- Steven, how you doing man?
- What's going on man?
- So, I got a favor to ask.
I've been thinking about moving back to New York.
Can you do that Worth It thing where you, kind of,
clap your hands and get whatever you want?
- Do people think this is how it works?
- It is how it works.
- No, that's not,
- Try it.
I wanna see some New York apartments.
- No, oh, actually I didn't hear you.
- Let's go.
Please.
Here we are through the power of Worth It magic.
We're gonna be trying three New York apartments
for Ben at three drastically different price points
to find out which one is most worth it at its price.
- Worth it.
New York is a mix of all these people, energy.
Everyone's going after something, driven.
It can be a lot, but when you're in it, you're, like, high.
New York apartments, though, they are expensive.
First spot, we're going to Brooklyn.
It's actually our coworker's apartment and...
(slow electronic music)
- Hi, my name's Kara, and this is my apartment.
- This right here is the outside?
- Yes, outside.
- This is where you sleep, right here?
- This is just the outside.
I actually sleep in the inside.
It's in Brooklyn.
Boerum Hill, so, welcome.
- Thank you.
- Thanks for having us.
- It's about 500 square feet.
It's a studio, but it has a separate living room
and a separate place to sleep, even though there's no wall.
It's old, but it's very charming.
There's exposed brick.
There's a full bathroom.
Kitchen's very large.
- Did it come with a refrigerator or anything, or,
- Yep, working refrigerator with a freezer, yeah.
- I did not get a refrigerator in my, what?
I wanna live in New York now!
- I do have a private backyard, but the one downside is
there's a million other apartments around me
so everyone can see in.
So, yeah.
- Sorry, I'm swatting mosquitoes.
- I know, that's the one downside is.
- If I slap you in the face,
I swear there's probably a mosquito there.
- Probably.
- Most likely.
- Why did you choose this?
- Why did I choose? - Yes.
- Number one reason, it was available.
The big part of New York
is the real estate goes really fast.
It costs 1,700 a month.
Which is-- - That's steep.
- Most people think it's a steal.
It's a lot of money, but for my own living space,
which is very unheard of,
you have to have roommates, typically, in New York.
Most people think it's worth it if you can afford it,
which I barely do.
- Yeah.
My biggest thing is I hate having roommates.
I just, I like my space.
- When I lived alone, I used to just, I was naked.
- I don't want to hear about this.
- I didn't wanna say anything about it,
but a big part of living alone is just freedom
to let it all out.
- That's the best.
- The naked factor.
- Yeah.
Are pets allowed in your building?
- One cat. - One cat?
- What, you got a cat?
- Yeah, so I could get a cat if I wanted, yeah.
- That's my dream.
Okay, let me know when you move out.
- Okay. (laughing)
- [Ben] Can we see your apartment?
- [Kara] Yeah, of course.
- Let's go. - Let's do it.
- This is the bedroom area.
This is where I sleep.
- [Ben] Stay sexy and don't get murdered.
- It's from a podcast that I like a lot.
- This is how it works, right?
Here we go.
- [Ben] Yeah?
- My life motto.
Ben's life motto.
You got a couch!
- Yeah, I do have a little couch with one pillow.
Get this, it's a pullout couch.
- No. - No.
- Yeah.
(lever creaking)
- [Ben] I don't wanna break it.
- No, it should come out.
- Let's do this - Upward and...
- [Kara] Oh my gosh!
I'll be honest, I never opened this before.
(laughing)
- [Ben] Is that why you invited us to do this video?
(laughing)
So here's the closet.
- Yep, my giant closet.
There it is.
- You really know how
to take advantage of the space.
It's very impressive.
Like, this couch is perfectly fitted for this area.
Your bed has the exact dimensions of the window.
Your closet is packed like crazy.
What happened here?
- Oh, I was sweeping,
and I accidentally lifted the broom too high and I hit it.
- Hey, you have more light now.
- I know, it, yeah.
And this is the kitchen.
- [Steven] This is like a whole new world we've entered.
- [Kara] Yeah.
- Do you mind if I grab a glass of water?
- Yeah go ahead.
- So one perk of New York City
is you can drink the tap water and not worry about
anything bad happening.
(mellow music)
Now that's refreshing.
