INSIDE The NARROWEST Apartment In NYC | Tiny House Living
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- This is a look inside the NARROWEST Apartment in New York City. After showing you the SMALLEST Micro apartment in NYC we are now giving you a tour of the narrowest apartment in New York currently on the market for $5,000,000! Let me know in the comments, could you live in this tiny house?
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75 1/2 Bedford Ave: bit.ly/3araBPd
3 bedroom | 2 Bathroom | 999 Square Feet
Asking Price: $4,990,000
Listed by: Hanna Oh
Mobile: +19179722241
HannaOh@nestseekers.com
This 19th-century building is one of the most unique and historical properties in all of Manhattan with its own Wikipedia page and numerous press articles! Famously known as Millay's House, the three-story plus finished basement 1873 Dutch-style house has been renovated with a modern touch and aesthetic still it is featuring original details of the house. This gem of a townhouse has 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, 4 wood-burning fireplaces, original exposed beams, and a fully finished lower level retreat.
There's abundant light on all three floors, from the skylight to the oversized windows, and the rear of the house has floor-to-ceiling French doors on the first and second floors that open onto a tree-shaded backyard. Each floor has an open layout and a beautiful white oak floor throughout. Modern kitchen with custom millwork, Italian marble countertops, backsplash and bathrooms.
With its unique architecture, this famous home shares notable residents. In 1923, the house was leased by a consortium of artists who used it for actors working at the nearby Cherry Lane Theater. Cary Grant and John Barrymore stayed at the house while performing at the Cherry Lane during this time. The anthropologist, Margaret Mead, The cartoonist, William Steig, and the Pulitzer prize-winning poet, Edna St. Vincent Millay lived in the house from 1923 to 1924
This is really a once in a lifetime chance to own your own very unique piece of NYC history!
Virtual stagings done by www.photohabitats.com
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:29 - History
1:12 - Entryway / Living room
1:50 - Kitchen / Backyard
3:05 - Lower level
3:48 - Primary Bathroom / Guest room
6:01 - Owners Floor
Filmed, Edited and Produced By EBC PRODUCTIONS LLC, 2021
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“We’re not gonna slide open this door because it’s finicky and gets stuck”. For $5,000,000 it better open. I understand location etc, but $5 million is still absurd.
Exactly, they better slide open and close automatically and make a noise like I'm on the starship Enterprise.
These types of doors have to be adjusted periodically to maintain opening and closing smoothly--takes about 2 minutes to fix if you know where to look and how to adjust.
Just have then replace when buying! no biggie! I think they will oblige or give you money to.
@@saralieb8690 😂😂😂😂😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏💚I'm with you Sara.
obviously you have no idea how real estate works. I could sell someone a dung heap at the right location and they would pay through the nose
Imagine paying $5 million for a house only to sleep in a murphy bed.
lol
And have two closet racks......
NYC in a nutshell
You can literally go anywhere else and buy a nice home. Even in California! You can buy a mansion more than 5 times the sqft of this NYC townhouse for 5 mil.
@@zaramichelle4613 facts the neighborhood is not all that
Hey Gang. My mom and I lived in this house from around 1965 to the mid 1970s. It looked totally different back then. The basement had a dirt floor and I took it over and had a lava lamp and turned it into a psychedelic dungeon (I was a teenager in 1965). The kitchen was the first room and had a trap door built into the floor that led to the stairs down into the room. Straight ahead towards the back was the darkish dining room. Upstairs there was one bathroom in the middle, my mom's room towards the back, and my bedroom towards the front. I think we had fireplaces in the rooms. The third floor was one giant living room with front-to-back bookcase with a stereo system.
I can tell you two stories.
The first involves my friend Joel F. He was my roommate at a boarding school. We both dropped out of the boarding school and Joel had nowhere to stay so I told him he could hide out in the basement so my mom wouldn't know. One day, our cleaning and cooking lady put a freshly baked chicken in the fridge and went upstairs to clean. Joel, hungry and smelling the chicken, snuck into the kitchen, taking a quarter of the chicken back down to the basement with him. There was quite a ruckus about an hour later when our cleaning person opened the fridge!
The second story is about me forgetting my keys. It wasn't hard to climb up the window grate and into my second story bedroom, so that is what I did. Apparently, someone thought I was breaking in and called the cops. The doorbell rang and when I went to answer it I was faced by about seven cops, three of which were on their knees in the street pointing guns at my chest! A lot of tense explanations and exchanging of IDs occurred before all was copacetic.
