One of these is our Manhattan Apartment

I was in Manhattan yesterday looking at apartments. We have it narrowed down to two places. Both have their advantages.

The first is a studio highrise on Park Avenue. There is a full gym and big laundry room in the building, and the building itself is very ritzy. Unfortunately, it is fairly pricey for the small size of the actual living space. Here it is:





The second place we are looking at is a walkup one bedroom apartment on 38th street. There is a small laundry room in the basement, but no gym. It is also very close to the Park Avenue apartment. Both of them are close to Grand Central Station. This apartment has a small bedroom, a fireplace in the living room, and a nice kitchen. The building is small, and feels very comfortable and classy. It is on a quiet street with some incredibly nice townhouses.






If we really wanted to go wild, we could rent this next apartment. It is also in the same 38th street building as the one bedroom apartment described above. This, however, has a full bedroom and a loft, and is on the 4th floor. Like the others, it has a reduced price, which makes it almost within our price range. If we had a kid, this would be our choice. But since its just Melissa and I, this apartment is honestly too big for us.

I am debating just going ahead and renting this place, then subsidizing the cost by convincing my parents to sub-lease one of the bedrooms as their 'Manhattan timeshare.' At first I laughed as I thought about this, but the more I think about it, that doesn't sound too crazy...