77 Square Foot Apartment = $335K

Mmhmm. I’ve heard stories of 80-square-foot apartments in NYC with no kitchen and a hall bathroom (i.e., a dorm room) going for $900 a month, but people do it to be able to live in Chelsea/the Village/whatever.

For perspective, the main living area of our apartment is just over 200 square feet, with a postage-stamp kitchen and a similarly sized bathroom (though, we do have a bathtub). We briefly considered a 200 square foot place (including kitchen and bathroom) in a stellar location in the Village (on Horatio Street) and with exposed brick, but someone got it before we did.

Funny thing is, the picture makes it look vaguely roomy.

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This entry (permalink) was posted on Thursday, January 25th, 2007 at 11:03 AM by Alissa and categorized in home.

Comments (2) left to “77 Square Foot Apartment = $335K”

  1. angela wrote:

    This is brilliant:

    A coffin-sized shower is en suite, and storage is provided by a shallow closet and 10-inch-deep shelves cut into the wall. Two hot plates and a small sink make up the kitchen. Two dirty windows allow light to filter into the basement room, and the fire escape could conceivably double as a shared patio.

    With no electricity or heating, Scott said it would cost an additional $59,000 to make the room habitable.

    “It is an investment,” he said, as he stretched his arms the width of the room, laying his palms flat on opposite sides of the wall.

    Posted on 25-Jan-07 at 12:19 pm | Permalink

  2. cori wrote:

    *choke*

    Posted on 25-Jan-07 at 2:03 pm | Permalink

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