For sure! A lot of families I know that have rent stabilized apts just pass it down to their kids and etc. that apt will basically never leave the family
That was a very smart thing her parents did, they set her up with an affordable place to live long term. Our teachers work so hard, happy she’s able to live in a cozy cute apartment.
Finally someone young with an apartment that isn't all white and gray. It has so much personality and warmth, yet doesn't feel overcrowded. Reminds me of a parisian apartment, what with the mix of old antiques and modern fixtures. Beautiful.
@Eduardo Tenorio As a single woman, if I were in her shoes, I'd be slightly afraid to rent to a complete stranger, and you're also sharing a space and no longer have the freedom of living alone.
I can tell who watched the video and who didn’t by the comment’s. She inherited the lease from her parents. She has lived there her whole life. It’s rent stabilized.
Stabilized rent ensures the apartment will stay affordable for the ppl living in the.. No rent increase ever.. I read one NYC landlord wanted to sell his building problem was he couldn't evict his renter's due to their stabilized lease...
@Projectile Live Apart of NYC housing stock for decades.. Dates back to 1940 when Roosevelt enacted The energy price control act,to prevent landlords from imposing intolerable rent increases on tenants. Apartments with 6 or more units constructed before 1974
My god. I have never seen someone her age thriving in NYC to this degree. She is hooked up for life! She's also incredibly talented. That home is a gem. Every inch is beautiful and cozy.
She’s lucky that she was sorted out by her parent’s good thinking. Most young people have to go it alone without any kind of inheritance. She’s lucky in that respect.
This is what you call a "sweetheart deal", lovely place.. its like going back in time to the early 1900s. On average a place like this would have been rented for $3,500 close to $4,000. God bless your parents..
@Kay Flip idk what you're reading it if English is your 1st language or not. The title is *not the description box.* Starting at the line that says "...today her rent is $1300 per Easy Street an upper westside unit is $4,000....* Either read, pass up comments like mine without all your data to properly cite yourself or just watch the video, *Quietly without comments to others?!* I'm glad you're eager to help me but it's not needed when it's in error. *You have a good week now. And, all the folks that didn't watch the entire video or read the printed English giving more details via the description box.* 🥰🥰🥰
@Kay Flip richard cited 1900 as the rent cost for that year when they tell us her folks got it in 2000 for $1,000. *no need to speculate when they tell us.*
I don’t like it when the walls are knocked out to make every home “open concept.” I like the formality and elegance of separate rooms. Open concept is also noisy, and the only privacy is in the bedrooms. People need the be able to engage in separate activities and have private conversations.
@@genxx2724 i agree, that's why i like this apartment, the rooms do have sliding partitions to separate them from the other spaces and i don't think she knocked down any of the walls
Or a prime opportunity to leave the place because it's still waaaaay too expensive. You can pay a house mortgage for that down here in Texas and get much more for your money.
@@i-never-look-at-replies-lol You just described the living situation of majority of people in this country. Most are a slave to their living arrangements anyway so why not be blessed when it comes to what you have
This is why rent control doesn't decrease rents. You have people who have extra rooms but will never give the apartment up because the price is so good
If there was more affordable apartments she would. But now she can’t because she has to think long term. Will she find another apartment like this when she gets kids? Will she find an affordable one bedroom?
@@sa5624 Think about it this way: If she leaves the apartment, it potentially rents out to 2-4 people taking them out of the rental market. The total demand for apartments shrinks. Now multiply this by potentially 1000's or more underhabitated rent controlled apartments and you could see substantially effects
As a New Yorker from the UWS, her parents did a great thing! good luck to her and her future endeavors; she has a great head start and her apartment is one of a kind ✨
Just wow! This is the most beautiful apartment I’ve ever seen! I thought you must have inherited lots of the old furniture from your parents but no - you bought it yourself. You have great taste and a fantastic eye for interiors. The pantry is out of this world. I feel a great sense of calm just watching this. If you were aiming for a Parisian feel, you’ve achieved it. Bravo!
This apartment is absolutely stunning and was decorated so beautifully. It truly feels personal but still extremely stylish. The dark colour of the foyer is beautiful. As for the price, I nearly fainted-but as someone else commented below-a teacher absolutely deserves a break to have affordable rent and a beautiful home like this.
What the heck?? That is a gem of an apartment in NY! We lived in an 800/sq ft box of an apartment for $2,500/mo and we thought THAT was a steal! Well, you heard it at the end folks, she thanks her parents for the apartment.
@@rafaelvargas4113 yeah rent control was supposed to help alleviate a lot of the problems that resulted from prices increasing at a rate much higher than inflation but because landlordsand developers were given limits on how much they could raise prices by, development of new buildings decreased, leading to lower availability of units, higher demand, and increased prices. It's a terrible and vicious cycle because then you have families that live in rent controlled units and just pass it down the family line.
@@NursesToRiches In my opinion, most big cities should have rent control on their units but that should expire and be reset to market rates or increase up to 20% every 5 years.
