Can I get a 1br in the village for $3000?

I know a really nice one bedroom in the West Village for 3,000 that just came on the market. I could show it to you if you'd like. It's only one flight up.

Scott at metropolitanpropertygroup dot com

If you want a doorman and a renovated kitchen, for a real 1br you should up your budget to $3,600. If you are willing to go to Battery Park or the Financial District, or if you are willing to sacrifice one of the 3 (doorman, elevator, renovated) to stay in the Village area, then the answer would be yes. I'm assuming you do not wish to pay for a broker's fee.
Check Rose Associates or Skyline buildings to at least get a sense of prices.

Mmm, not so easy in BPC these days. $3k would get you a studio but 1-bedrooms are back up over $3k. You might find one at Milford. Financial district is a likelier possibility.

If you search 1BR, no fee, downtown, $2,500-3,000, doorman, this is what you get:
http://streeteasy.com/nyc/rentals/downtown-manhattan/rental_type:frbo,brokernofee%7Cprice:2500-3000%7Cbeds:1%7Cdescription:DOORMAN
It looks like BPC or Financial district are the main option. 77 Bleecker is the only option in the village in that price range, but I suspect "cozy" and "quiet" are code for micro-sized and dark.

This building is right in the heart of things and close to every mode of transportation.

http://streeteasy.com/nyc/rental/706666-rental-24-fifth-avenue-greenwich-village-new-york

Maly, of the two BPC listings one is collect your own fee and the other is also listed for $3.5K by a reputable brokerage that does a lot of business in BPC - the Boukalis or whatever the name is listing is likely either a mistake or fraudulent. Gotta be careful not to take the searches at face value.

ev, you might be right. I'm confused about "collect your own fee"; i thought these were landlords or management ads which pretty much stated they do not pay the broker's fee. Doesn't it mean someone who walks in without a broker would be able to rent without paying a fee?

For some perspective on the 24 Fifth recommendation, a much larger one bedroom (maybe 950 square feet) in 20 Fifth Ave (no fee rentals directly through managing agent Sol Goldman Investments) is about $4500 for renovated kitchen/bath/floors/step-down livingrooms/4 large closets.

I am living in a 1BR in the East Village (on St.Marks Place) between 2nd and 3rd that I will be moving out of and will be available as of January 1st. The rent will be $3,275 (and I am not sure if the managing agent is all that negotiable) but the building has an elevator, roof deck, doorman from 9-5 Monday through Friday, bike room, laundry on every floor, floor to ceiling windows, high ceilings. It is easily one of the nicest rental buildings in the East Village, and my apartment is one of the best ones as I am on the highest floor.

This is not on the market yet (as I haven't taken photos and put it on the web), and no one but me can show it to you because I currently live here. I'm a real estate broker, but this is no fee. The managing agent is also amazingly nice.

If this sounds at all interesting, please shoot me an email: mrussell@bhsusa.com and I can tell you a little more about it.

Does it come with a complimentary tattoo?

Haha! Unfortunately, that would be up to k726 to cover, but if she wanted one (or some Pinkberry or any assortment of delicious food) you would only have to walk about 10 feet in any direction.

We had friends who lived on St. Mark's and loved going to their 5th? floor walkup with the sleeping loft, 1' elevated bathroom floor and the unadulterated life happening outside their window. They lived above a tattoo joint and a place that sold socks I think. We would go there from our haunt in the WV on Bank and Hudson. Two different worlds, but not very different back then.

I own/manage a couple of well kept walkups on the WVill where rents are $2600-3000, but units do not become available too often, and I rent them myself (not though brokers) when they do.

Why am I telling you this ten? To let you know that they are out there, just rare.

Good luck!

There are some decent one bedrooms for $3,000 or less on http://www.RDNY.com. It's a no broker fee website. You'll know in two minutes if they have anything of interest to you.

How does RDNY.com get paid?

Thanks all! We have found a couple of things--nothing great. We've upped our budget to $3200, and we are willing to use a broker but would much prefer not to. Oh well!

Should you have different price points if you use a broker and if you don't? If you lease for 2 years, 15% commission turns the $3200 per month into about $3450.

k276, bump your budget another $400 and you will still be looking at a dump. NO matter what anyone here tells you. Ask each one of them how many apartments they have rented in the WV in the last 6 months.

Jim, I think most people who rent in the West Village, until they get to some high price points for special places, have to know that they are getting relative dumps.

People think, hey Carrie Bradshaw. But put a few facts together ... great history and old historic buildings, great location and transportation, name that everyone desires, PLUS, no ability to build new housing stock. You can't expect that you get anything nice unless you are paying through the nose.

huntersburg
3 days ago
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report abuse Jim, I think most people who rent in the West Village, until they get to some high price points for special places, have to know that they are getting relative dumps.

the OP clearly doesn't know that, does she?

"People think, hey Carrie Bradshaw."

Carrie lived on East 74th in a rent CONTROLLED (not stabilized) apartment, and I think it was revealed in one episode that she was paying only around $500/month for that alcove studio (which was, arguably, a bit rough around the edges when you looked closely).