It was a fun place to live!
My mom, a children's book writer even wrote a book about the house: Mr. Skinner's Skinny House. Here's a link to a page about the house on her website (maintained despite her death several years ago) annmcgovern.com/?qatags=mr-skinners-skinny-house
Ps.. in 1965 when we first rented it, the rent was $300 a month!
What a great story you’ve given!! Not that I’m interested in buying the place (even if I could!) but rather because it gives some interesting story of the place. And one thing it really shows us, is how the world has gone practically insane!
Now, yes, $300 a month rent in 1965 was extremely expensive, your mother must have been doing very well for herself to pay so much.
The average home in 1965 rented for $85 a month. So $300 was over 3 times more than the average person was paying. However, that certainly does NOT translate to $5 MILLION dollars today! Not even close.
It just goes to show how prices have become insane, and a gap is forever widening between the rich and the average person, ultimately striving towards the day when average folks can’t afford anything but to live squaller. It’s a sad state we’ve allowed ourselves to be put in.
A fun place to live with neighbors calling the cops on you? Lol 😆
Wow! $300 :). Thanks for sharing your story Peter, awesome!
Seems to have sold recently for 3.4m about 160,000 more then the owner who bought it in 2013 😅
Ha!! Great story.
I love how none of the virtual mock ups included a bed, they just made every room look like a living room
the bed was in the wall.
@@jemandjemand2362 1 bed on 4 floors
I'm guessing the couch pulled out into a bed.
@@Theyralltakenfu that’s true I feel like a futon would work way better than a super long pull out couch
@@Badminkey7 I actually had a futon for a couple years and I'll be honest, it got tiring. If I had it to do over, I'd buy the pullout couch. The mattresses in them now are equivalent to a bed mattress. Thanks for the comment.
Imagine paying $5,000,000 to share a backyard with 3 other properties, and bedrooms that aren't big enough to fit a bed in.
Just pitch a tent out back and use the rest of the house as your foyer.
And dozens of tourists just standing outside gawking at your house any given day
I would do it if I was a big enough fan of shrek
who the f has 8 foot/wide bed lol
This is far bigger than a tiny house ( of the tiny house movement) there is a lot you can do with this place.
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Imagine paying $5 million for a house without a dining room on the same floor as the kitchen
He also never mentioned if there was a garage for your car. I can't imagine paying 5$ million and not having a space to park my car, that's insane!
That 1st room at the entry should be the dining room. And the living room downstairs in the basement.
@@v.j.3029 It's NYC you don't need a car. Or you'd have a personal chauffeur.
@@v.j.3029 Living in a city like New York means you don't need to have a car. Humans have only had cars for about 100 years, cities have existed for thousands of years. They work fine without car, some would say much better without them.
@@rowaystarco You are right. I lived in Los Angeles my entire adult life, and had a car. I sold my car almost two years ago to move to New York City, and I am getting around just fine without a car. When I see how backed up the traffic is here in New York City, I know I get around much faster on subways than if I had my car.
As someone who prefers small spaces, I’d definitely live here. The bathroom is amazing, I love the old beams, the green space is genuinely beautiful, and I’m 5’3” so I wouldn’t have a problem with the lower ceilings downstairs. I think the best way to maximize your limited bed space would be to get some kind of raised bed, the open space underneath it would make the room seem less jammed full of stuff and you could use it as a small seating area. Still, I could never ever justify spending $5 million on this, even if I had that money to to use.
I think if I had 5 million to spend on a home like this I would definitely use the money to get as far from this townhouse as possible
YES! Just think of how much house $5mil would buy you somewhere that is not an overpriced shitbox like NYC.
Right lmaoooo like wtf , idc if Jesus himself once lived in the house I'm not spending 5 million on a shoe box sized townhouse 😂😂😂
Spend like 1/5th of that in a random state in the middle of the US for basically 2 mansions worth of home...
Honestly, I have no idea why you would live in NY on purpose. If your Job is keeping you there that still doesn't mean it's on purpose.
You could basically buy the entire city of Buffalo instead of one building in NYC. Of course you better buy a fleet of bulldozers while you are at it...
Absolutely!
“So why’d you pay $5M for this tiny house?”
_Well, the man who illustrated shrek used to live here_
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'll five you 10 million then
My first response would be, "WTF 🤯 BFD, what are nuts?! But that's just me. 😁
Now it’s worth 100 million
Easily worth over 2x US GDP
They finished this place really nicely, but I’m surprised the owner of 75 didn’t buy this to enlarge their home. That would’ve been awesome, unless the preservation board won’t allow that.
