Avalon More Than 20% Rented and 10% Occupied

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You see that’s what’s great about BK…we have the best of both worlds. Everyone doesn’t want to be tackled by strollers, bad ass kids and their moms on prescription drugs, and minivans

have you BEEN to park slope!?

*rob*

You see that’s what’s great about BK…we have the best of both worlds. Everyone doesn’t want to be tackled by strollers, bad ass kids and their moms on prescription drugs, and minivans. Some people like urban living. Bars, grownups, and traffic. Brooklyn has all of that. Grass, trees, new construction, historic homes, addicts of all kinds, projects, and million dollar homes…all within minutes of each other!

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Believe it or not, there are some people who don’t much care for what Manhattan has become…I’m one of them. I don’t care if someone offered me a 1 bedroom in Chelsea for 500 dollars…I wouldn’t move there.

yet sadly it is exactly people like you are turning brooklyn into manhattan anyway. soooo uuuh, you know.

*rob*

Guess I’m an adult child who got sucked into the amenities too. I currently live in a brownstone in PS and while the space is nice and the neighborhood is great, I decided on this place. And this is why:
– Living with landlords does not exactly appeal to me anymore. I’ve grown tired of worrying if I’m making too much noise, having people over, etc.
– I saw several brownstone apartments in the PS area, garden level, some have w/d in the unit but it looked like it was on its last leg. Not to mention the apartments themselves could use some loving (and a good cleaning) as well. And it’s great to have a garden level apartment if you had use of the garden itself but here’s the catch: you either had the 3’x3’ patio to yourself or you were only allowed to use it July – August from Friday through Sunday when the landlords themselves were out in the Hamptons;
– After living in mostly pre-war apartments over the last 10 year or so, I decided it was time to grow up and get with the modern times; hence one of my requirements when I was looking was to have a dishwasher. Unfortunately most brownstones don’t have them (or at least the ones I’ve seen)
– I saw several newly developments in park slope and south slope. One of which also had a w/d in the unit and a backyard space to itself. It was great except for one thing. The design was weird (duplex with the bedroom in the basement, kitchen was really really tiny, the burgler on the street had easy access through the floor window). Another one was “cute” but too small for the price I was paying for. If I wanted to live in a space that small I’d move to Manhattan
– Ahh Manhattan…one of the last frontiers for me (I’ve lived in Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens). Of course I can move to Manhattan and you bet your bottom dollar I looked there as well. But I was dismayed to find that at the price that I wanted to pay, I’d be pretty much living in a closet. Not saying this place was large but I discovered per square footage wise, I was getting more bang for my buck.
That said, what made me finally sign on the dotted line was the amenities, the promotional discount and the space itself. Yes it’s cookie cutter, but why is that necessarily a bad thing? I’m a renter not a buyer, why should I care? Also, it’s pet friendly, new appliances w/d, dishwasher, garbage disposal and for less than the cost of the Body Reserve, the use of the gym. I also was told I was in charge of taking care of electricity. All others were included in the rental. The three months free + $500 off (i.e., no security deposit) was also a good incentive. Net effective rent for me ended to about $1800, a 16% savings for me. I’m in for the short term, I don’t plan living there forever. To me this place made sense. It might not for everyone.