Virginia K. Smith

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Rent a micro apartment, when affordable housing goes Airbnb, and more
By Virginia K. Smith
November 23, 2015 - 10:59 AM

Leasing is officially open for those micro apartments in Kips Bay (NYT, previously)

Queens affordable housing residents are in hot water for renting out their subsidized apartments on Airbnb (Gothamist)

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This bonkers broker video might be our favorite New York listing of all time
By Virginia K. Smith
November 20, 2015 - 13:34 PM
Well, this was unexpected.
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Ask an Expert: Everybody wants to know how to handle their neighbors
By Virginia K. Smith
November 20, 2015 - 12:59 PM

It should come as no surprise that in our weekly Ask an Expert column—in which we field New Yorkers' most pressing real estate questions with the wisdom of a team of experts—a lot of the questions we receive have to do with neighbor-vs-neighbor disputes. From misbehaving pets to a disruptive renovation, we're rounding up some of the trickiest neighbor-related queries we've tackled over the past year:

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A cult favorite toilet, how to avoid paying rent, and more
By Virginia K. Smith
November 20, 2015 - 10:59 AM

Why people are so obsessed with the Toto Toilet (NYT)

How some New Yorkers manage to live here without paying rent  (NYP)

Get your home ready for the holiday onslaught (BuzzBuzzHome)

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Just in time for holiday shopping, the Doorman delivery app has launched in NYC
By Virginia K. Smith
November 20, 2015 - 09:59 AM
Good news for all of you who plan to get the bulk of your holiday shopping done on Cyber Monday: Doorman, a San Francisco-based, on-demand package delivery service, has officially launched in NYC. The timing is particularly good, given that Parcel—which offered essentially the same service—shut down its personal delivery service at the end of October, opting instead to work directly with retailers.
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It's time we talked about that insane apartment in 'Master of None'
By Virginia K. Smith
November 19, 2015 - 14:59 PM
Aziz Ansari's new Netflix series, Master of None, has rightly been getting a good amount of hype for showcasing a ton of the city's best bars and restaurants. (Our personal "to-eat" list nearly doubled on the day we spent watching every episode back-to-back.) But what about the enormous apartment that his character Dev—an irregularly employed commercial actor—lives in, complete with impeccable decorations like an Eames chair? How did that happen?
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