How I won a $444 UWS studio in NYC's affordable housing lottery

… lease In July 2016 I was combing the Internet looking for affordable housing I ran across an article about a lottery for rental apartments opening on the Upper … and a US Navy veteran who served from 19881991 and moved home to care for her ailing mother She asked us to refer to …

By Lcee |December 19, 2023 - 12:30PM
The outrageously priced Brooklyn condo that I thank god we didn't end up buying

… includes spaces to live both rentals and sales to which you just couldnt commit whatever the reason As Brick … they let slip through their fingers  But not all tales are sob stories I often think about the twobedroom twobath … saving and looking off and on for years and were hoping to buy  On paper the apartment sounded pretty good It was a …

By Mimi OConnor |November 1, 2023 - 3:30PM
My NYC rental felt unsafe, but a squatter using the basement as a bathroom was the last straw

… Stories features firstperson accounts of dramatic reallife NYC real estate experiences  Have a story to share Drop us … that everything was set but I kept checking the tenant portal website and no one had countersigned the lease I … set up properly because the landlord was still paying the electricity from when they had been renovating the building …

By Celia Young |August 7, 2023 - 1:30PM
I live in a five-floor NYC townhouse with a private elevator

… her husband sisterinlaw and three young kids We had to know Whats it like living with your very own personal elevator … is a onebedroom apartment which is rented out separately We live on the other floorsstarting on the parlor level up to … … Could you imagine living without it  … I could definitely live without it Its a nice to have given the multiple …

By Mimi OConnor |June 27, 2023 - 12:30PM