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Was thinking the same thing. Maybe as a guest house.
I absolutely love it. It's beautiful! It's like a big tiny house. :D But never would I spend that amount of money on it.
A series where you bring the person who priced it at 5mil dollars to explain why and how they justify the price would be interesting lol...
He did sort of explain in the beginning.
Simple, same as here in Oz🇦🇺, because we have a whole generation that believes the price of real estate can never drop, so if they (stupidity) paid $4.5m then it must be $5m now.
Its Manhattan. Simple as that.
Lol! It's because it's historical, the neighborhood, and it has outdoor space. I get what you mean though. 5m for this is ridiculous...
He did. The intro
Yeah.... I'm gonna say no on this one. Sticky doors, Murphy beds, and actually no room for a bed on the "owners floor"? Hard pass. $5mill can be better spent imo.
There's no other opinion possible
This would make a killing on Airbnb
You could buy a MASSIVE mansion for 5M in Texas
@@NicoleBing Or a slightly less massive mansion fully furnished ;)
@@NicoleBing was going to comment exactly this 😂
I'm not a native speaker of English, but I really want to understand living in NYC, so I love the subtitles you made. Thank you! 🙏
I actually realLy like this ! Super interesting . Narrow but lots of usable spaces and so full of character
A lot of the "advantages" are actually disadvantages. First off, close space with a fireplace. Disaster waiting to happen. Second off, tourists trying to get inside your home? Third off, the architect turned a very interesting piece of history into a bland and modern small house. What a shame
What a waste of space along the wall, and i'm pretty sure there is a charming red brick behind the plated plaster. I understand that's the easiest way to install AC and insulation, but for a 5M$ house, you can afford a prettier way.
I'm pretty sure none of those "fireplaces" would be allowed to be used with wood. They are cosmetic and decorative.
Nice you stole the ending comment from someone else
You have to think about its history though. It was obviously designed as cheap housing in the 1800s, and the layout was likely not luxurious at all, probably a few private rooms and a kitchen. I think the architect did the best they could with the space
4th off it's in that crime ridden shithole NYC lol
A nice piece of history but man.. who is buying this lol
honerstly, if i could. me
Imagine all the people taking pictures and wanting to look in your place 24/7 ehhh...
Me too!
Nobody. That’s why it’s sitting there for sale
I think some rich folks are going to buy this just to brag, cause it has history
Besides the price, I LOVE IT! Wish there was more of a private backyard, but still, everything is still so useable! I would definitely remodel the master bedroom though, the space could really be utilized better!
I saw this apartment, on Apartment Therapy, when it was occupied; the lady that lived there had it decorated so cute and effective for the amount of space. It's doable but not for 5 mil! 😆
This feels like a Sims house with a basement filled with the most expensive items to make it $5 million
😀
Real Life Sims 4 Tiny Living House
Trying to build it right now lol sucks we don't have spiral stairs in the game.
@@melissacorbin1755 you can like bend and twist them around tho
Sims: NYC
We come in to find a hapless Sim spinning in place, surrounded by a tiny amount of furniture, unable to fulfill literally any of his needs. He has shit on the easel, which does not count as art, and he will soon succumb to dehydration. But at least he's doing it in the same place as a guy who drew Shrek.
Can't believe they're touting historical interest while having to immediately shut the door so tourists don't follow inside. A nuisance like that should lower the price considerably, not raise it.
People will buy things not because they really want them, but because it’s something other people like & want.
If anyone could actually justify buying this it would probably be better to just let the tourists in and charge for it, lol.
There are a lot of rich people in the world who are insane and will buy whatever because.... gasp... why help others when you can just buy a weird small apartment
The visual staging can just make any dungeon look like a heaven
Thanks for the tour...I would soooooo live here. Love the way it has been staged...looks very cozy and inviting.
A milionaire who wants to feel "humble" would buy this apartament 😂
😂😂😂😂😂
Lol
Would probably make a killing as an air bnb
Meanwhile for 5 mil out in NJ you can get a five bedroom, three car garage, in ground pool, 6000 sq foot, with 10 acres.
Is there such a thing?
Notice how they never staged a room with a bed in it.
At 5.36 they did. But from they’re rendered vantage point, one would be standing on the corner of the bed hovered in the ceiling 🤣 and lnot to mention, the fireplace
I noticed that too. Guess you're sleeping on a couch lol
i read this as i watched a visual staging with a bed lmaooo
I could live there if I was much younger. It’s very well-designed and really maximizes the space. I’d definitely add a bathroom on that top floor. Thanks for the tour.