Serious question: That sounds miserable. Why do you stay? I understand NY is "amazing" but there are so many other great cities in the country. Why not try out another area?
@@lt553 Very few cities and states in the country offer career advancement or salaries anywhere close to mega cities like NYC, SF depending on the industry. So sure, you can save a couple dollars and not deal with traffic in other parts of the country, but it’s honestly not worth it overall when stacked against everything these big cities have. NYC is like a mini country with a ton of diversity (in Des Moines, Iowa for example, I pretty much only saw white people for example), tourism, high paying tech jobs, politics, top tier government positions (southern district has high profile cases), etc etc. Taxes and prices aren’t that big an issue especially since so many rich people are here also. In Baltimore in 2017 I was clearing about $900 a week. In dc late 2017 I was clearing $1800 a week consistently with 2 day long off days where I would travel places. 2018 I could clear up to $3000 a week if I slaved away but I usually aimed for $2000. I don’t care if you are conservative, regardless of tax, the sheer increase in income potential offsets taxes
This is how human beings should live these days, as wages have not increased alongside inflation for decades. It’s wild what we just accept as “normal” these days.
@@bunnie1294 rent controlled isn't necessarily based on income in NYC...more so the age of the building and how long the tenants been living there. Usually helps the elderly who can't keep up the w the increasing market rent. She's got lucky that the landlord allowed her parents to transfer the lease into her name.
I’m so happy for her. Beautiful apartment she clearly treasures. Her parents had the foresight to set her up, but her creativity and effort is what makes this space as charming as it is. Good for her. As a teacher, she deserves it.
i pay 890/month with 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, balcony, 2 parking spots, with concrete structure from ceiling to floor in a rent stabilized apartment. total sq ft is 1,900. it was passed down from my parents lease. the building was built in 1997. im glad my parents planned this for me.
In Nov 2019, I was apartment shopping (rent) in NYC. I started affordably at $4k a month in Manhattan, then got to the $9k a month units, then ended up contacting the place with $40-50k a month penthouse a block from Central Park. I'm a trader and wanted the I have arrived status symbol.... Jokes on me, I nearly went broke last year lol. Imagining signing the lease right before the pandemic happened lol.
I’m in Kelowna, British Columbia. You can’t even get a two bedroom that’s spacious for that price. Or updated or nice. Like you’d be lucky to get away with $1,500 for a two bedroom in a apartment and this is in a more rural area definitely not the city. But even there going for more it’s ridiculous. Canada is so expensive. She’s very lucky. Nope just checked the listings for a two bedroom in a tiny apartment it’s -1,898 + utilities -1,600 plus utilities - 1,635 plus utilities Might I add there’s no special amenities
@@MichaelJacksonzGlove This is the type of apartment you see in all romantic comedies. They are huge but it's hard to believe that a person could afford living there.
The apartment is beautiful! I love that she kept the old stuff and just didn't rip it out but made it her own. Don't ever give up the apartment. Keep it in the family
Wow this apartment is really a steal. Makes living in NY so much more reasonable for her teacher salary. I didn't know it was possible to have rent stabilization even when the person isn't low income.
She is so blessed! - We kind of have the same situation in Santa Monica, and plan to pass down our 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment to our children one day! 🙌🏾🙏🏾❤️
Rent control leads to housing shortages because people never move out. Sometimes people just keep paying the rent and keep it in the family for their kids or as a vacation getaway because the price is so low. In addition, Landlords have very little incentive to modernize the property because the rents and margins are so low. The law claims to help the poor but it creates situations like this one. Exhibit A.
I can give you a real world problem this also created. They removed the limits for how high a income people can have. Why give a rent stabilized apartment to a couple making 200K!
@@owenmccord5078 She inherited it from her parents. And the rents will never be market rents. That’s a government sanctioned form of generational wealth.
Honestly I’m one of those Ruthless Minimalist that love clean lines, bright spaces, and neutral colors. But there’s somethings really well thought out when it came to her apartment. First of all, the price and history of the area ties into the old world design that she has going for the apartment. I love history and art so looking at everything it really takes me to a different time in NYC. Even the way she has her TV really helps keep the old world tied to the modern. I could go on but I just have to say she’s lucky to be a New Yorker living in one of the last Gems in NYC without spending a fortune. Well done! 🤗
Good for her! It's a beautiful space! Her parents had wonderful long-term thinking. NYC is so expensive and everyone who lives here aren't in high money making careers. This is how you keep middle-class working people within city limits.
This is INCREDIBLE. Also, I'm glad we got to tour the place in detail. It's really lovely and inspiring. At first, I thought it was just going to be an interview with someone who is luckier than all of us. 😭 * saves floor plan for daydreaming purposes *
This is a huge problem with NY rent stabilized apts. She's paying next to nothing for a unit that someone could be raising a family in. Instead, they're forced to be displaced to the suburbs because of the shortage of housing. I'm not going to yuck her yum. She's getting a great deal, but the system as a whole is causing problems throughout the city.
