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Studio 51

January 17th, 2007
Posted by gerrod in: general, new york

It seems as though the number 51 will become more significant to us in the next few weeks. Why? Well, that’s (pretty much) the street corner that our new apartment is on! Yes folks, we’ve found a new place to call home!

The apartment is actually studio which is a bit of a bummer, but it’s very cosy and has a real vibe to it, so that’s a plus. And even though it’s small, it has everything that we need – bathroom, kitchen (bigger than our current one, and with a microwave!), desk, and dining table. Even better, not only is the rent cheaper by $150/mo, but it includes all bills (electricity, cable tv, and internet) so that’s another $200 or that we save. And best of all – there is a washer/dryer IN the unit, so no more paying $2.50 for a load of washing or drying!

Anyway, on the downside – as mentioned above, it’s somewhat smaller than our current place. And, being a studio, having guests stay over would be like hosting a big pyjama party, so perhaps we’ll be avoiding that for now (sorry!). It’s also a little shy on storage space, but I guess that will encourage us to downsize. Really, the only major problem is that there’s no doorman, which means there’s no-one to sign for the plethora of packages that we like to get in the mail! Don’t tell me I have to actually go to the shops to buy stuff?!

But anyway, overall I think it will be a really fun little place to live in. And worse comes to worst, it’s only a two month lease (then month by month after that) – so we could always just move again.

Oh – and the second reason 51 will become more significant to us in the next few weeks? That’s the number of stairs that we have to walk up to get to the front door! Yowsers!

3 comments

#1 Meghan January 17th, 2007 at 10:33 pm

Congrats on getting a place! Oh, and send your packages to work. That’s what us non-doorman Brooklyn people do ;)

#2 gerrod January 18th, 2007 at 3:48 am

Thanks Meghan! Good tip, but our work is particularly nasty about getting packages :-( . There is a few people at work that still have the doorman privilege though, so maybe I’ll start sending mail to them instead ;-)

#3 Pat January 19th, 2007 at 12:16 pm

Woo hoo! A place to move in to. You get used to the stairs (assuming you don’t have to carry heavy things). Currently it’s 60 stairs to the bottom of our flat, and then another 15 to my room!