We've officially been priced out :( Going away party?

Awwww....I am SO going to miss you! At least we have happy hour....

Very down for a partay.

Oh no!

When are you leaving? So sad.

Damn, and I didn't even get to hang out with you because I have no bike :x

will you come to this friday's bar crawl??

$2300?? yeesh! I was at $1850 for a three bed on 4th at 21st. Then they wanted $2300 after one year (this was last fall), we told em smell ya later. They listed it for that much and I sat and watched week after week the price drop another fifty or a hundred bucks til finally it went for $1950. And I laughed.

No kiddin, there be suckas a-plenty. What kind of building is yours vs. the Vue apartments? I always felt that was my landlord on 4th Ave tried to jack ours so much because of the new development that went up across the street. Cause ya know, thats the same as the filthy ass hallwayed 3 unit building with poor heating and a kitchen the size of an airplane bathroom. Or he just knew we couldn't swing that rent and wanted our punk asses out (it musta sucked having the rent paid to you before the first of the month!). I will stop myself before I get on a tangent...

I'll be priced out of my PH apartment/building as of our current lease's end on 1/31/09. We began at $2K/month on a 2 year lease, but didn't mind as it's a seriously awesome, huge apartment in a doorman elevator building. Our lease was then renewed for 1 year at $2,200. I suspect that a new lease will run at least $2,300-2,400, which is officially insane. Adding to that, our daughter will be 10 months old then, and I need her out of my bedroom! Given that a 2BR in this building's currently listed for $3,700/mo :shock: , my little family's being kicked to the curb.

We currently have no idea what we're going to do for housing. If one more family member tells us to buy something, I'm gonna scream. (Why does anyone think that a librarian and an editor have the type of income to buy something around here? Maintenance/association fees on condos and coops are stupid high and involve insane amounts of cash down, and we can't afford to buy a house anywhere between here and East New York. The suburbs? Either the commute's way the hell too long, the taxes on real estate are astronomical, the town sucks worse than a Hoover factory, the school system is horrible, or some combination thereof. Who me? Bitter? Naaaaah...)

Sheesh. I shoulda made my rant a whole separate post. :roll:

Subject: $2300?! For one bedroom in Gowanus neighborhood?

I cannnot believe somebody really would pay $2300 for one bedroom on 3rd av-4th av!! That is rediculous. They must be either having a LOT of money or they're just fools.

My lease is out next year too, I am wondering what is going to happen. I live one bedroom , and I heard from the neighbor in the same building that their rent is up for $200/month for this year. I am moving out (or you can say being priced out) when it goes higher than $2000. I would rather move somewhere cheeper and try to save money to buy something someday, rather than pouring money that amount of money for very old, no-maintenance apartment...and the block street is disgusting with garbages.

Well, POOP, sorry to hear! Glad to hear you two found another place, bigger & cheaper!

We're just about to renew our lease. Fortunately for us, the people who own this place are incredibly awesome in every way, and try to keep all their apartments in line with rent stabilized increases, despite having no law or anything else requiring them to do so.

So our rent is going up, but "only" 6%...which still amounts to quite a bit considering how much we're paying for this place, but it's still a sweet deal considering the location, space, and perks, etc. Next year, though, I'm pretty sure I won't be able to say the same, and we definitely won't be able to afford another 6% increase.

Hope you still come around for some rides & hanging out!

Oh no! Such a shame. But I hope you won't mind getting too familiar with the route between your new place and Park Slope/Prospect Hgts on your bike!

caaahyoko wrote: We can all go to Goodbye Blue Monday for drinks together!

That place is great!

So, when are said drinks with the redhaired folding bike woman know as Ca? ...count me in.

caaahyoko wrote: I talked to Jill at Buttermilk about it, and she's down. So it will probably be September 19th or 26th (both are Fridays).

Is 11pm too late to start? Do you guys think starting earlier, like 9 or 10pm is better?

Earlier. More time to par-tay. :bounce:

I'd love to stop by, since I live only couple blocks away frin Battermilk it does not matter what time you start.