It’s even a 2 bedroom on opposite sides of the unit. She’s tying up useable rooms / housing from people who are actually struggling to pay rent as it goes up every year.
@@HattieKolp yes, but the “market” rate is higher because there’s units tied up in rent controlled leases. So landlords max out rents on other units. Someone’s paying for the discount, it’s never the landlord. (Cause landlord’s money comes from renters). So ppl are paying rents that a bonkers to subsidize this law. Rent stabilized apts are nice, I lived in one. But fair they are not. This is one of the ways NYC apt market is effed up, of which there are many.
@@HattieKolp Yes and that’s a good thing. The people moving in would be a family of 2-4 (dual income or a substantial single income) or 2-3 roommates. That’s more housing supply for the same demand which brings down the rent for the entire street.
Nice that people can inherit this kind of head-start in life. I couldn’t even finish watching it because I thought so many people struggle hard and still can’t make it because they don’t have those connections. My best friend was a lawyer and her husband a CPA both had school loans and they struggled and had the ugliest 1BR with a partition (2nd BR not).
What an amazing gift from your parents....Our single 52-year-old special education rents a tiny appt. in a crummy complex in NC She will never be able to afford anything more. .
@@yungdeegs1027 she is blessed. We don’t need to have woke speech in everything. It is nauseating. She is BLESSED to have parents who passed down a beautiful apartment. Privileged is used when someone uses it to their own advantage. She seems like a genuine caring woman! ❤️
Wow I’m so jealous. This is amazing. A friend of mine’s ex had a similar space for about $700 per month on 85th and 2nd. They also had the big sink in their kitchen lol. I’m also a long time (not lifetime.. more than 25 yrs) NY’r but I was never this blessed. Good for her
Imagine being the owner of the apartment and knowing that you have to continually rent out your place at a discount for the next 20+ years until this lady leaves.
@@PilotCristina yes. It’s becoming a problem in nyc because there are many wealthy people who don’t need rent stabilized apartments that have it. It’s making rents skyrocket due to the restriction of supply. 1/3 of all houses are rent stabilized. Some people need it, but many others don’t need it.
I guess we all saw the story about her on Facebook a few days ago. Her apartment is a beautiful, antique beauty. I’m happy for her. She is truly blessed.
The *only* unfortunate things are no dishwasher and no washer/dryer setup, otherwise this is such a great apartment and it’s beautifully decorated. Well done to your parents for thinking of you and your future. You’re very lucky.
This girl BETTER be humble; working in her field would have her living out in the crappiest towns of either long island or Jersey for that size of a place
People that don’t know basic economics in the comments: price controls (on housing) lead to shortages (on housing). “Great deals” like this are one of the reasons most ppl in NYC struggle paying absurdly high prices.
@@desertgoddess3520there is only 1 economic law you need to understand: market prices are set by supply and demand. The reason sellers can’t charge an arbitrarily high price for their goods is because an abundance of the good drives its price down. When government restricts supply by preventing construction or forcing landlords to rent at below-market prices, the housing costs increase for everyone else.
Good for you! I have had friends with similar rent stabilized units. It's a big trade off in that you get a cheap rent but you are chained to that apartment forever. You can never move out or rent it. You end up making major life and financial decisions with that apartment in mind. These apartments are the envy of many tenants. However, owners feel ripped off since these apartments are based on outdated laws that once had good intensions .
Rent control is different than rent stabilized. Both have probably applied to that apartment. I’m the same age as her and ive been in my apt in queens in a rent stabilized building since I was 5 we DO NOT pay that low that price is insanely low. I’ve heard of ppl with such low rents but I thought you had to be there for much much longer.
@@HattieKolp Wow, that’s smart. I hope it stays in the family forever. Also, you can only have one child. My brother and I would’ve dueled to inherit it! Lol
The fact that she lives alone, in a 2bed, 1bath big apartment in the Upper West Side makes her one of the luckiest people in New York City!
She is super blessed
Right?! How did she find this place?!
@@pinkbunny6935 did you watch the video?
@@pinkbunny6935 basically her parents moved in there when she was a kid they transferred the lease in her name when they moved out
@@pinkbunny6935 she sort of inherited a lease from
Her parents essientially she was grandfathered in haha
If anyone deserves this, it's a teacher who treats the space with love and respect. Good for her.
Yes 🥰
Thank you!!!
@@dchex23 the teacher already achieved more in her life than you will ever achieve in your worthless life you waste of oxygen
@@dchex23 agree. professional leaches poisoning children's minds
So well said!
Gurl, you won New York. That apartment is a family heirloom now. Don't ever leave
YES! You said it best.
wonder if she can sublease and make more, idk how it works
She is maaaad blessed I hope she never let go of her appartment! I was expecting her to say she was living with 4-5 roomates lol
My thoughts exactly
That apartment probably market rents $3100
@@constancekang9914 2 bedroom apartments on the upper west side like this one go for $4,000 and up!
