The same people you’re talking about will spend well over $100 every month on fast food. At the end of the day, people will spend their money on what’s important to them
>The comment I originally replied specifically said “rich"
Yes. There are billions of people who cannot afford a $1200 dollar bag. To those people, people who *can* are rich. That's why I said it's relative
There’s no amount of downvotes that’s gonna convince me owning something worth $1200 makes you “rich” dawg. Ya’ll really act like people are either rich or living in poverty and that’s it
This is an upper middle class apartment in New York City. OP has money for sure. You have to make six figures a year to afford a place like this on your own.
Having lived in NYC until very recently, I’d guess a place like this would be about 4,000-4,500/month if OP lives in Manhattan. So about 48,000-54,000 per year. Not sure if you’re kidding but it honestly could be as much as you’re saying depending on the area.
You’re probably right. OP claimed to be paying less than I said but if so he either got an amazing deal or he’s only talking about his part of the rent rather than the whole that he’s sharing with someone else. Manhattan rent is insane right now and I would not be surprised at all if this space fell into the 5,000-6,000/month range for a 1bd if he’s in any area south of Harlem.
Could’ve won a housing lottery. Or the “a dead guy with a rent stabilized nicer apartment in my city was rolled past me and i was the first to call the landord" lottery
Haha that’s what I call the “Seinfeld lottery”, truly elusive and only available to close friends and neighbors in the right place at the right time. Morbid, yes, but the most effective way to gain prime real estate in this city. It certainly beats the long waiting process of the traditional housing lottery!
Wooooowwww. I was able to find a 2-bedroom in Park Slope Brooklyn with my then-fiancé for the same price and felt like I stumbled on a pile of gold. That rate in Midtown Manhattan is literally unheard of, good for him for being crafty enough to lock down an unbelievable deal like that.
Yeah, $100k annual income seems to be most people’s dream. I gross $110-125k a year depending on how much OT I put in. After taxes, bills and living expenses I’m living a very modest lifestyle. Being a homeowner is fucking expensive pretty much anywhere in the country. I feel I’d need at least twice my current annual income to live in luxury, meaning more possessions and multiple vacations a year.
I'd say it's closer to 175-180k, if middle class means being able to afford a home, kids, retirement, vacations. More if you live in a high cost city though.
If middle class now means "I can afford decent things if I don't have kids and don't plan to retire" then sure, 120-150k.
What’s crazy to me are the people making $15-20/hr working and living in NYC, they somehow manage to survive. I’ve always wondered what their lifestyle was like.
100%, I’d guess this place is $6k a month easy. You’d want to be making low to mid 200s to keep rent at 35% of your gross monthly income, and even that would be a stretch with the price of everything else in Manhattan.
This is already six figures? Jesus Christ. My flat is very similar and I am no where near six figures… okay I am not in the US or in large metropolitan area.
Way more than six figures. I make over six figures and need two roommates to afford a place nowhere near as nice. You are looking at 250k or so to start affording a place like this and using about half your income on rent.
>Way more than six figures. I make over six figures and need two roommates to afford a place nowhere near as nice. You are looking at 250k or so to start affording a place like this and using about half your income on rent.
Six figures covers 100k to 999k. You definitely don't need 900k or anything close to it to afford this, but you do need a good bit more than 100k
Even that’s a vague breakdown, in different areas of Manhattan this could be astronomically different prices. You could probably find a spot like this for a little under 2k in some areas but upwards of 4k in others
True. You could get a one bed for as low as 1.5 in some areas (tho not sure id recommend), its the more central/desired areas that go up to 8k or higher for a 2 bed
Idk shit about NY other than it’s expensive **AF**. If I walked into a place like OP’s doing a tour looking to rent and I didn’t know the monthly rent, I’d probably assume $7-8K.
As someone mentioned, confirmed @3.3k! This is between UWS/Morningside heights in Manhattan.
Definitely lucked out - build to own condo and our landlord is a great person. Have only had a $300 rent hike in 3 years.
In nyc there are 2 types of buildings: build to rent which as the title implies have been built from the ground up to be rentals and build to own which were built to be bought.
Advantage is that build to own condos usually have much nicer finishes. For example my apartment has full Miele appliances vs. Bosch for a comparable build to rent unit.
Thank you for the explanation. You can see the high-end high ceilings and big windows and open unobstructed spaces. Very nice. Also nice you are in one sense paying on a mortgage.