When I lived there there was one bathroom on the second floor. It was plenty!
This is NYC people! I would most def buy this gorgeous character-filled beauty in a heartbeat.
for the awkward shape the design is really smart for what they had to work with, and doesn’t make it look as small as it is, the white walls, vertical storage, dark ceilings make it look more spacious.
"Make it look more spacious." Maybe. But, in actuality, it ISN'T more spacious. A smidge over 8 feet wide. Choke points include all stairways. No elevator for furniture delivery access to all floors; and no apparent emergency egress during fires or other calamities?
"Look more spacious" isn't being more spacious lol.
Looks spacious. Isn't.
@@TheSGBrown i live in a 600sq ft apartment so i get it lol the listing online looked way bigger than when i moved in, and also let me stress i said “it doesn’t look as small as it is” acknowledging that it is very small lmfao
@@leahtv7778 “it doesn’t look as small as it is” don’t worry i’ve acknowledged that it was small but it doesn’t look as small lmao
A bed would fit comfortably in the common area backyard. If you’re ok with sleeping outside, with no privacy and maybe a few snowstorms, you could make this work.
GIggle
And bugs, a ton of them.
and the possibility of rain
You can sleep outside for free in a place with better weather like California! That's what poor homeless do!
Okay Holly, are you a realtor? Because, for a second I thought yeah that could work! 😂🤣
You know, videos like this only make the property more famous and unique and increase its value. So thanks for contributing to the outrageous real estate prices. If no one gave a shit, this place would be forgotten.
I would love this, it's not just about the space... it's the location as well.
“TONS of storage built in” - *opens one small cupboard*
i know right, have 4 closets and full living room furniture and kings size bed... for far less than $1m
To be fair, there were a crap ton of little cupboards and hidey holes in that place.
😅😅😅
I mean yeah it's nice looking and spacious enough to live in.... but for like 50k.. lol, it's absurd that anyone would even consider paying 5mil for that.. then again people buy things like Gucci and Nike shit.....
Having a 6’4 dude show this house off was a mistake lol, he makes it look even smaller!
@Tarver David i am 5'7'' lmaoo
@@tardtryinhard and I'm 5ft 6inches I would be just fine
@Tarver David you’re smoking, 6’4 is not short
@Tarver David you are literally on crack or something
@x123 are u full-grown or nah?
The lighting the tub everything I'm in love
I love almost everything in this house and this yard!
As nice and remodeled as it is, I wouldn’t pay 5 million dollars for that place.
I honestly woudn't even call that a nice remodel. The shelvings look cheap. The doors are flimsy and unstable. The fireplaces are impractical, as in ... why in the bathroom? Why where you have to place your bed? Like, you know that thing is super narrow.
@@reddo6092 - Right. $5 million and it has sticky doors? They couldn't afford some WD40?
Even for new york 5 mil is just insane.
One mile east and the same money gets you a five bedroom, seven bathroom, 4500 square foot freestanding house with a back yard and a two-car garage.
Preach! That apartment was awkward for 500 dollars! Aint no way in the world, i'm going pay someone 5 million dollars to feel cramped and awkward in my own living space! New Yorkers are crazy!
I am 5'1" so I would have NO problem with any of the ceiling heights and a twin or full sized bed would be just fine for me. However, for $5mil I would at least like room enough for a dining room table.
Yeah, I think they have done a terrible job on the staging and interior design in terms of end use. They seem to have made a 3 lounge/sitting room, 2 bathroom, one kitchen, one bed house...and the bedroom doesn't have the closet in it, and none of the closet space is long enough for full length coats or dresses. The front room on the same level as the kitchen would be the dining room for mine, downstairs library/music/lounge room, 3 level bathroom and bedroom, fourth would need to be remodelled as well to a functional bedroom and study/art space.
I currently live in a narrow, one room to a level, 4 storey back--to-back townhouse and the extra light compared to ours, ventilation, clever stairwell, kitchen on the entry level, and use of convertible furniture would all be awesome - but so would better insulation, proper sealing from the wet in the basement room, room in the bathroom to sit straight on the loo....
Or a real bed omg 😮
@@urbaninterlude should we make a dining/living room , as your suggestion?
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I'm 5'16" (what I tell people, it isn't a typo) and my wife is 5'0". She'd have no problems with it. And probably would have no problem with me not being able to be there! Kidding...