Right! Once you know the value of the spot you never wanna let it go
For sure! A lot of families I know that have rent stabilized apts just pass it down to their kids and etc. that apt will basically never leave the family
That was a very smart thing her parents did, they set her up with an affordable place to live long term. Our teachers work so hard, happy she’s able to live in a cozy cute apartment.
Totally!!
Finally someone young with an apartment that isn't all white and gray. It has so much personality and warmth, yet doesn't feel overcrowded. Reminds me of a parisian apartment, what with the mix of old antiques and modern fixtures. Beautiful.
Thank you!!!! Yes I am not a fan of neutral interiors and Parisian apartments are my biggest inspo!
@@HattieKolp Well I love it! Its classic and timeless while still being current, and that actually isn't easy to achieve. Well done!
@@HattieKolp I will have to follow you on IG if you have a page!
@@philippe88 I do! Just @Hattiekolp
Yes 🙌🏻 😍 so beautiful! The colors are lovely
Imagine being the people mentioned 2 floors up watching this lol
Right lol
🤣🤣🤣
Lol 😂 🤷🏻♀️
I bet something like that 2 floors up might cost more than she said too! lol
She's never moving out 😂. Imagine being 29 & single living on a teacher's salary and having a guest bedroom in Manhattan 🤯
She can air b n b it for extra cash, if she wants, from time to time
@@choosey87 I think you have to own it to do that.. not sure though
@@haaayitsanna not if you also live in it. it's legal.
@Eduardo Tenorio As a single woman, if I were in her shoes, I'd be slightly afraid to rent to a complete stranger, and you're also sharing a space and no longer have the freedom of living alone.
@@MichaelJacksonzGlove I'm a guy and I'm afraid to be in there with random strangers. It's a legitimate thing to be afraid of lmao
I can tell who watched the video and who didn’t by the comment’s. She inherited the lease from her parents. She has lived there her whole life. It’s rent stabilized.
Lol SO many people clearly didn’t watch
@Projectile Live no. You’re thinking of section 8. Millionaires can have rent stabilized apartments.
Stabilized rent ensures the apartment will stay affordable for the ppl living in the..
No rent increase ever..
I read one NYC landlord wanted to sell his building problem was he couldn't evict his renter's due to their stabilized lease...
@Projectile Live Apart of NYC housing stock for decades..
Dates back to 1940 when
Roosevelt enacted
The energy price control act,to prevent landlords from imposing intolerable rent increases on tenants.
Apartments with 6 or more units constructed before 1974
She lived there since she was 10, not her whole life. Maybe you need to re-watch the video. LOL. I'm just teasing u
Thank God for your parents thinking into the future
Without a doubt. They have blessed her. I love it!!! Gorgeous apartment.
🙌🏻😍
My god. I have never seen someone her age thriving in NYC to this degree. She is hooked up for life!
She's also incredibly talented. That home is a gem. Every inch is beautiful and cozy.
It goes up 2% every two years though so eventually it's gonna go higher so in 10 years it's gonna be over 1600
@@negan4089 Her salary should be much more in 10 years.
She’s lucky that she was sorted out by her parent’s good thinking. Most young people have to go it alone without any kind of inheritance. She’s lucky in that respect.
Good luck! Happy for her! Yes, life is not fair but we should happy for people’s good fortune.
Girl, don’t leave
I’M JEALOUS!! The location, the apartment size, & the price are all amazing for NYC. You are blessed, indeed!
This is what you call a "sweetheart deal", lovely place.. its like going back in time to the early 1900s. On average a place like this would have been rented for $3,500 close to $4,000. God bless your parents..
Her folks got it in 2000 for $1,000 per the description box. *They've been winning.*
@Kay Flip thanks. The description box and she stated it in the actual video.
@Kay Flip like the actual cost the unit goes for today. So no need to guess is all I was saying when they state it twice.
@Kay Flip idk what you're reading it if English is your 1st language or not. The title is *not the description box.*
Starting at the line that says "...today her rent is $1300 per Easy Street an upper westside unit is $4,000....*
Either read, pass up comments like mine without all your data to properly cite yourself or just watch the video, *Quietly without comments to others?!* I'm glad you're eager to help me but it's not needed when it's in error. *You have a good week now. And, all the folks that didn't watch the entire video or read the printed English giving more details via the description box.* 🥰🥰🥰
@Kay Flip richard cited 1900 as the rent cost for that year when they tell us her folks got it in 2000 for $1,000. *no need to speculate when they tell us.*
not only is it amazing that her rent is so low for NY, i love how she kept the old charm of the apartment instead of completely renovating it 😍
I don’t like it when the walls are knocked out to make every home “open concept.” I like the formality and elegance of separate rooms. Open concept is also noisy, and the only privacy is in the bedrooms. People need the be able to engage in separate activities and have private conversations.
