I just hate those windowless alcove "home office" rooms. They are totally wasted space. Who in their right mind would pay anywhere near a million dollars for a one-bedroom apartment and a windowless "home office" for a second bedroom? Bubble-licious.

Posted by: evnyc at April 23, 2009 3:24 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 70 Washington Street, #4S

Am I not reading the floorplan right, or is there no way to get to the bathroom except through one of the bedrooms?

That plus the high maintenance would be deal breakers to me.

Posted by: evnyc at March 10, 2009 1:07 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 39 Plaza Street West

If you're going to bail out one pack of frauds, you really ought to bail out the other.

The banking CEOs who got us into this were no more financial "experts" than the yahoos who accepted these loans in the first place. I'd say let them both burn, but I think that the overall cost would actually be higher in the long run. So grumpily, I say bail 'em both out. No playing favorites.

Posted by: evnyc at September 23, 2008 10:26 PM in response to Pop Quiz: Including Homeowners in the Bailout?

iddelz, true, and it's a cute place for sure. But I would still favor the larger 2br.

Posted by: evnyc at September 8, 2008 12:10 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 422 State Street, #20

Just for the sake of argument, if that place is actually 700 sf, and the ppsf is really $785/sf, it would be selling for more than a much larger (recently listed) 2br in the same building at $731/sf.

http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/346359-coop-422-state-street-downtown-brooklyn-brooklyn

Maybe there's some other spectacular point about the FSBO place that I am missing, but I for one would rather continue saving my pennies and buy the actual 2br, over what seems to be a 1br converted to 2 at the expense of living space.

Posted by: evnyc at September 7, 2008 9:35 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 422 State Street, #20