True story: I share a studio apartment with a total stranger

… leaves no breathing room and my roommates clothes are currently squished into a tiny onefoot section of the fourfoot … stories … Emmalie Vance …  grew up on a hay farm in western New York In her …   Farm to City … series she chronicles her … to survive life in a tenementsized apartment 10 tips from a renter whos lived in one 338squarefoot room for almost a …

By Emmalie Vance |January 21, 2016 - 3:59PM
Farm to City: My friends and family are not impressed

… be looking outside of Manhattanlike somewhere in Astoria or New Jerseywhen I move back My mom certainly had a lot to say … here in the big city Related posts Farm to City Buy rent sublet livein nanny or leave Farm to City I am the … to City I share a studio apartment with a total stranger Rental Rookie Finding my Next NYC apartment Rental Rookie …

By Emmalie Vance |July 16, 2012 - 10:28AM
Farm to City: I am the Stair Master

… When searching for an apartment many New Yorkers and soontobe New Yorkers are wary of walkups I … someone with young children might As for my friends they arent regulars to my apartment anyway because of its … Changs 5th floor walkup I buy umbrellas like packs of gum … Rent … The Search … The Market … Buy … Sales Market … Live … …

By Emmalie Vance |July 2, 2012 - 11:54AM
Farm to City: An open letter to recent graduates/New York newbies

… month … 2 Forgo the sense of entitlement … Unless your parents can fork over thousands of dollars every month you … person will see you at your bestbeing successful at your new job and working your way quickly up the career ladderand … my monthly payments are paid in a lump sum to the tenant currently in California and he takes care of separating it to …

By Emmalie Vance |June 18, 2012 - 10:17AM
Farm to City: NYC has tainted my ideas of affordable and desirable real estate

… much Ill need to be happy give or take with my future home New York City has thrown me for a loop Where $300000 in … bedroom vs space for an aero bed … After hosting three different friends over night at my current apartment I understand this all too well Ive never felt …

By Emmalie Vance |May 21, 2012 - 3:17PM
Farm to City: The secret life of my drycleaner, and more

… has never happened before but of course I receive the warm New York welcome of a broken water heater the morning of my … and I I am unsure whether the super knows we are currently living in this apartment in place of the gentleman whose name is on the rent check but I figure its a dontaskdonttell situation Adam …

By Emmalie Vance |May 7, 2012 - 2:27PM
Farm to City: Tough lessons in NYC real estate

… I am just about the furthest thing from a Native New Yorker My father is a hay farmer near Buffalo I grew up … officially in love with city life Getting here was a different story If youve lived in NYC all your life you know what … cancelled on I had scheduled appointments to see three different places about five days prior to my one jaunt into the …

By Emmalie Vance |April 9, 2012 - 2:24PM