Living In A 6th Floor Walkup

When i first moved to manhattan i lived on the sixth floor of a walk up tenement.

Living in a 6th floor walkup. Can live in a railroad apartment with a roommate. In my previous column i gave some tips for surviving in a tenement sized apartment. Although modern technologies and advanced building designs have improved life above the sixth floor over the past century the relative benefits and risks of high rise living and its impact on one. Pros of walk up apartments.

In addition to a toned butt and a healthy heart your walk up may give you a few extra minutes each day to make a phone call do a walking meditation exercise or ponder the meaning of life. Walk up apartments cost less as you climb so fifth and sixth floor apartments will usually demand the lowest prices of the lot. You will never find an affordable apartment in the village that looks like monica s. It is true the.

We asked five new yorkers if given a choice they d prefer the ground floor or the top floor of a walk up. I was young and so excited to finally be living in nyc in an apartment i could afford alone the stairs didn t. The ground floor offers easy access to the outside but also often dim light a view of the building s garbage cans and lots of street noise. There are several pros to living in a walk up apartment.

The higher you go the less you pay. Opposite of an elevator building in a walk up the typical rule is this. Surviving in a walk up. The reality of living in nyc is nothing like an episode of friends that i m sure 16 year olds in iowa think it is.

Look on the bright side. We are talking about a few hundred dollars per month difference. Living in a walk up isn t all bad. So you may want to keep this option high on your wishlist.

On the flip side a top floor apartment means lugging groceries up stairs and worrying about roof leaks. Due to their lack of elevator and ambitious climb walk up apartments are usually more affordable than a multi bedroom apartment or townhouse. Here you walk up stairs turn the lock and close yourself off in a tiny apartment. How i endured a sixth floor walk up in nyc by rita cidre march 19 2015 welcome back to another edition of ny stories a recurring feature about successes and failures at the hands of new york city real estate.

This time i thought i d focus on something else i know quite a bit about. Walk up apartments are usually more affordable. Compared to a doorman elevator building walk ups cost much less in rent.