning Mr. Cash! Very Interesting/Weird Apt! for the 1st! and that's a total Vampire Apt! Loved how you Popped out like a Jack in the Box in the Second one! Might be Fun with a Fam with kiddos! LoL
Love your TH-cam videos 📹 keep up the great work 👍
I do love watching these videos , it gives perspective, and confirms that I live were I'm supposed to live.
Not going say we're I live, don't want people moving here.
I have 1500 sqft cabin 5 acres $950 month mortgage in mountains, very cold winters, 1hr drive to a big town of 200k people.
I really LOVED the first basement apartment! All those huge closets and that back yard. Now I don’t know what living in New York is like and I’ve said before how much I love these quirky basement homes - but I’ve been told in the comments that rats and flooding are a real issue …
However, I’m super optimistic and have many cats so I reckon that first apartment could be flipping awesome! First job is daylight bulbs in every light fixture 🤩🐾🐾🐾
I like the first one better even though it's in the basement
That elevated drawer in the first unit is for sink sprayer repair parts
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Congratulations!! All rented.
Love your reviews. I'm super apt hunting right now and these "hole in the walls" are hit or miss alot.
You are the funniest agent I have seen/heard. You bring a sense of humor to what can often be a dastardly business.
Hey Mr CJ unfortunately I’ve been busy and have not had time to see all your videos. I miss them 😢. But started watching again and thanks for my laugh of the day “COFFEE CAN OF CAOS” I love your sense of humour. Neither of these apts speak to me as I say “walk towards the light” there is none here. Congrats you’re nearly at 250,000 subbies.🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳………🤗🇨🇦
Yikes, I think I've seen kitchens bigger in RVs than that place. You do a good job video'ing the place, you make it look nice. At least they did a good job painting the place, it looks better than those early dumps you used to show.
I definitely would not mind that 1st apartment, it looks pretty cool, the personal outdoor space is great and I like that neighborhood
I’ve rented this apartment to someone before! Its a great find, the private outdoor space and laundry in unit are great, plus the rooms are actually pretty sizeable. Not sure how much their renting it for now adays but when I was working open listings it was a no brainer 🤯
The first one was like $4900 and the second was $5995.
I love the first apartment! I would want it for that outdoor space alone! And I don’t even like the outdoors! But, would be nice to get some fresh air! Lol.
cool outside area, sole usage
The second apartment's balcony view is very Rear Window-esque!
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In the second apartment, the back yard view looks like the backyard from the movie "Rear Window". Watch out for a murderer.
Cash & coffee makes a great start to the day
Thanks for the video. I feel sorry for those who have to rent an apartment in NYC
ohh ive been to cask! they have some cool happy hour cocktails
NYC apartments should have pocket doors and Murphy beds whenever possible
I really love the backyard between all the other apartments. I love the apartment but maybe someone has already rented it out. Unfortunately I'm not planing to move to NYC anytime soon. I really love watching your videos. ;)
The long, narrow apartments make me feel a little claustrophobic.
🤣🤣🤣🤣I am watching this channel too much. Cash said, that's good for a thrine, I was thinking the same.
hot soup remark reminded me of when people call a water heater a hot water heater, if the water is hot, it sure does not need to be heated
Love your videos. I live in SW GA and the prices and size of the apartments are fascinating to me, because in my area, the rent would be a house payment on a very large house. I used to visit NY every couple of months, but have never lived there.
I'm in South Carolina and I've talked with several people that have moved from up north down here, that are extremely happy and impressed with the size of a dang on near mansion and yard space they can get for the money they're paying for something way more cramped up north. Hey, it's New York tho, no other place like it 🏙️
The sad thing is when folks from high priced cities like this move to lower priced cities, they are ok with paying more for some housing. So the housing prices slowly creep up. It was happening slowly over the last 10 years. In the last 2 though, it's hitting everywhere. My current apartment is marketed for $300 more per month that I currently pay.
I can’t believe what they are asking for this type of space. Insane
That closet would be awesome for a office/gaming room 👌
Your videos are so awesome if I had to live in New York you will be my personal realtor to find me the apartment of my dreams ♥️
New subscriber from Scotland. I don't think I could live in New York but I like seeing inside the apartments . Big difference from houses/ flats here. I also like how you use feet and inches , I can't do metric.
The closet space in the second apartment is totally unacceptable, but would be a good place for a nudist since that's what you'd have to be in order to live with those closets.
jesus. i rent a whole two bedroom house, with two living spaces, and a attached garage for 880/month. the amount of money you have to spend for tiny spaces amazes me.
I love these videos bc I get to peek into how others live in places I've never been. I'm guessing there must be a worthwhile trade off for those wanting to live in these apartments versus more spacious living areas. Is it the proximity to certain attractions? Is it bc those residents don't spend much time at home, so they don't require much space? A one foot wide door for a closet seems kind of...crazy??
You I blurred my eyes and your thumbnail looked like tide bottle at 1st again with your keys incredible
The gas clouds coming out of the street is a remnant of when there was a central steam heating system in New York. There's still buildings that use it, so it still has to stay in operation, but a lot of the infrastructure is out of date and behaves weirdly so you get those odd steam chimneys in the middle of the streets
In theory, it's just steam, and therefore relatively safe to breathe.
Not a big fan of basement units. Love lots of natural light! ☀️
Cash ur funny ,I like ur videos been watching 4 about4 months..
I couldn't stop laughing at the 2nd apt. That 3rd closet was.. No comment. Lol
I like the basement apartment! ☺️
I always thought New Yorkers were slim because they walk so much, but it's actually a survival thing to fit into their living spaces 😁!
The drawer is for spices. You buy these plastic spice bottle inserts that angle to spices up so you can see them. Some models have that drawer being able to pivot down on a hinge.
These rents are as crazy as a grown man wearing ripped pants
ALOT of apartments are narrow in NYC. I have 2 sons.. One is 6'5 & the other 6'7. Always something i enjoy you checking is the sf.. Appreciate that. Love from AZ
If your roommate pisses you off, wait until he goes into the bathroom and open the dishwasher.
It's definitely a give or take place. The outside space makes up for the small or lacking of windows. Fill the outside with greenery and it could be quite a nice place to live. Reckon it looks a lot less grey in the summer
The second apartment looks like they sliced a long, narrow apartment into two even narrower ones. Crazy.
Cash: “My Coffee Can of Chaos…” 😂😂😂
Hi 👋 dear, how are you doing?
Clearly, there is only one company that is doing bathroom renovations in NYC, and everyone uses them. I see the exact same tile in every bathroom that you have shown. Kind of ridiculous that everyone is paying for the exact same bathroom. Can you imagine moving from one apartment to another only to find out that you have the exact same bathroom in your new place? Where is the individuality and creative expression these days?
Tile: cause it is the cheapest and reno companies get a further discount.