- Are you an ad for New York tap water?
- I do that with my friends all the time,
pretending like I'm in a commercial, ah.
(waves crashing)
Ah!
Now that's refreshing!
(upbeat electronic music)
(laughing)
- Actor Ben!
Tastes like water and I'm thirsty, so.
Ah!
There's your AC right there.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- [Kara] Just stick your head in there.
- Yup.
One of the most important things is how you feel
where you live, and I feel pretty good here.
- It's how you make the most of your situation, I think.
I wanna see your funky bathroom.
- [Kara] Yeah, we can go there next.
- [Steven] Let's go!
- It's kind of a tight fit,
but I think we can all fit in there.
- [Steven] Oh this is not small at all!
For one person this normal. - For one person yeah.
- [Steven] Can we hear your toilet flush?
- Uh-huh. (toilet flushing)
You gotta hold it really hard, and then you can.
- [Steven] Nice!
- [Kara] There you go.
- [Steven] There it is.
- Oh.
Now that's refreshing.
- [Steven] Oh my god, Ben.
- [Ben] Apartment fact!
- There is a person who lives in Manhattan,
who pays 1,100 dollars for 100 square feet.
- What?
Is that even the size of this table?
- I think if you spread your arms, you'd go wall to wall.
- You gotta be out of your mind, no offense.
- Now it's time to move on up,
and we're bringing the big guns.
- I think I'm bringing the big guns.
- Yeah that's true.
- My Uncle Matt works in real estate here,
I'm gonna hit him up and see if he can find us some
more impressive places.
- That's the dream.
You know what you're gonna get for 1,000, 2,000, 3,000.
- Do you wanna jump like 20k ahead?
- Do people pay that much here?
- Yeah!
A lot of people pay that much here.
- Who? (stutters)
- Go big or go home, right?
That's how you convinced me to get this tattoo
back in the day.
(laughs)
(upbeat music)
- This has jumped to a higher price.
- Yeah but who cares?
- Welcome, Steve.
Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- Ben.
Good to see you. - Nice to see you.
- Ben's father is my brother.
And Ben, I would babysit.
It's surprising he's still here with us.
(laughing)
- I mean we see this guy on set all day, so.
- Oh my god.
- We have that in common now.
- The name of my company is Coleman Real Estate Group.
We specialize in luxury apartments.
What you're standing in right here, is HL23.
We're on the 11th floor.
This is a full floor residence.
- Full like, the entire floor?
- Each owner owns the entire floor.
We have three bedrooms, three full baths,
and the architecture of this building is just magical.
You have these long expansive floor to ceiling windows
to capture all sweeping views of downtown
and incredible views of the sunset
as the buildings kind of take shape.
Just phenomenal light and views.
- Beautiful.
This is beyond my wildest dreams right now.
- This is what I picture making it and living in Manhattan,
this is the representation of that.
- How much does this apartment cost?
- This is $24,500 a month.
- Oh!
- Damn!
- That's my car every month.
Paying for a brand new car.
- You don't need a car.
You're in Manhattan.
- Oh! - Sell the car,
take the apartment.
- For one month at least.
Then I'll just go broke.
- [Steven] Should we go take a look around?
- [Matt] Please.
- [Ben] Let's do it.
- [Matt] So we're standing in basically the dining room.
You have an open grand great room
right here with the living room.
And what's nice is you're straight above the high line.
So you're looking straight up so that you get this view.
You just get green.
- [Ben] I mean if you get a pair of binoculars,
you could do some serious,
- Okay!
- Binoculars are legal, that's what they're made for!
I didn't say anything creepy - Cool, cool.
- Where does your mind go, man?
- I don't know.
- [Steve] Wanna go down there?
- Yeah, let's check it out.
If I was naked in that apartment,
people down here, - Oh my gosh.
- Could see me right now, I'm just saying!
If you turn around,
you can look right into this apartment.
- That's a concern.
But all of the apartments are built in
with electric privacy shade
in all the windows throughout the apartment,
You're getting light coming in
- Hoo hoo, okay! - You're still enjoying
the views, but you can come out in your bathrobe.
- Damn that is sick.
- Can I please press that button?
(singing in unison)
- This place makes you wanna just
lie flat on the floor in the middle and just spread out.