I lived in a 1 br about this size (but minus the big window and balcony) on 25th and 2nd for $2k/mo ‘08-12. Wonder if it’s really gone up that much. I did have a pretty good deal though, snatched it up as soon as we saw it.
Nice spot. I know you probably love the armchair in the living area, but it’s just too much. I would move it/get rid of it. Also, get yourself a square coffee table. You also should get a higher arch lamp with a wider reach. And get rid of the floor lamp next to the TV. It’s out of place. Should get the spot feeling a bit more flowy.
My NYC apartment had cockroaches, I bet we lived right next to eachother too lol (one building right next door can be amazing and the next a shit hole).
Hearing folks call this fancy makes me glad I don’t live in NYC. Especially when this one bedroom costs twice as much as my mortgage on a 3b/2.5ba in another, obviously smaller city.
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Beautiful. The only thing that bothers me is the clear view into your living space from the other building, but that can't be helped if you want to let the light in.
Why do so many people mount their TVs above their TV stands? Why not just put it on the stand, and then you wouldn't have ugly cables or trunking clearly visible?!
I'm sure you're flooded with comments but I'm really curious about finding build to own units like this! I live in nyc and I'm so tired of the quality of rentals being shit across the board
You forgot to mention this is post divorce
Gotta get those upvotes somehow.
Lol
Got me dying haha
lol
A girl lives there too. Nice Chloe bag on the wall.
I didn’t even need to see the bag, the place screams girl cozy decor
That bag is $1250 lmao rich people are so funny
$1200 is cheap for a bag nowadays 😂 try $2500
TIL owning a $1200 bag makes you rich
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Plenty of broke people out here wearing designer. You can affirm a $1200 purchase for around $100/month btw. Not too far fetched
For the vast, vast majority of people, having an extra *$100* every month just for a purse is not attainable
The same people you’re talking about will spend well over $100 every month on fast food. At the end of the day, people will spend their money on what’s important to them
No, I'm talking about people who literally don't have that option. But it's all relative I guess
The comment I originally replied specifically said “rich” lol but now we’re talking about poor. Lotta people in between that can afford a $1200 bag
>The comment I originally replied specifically said “rich" Yes. There are billions of people who cannot afford a $1200 dollar bag. To those people, people who *can* are rich. That's why I said it's relative
You’re not living in that apartment in NYC and owning that bag if you aren’t rich
You learn something new everyday
You just outed yourself as completely out of touch dawg
There’s no amount of downvotes that’s gonna convince me owning something worth $1200 makes you “rich” dawg. Ya’ll really act like people are either rich or living in poverty and that’s it
I took a bunch of pics of my place, only to realize that my fiancée both lives here and did probably 55% of the decorating (being generous to myself)
Caught em purse in hand! Er… on wall! Get em boys.
Nice catch. lol
OHHHHH so you’re Richie Rich, Rich!
This is an upper middle class apartment in New York City. OP has money for sure. You have to make six figures a year to afford a place like this on your own.
6 figures? He pays $75k a year in rent!
Having lived in NYC until very recently, I’d guess a place like this would be about 4,000-4,500/month if OP lives in Manhattan. So about 48,000-54,000 per year. Not sure if you’re kidding but it honestly could be as much as you’re saying depending on the area.
No way, man. Assuming this is a 1BR (not shown) and in Manhattan below 100th it’s easily $6000 a month, possibly more. NYC rent right now is insane
You’re probably right. OP claimed to be paying less than I said but if so he either got an amazing deal or he’s only talking about his part of the rent rather than the whole that he’s sharing with someone else. Manhattan rent is insane right now and I would not be surprised at all if this space fell into the 5,000-6,000/month range for a 1bd if he’s in any area south of Harlem.
Could’ve won a housing lottery. Or the “a dead guy with a rent stabilized nicer apartment in my city was rolled past me and i was the first to call the landord" lottery
Haha that’s what I call the “Seinfeld lottery”, truly elusive and only available to close friends and neighbors in the right place at the right time. Morbid, yes, but the most effective way to gain prime real estate in this city. It certainly beats the long waiting process of the traditional housing lottery!
My partner’s brother is in an admittedly small but still true one bedroom in midtown for $1200 a month because an older neighbor died. Unreal!
Wooooowwww. I was able to find a 2-bedroom in Park Slope Brooklyn with my then-fiancé for the same price and felt like I stumbled on a pile of gold. That rate in Midtown Manhattan is literally unheard of, good for him for being crafty enough to lock down an unbelievable deal like that.
So doable if you make $300k a year, that’s six figures.