Absolutely stunning! Would definitely live in that, being only 5ft tall, wouldn’t be a problem!
Marcia ~ I'm also 5ft. I'd live there too. We petite ladies def have our advantages. :)
Beautiful. If I had 5 million I would buy this in a heartbeat.
As a college student, this is more space than I could possibly need.
That's also gonna cost me more than I'll ever make.
so, your imagination and self esteem are that low? how can you even say such things about yourself? 5 mil is nothing in 21 century, get on it!
5 mil is a lot ! That’s set me for life in the “21st century” lol
@@DenisUspeshny I bet you don't even have 5 euro
Heh, yeah.. And kiss any dreams you have of having children goodbye!
@@DenisUspeshny and how many millions have you made, exactly?🤔🤔🤔
They really took an amazing piece of architectural history, and turned into the most bland, boring town home I've ever seen.
Damn true
I was thinking the same thing. What a shame.
@@Heavydutyrocknroll Depends on your lifestyle in NYC. I could live it in this place.
This vid just made me want to search another walkthru of the actual place before they Reno’d it
so much white you could go snow blind
i think it’s cool on a historical sense but i felt so anxious just looking at you navigating that townhouse
I would love it infact I would turn the down stairs room into the main bedroom ( I like a dark bedroom) and turn the others into a study and game room 😁
“Kind of like an escape- or a secret entrance.” Dude,,, it’s literally just an alleyway.
😁😃😃😃😃🤣
There’s nothing historic left. They renovated all the charm and nostalgia right out of there. For that reason alone, it’s not worth even 1/2 the price
1/4*
But you get a few of the original beams and a faucet for that price...
@@jamestrellu9043 come on now get a bit more real. 1/16th****
@@avylynn4523 lol
@@ML-jk3sz imagine the reasoning “the beam and faucet…. Beautiful… so original” 🤣
In a heartbeat yes!!! The private outdoor space sold it for me!
I would probably use that basement space as my main room, since it appears there's room for a queen bed and the bathroom is attached. The top floor would mostly be our offices and hobby rooms.
I’ve seen RVs with more space.
No wonder New Yorkers are so angry. $5 million to live in a three story broom closet is insane.
Lol dont 4get this is the smallest place in the city (at that price in that neighborhood) Everyone doesn't live like that.
Do u say this about tiny homes as well? No one bad mouths tiny homes!
@@mariecolette9066 Are people paying 5 mil for a tiny home?
@@WorldsOkayestSorcerer its rly bull****.Nobody is gonna buy this
@@themooch8752 Oh no. Somebody will. There is, indeed, a sucker born every minute. All it takes is convincing some sap that this overpriced closet is a status symbol.
@@WorldsOkayestSorcerer seems like you're pretty trashy if you really care about status
Videos like these make me appreciate not living in a city such as NYC.
Lol - videos like these make me want to move to NYC 😂
+ ny city tax
This a steal at $5,000,000. I love it! If possible, I'd turn the basement into a small efficiency apartment to rent. Incredible! Wow....
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I'm only 5'6, and I felt queasy and claustrophobic watching him walk through that basement. I can't imagine how he felt doing that at 6'4! Cute house, but I would pass on paying 5 million for it.
Even in NYC, I’m sure there are more palatable places to live in for $5Mil. Lol
Same and I'm 5'2
Neighbour: What’s he doing in my backyard
Him: Our backyard
*soviet national anthem intensifies*
Ahahaha
@@A_couple_of_cakepies 🤣🤣🤣
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Same thoughts about how newyorkers are a bunch of commies
this ain't an apartment, this a damn house
Honestly, the backyard is what makes this place. Obviously $5 mil is obscene. But if you were rich and had friends, or even if you wanted to make friends. That backyard looks like a VIBE if you did it right
5 million bucks and the door doesn’t operate properly.
Lol this is like a sick joke.
I think it being in NY plays a huge role for it being this expensive, and maybe the history behind it.
An insane person would buy such thing, who knows maybe even the price rose after this video.
Fixing thw door would increase the property value by 100k
US people are crazy for money...
@@dontsubscribeme5318 the comments on Eriks videos get stupider every time I look
That’s just NYC
As narrow as it is, it's an AMAZING use of space. But not for $5 million! Whoever pays that much for this is nuts, as nice as it is
I'd rather get a mansion in Texas instead
Facts
Location, location,location
It's New York
I would pay
I’d love to live there. Thanks for touring it!!
