RECOMMENDED IN RENT
RECOMMENDED IN BUY
RECOMMENDED IN SELL
RECOMMENDED IN IMPROVE
Then & Now
Trapped in my (non-stabilized) East Village apartment
… in the same building in the East Village since 1990 My current apartment is a twobedroom with a working fireplace … you jump ahead and start throwing shade note that Im not rent controlled or stabilized and my rent is a whopping … make any improvements That said Im here to stay and heres why … How I got here … I moved into an $850 twobedroom … …
“You’ll have to scrape my tired ass off this worn parquet flooring before I make my grand exit” from the East Village
… the history of New York thats right I ended up with my current East Village digs as a result of 911 I was already … so I ended up with the place by default At the time my rent was a reasonable $900 and change for a strippeddown one … the stairs and heaving in massive quantities of filth apparently made me immediately sick with a respiratory …
My Murray Hill walk-up is still perfect--if only the neighborhood would shut up
… most happy if I can find great people to live withthey are what really make a random apartment feel like your home … … … Rent … Roommates + Landlords … The Market … Buy … Sales Market … Improve … Then & Now … neighborhoods … Neighbors … noise … rentals … renters … renting … My Murray Hill walkup is still perfectif …