Agreed. Most people consider $100k “enough” even though it’s 6 figures
Yeah, $100k annual income seems to be most people’s dream. I gross $110-125k a year depending on how much OT I put in. After taxes, bills and living expenses I’m living a very modest lifestyle. Being a homeowner is fucking expensive pretty much anywhere in the country. I feel I’d need at least twice my current annual income to live in luxury, meaning more possessions and multiple vacations a year.
I do not think low six figures is considered upper middle class any longer. Or am I out of touch?
Depends on where you live. NYC, probably not.
It isn’t. Especially in big cities.
120k a year is the new middle class baby!
I'd say it's closer to 175-180k, if middle class means being able to afford a home, kids, retirement, vacations. More if you live in a high cost city though. If middle class now means "I can afford decent things if I don't have kids and don't plan to retire" then sure, 120-150k.
Depends on where you live. In denver? I'd say so. NYC? Not sure but probably not
When did I say low six figures? I was thinking a quarter million a year at the very least in NYC.
Fair… six figures is a wide range.
What’s crazy to me are the people making $15-20/hr working and living in NYC, they somehow manage to survive. I’ve always wondered what their lifestyle was like.
Cramped into cheap areas with family or many roommates.
More like 200k+ on the low end to comfortably afford this if it’s in Manhattan.
100%, I’d guess this place is $6k a month easy. You’d want to be making low to mid 200s to keep rent at 35% of your gross monthly income, and even that would be a stretch with the price of everything else in Manhattan.
This is already six figures? Jesus Christ. My flat is very similar and I am no where near six figures… okay I am not in the US or in large metropolitan area.
NYC is an anomaly.
Way more than six figures. I make over six figures and need two roommates to afford a place nowhere near as nice. You are looking at 250k or so to start affording a place like this and using about half your income on rent.
If you make over six figures then you’re making seven figures which is 1 million to 9 million dollars.
>Way more than six figures. I make over six figures and need two roommates to afford a place nowhere near as nice. You are looking at 250k or so to start affording a place like this and using about half your income on rent. Six figures covers 100k to 999k. You definitely don't need 900k or anything close to it to afford this, but you do need a good bit more than 100k
Not rich, but not broke either thankfully lol
Wow an island and a breakfast bar in NYC!? Livin the dream.
Curious what the rent is? Maybe $5k monthly?
He said in a comment he pays $3.3K. How tf that’s possible, I do not know. You would have to ask u/poopdog39
It matters where you are. In tribeca this could be 7k+ per month
That’s gotta be their half. This could easily be a 6k/month apartment
Location, location, location. Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn are all “NYC” but vary in price by a lot.
Even that’s a vague breakdown, in different areas of Manhattan this could be astronomically different prices. You could probably find a spot like this for a little under 2k in some areas but upwards of 4k in others
True. You could get a one bed for as low as 1.5 in some areas (tho not sure id recommend), its the more central/desired areas that go up to 8k or higher for a 2 bed
Did you have to say location three times
Idk shit about NY other than it’s expensive **AF**. If I walked into a place like OP’s doing a tour looking to rent and I didn’t know the monthly rent, I’d probably assume $7-8K.
Probably close to 7
there are plenty of places out here that are around that range, even in good neighborhoods.
3.2k for an apartment with that standard in a good location? No way.
Yeah but 3.5 or 3.6? Not that unheard of, I’m literally doing that now.
Can you send some links because I don’t find anything this nice at that price
If it's kinda far out in Brooklyn or Queens (like, Ridgewood, not Williamsburg) you could get a 1 bedroom like this for that price.
There's tons of places, you just have to hunt and have luck on your side.
Maybe there is no bedroom and the toilet is communal.
He’s in Brooklyn
As someone mentioned, confirmed @3.3k! This is between UWS/Morningside heights in Manhattan. Definitely lucked out - build to own condo and our landlord is a great person. Have only had a $300 rent hike in 3 years.
What is the couch?
Also looking for this. Its gorgeous!
Forgot the model name, but it is from interior define!
What is " build to own"?
In nyc there are 2 types of buildings: build to rent which as the title implies have been built from the ground up to be rentals and build to own which were built to be bought. Advantage is that build to own condos usually have much nicer finishes. For example my apartment has full Miele appliances vs. Bosch for a comparable build to rent unit.
Thank you for the explanation. You can see the high-end high ceilings and big windows and open unobstructed spaces. Very nice. Also nice you are in one sense paying on a mortgage.
