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http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151020/crown-heights/live-with-18-roommates-for-1800-month-at-brooklyn-co-living-spaceYes, thats right. Common Living, a new company that aims to provide flexible, user-friendly housing, opened its first fully furnished property at 1162 Pacific St. over the weekend, it announced in a blog post Monday.
The building, located between Franklin and Bedford avenues across from the massive 350-bed Bedford-Atlantic Armory shelter, has 19 bedrooms available on month-to-month leases for those who are looking to lean into that whole live-work-play Brooklyn vibe we know youre striving for: curated living space, a private rooftop garden, weekly cleaning service, high-speed Wi-Fi (duh) and a lot of exposed brick. All utilities and housekeeping are included in the $1,800 monthly rate.
The idea, the company said in the post, is to incubate a strong, tight-knit community of members who share living space, kitchens and bathrooms. (But dont worry: theyre cleaned and fully stocked regularly to remove the hassles roommates face, they said.)
arcane1
(38,613 posts)I'd jump out a window if I had to live with 18 people.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,576 posts)Complete with weird, moldy shit in the communal refrigerator (mine once contained a partially-dissected octopus from the biology lab) and drunk people vomiting all night in the communal bathroom (that would have included me, unfortunately). Like I'd want to go back to those days...
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Isn't that worth a bit of mold in the fridge?
Frankly, I think this will be something used by people newly arriving in town who need a short-term rental while they look for something permanent (it's cheaper than a sleazy hotel room) or those whose girlfriends have kicked them out and have yet to find a new living situation. It doesn't sound like a permanent "community."
Renew Deal
(81,844 posts)I know it sounds outrageous, but month to month and housekeeping will be appealing to some people.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It's clean and roomy. I have seen dumps in NYC that go for more than that. It might be tough if you got stuck with some horrible roommates, however.
brush
(53,733 posts)I was thinking the kitchen, dining, living room and bathrooms were communal.
This wouldn't be half bad if they had included private baths with the bedrooms you can't beat month-to-month if you need to make a move.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Many New Yorkers aren't home most of the time anyway, and as long as they have someone to do the cleaning that would take care of the worst part of living with other people.
olddots
(10,237 posts)how long can humans take this crap ?
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Renew Deal
(81,844 posts)And that's only if the place is full.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)I would personally NEVER want to live in that neighborhood. Certainly I wouldn't pay $1,800/month to live with roommates.
Actually, it just occurred to me right now - part of the reason people live like that is that they either don't have a driver's license, or else they don't have a car.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)alarimer
(16,245 posts)Just like this. I did it once, on a smaller scale, just 6 people in one house. It was nightmarish on many levels.
But then I hate people, so there's that.