@@genxx2724 i agree, that's why i like this apartment, the rooms do have sliding partitions to separate them from the other spaces and i don't think she knocked down any of the walls
Not really that low. I pay $900 for a 2 bed here in Madhatten.
That's a real-life Monica right there living out everyone's NYC dreams!!
The pandemic was a blessing for any New Yorker looking for a rent stabilized apartment.
Or a prime opportunity to leave the place because it's still waaaaay too expensive. You can pay a house mortgage for that down here in Texas and get much more for your money.
@@infini.tesimo Texas is not nyc though ❤️
@@HattieKolp I don't want it to be NYC. That's a good thing for me.
@@infini.tesimo and I'm sure New Yorkers don't want NYC to be Texas, either.
@@infini.tesimo yes but then you'd be in Texas.
I was paying $1000 for my ROOM in Brooklyn. What the actual F...*throws computer out the window, gets run over*
Haha! That's funny!
Yes $1,000 for a room in a 5-bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment in a half-decent neighborhood. That's where NYC is right now.
yeah makes sense. its absolutely astronomically incredible to have this space in this location for this price.
Funny 😄 😂 🤗
My 3 bed, 3 bath 2300 sq ft home mortgage is $880 in Greensboro, NC.. i pity you.. i really do
Your Parents gave you a lottery ticket. Good job Mom and Dad.
I love how she decorated the home. Its combines old and new seamlessly.
Thank you!! That was the goal!
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Garden
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Guess who’s not ever moving
I sure hope so!
A dead person
yeah imagine being a slave to your apartment because you can't afford to move anywhere else. and people think she's blessed lmao.
@@i-never-look-at-replies-lol You just described the living situation of majority of people in this country. Most are a slave to their living arrangements anyway so why not be blessed when it comes to what you have
@@i-never-look-at-replies-lol imagine being a hater. she won the jackpot. you on the other hand are being bitter. let her live her life.
Okay now she’s talking facts, sis has been there back when rent in NY was cheap
This is truly a gem of an abode. What a steal, love the decor. Props to her parents for thinking ahead.
This is why rent control doesn't decrease rents. You have people who have extra rooms but will never give the apartment up because the price is so good
If there was more affordable apartments she would. But now she can’t because she has to think long term. Will she find another apartment like this when she gets kids? Will she find an affordable one bedroom?
@@sa5624 Think about it this way:
If she leaves the apartment, it potentially rents out to 2-4 people taking them out of the rental market. The total demand for apartments shrinks. Now multiply this by potentially 1000's or more underhabitated rent controlled apartments and you could see substantially effects
It also drives up the costs of the remaining available apartments because people are incentivized to never leave.
apartments like this are rare anyways, how much difference do u think it actually makes to nyc rents?
Why would she give the apartment up?
It doesnt look like an apartment it look like a house. Wow she is blessed. Really blessed.
As a New Yorker from the UWS, her parents did a great thing! good luck to her and her future endeavors; she has a great head start and her apartment is one of a kind ✨
How much would that apartment cost to buy?
Just wow! This is the most beautiful apartment I’ve ever seen! I thought you must have inherited lots of the old furniture from your parents but no - you bought it yourself. You have great taste and a fantastic eye for interiors. The pantry is out of this world. I feel a great sense of calm just watching this. If you were aiming for a Parisian feel, you’ve achieved it. Bravo!
She beautifully decorated this apartment and it really feels like home. It’s a steal for $1300. And the cat is the cutest bonus 😻
Thank you!
She is a great person. So glad her parents set her up like this. I love that cat and I love that she shares the same first as my grandma.
Do you know her personally? My vibe from her is not good at this point;however, I’m open for changing my perspective if you know her IRL. Take care!
Beautiful apartment. She seems like such a nice person and has great taste and style.
Thank you!!!
This apartment is absolutely stunning and was decorated so beautifully. It truly feels personal but still extremely stylish. The dark colour of the foyer is beautiful. As for the price, I nearly fainted-but as someone else commented below-a teacher absolutely deserves a break to have affordable rent and a beautiful home like this.
What the heck?? That is a gem of an apartment in NY! We lived in an 800/sq ft box of an apartment for $2,500/mo and we thought THAT was a steal!
Well, you heard it at the end folks, she thanks her parents for the apartment.
She has rent control i live in the Bx in NYC and compare this to our 1400 a month apartment its insane because ours isna crappy 1b apt.
@@rafaelvargas4113 yeah rent control was supposed to help alleviate a lot of the problems that resulted from prices increasing at a rate much higher than inflation but because landlordsand developers were given limits on how much they could raise prices by, development of new buildings decreased, leading to lower availability of units, higher demand, and increased prices. It's a terrible and vicious cycle because then you have families that live in rent controlled units and just pass it down the family line.
@@NursesToRiches In my opinion, most big cities should have rent control on their units but that should expire and be reset to market rates or increase up to 20% every 5 years.