Love this!! I would very happily live there!
1. The storage in the kitchen/against the stairway should be sliding doors to maximize space.
2. Add a sunroom extension in the garden for a small breakfast/dining area.
3. Use as a small museum about NYC historic architectural because you can’t really fit a dang bed :)
the city that never sleeps am i right? you dont need a bed here :)
@@1GekoKing 😂😂 that’s what they had in mind!!))))
It should be a counter that is open underneath for chairs or stools so that people can actually sit and eat in the kitchen.
You can fit a bed in there.
For the amount of things in that apartment that still required fixing, updating, or further renovation it is unconscionable that someone would be charging $5 million for that property regardless of what human being lived in it at some point in time. 🤦♀️ Whoever buys this house should honestly get a smack upside the head.
I concur except for the smacking upside the head. Therapy YES!!!!!!!
Nothing needs fixed
What exactly has to be fixed, updated or renovated?
@Mordecai and Rigby yeah... we're totally mad because we can't afford it.. go buy a 5 million dollar coffin then
The seller isn't "charging" 5 million, he/she is "asking" 5 million. There is a difference, mainly in the fact that it will sell at whatever price a willing buyer and a willing seller agree upon. The other factor is whether there is anything else in the immediate area that can be bought for 5 mil or less.
I think you've got the layout wrong - the 'Master with no bed' is clearly all living area - hence no bed or bath. The hanging space is extra closet storage for out of season stuff, like you store coats etc in during summer. The Murphy gives a great-sized bed on the same floor as the claw-foot bath and shower, with guest suite downstairs from kitchen.
I mean, to me it would be a dream to live in this townhouse as I don't particularly care for huge surfaces, I don't mind making certain compromised regarding layouts (like the issue with the space for a bed) and the location is great... but the price jeez! If you have 5 million you're probably expecting so much more than this
as someone who loves minimalism, i actually like this. forgetting the fact that it's 5 mil tho. unfortunately people goes and looking at it like a tourist attraction... not a big fan
Every house you’ve ever been in or lived in has had a house tour. Unless you own land and built it.
@@flashfive12 no i mean people looking at it bcs it's also a piece of history. like tourist passing by stopped just to look at it. it's not pleasant at least for me if buy the house and pedestrian kinda stop to look at it. it can b a bit creepy
agreed!! its generally a good space. very cozy.
@@d6pravity Yeah until you have to pay the price and bills..
You may be able to get section 8
Imagine owning a 5 million dollar house yet you don’t even have your own private parking space. Not even for a tiny car. 😅
Its an historic townhouse
OF COURSE YOUR NOT GONNA HAVE PARKING!
Practically Nobody in New York has a car. Insurance is so expensive people actually use loan companies to pay for it.
@@Rainb0wzNstuff at 5 million dollars it better have it's own private garage.
Why would you ever need a car in a city with public transport.
Have you been to New York ? You do not need a car lol most people don’t have cars
I've lived in my RV for 2 month trips, it's 9' wide (with full length slide out) and 22' inside length plus a 2nd level above the cab which is 6' x 5' so about 225 sq ft. It didn't cost $5 million. It cost $41k used (it's a Winnebago View) and I can take it anywhere, I love it and wouldn't trade it for that place.
It’s the West Village. Remember that the price is set not for what is “worth” but for the demand in the market, and the West Village is maybe the highest “in-demand” neighborhood in NYC, which is in it’s own, one of the most demanded cities in the continent.
I'm always amazed by the difference in living costs and property costs across the world. For $5 million you could get a 3 story hotel or mansion with a massive yard where I'm from. Edit: when I say massive yard I mean basically a football field or 3
You can literally get a wholeass actual historical castle in Europe for that.
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2 renovated ones probably...
Where are you from
@@pankajchahal2929 Botswana 🇧🇼
My parents sold their house for just a little over a mil. It was a 6,000 sqft, 5 bedroom 6 bath house with its own guest house, pool, tiki bar in the backyard, beehives on the property. It all depends on location
Obviously, the historical significance contributed to the high price of that flat, but I appreciate how well it utilized the available space.
In addition to being the narrowest house in NYC, it is the most inconvenient space to live in. Imagine to have to open a closet to pull out your bed every night and climb those narrow, unsafe stairs to go back and forth to your own home. Insane asking price for this property. Good for a 17 year old rich kid. I live a couple of blocks away from this house and often wondered about the interior. Now that I see it, I am terribly disappointed. My imagination has been shattered.