Like that.
- [Ben] Make a wood angel.
- [Matt] You have a speed oven, gas stove top,
Miele refrigerator, all clad.
- Oh, - What?
- Oh! - Is it a wall or a fridge?
Both.
- And look at the view when you're cooking.
- [Ben] It's like inspiration beaming in.
- [Matt] That's what this space is made for.
Welcome to the master bedroom. - Yes!
- [Matt] You have the full North exposure,
your bedroom is right over the highline.
- You know when something
just feels right immediately?
This is that.
Imagine waking up to that?
- He has so much space here
that you don't need straight walls.
You got slanted walls.
- You could put holes in there and play some ski ball,
(laughing)
- So you have a wall of four closets.
One, two, three, and then the walk-in.
- Oh!
I mean, not legal,
but you could maybe have another rent tenant living here.
Bust a hole in this wall, get a doorway, just saying.
Oh wow!
- [Ben] Damn!
- [Matt] Soaking tub, steam shower,
double rain shower.
- [Steven] Double rain shower!
- Double rainbow.
- Wait, is this the same thing?
- Yes. - Stop it!
- Alright, goodbye world!
- It goes the other way!
This one goes up!
This is great because you could actually put it half way up.
- Yes!
- And do this thing. - There ya go.
(techno music)
- You know when somebody talks too much,
and you're just like stop talking.
(muffled techno music)
(running water)
- Now that's refreshing.
(laughing)
- Dude those shades though.
- They're cool, but come on man.
They have stuff like that these days.
- Yeah but, not at my house.
- Not in mine either.
That place was sick.
- I guess if you split that price
with like 10 people, then we're talking.
It could be your office too!
- Yeah.
- Now we're thinking logically.
Apartment fact!
Did you know that the cheapest luxury house
costs 4.5 million to buy,
in New York City, in Manhattan.
Think about it this way,
a fifth of all houses in Manhattan
are luxury houses. - Yeah.
- That means, if you want to own a house in Manhattan,
- You're insane.
- Well, you're insanely rich is what you are.
Or in debt.
Anyway, let's set this up for this next place.
We're going to Tribeca. - Mm hm.
- You know who lives in Tribeca?
- Who?
- Taylor Swift. - T. Swift
- Jay-Z. - Jay-Z.
- Beyonce, cause
♫ New York.
That's so off tune that we can use that.
- Yes.
- Because it's not copy written.
(chuckles)
(uplifting music)
- [Matt] Key locked elevator,
only six apartments in this 1920s conversion.
No matter who you are, when you walk into this room,
your jaw drops.
- [Steven] Oh my god!
- [Ben] Dude, we made it.
- Can I just say, this is absurd.
- Tribeca has become one
of the premiere neighborhoods in downtown Manhattan.
The tenants for this particular property are people
who've reached a pinnacle of their respective fields.
It's a convertible four bedroom.
Three and one half baths.
- [Ben] What does this place run per month?
- So we're 40,000 dollars per month.
This is space in the city.
I mean 7,200 square feet is enormous.
- That to me is streaking through this thing.
- [Steven] Okay let's go venture around.
- [Ben] Let's check it out.
(cash register bell rings)
- This room that we're standing in right now
is 42 feet wide, 30 feet long,
another 25 feet into the kitchen,
and if you step back you can see
there's a game room, a secondary entertaining space
on the upper level.
Almost 1,200 square feet in this room alone
- Wow, I'll take it.
(laughing)
- [Matt] Let's go.
- Does this come furnished for people who wanna rent it out?
- [Matt] Yes.
- [Ben] What would you do?
- [Steven] A big picture of you, just like right there.
- [Matt] The eat-in kitchen, marble countertops,
- A kitchen island is an attainable goal
that I will achieve in my life.
You can do a wok right here,
and Korean barbecue right here.
Wok, Korean barbecue.
- I'd probably restart my Blue Apron subscription
if I moved here.
- [Steven] Oh, yes!
This is what I was waiting for.
- [Matt] 800 bottle wine refrigerator.
- [Ben] Wine bottle opener built into the wall.
- To the library? - Yes!
- [Matt] Let's do it.
- [Steven] Oh.
- [Ben] Hello.
- [Steven] Yes.