Serious question: That sounds miserable. Why do you stay? I understand NY is "amazing" but there are so many other great cities in the country. Why not try out another area?
@@lt553 Very few cities and states in the country offer career advancement or salaries anywhere close to mega cities like NYC, SF depending on the industry. So sure, you can save a couple dollars and not deal with traffic in other parts of the country, but it’s honestly not worth it overall when stacked against everything these big cities have. NYC is like a mini country with a ton of diversity (in Des Moines, Iowa for example, I pretty much only saw white people for example), tourism, high paying tech jobs, politics, top tier government positions (southern district has high profile cases), etc etc. Taxes and prices aren’t that big an issue especially since so many rich people are here also. In Baltimore in 2017 I was clearing about $900 a week. In dc late 2017 I was clearing $1800 a week consistently with 2 day long off days where I would travel places. 2018 I could clear up to $3000 a week if I slaved away but I usually aimed for $2000. I don’t care if you are conservative, regardless of tax, the sheer increase in income potential offsets taxes
This is how human beings should live these days, as wages have not increased alongside inflation for decades. It’s wild what we just accept as “normal” these days.
I love her. She's incredibly fortunate and she appreciates it 1000%. I love her interest in history and taste.
Shows to go how even renting can help build generational wealth
This!
So if you are low income enough to qualify for rent controlled apartment, that's building generational wealth?
@@bunnie1294 rent controlled isn't necessarily based on income in NYC...more so the age of the building and how long the tenants been living there. Usually helps the elderly who can't keep up the w the increasing market rent. She's got lucky that the landlord allowed her parents to transfer the lease into her name.
Rent control is stealing from the owner of the building. They sacrificed to buy the building, and are not receiving the income they should.
@@genxx2724 Rent controlled buildings do not sell for the same price as those that are not
I’m so happy for her. Beautiful apartment she clearly treasures. Her parents had the foresight to set her up, but her creativity and effort is what makes this space as charming as it is. Good for her. As a teacher, she deserves it.
thank you!
Omg this is a dream!!! Rent controlled apartments you never ever leave them.
i pay 890/month with 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, balcony, 2 parking spots, with concrete structure from ceiling to floor in a rent stabilized apartment. total sq ft is 1,900. it was passed down from my parents lease. the building was built in 1997. im glad my parents planned this for me.
she will never move from here. I cant even get this for that price in Tennessee.
In Nov 2019, I was apartment shopping (rent) in NYC. I started affordably at $4k a month in Manhattan, then got to the $9k a month units, then ended up contacting the place with $40-50k a month penthouse a block from Central Park. I'm a trader and wanted the I have arrived status symbol.... Jokes on me, I nearly went broke last year lol. Imagining signing the lease right before the pandemic happened lol.
I’m in Kelowna, British Columbia. You can’t even get a two bedroom that’s spacious for that price. Or updated or nice. Like you’d be lucky to get away with $1,500 for a two bedroom in a apartment and this is in a more rural area definitely not the city. But even there going for more it’s ridiculous. Canada is so expensive. She’s very lucky. Nope just checked the listings for a two bedroom in a tiny apartment it’s
-1,898 + utilities
-1,600 plus utilities
- 1,635 plus utilities
Might I add there’s no special amenities
This is a Rom-Com apartment!
What does that mean?
@@MichaelJacksonzGlove This is the type of apartment you see in all romantic comedies. They are huge but it's hard to believe that a person could afford living there.
The apartment is beautiful! I love that she kept the old stuff and just didn't rip it out but made it her own. Don't ever give up the apartment. Keep it in the family
The apartment is so beautiful. I wouldn’t want to leave.
There's always someone who's like: "I pay $500 for my mortgage for my McMansion in a potato field in Idaho. I know you're jealous of me."
She just drew the ire of everyone in her building and neighborhood. Congrats!
That's their problem not hers.
Wow this apartment is really a steal. Makes living in NY so much more reasonable for her teacher salary. I didn't know it was possible to have rent stabilization even when the person isn't low income.
Unfortunately that’s not really how the system is designed, it should be though.
A steal for NY! You can't get that anywhere these days!
She is so blessed! - We kind of have the same situation in Santa Monica, and plan to pass down our 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment to our children one day! 🙌🏾🙏🏾❤️
Rent control leads to housing shortages because people never move out. Sometimes people just keep paying the rent and keep it in the family for their kids or as a vacation getaway because the price is so low. In addition, Landlords have very little incentive to modernize the property because the rents and margins are so low. The law claims to help the poor but it creates situations like this one. Exhibit A.
I can give you a real world problem this also created. They removed the limits for how high a income people can have. Why give a rent stabilized apartment to a couple making 200K!
She’s a school teacher for crying out loud.
@@owenmccord5078
She inherited it from her parents. And the rents will never be market rents. That’s a government sanctioned form of generational wealth.