Don't want anywhere near NYC. BUT! this is the most efficient use of space in a small place that I've ever seen. I'm impressed with the thought that went into this apartment. Five mil? Nope. Cool anyway.
That's actually really cute for a single person except for the price tag. I love the original/Antique stuff.
I have to agree . I mean...if I randomly came into more money than I could ever need I'd buy this in a heartbeat. I think it's beautiful. I mean sure...I could buy a big mansion somewhere else, but why?
I live alone, and that's how I like it and even my two bedroom apartment seems wasteful sometimes. I sometimes sleep in the spare-bedroom just to get my money's worth.
All depends on how you like to live. That would suit me just fine. Ummm can I have five million dollars please?
@@paulmackay7265 I couldn't. Where am I gonna put my stuff.
Ikr! The backyard and sunlight and everything, I imagine this house would be a dream to live in through my 20s and early 30s. If it weren't for the price and the tourist nuisance, this place would be amazing.
@Kyle Byrne 4? Lmao
@Kyle Byrne With 4 people, i think it gets a lil' too cramped to be as cute as it would be to one person though
People have convinced themselves that living like this is okay.
That's the thing about NYC that I'll never understand. People actually want to live on top of one another, paying through the roof for barely any room in their tiny apartments, paying high tax rates, high costs of living, just for what? They enjoy living like that? I'll never understand why.
@@internetuser8371 not everyone wants to live in the boring suburbs
@@shaunmckenzie5509 i guess some people really do love living in homemade prisons
The people that don’t want to live that way move after a while.
@@harsh3948 I'd happily live in that 'prison', so I guess you're right
I could very comfortably live there. Its actually quite spacious and nicely done.
I would totally make the room in the front a dining room and the downstairs a den/living area. Seems to make the most sense
They most impressive thing about this was the virtual staging.
right?!
Right! I wouldn't buy this house for 5 dollars.
People live in tiny homes with much less space. Why is everyone acting all bougie about this place?
@@mariecolette9066 because it’s $5mm…
There was definitely some photoshop voodoo going on.
"Why would someone pay so much money to live in a shoebox?"
*realizes I'm living in a 1 room dorm with a roommate for way too much money*
Oh sweetheart, good thinking ,bNew York City would eat you live
Kind of just had the same realization while watching this video on my bunked bed in my dorm room with my roommate underneath me lmao
I'm paying over $1000 a month for a studio just outside downtown Allentown, PA. One room with a closed-off kitchen and a bathroom. I have two roommates but they're guinea pigs so it's okay. They do not contribute to the rent at all but they're cute.
Hmm…. Perhaps because he/ she Is a snob living on daddy’s trust fund who wants to impress so called “friends” throwing a daytime party (no sleep over unless hanging from the staircase or garden balcony) ?!
You aren't paying for the room, you're paying for the salaries and operations of Residence Life and their political bullsh*t.
Very unique and cozy. I love the exposed beams.
Stunning place to live ✨️ 💕 easy to clean and easy to live in
Small places are not necessarily easier to keep clean though. You have to be VERY streamlined and organized. Clutter can build up super quickly.
Why would anyone give that master bathroom for the guest room? The guest room is for sure the master room. Me personally, basement is living room/gaming room, first floor is kitchen/dinning room, second floor, master room/master bathroom and third floor, office/guest room. The guest room would be really nice for a day bed. That way can take nice naps in between working in your office. Either way its beautiful and unique place. The secret little garden just tops it off.
Why would anyone have their living room in their basement? Living room is the room you spend most of your time in, so you would like the biggest windows and most light there. Secondly, Europeans for instance are very hospitable and like to offer the most comforts for their guests.
@@katjuusa Americans usually have two living rooms in their homes. One is a formal living room to welcome guests and the other is a family room where they watch tv at night and play video games. I feel like the formal living room barely gets any use so naturally in a tiny place like this, it would get eliminated. I might be too Americanized by now but I wouldn’t care about offering my guest the best spot in the house lol (I’m European but I’ve lived in the US for 10 years now).
@@katjuusa I mean you typically wouldn't use a basement as a living room but in this situation I would. When you have 5-10 people over, do you all really wanna be in that little room? I personally think the basement would be way more comfortable as a living space but I like big a sectional couch that can fit like 4-6 people easily and nice reclining chairs. Besides what if you want to have guest over for dinner? Yall gonna sit in the living room to eat?
Who would spend 5 million dollars to be cramped and uncomfortable in that awkward apartment is the real question? There was nothing functional in the entire apartment!
