A video supposed to present the “worst apartment ever»In New York – a small room rented for 1650 dollars – ignited the social network TikTok, where it was seen 21 million times. With the bathroom and the toilets on the landing, the potential tenant will only be able to enjoy a small closet in the single room of this cramped apartment which costs the equivalent of 1370 euros per month.
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Contacted by AFP, the author of the video, a real estate agent, did not want to give either the address of the studio, which he located in the district of Greenwich Village, or the name of its owner. Nevertheless: posted on the New York City Realtor account, and titled “Worst apartment ever in NYC !!!“, The video collected 2.6 million”likesAnd comments galore on TikTok. “So in plain language, you get a closetHelen Blondel wrote. “Harry Potter lived in better“, Added Adam Granger.
The average rent in Manhattan was $ 3,790 last October, according to the Rent Cafe site, for an average area of 65 m2, when the apartment in the video seems to be barely 10. For Cameron Knowlton, the real estate agent who filmed the video, the apartment, vacant since October, should nonetheless find a taker quickly, even if the ad is only circulating among real estate agents and has not been posted on any major real estate site. Greenwich Village “is one of the most desirable areas in the world so there will be people to rent it“, He assured.
Several other much more spacious, en-suite studios at similar rents are however offered in Greenwich Village on the major real estate sites.
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