so I'm moving again my name is Eric I live in New York City and I have moved
six times in the past four years you're probably thinking to yourself that is
absurd but actually it's very common in New York to move every year or so or I
mean hopefully not multiple times in the same year but it's a very common thing
here finding your ideal living situation in New York is truly a needle in a
haystack this is a bit of my New York apartment history I had a spot in Harlem
where I got jumped I had a little studio on 64th and first Avenue this is all
pre-youtube so I don't have any footage of this place then I had a 200 square
foot studio with mice and cockroaches and a bad landlord followed by a
one-bedroom apartment which was a little step up but I lived next door to a
drug-dealer neighbor they are screaming and blessing rad music
finally my current place now is a two-bedroom high-rise with a doorman a
gym laundry in a luxury building when looking for an apartment in New York you
have to have a really really clear expectation of the type of place you're
looking to live that's ultimately the deciding factor in how you're going to
go about finding your apartment option number one is you find it yourself using
web sites such as Craigslist or Street easy you're gonna want to look for no
fee no broker apartments do everything yourself
option number two you're going to use a broker or an agent it's gonna cost you
for the fee but you're gonna have access to typically nicer places that are not
listed on you know Craigslist or those websites for my apartment search I'm
looking for a studio with a moderate budget I'm looking for ideally a rooftop
laundry and gym in the building I've lived with roommates the past I'd say
six years or so of my life and I'm ready to just live alone I'm single I'm in my
late 20s I'm just looking for that spot to live and work from I'm self-employed
I travel a ton so more or less just a nice place to kind of rest my head and
work from and you know kind of relax and kick it when I am home in New York in
this YouTube video I'm going to be giving you walkthroughs of five New York
City apartments giving you my pros my cons little info on the neighborhoods
and just my general thoughts of the places as I actually see them so you can
actually get a feeling of what it's like to go along and search for an apartment
in New York here we go let's go find the new apartment
we're about to see spot number one and we are in the East Village the East
Village is nice because there's definitely lots of coffee shops there's
lots of bars there's just more life going on here than my current
neighborhood and the first place I'm seeing it's definitely on the smaller
side and it's sort of the jump-off for our apartment search in New York now to
start off this apartment is very very let's just say it's cozy not too much
natural light and that's the thing I look for is the natural light but I love
the exposed brick it really gives you that authentic New York feel
basically this is just a room with a kitchen and the bathroom the kitchen was
redone which is nice that's a big plus there's no appliances and there's a
washer and a dryer which is a huge plus and that's actually pretty rare for this
type of old brownstone building and there was an outdoor space to store my
bike which is actually very important because I'm a cyclist that's how I get
around the city place number one that was just about 200 and what would you
say 275 square feet when you're looking for an apartment in New York
always always always bring a friend having that second eye is always
important you can see a place and think it's amazing but then you have your boy
hear your voice of reason to kind of help you weigh the pros and the cons
when looking at the spot
apartment number two is a Chelsea studio now it's mid-range on my budget this one
is about double the size of the last apartment there was a beautiful kitchen
with a very high ceiling which gives the illusion of a bigger apartment than it
actually is and there were all new appliances which again is a plus it has
more that great exposed brick that I was talking about in the first one decent
bathroom nothing crazy I like that place a lot dude it was spacious but yet you
know still small the New York studio high ceiling you kind of pay for the
neighborhood and that's a big thing in this whole apartment hunting process
that you'll see the nice area right there it's hey just don't talk more on
my living figure to tell you the neighborhood but not the exact locations
because one of these might be my potential house
off to apartment number three we're moving up to the kind of Midtown Kips
Bay neighborhood which is actually where I live now it's very different than
Chelsea take a mini tour of New York apartment number three is a Midtown
studio now this was mid range on my budget you can't really tell in the
video how large this studio is but it's definitely the largest of the three so
far it has very high ceilings which is a huge plus for me it has a brand new
kitchen brand new bathroom and this cool game of Thrones type light which is kind
of a Corky little add there was no natural light though it was basically
facing an alley that was on the fourth floor of a walk-up I liked the space a
lot it was just basically one big open room a little bit cheaper than the one
before but then again that one was in Chelsea this one as you can see is kind
of right in the middle of Midtown so you have all the skyscrapers around
definitely less of a neighborhood vibe and more of that vibe where you are
you're in it you're in the middle of the action taxi via taxis everywhere
apartment number four is a SOHO west village border one-bedroom apartment
this place was mid-range on my budget but the neighborhood is vibrant it's
alive it's a very cool place to live in New York the bedroom was very tiny as
you can see I can almost put my arms across the bedroom entirely lots of
storage which is a plus having that divided between the kitchen and the
bedroom is also pretty great the building was very very old and not
recently renovated which can be a problem looking down the road because
then I have to have renovations and the bathroom and shower looks like an
economy ticket on a straight flight to Bali this is the last place for the day
and we are in the lobby not bad at all I'm digging it apartment
number five is a Chelsea studio this apartment is in a luxury pre-war
building very very spacious studio great natural light kitchen is right over in
this corner and the kitchen is actually pretty small as you can see right there
just enough room to cook for one person the bathroom was average I'm a guy where
if I have a nice view of the city or anything that's kind of the selling
point for me check this view out
speaking of views this place has one of the nicest rooftops I've ever seen in
New York with a 360 degree view of Manhattan looking south to the World
Trade Center and then looking north to the Empire State Building there was also
a gym in the building and the laundry room this is the bonus apartment we are
in the same building as the last one you just saw with the rooftop and the view
of the World Trade Center but this one has an outdoor terrace this is a super
rare thing to have in New York to have that is almost the size of the apartment
in their area this is you could do it you can do so much here at barbecues out
here you could build an igloo out here in the snow look at all the space for
activities and it's it's a bit more not by much what do you think view or
Terrace comment down below what you think I mean I'm kind of torn I'm not
gonna lie but I really could see myself living in either of these last two Mike
and I searched from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. going to four different neighborhoods so
that right there is the look into step number one finding an apartment in New
York looking at the places is just the beginning now that I have picked the one
that I like out of these five places I have to apply comment down below your
favorite apartment of the five actually six because of the bonus that we saw in
the video today and if you're moving to New York or you know someone who wants
to move to New York comment down below or share this video with them hopefully
it gave you some insight and some information on how to go about finding a
place and what to look for when you're actually looking at these apartments if
you liked it or you found it interesting make sure to subscribe to my channel to
see the rest of this series which will be coming up over the next I'd say 3
weeks as I actually move into one of those places which is exciting it's cool
to have for the memories you know looking back on the process of finding
the place that you know I'm gonna live in I will see you in the next video
where hopefully I will have one of these five apartments so until then as always
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