@@shellybaby5th Well you can always walk by admire it from a distance, like most sane people. However to pay 5,000,000 dollars to live in that awkwardly designed place is not the best way to spend your money!
If the house now stands where a driveway for carriages used to be, I'm guessing the backyard probably had horse stables at one time. Fascinating to think how that space has changed as times have evolved.
In my English town, there's a house like that in almost every road. Some houses are even called The Stables.
See, you get it; that $5mil seems quite reasonable when you consider the history.
In europe there are tons and tons of homes like this that dont go for 5m
@@raphaelb5237 well, yeah, but the catch is ya gotta live in Europe! 😅
@@locomadman last time checked, history was useless
This is absolutely insane, ceilings that low in a bathroom and shared space for 5 million?!
Honestly I would live in this house so happy than in big house its true.😂❤😊
The reason this house is so expensive is because it’s a “historical landmark.” In New York City you could get a regular sized townhouse for the same price or cheaper.
It's also right at the heart of what is one of NYC's most expensive areas in a quaint street, in NYC that's gold and real estate is usually about location more than anything else.
Or a mansion in any other non dilapidated city lol New York is dead
@@Goingby20s this, it’s literally in Greenwich village, and it’s a landmark, no wonder they are charging out the arse
People who are not from New York don’t care and could find better use with $5 million elsewhere. I could go to Texas and have acres for 5 million.
@@adubw2016 true, I'm just explaining one of the factors that plays a role in the price (not saying they're not overasking), but some people think prices in Manhattan are all the same, when that's not the case, prices will change a lot based on neighborhoods and even based on street/location within a neighborhood.
From Zillow as of 3/3/22: property taxes: $3293/mo, insurance: $1572/mo. So even if I pay $5M cash for it, I’m stuck paying $4865/mo for a house where I can’t fit a decent size bed? Beautiful remodeling but not worth it :/
Thanks for info
I was wondering about taxes
Yikes
This house is worth nothing. 5 million😂, the owner can keep dreaming
I love how the bedroom doors have mirrors in them
In a heartbeat - it's perfection
Got to use the “Pivot” method to carry furniture to the top floors lol
what did you mean by 'pivot'? Lol.
@@nickclark7123 Its a joke from the show “Friends” where in one episode there’s a joke about the work pivot.
Ahhhhh a fellow “Friends” watcher. 😊
What furniture? With the hallway and stairs space I'm pretty sure the furniture would have to be built in the room you're gonna put it.
@@nickclark7123 it’s from the tv show “Friends” 🙂.
“Look at all the greenery!” Lmao, NYers have a strange perception of things
No... just this fool who's trying to find a justifiable reason for the price.
Yes. It’s called delusion.
Lol
I hear you. I live on Vancouver Island😂. A tiny bit of grass and a few potted trees doesn’t make it a “green area”. Mind you perhaps to a city dweller who doesn’t know any different it is.
we should roll about 5000 barrels of toxic nerve gas into NYC and do the world a favor.
I find the best thing about this one is the back yard (though sharing it with other apartments would be a pain) and the skylights. But I like having real beds and furniture, and space to entertain. This is just too small, and for 5 million, even in the NYC area, it's still quite possible to find an apartment, coop, or condo that gives room to actually live in comfortably. The only thing is the history, but even much of that is gone, with the apartment having been renovated to the point where there were former famous people that lived in the space between the buildings on each side, but the space is no longer the one they lived in after the renovation.
As someone graduating college I would prefer this over a suburban house, but I would never ever pay $5,000,000 to live in it.
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It‘s so beautiful, especially all the outdoor space and balconies. I guess you could perfectly live there on your own without a significant other because you can only fit a smaller bed in there easily. I wouldn‘t want to hinge down my bed every day.
Imagine going to NYC and being like “let’s go see the narrowest apartment in the city”
NYC truly is a magnet for people with no imagination.
Those ceilings would be a risk for me. Hospital visit, Doctor says; 'So how did you get a concussion.'. I reply: 'I stood up in my apartment.'
If I could hit the lottery, I’d buy it as a perfect second home. Anytime I wanted to come visit the city, I’d use it. After all, how perfect is it to live in the village!!
the floorplan is like my sims houses: makes no sense but works somehow
I'd live there but wouldn't pay 5 million, even if I had it, that's insane.
I'll move in tomorrow. Let me check what I have in my bank account...love this place!
LOVE this... I like the skylight feature most of all. ~ Althea