- [Ben] Don't you feel a little smarter
just being in this space?
- [Steven] I feel inspired.
Oh the bar.
- [Matt] So, fully stocked bar.
- If I grew up here, I'm pretty sure
I would have tapped into one of these
and filled it back up with water.
(laughing)
This is fully loaded.
- You know what I love about this place?
Every detail has been paid attention to here.
Everything has a purpose.
I feel like when I walk in here, I have a purpose.
Can I take a poop in this toilet?
Look at this.
- [Ben] Oh my god,
- [Steven] Don't get your hands dirty.
You grab the metal, - I've never seen that before.
- Boom.
See?
With purpose!
- [Ben] This is probably the smallest bedroom.
The bathroom here is bigger than my bathroom
in my apartment.
- This apartment is so big that this one bedroom
has it's own router.
- [Ben] That's gotta be for the whole house.
- No, it can't be.
- [Ben] There's multiple routers, throughout the house.
- [Matt] So on the second floor of the duplex
is the secondary living room which is set up as a game room,
but it also has a wood burning fireplace.
- You can play really long distance
beer pong onto that table down there.
If I get one in off the break,
that means that I'll be able to afford this place one day.
- Ooh!
Oh, oh!
- Come on!
- Here, let me finish that for you.
- [Ben] It's going nowhere.
Eight ball in the hole I win!
Never seen anyone lose that quickly.
(laughing)
- [Matt] Welcome to the master.
- Ooh, this would be my room.
- [Matt] Walk-in custom closet with shelving.
- [Steven] Am I at Brookes Brothers or am I at home?
Woah!
- [Ben] Holy Crap.
Literally.
- [Matt] Bath, soaking tub, rain shower,
double bench seating in the shower.
- [Ben] You could have a party in that shower.
- [Matt] Yes you could.
So the master is, again, 42 feet long,
it's the width of the actual building.
- [Ben] Is there a living room in the bedroom?
- [Matt] Yes.
You have four french doors
out to your own private terrace.
- [Steven] Okay, this is when you know you've made it.
When you have your own terrace.
- [Matt] Let's go up to the roof terrace.
- All the way up.
Okay, this is it right here.
- [Ben] We've got another trellis,
- [Matt] 1,200 square feet of outdoor terrace
planted, irrigated.
- This is where the magic happens.
- This is that New York City quality
I was talking about.
You just kind of feel connected and alive
in a way that no other city can do for me.
I just wanna like, shout from the roof tops!
- Do it!
- Matt, do you mind if I yell from this roof top?
- Go for it. - Alright. (clears throat)
- Now that's refreshing!
Yeah baby, that feels good!
- [Steven] This is amazing!
- This is New York, breathe it in!
- Yes, light breeze.
Quick note, shout out to your Uncle Matt.
The dude is legit.
- Worst babysitter ever,
but the guy knows his apartments.
I gotta give him that.
- Alright so, Ben Coleman,
which one is your Worth It Winner?
- Oh man.
The Brooklyn one, it has this charming quality to it
and she was such a lovely host to show us around.
- Shout out to Kara
- But my Worth It Winner
has gotta be with the highline.
- [Steven] Wow.
- It's just those views, the price tag is high
but if I could afford that,
that's what I want to look out and see.
And I feel like my girlfriend would love that spot
if I was like babe,
I got this spot.
- No sexier words have been spoken
than, "Babe, I got this spot."
(laughing)
- [Steven] The 40,000 dollar big one,
when you own a terrace and not a patio,
that's the life - Yeah.
- The my Worth It Winner is the Brooklyn apartment.
- [Ben] I mean, I don't blame you.
- Here's the problem,
this video has just been the movie Dumb, Dumb, and Dumber.
I knew that New York apartments were expensive
but I didn't realize how crazy it was 'til today.
- [Steven] Who's your Worth It Winner?
- [Steven] Nice.
Alright dude, we gotta go home.
You ready to go home?
(sighs)
You just gotta clap your hands.
- [Ben] I love you, New York.
Goodbye. (claps)
- And that's how it works, right there, see that?
(clapping)
- Still here - It's not happening.
- Alright, here we go.
(claps)
Still here, ha ha.
- No, we just left!
(slow electronic music)