Exibit B
1. By "rent control", you mean, keeping a piece of property, a home.
2. By "modernize", you mean, property being up to code.
@@owenmccord5078 So why not make it so she can have a 1br or studio not a 2br that a family may need?
That space is HUGE
Glad she came to her sense and keep the apartment.
This gal will NEVER leave that old apartment. I see no children in her future.
Looks like a museum. Gorgeous home.
Thank you!
Yes! Beautiful 🤩
This is why rent-stabilization is the best!!!
What a steal! Imagine if she had a roommate to even lower the cost and put more money in her pocket!
At the price she's currently paying, a roommate isn't even worth the potential headache
I wonder if you can do that with a rent controlled apartment, wouldn't be really fair
@@h1inc816 agreed- I’d just wait it out until I get a partner to split the rent lol
$1300 for what she has isn’t even expensive. Most apartments around the country are at least $1,000 a month.
@@xotennisxgirlox True
I was ready to hate but she’s actually so nice and deserving 😭😭💀. Super lucky
love the honesty.
Honestly I’m one of those Ruthless Minimalist that love clean lines, bright spaces, and neutral colors. But there’s somethings really well thought out when it came to her apartment. First of all, the price and history of the area ties into the old world design that she has going for the apartment. I love history and art so looking at everything it really takes me to a different time in NYC. Even the way she has her TV really helps keep the old world tied to the modern. I could go on but I just have to say she’s lucky to be a New Yorker living in one of the last Gems in NYC without spending a fortune. Well done! 🤗
Aww thanks so much!! I really wanted to respect the history and time period of the apartment but also add in some modern elements!
Good for her! It's a beautiful space! Her parents had wonderful long-term thinking. NYC is so expensive and everyone who lives here aren't in high money making careers. This is how you keep middle-class working people within city limits.
The best part is she is a special education teacher, well deserved.
Thank you!
I pay 780$ for one bedroom apt in Brooklyn Williamsburg. I won the lottery 12 years ago. I waited for the appartment 6 long years .
This is INCREDIBLE. Also, I'm glad we got to tour the place in detail. It's really lovely and inspiring. At first, I thought it was just going to be an interview with someone who is luckier than all of us. 😭 * saves floor plan for daydreaming purposes *
This apartment is an absolute dream! Adore the decor!
Once I fix up my place I'd love to be featured on here! I live in a 2 bedroom apartment in Los Angeles for $1,375 😎
Too expensive for shithole LA
Where did you find it
@@XYZ-hv4us You live in Mississippi be quiet 😑
@@laminebah9374 I live in Paris, try harder, pay your student loans & medical debt.
@@XYZ-hv4us if you're broke just say that
i heard some landlords try to find ways to push tenants out when they have to deal with rent control.
Wow her parents knew this would be a great place for her. It's good she decided to keep the apartment.
Wow, I love what she's done! I also love to see a fellow teacher living it up in NYC!
You hit the jackpot, not everyone gets a rich legacy. God Bless
This is a huge problem with NY rent stabilized apts. She's paying next to nothing for a unit that someone could be raising a family in. Instead, they're forced to be displaced to the suburbs because of the shortage of housing. I'm not going to yuck her yum. She's getting a great deal, but the system as a whole is causing problems throughout the city.
It’s even a 2 bedroom on opposite sides of the unit. She’s tying up useable rooms / housing from people who are actually struggling to pay rent as it goes up every year.
@@distinctdim you know if I left it would go up to market rate, right?
@@HattieKolp yes, but the “market” rate is higher because there’s units tied up in rent controlled leases. So landlords max out rents on other units. Someone’s paying for the discount, it’s never the landlord. (Cause landlord’s money comes from renters). So ppl are paying rents that a bonkers to subsidize this law.
Rent stabilized apts are nice, I lived in one. But fair they are not.
This is one of the ways NYC apt market is effed up, of which there are many.
@@HattieKolp Yes and that’s a good thing. The people moving in would be a family of 2-4 (dual income or a substantial single income) or 2-3 roommates. That’s more housing supply for the same demand which brings down the rent for the entire street.
Holy cow!!! Her place is so big for $1300 in New York!!!!! I’m from Chicago and I pay $1400 for a 2 bedroom apartment .
What area?
That’s a steal too!
@@mayloop123 evanston … edgewater …. Skokie… rogers park
Nice that people can inherit this kind of head-start in life. I couldn’t even finish watching it because I thought so many people struggle hard and still can’t make it because they don’t have those connections. My best friend was a lawyer and her husband a CPA both had school loans and they struggled and had the ugliest 1BR with a partition (2nd BR not).
This should not be an episode of "Make It", but rather an episode of "Lucked Out".
These episodes always have some sort of unrealistic plot twist.
amazing decor/taste and such positive energy! we love to see it!
Thank you! ❤️❤️
What an amazing gift from your parents....Our single 52-year-old special education rents a tiny appt. in a crummy complex in NC She will never be able to afford anything more. .