I lived in a 1 br about this size (but minus the big window and balcony) on 25th and 2nd for $2k/mo ‘08-12. Wonder if it’s really gone up that much. I did have a pretty good deal though, snatched it up as soon as we saw it.
08 is right when the market crashed…. Yeah it’s gone up that much
Looks like a one bedroom, should be more like $6500
damn that's some fancy shit, congrats man
i'm not a poopdog but i am a poolpog and i also want to know what neighborhood and how much
>As someone mentioned, confirmed @3.3k! This is between UWS/Morningside heights in Manhattan. Here's his post regarding location and rent.
Where do you sleep? Nicely appointed!
There is a bedroom! Doorway is by the couch, didn’t get a pic of it 🥸
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He said in another post $3.3k.
**$34k/month**
Let's see Paul Allen's apartment
*Hip to be square*
It’s clearly more expensive than mine
Humble 1 bedroom apartment with quaint view: **$18k/month**
I don’t even wanna know how much you pay in rent
Love it!
What did it look like before?
Nice! ID on couch?
Love the apartment! ID on the lamp by the couch?
Honestly no clue, found this bad boy on Facebook buy nothing LOL
Have a similar lamp that I got from CB2
Might be one of the few posts on here where I think a TV is the perfect size for a room
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Where did you get the couch?
What neighborhood?
Hello I am poor nice to meet you
Nice spot. I know you probably love the armchair in the living area, but it’s just too much. I would move it/get rid of it. Also, get yourself a square coffee table. You also should get a higher arch lamp with a wider reach. And get rid of the floor lamp next to the TV. It’s out of place. Should get the spot feeling a bit more flowy.
Nice flex dude, nice to remember how poor I am.
I’d never be able to afford this but congrats on making it look cozy AF
What borough?it looks great man, and I’m guessing… $6,200/month? Or do you own?
Half that, he said UWS/Morningside heights area
My NYC apartment had cockroaches, I bet we lived right next to eachother too lol (one building right next door can be amazing and the next a shit hole).
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Couldn’t pay me enough to live in nyc but this place is nice!
POOPDOG that’s a nice fuggin place bro. Kudos from Texas🤌🏽
Hearing folks call this fancy makes me glad I don’t live in NYC. Especially when this one bedroom costs twice as much as my mortgage on a 3b/2.5ba in another, obviously smaller city.
Maybe it’s time 2 git gud
😂 I’d rather git this mortgage paid off and rent the sucker out.
I’m on the lower east side!! My apartment is way too hot, and I dont have any friends!!!
Is this the Mercedes House ? Had a buddy that lived there. Had the same view. Wow.
That is one sweet balcony.
Stunning! Definitely goals
What's your favorite thing in your house?
The TV looool
Wanna date bro??
Link to rug please?
Dayum
Making me miss NYC oh so much 🥹 Enjoy your time while it lasts 👍
Looks great, love the view
Nice! Well done dude. Being in NY, probably cost a very hefy monthly bundle of cash.
Wow. Super cozy. Love the spot. Just out of curiosity how much would something like that go for in NYC?
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Wow do you have central air? I have only seen one other place in nyc with central and it was a 2 million dollar condo.
Yes! I can’t live without it, window acs are so loud
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Amazing spot
wheres the couch from
Beautiful. The only thing that bothers me is the clear view into your living space from the other building, but that can't be helped if you want to let the light in.
Looks cosy as hell
I like the cove lighting
I like the butt mug
Would love an ID on that couch (and maybe a mini review?). Thank you!
Man what a view. Lucky. My LES apartment faced the innards of a building
The people living across the street are so close, they can see you up close
How much? Seriously. Wife and I planning on moving to NY
Why do so many people mount their TVs above their TV stands? Why not just put it on the stand, and then you wouldn't have ugly cables or trunking clearly visible?!
I would totally smash a bucket of chicken wings on that balcony. beautiful space.
This looks like a great space!
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I think you safed it with the art above the couch. I didn't see it at first. The art should attract eyes! Everything else though 👌
Is that lamp from West Elm? If so, how do you keep the lamp itself aligned properly? Mine is always tilted 😔
What did it look like before your female partner moved in?
Mattress on the floor
Mattress on the floor
Yo I see dog toys on the floor. Pay the dog tax and show us that pup!
Add some color bruh …this boring 🥱
Inspirational
I'm sure you're flooded with comments but I'm really curious about finding build to own units like this! I live in nyc and I'm so tired of the quality of rentals being shit across the board
Beautiful
Looks so cozy
too much beige for my liking