Wow!! The foyer, fireplaces, and green couches with bookshelves!!🤩🤩🤩
I think it's amazing rent only goes up 2% every two years. Mine went up 20% after 1 year.
This is so cute and there are so many thoughts behind the decor. love that
to have that kind of apartment... she is insanely privileged. Most teachers would never be able to afford to live in Manhattan ...
Enough of the privileged word, she is lucky and blessed
So privileged so many low income families paying more for the size of her living room
@@chelseagirl278 alright, i'll tweak it: "she is insanely lucky"
@@chelseagirl278 why? nothing wrong with calling a spade a spade.
@@yungdeegs1027 she is blessed. We don’t need to have woke speech in everything. It is nauseating. She is BLESSED to have parents who passed down a beautiful apartment. Privileged is used when someone uses it to their own advantage. She seems like a genuine caring woman! ❤️
If she lives here for 20 years it’ll still cost her under 500K. Way cheaper than an apartment, in this case, renting is the better financial decision.
I could just tell someone in her family loved art history. The aesthetic just screams art history nerd! Literally my dream home (& price).
Haha! I come from a long link of antique lovers
"I'm a Part-Time interior designer" GIRL WITH DECOR LIKE THAT WE CAN TELL!!!!
Seriously though this girl has such amazing taste
Okay this place is a steal!!! Gorgeous!!!
Thank you!
Wow I’m so jealous. This is amazing. A friend of mine’s ex had a similar space for about $700 per month on 85th and 2nd. They also had the big sink in their kitchen lol. I’m also a long time (not lifetime.. more than 25 yrs) NY’r but I was never this blessed. Good for her
I’d never leave if this was mine. She’s very lucky to have amazing parents.
I live in the Bronx from the hood I pay $1500 for a month two bed room + 1 bathroom apartment. She is bless
ins't this why they were able to afford their apartment on friends lol
Yeah. It was Monica's grandmother's right?
Saved by parent’s good thinking.
Imagine being the owner of the apartment and knowing that you have to continually rent out your place at a discount for the next 20+ years until this lady leaves.
She said she was gonna pass it to her kids 🤣
@@kh5322 Imagine the face of the landlord watching this video when she said that.
@@G-nyc1644 I don’t know how rent stabilized works so basically it has to be passed down to family to keep the rent low?
@@PilotCristina yes. It’s becoming a problem in nyc because there are many wealthy people who don’t need rent stabilized apartments that have it. It’s making rents skyrocket due to the restriction of supply. 1/3 of all houses are rent stabilized. Some people need it, but many others don’t need it.
I guess we all saw the story about her on Facebook a few days ago. Her apartment is a beautiful, antique beauty. I’m happy for her. She is truly blessed.
The *only* unfortunate things are no dishwasher and no washer/dryer setup, otherwise this is such a great apartment and it’s beautifully decorated. Well done to your parents for thinking of you and your future. You’re very lucky.
I'm going to put those in one day! Thank you!
This girl BETTER be humble; working in her field would have her living out in the crappiest towns of either long island or Jersey for that size of a place
so much history- love it
Thank you!
LOVE your place! It's amazing! Your parents gave you a GEM of a place!!!
I don’t even know her and I’m happy for her!
People that don’t know basic economics in the comments: price controls (on housing) lead to shortages (on housing). “Great deals” like this are one of the reasons most ppl in NYC struggle paying absurdly high prices.
@@desertgoddess3520there is only 1 economic law you need to understand: market prices are set by supply and demand.
The reason sellers can’t charge an arbitrarily high price for their goods is because an abundance of the good drives its price down. When government restricts supply by preventing construction or forcing landlords to rent at below-market prices, the housing costs increase for everyone else.
God bless you, I just got my own 1 bedroom for $1400, definitely a blessing! 🙌🏾
Good for you! I have had friends with similar rent stabilized units. It's a big trade off in that you get a cheap rent but you are chained to that apartment forever. You can never move out or rent it. You end up making major life and financial decisions with that apartment in mind. These apartments are the envy of many tenants. However, owners feel ripped off since these apartments are based on outdated laws that once had good intensions .
Just happy to see people flourishing during this crazy pandemic 😊.it's Like walking in a art museum 🔥
Such a beautifully decorated space! I love the use of dark colours.
Rent control is different than rent stabilized. Both have probably applied to that apartment. I’m the same age as her and ive been in my apt in queens in a rent stabilized building since I was 5 we DO NOT pay that low that price is insanely low. I’ve heard of ppl with such low rents but I thought you had to be there for much much longer.
It’s because we took the lease over from a family member
@@HattieKolp Wow, that’s smart. I hope it stays in the family forever. Also, you can only have one child. My brother and I would’ve dueled to inherit it! Lol
When you look back at 50 you will really appreciate this.
I already appreciate it
Her apartment is essentially an antique shop haha
Is that bad?
What a beautiful place!
I wish everybody could have rent stabilized or rent controlled housing. Just imagine how much better off we would all be doing